PEDIATRICS DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT ESSENTIALS: A Clinical Guide to Common Childhood Conditions, Dosing, and Evidence-Based Management - Softcover

Everhardt MD, Graham

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798183875140

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Pediatric clinicians manage a uniquely demanding scope of practice. From a febrile neonate whose workup cannot wait until morning to an adolescent with new-onset diabetes, the clinical territory shifts with every patient's age, weight, and developmental stage — and the dosing, differential diagnosis, and management shift with it.

The existing references force a compromise. Pocket formularies give you the dose but not the reasoning behind it. Multi-volume encyclopedic textbooks give you the reasoning but are too heavy, too expensive, and too dense for daily clinical use. Board-review guides drill questions without teaching the medicine. What practicing clinicians, residents, and advanced practice providers actually need is a single, focused resource that pairs evidence-based diagnostic reasoning with verified, weight-based dosing — current to 2026 — in a format built for the bedside, not the bookshelf.

Pediatrics Diagnosis and Treatment Essentials: A Clinical Guide to Common Childhood Conditions, Dosing, and Evidence-Based Management was written to fill that gap. Organized from foundational principles through neonatal medicine, system-based disease, behavioral health, adolescent medicine, and pediatric emergencies, this clinical guide teaches the way experienced clinicians think: explanatory prose with embedded clinical pearls, case vignettes that model diagnostic reasoning, and dosing verified against current AAP, AHA, and CDC guidelines.

• More than 100 clinical procedure and teaching videos accessible through integrated QR codes — watch the technique at the point of care
• Clinical images and illustrations throughout for pattern recognition in dermatology, orthopedics, cardiology, and beyond
• Weight-based drug dosing embedded in every relevant chapter, with a dedicated emergency dosing appendix
• Neonatal medicine coverage from nursery assessment through resuscitation and NICU-level emergencies
• Current immunization schedules, developmental screening tools, and growth references in ready-use appendices
• Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base management with worked clinical examples
• Behavioral health, adolescent medicine, and anticipatory guidance including safe sleep, nutrition, screen time, and substance use
• Pediatric emergency and toxicology coverage with PALS-aligned resuscitation protocols and procedural sedation guidance

Written for pediatric residents, medical students on clinical rotations, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and family medicine clinicians who care for children, Pediatrics Diagnosis and Treatment Essentials is the 2026 clinical guide designed to be carried, consulted, and trusted.

Start practicing with the reference built for the way you actually work.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798183875140
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 330