Introducing the newest comprehensive reference designed specifically for the growing specialty of hospital-based pediatrics. This comprehensive new reference not only brings you the most up-to-date, evidence-based approaches to hospital-based pediatric care, but also covers issues related to staffing a unit; financial, legal and ethical topics, and how a hospitalist program communicates and relates to its referring providers and consulting staff. You'll find it a vital addition to the shelf of anyone who cares for pediatric patients in the hospital.

Contents
1. What is a Hospitalist? 2. Pediatric Hospitalists: Efficiency and Quality of Care 3. Hospitalist Models of Care: Organization and Compensation 4. Quality of Care and Patient Satisfaction 5. Patient Safety and Medical Errors in Pediatric Hospitals 6. Infection Control for Pediatric Hospitals 7. Evidence-Based Medicine 8. Clinical Practice Guidelines 9. Approach to the Hospitalized Patient and Family 10. Hospitalist as Patient Advocate 11. Spiritual Care of the Hospitalized Child and Family 12. Pediatric Palliative, End-of-Life, and Bereavement Care 13. Transitions of Care in Hospitalized Children 14. Medical Consultation and Co-management 15. Transport Medicine for Hospitalists 16. Finances 17. Discharge planning, follow-up, payer relations, utilization management, home care 18. Ethics 19. Legal Issues: risk management, malpractice 20. Clinical Research 21. Protection of Patients, Research Subjects, and Confidentiality / IRBs and HIPPA 22. Medical Education; Inpatient Medical Education 23. Professional Organizations 24. Future Development of the Field 25. Abdominal Mass 26. Abdominal Pain 27. Acidosis 28. Altered Mental Status 29. Chest Pain 30. Cyanosis 31. Diarrhea 32. FTT 33. Fever 34. GI Bleeding 35. Hypertension 36. Hypoglycemia 37. Hyoptension/ Shock 38. Hypoxemia 39. Irritability/Intractable Crying 40. Limp/Joint Swelling 41. Lymphandenopathy/Adenitis 42. Mouth Pain/Lesions 43. Neck Pain 44. Petechiae/Purpura 45. Respiratory Distress (Wheezing, Stridor, SOB, Cough, Tachypnea) 46. Syncope 47. Vomiting 48. Delivery room medicine (NALS, premies, Apgars) 49. Term newborn (newborn screen, hips, hearing, hep B) 50. Birth Injury 51. Congenital anomalies 52. Respiratory Distress/TTN 53. Congenital and Perinatal Infections/Sepsis 54. Hypoglycemia, IDM 55. Hyperbilirubinemia 56. Neonatal abstinence/withdrawal 57. Dehydration 58. Electrolyte abnormalities (Na, K, Ca, Mg) 59. Antimicrobial Agents 60. Fever 61. FUO 62. Fever and Rash 63. CNS Infections 64. URTI 65. Neck and Oral Cavity Infections 66. Middle RTI and Bronchiolitis 67. Pneumonia 68. GI Infections 69. UTI 70. Bone, Joint, Soft-Tissue Infections 71. Catheter-related infections 72. HIV 73. Immunocompromised host 74. Apnea, ALTE, OSA 75. Asthma 76. Aspiration 77. BPD 78. Cystic Fibrosis 79. Airway Foreign Body 80. PFTs, and other tests of resp physiology 81. The Cardiac Exam 82. Approach to ECGs 83. Congenital Heart Disease 84. Endocarditis 85. Myocarditis/Cardiomyopathies 86. Pericarditis 87. Acute Rheumatic Fever 88. Diabetes Mellitus 89. Thyroid Disorders 90. Hypopituitarism/DI 91. Disorders of Calcium Metabolism 92. Adrenal Disorders 93. Biliary Disease 94. Constipation/encopresis 95. Gastritis and Ulcer Disease 96. Gastric emptying disorders 97. Hepatic Disorders 98. Inflammatory Bowel Disease 99. Malnutrition 100. Pancreatitis 101. Feeding Issues 102. Kawasaki Disease 103. Henoch Schonlein Purpura 104. Juvenile Dermatomyositis 105. Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis 106. Postinfectious Arthridites 107. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 108. Acute renal failure 109. Chronic renal insufficiency/failure 110. Glomerulonephritis 111. Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome 112. Interstitial Nephritis 113. Nephrotic Syndrome 114. Renal Tubular Acidosis 115. Renal Vein Thrombosis 116. Anemia 117. Sickle Cell Anemia 118. Neutropenia 119. Thrombocytopenia 120. Disorders of Coagulation and Thrombosis 121. Transfusion Medicine and Blood Products 122. Emergencies 123. Initial care/management of common tumors 124. Fever and neutropenia, other complications of chemotherapy/radiation 125. Issues surrounding bone marrow transplant patients (GVHD) 126. Seizure disorders and status epilepticus 127. Headache 128. Weakness/hypotonia 129. Stroke and aneurysms 130. Common chromosomal disorders 131. Hyperammonemia (urea cycle defects) 132. Hypoglycemia 133. Metabolic acidosis 134. Anaphylaxis 135. Medication allergies and desensitization 136. Immunodeficiencies 137. IVIG 138. Gen: obstruction 139. Gen :abdominal Pain/Acute Abd 140. Gen: hernias 141. Gen: trauma 142. ENT 143. Neurosurgery 144. Ophtho 145. Orthopedics 146. Plastics: burns 147. Thoracic: Pneumothorax, Pneumomediastinum, Chest tubes 148. Urology 149. Physical Exam Findings: lumps and bumps 150. Purpura 151. Vesicles and Bullae 152. Psoriasis 153. Vascular Anomalies 154. Scabies and Lice 155. Atopic Dermatitis 156. Cellulitis and Erysipelas 157. Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome 158. Ecthyma Gangrenosum 159. Drug-associated Skin Rashes 160. Erythema Mulitforme 161. Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis 162. Skin Diseases in Immunosuppressed Hosts 163. Erythrodermolysis Bullosa 164. Transplacentally Acquired Dermatoses of the Newborn 165. Depression 166. Suicide 167. Somataform disorders, diff dx of depression in hospitalized children 168. Agitation in hospitalized children 169. New onset psychosis 170. Eating Disorders 171. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 172. Menstrual Disorders: DUB, Amenorrhea, Menorrhagia 173. Shaken baby syndrome 174. Use of imaging/testing skeletal survey, ophtho exam, CT 175. Injuries, signs/symptoms concerning for non-accidental trauma 176. Munchausen-by-proxy syndrome 177. Legal issues 178. Stabilization of poisoned patients 179. OTC and Diabetic Agents 180. Chemical Exposures 181. Lead and other metals, Chelation 182. Drugs of Abuse 183. Withdrawal syndromes 184. Burns, Smoke Inhalation, Carbon Monoxide 185. Heat Disorders 186. Hypothermia, Cold Disorders 187. Drowning, Near Drowning 188. Animal Bites, Rabies, Human Bites 189. Envenomations 190. Infant Botulism 191. Nuclear/Biological/Chemical Terrorism 192. Introduction: Definitions 193. Special approach to Complex Care Children 194. Common reasons for admission 195. Technology: enterostomy tubes, vascular access, shunts 196. DNR and other special issues 197. Sedation and Pain Management 198. Patient Preparation for Imaging 199. LP 200. Cath urine 201. ABG 202. IV 203. intraosseous 204. CVL 205. UAL, UVL 206. Phlebotomy 207. Trach change 208. Intubation 209. Noninvasive Ventilation 210. Thoracentesis 211. Paracentesis 212. Arthrocentesis 213. VP shunt check 214. VP tap 215. Gross/Fine Motor, Social, Language