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The Harriet Lane Handbook

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

  • 23rd Edition - April 15, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Author: The Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Editors: Camille C. Anderson, Sunaina Kapoor, Tiffany E. Mark
  • Language: English

Every three years, The Harriet Lane Handbook is carefully updated by residents, edited by chief residents, and reviewed by expert faculty at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Easy to u… Read more

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Every three years, The Harriet Lane Handbook is carefully updated by residents, edited by chief residents, and reviewed by expert faculty at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Easy to use, concise, and complete, this essential manual keeps you current with new guidelines, practice parameters, pharmacology, and more. The 23rd Edition of this portable reference continues to be the most widely used and most recognized pediatric reference worldwide—an indispensable resource for pediatric residents, students, nurses, and all healthcare professionals who treat young patients.

Key features

  • Trusted for 70 years for fast, accurate information on pediatric diagnosis and treatment
  • New audio case files: Listen to residents and faculty at The Johns Hopkins Hospital discuss case studies and healthcare disparities based on topics from this bestselling book
  • The popular and comprehensive Pediatric Drug Formulary, updated by Carlton K. K. Lee, PharmD, MPH, provides the latest in pharmacologic treatment of pediatric patients
  • Outline format ensures you’ll find information quickly and easily, even in the most demanding circumstances
  • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

Readership

Pediatric practitioners, residents, medical students

Table of contents

1. Emergency and Critical Care Management

2. Traumatic Injuries [includes 4-color insert]

3. Toxicology

4. Procedures

5. Adolescent Medicine

6. Analgesia and Procedural Sedation

7. Cardiology

8. Dermatology [Includes 4-color insert]

9. Development, Behavior, and Developmental Disability

10. Endocrinology

11. Fluids and Electrolytes

12. Gastroenterology

13. Genetics: Metabolism and Conditions with Distinctive Appearance

14. Hematology

15. Immunology and Allergy

16. Immunoprophylaxis

17. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

18. Neonatology

19. Nephrology

20. Neurology

21. Nutrition and Growth

22. Oncology

23. Palliative Care

24. Psychiatry

25. Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine

26. Radiology

27. Rheumatology

28. Blood Chemistry and Body Fluids

29. Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Medicine

30. Drug Dosages

31. Drugs in Kidney Failure

Review quotes

Review of the previous edition:
"This book is fantastic. I highly recommend it for all healthcare providers taking care of pediatric patient populations. It is the best title in its area and each new edition continues to ensure the information is up to date." --Michael Harries, M.A.T., M.D. (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine) Doody's Review Score: 92-4 Stars!

Product details

  • Edition: 23
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 15, 2023
  • Language: English