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1 online resource (xviii, 251 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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Curbside consultation in pediatrics series |
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Curbside consultation in pediatrics series.
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| Contents |
Question 1: Is it appropriate to treat a suspected urinary tract infection based on an in-office urine dipstick result or should the specimen be sent for culture? Does the age of the patient have anything to do with the decision? -- Question 2: When should you attempt to obtain a catheter specimen versus a clean catch specimen in the setting of a suspected urinary tract infection? -- Question 3: When is imagine, such as voiding cystourethrogram and renal ultrasound, necessary for children with a first urinary tract infection? -- Question 4: Is prophylazis recommended for all patients with vesicoureteral reflux? -- Question 5: When is oral antibiotic therapy necessary in the setting of recurrent methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus skin infection/boils? -- Question 6: Are bleach baths or chlorhexidine plus mupirocin ointment useful to decolonize patients with recurrent methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections? What topical recommendations are useful for patients with recurrent infections? -- Question 7: In what settings is methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus spread? -- Question 8: Are there environmental cleaning or personal hygiene interventions that can be used to reduce recurrences of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections? -- Question 9: How long does tinea capitis need to be treated in order to be sure the infection has cleared? -- Question 10: What are the methods by which tinea capitis can be spread from person to person? -- Question 11: Do there need to be visible lesions to diagnose tinea capitis? -- Question 12 -- What organisms are responsible for causing tinea capitis -- Question 13: What are the best prophylactic measures to tell families to use to prevent tick bites? At what age are agents such as DEET and Picaridin safe to use? -- Question 14: When are tick-borne infections typically seen in the United States, and when does the peak time occur? -- Question 15: What is the best empiric and/or prophylactic therapy for a child in whom you suspect a tick-borne infection? -- Question 16: In what parts of the United States is Lyme Disease seen, how is diagnosis confirmed, and what is the appropriate treatment? -- Question 17: Can you make a diagnosis of atypical pneumonia by clinical presentation or is laboratory evaluation required? -- Question 18: What are the most common ages, presenting symptoms, and common organisms associated with cases of atypical pneumonia? -- Question 19: What is the recommended specific treatment of ititis media due to multidrug-resistant pneumococcus? -- Question 20: When should middle ear effusion fluid be obtained? -- Question 21: What do you do for a patient who has ear tubes and has continuous ear drainage? -- Question 22: What is the recommended specific treatment of acute otitis media due to multidrug-resistant pneumococcus? -- Question 23: Is a throat culture necessary in the setting of a negative rapid streptococcal antigen test? -- Question 24: What is the best treatment option for Group A streptococcal pharyngitis? What if the patient is allergic to beta-lactam antibiotics? -- Question 25: Why do we treat streptococcal pharyngitis when it is a self-limited illness? -- Question 26: Should I treat the asymptomatic siblins of the patient who has a positive rapid streptococcal antigen test? -- Question 27: What are the best clinical indicators that my patient may have streptococcal pharyngitis? -- Question 28: How sensitive and specific are the office-based rapid respiratory syncytial virus and rapid influenza tests? -- Question 29: If I have a 3-month-old infant in the office with respiratory symptoms and negative viral testing, should I proceed with a sepsis evaluation? -- Question 30: If I have a 5-week-old infant with positive rapid viral testing who does not need hospital admission, is a sepsis evaluation necessary? -- Question 31: When are antibiotics indicated for a child with bacterial cause of diarrhea? -- Question 32: What are likely to be the most common viral pathogens causing diarrhea since the decrease in rotavirus cases with increase in vaccine uptake? -- Question 33: When should I be worried about immune deficiency in the setting of recurrent upper respiratory tract infections? -- Question 34: What are the most common viral respiratory pathogens in infants in the first year of life? -- Question 35: What antibiotics are recommended empirically for acute bacterial sinusitis in a patient who hgas not received antibiotics recently? -- Question 36: What antibiotics are recommended to treat acute bacterial sinusitis in the patient who had a course of amoxicillin within the last few weeks for otitis media? -- Question 37: What is the most common pathogen involved in community-acquired pneumonia, and the empiric therapy of choice in the preschool-aged child with fever to 102° F, rales, and a lobar infiltrate on chest radiograph? -- Question 38: When should concern arise about staphylococcus aureus in a patient with pneumonia? -- Question 39: When are steroids indicated in the setting of known acute Epstein-Barr virus infection? -- Question 40: What laboratory test(s) should be obtained in the setting of suspected congenital cytomegalovirus infection? -- Question 41: When should serologic testing be performed instead of a monospot, and how do I interpret results of Epstein-Barr virus serologies? -- Question 42: What should I tell a pregnant mother of a 2 year old who has recently been diagnosed with congenital cytomegalovirus infection about her risk for developing infection as well as prevention techniques? -- Question 43: A 13-year-old femal presents with symptoms of a cat scratch disease. What is the best approach to the diagnosis and the preferred management of a patient with cat scratch disease? -- Question 44: What are the most common pathogens and empiric treatment(s) of choice in a patient with suspected acute bacterials lymphadenitis? -- Question 45: What is the differential diagnosis in a 3-year-old female with a 7-day history of fever, red eyes and lips, rash, and swollen hands? -- Question 46: What imaging evaluation should I consider in an 11-year-old male with a 2-week history of fever and complaints of low back pain and a progressive limp? -- Question 47: A 5-week-old infant was recently diagnosed with thrush and treated with nystatin for 10 days without improvement. Should I obtain a culture of the infant's mucosa and change his therapy? What other problems should I be thinking about in this setting? -- Question 48: What diagnostic testing, if any, should be performed for a normally developing toddler who attends a day care center, develops frequent fevers, and commonly has respiratory tract symptoms? What is the most common reason for this presentation? -- Question 49: A 2-year-old patient has had recurrent fevers for the last year. He often has a red throat, adenopath, and stomatitis with his fevers. I am concerned about periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis syndrome. What are the treatment options for this diagnosis? |
| Summary |
"Curbside Consultation in Pediatric Infectious Disease: 49 Clinical Questions provides quick answers to the tricky questions most commonly posed during a "curbside consultation" between pediatricians. Dr. Angela L. Myers has designed this unique reference which offers expert advice, preferences, and opinions on tough clinical questions commonly associated with pediatric infectious disease. The unique Q & A format provides quick access to current information related to pediatric infectious disease with the simplicity of a conversation between two colleagues. Numerous images, diagrams, and references allow readers to browse large amounts of information in an expedited fashion."--Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Communicable diseases in children -- Miscellanea
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Children.
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Infants.
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Communicable diseases.
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Infection.
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Diseases.
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Diagnosis.
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Child
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Communicable Diseases -- diagnosis
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Infant
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Communicable Diseases
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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
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Age Groups
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Infections
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Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
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Persons
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Named Groups
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Disease
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Diagnosis
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Communicable Diseases -- therapy
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children (people by age group)
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infants.
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diagnosis.
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MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics.
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Infection
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Infants
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Diseases
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Diagnosis
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Communicable diseases
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Children
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Communicable diseases in children
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| Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Myers, Angela L., 1977- editor.
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| ISBN |
1617116106 |
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9781617116100 |
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