1st Edition
The Little Book of Pediatrics Infants to Teens and Everything In Between
The Little Book of Pediatrics: Infants to Teens and Everything In Between is pocket-sized, easy-to-understand introduction into the field of pediatrics. Written with the non-physician in mind, you will not be bogged down with the heavy details, yet every basic fact that you need is right there.
The Little Book of Pediatrics provides a fun and humorous twist to combine the most up-to-date evidence on child health with the practical approach needed for community primary care practices.
Written to combine a broad appeal with specific important knowledge on child health, The Little Book of Pediatrics is a conversational-style book that includes images and diagrams that pack a big punch!
From head to toe and everything in between—get a quick look into pediatrics:
- Nutrition
- Cardiovascular
- Gastroenterology
- Dermatology
- Oral Health
- Psychosocial Health
- And More….
Drs. Michael J. Steiner and Kelly S. Kimple also include little known “fun facts” to engage and explain some of the mysteries in children’s health.
The Little Book of Pediatrics: Infants to Teens and Everything In Between is an easy-to-read and fun portable resource that will be an invaluable to medical assistants, office staff, students in health sciences, and everyone that works in the pediatrics industry or with pediatric patients, but isn’t a pediatrician.
Introduction Chapter 1 Just Checking In: Why Do You Need to "Check" on Well Children? Chapter 2 Keep on Growing (Growth and Development) Chapter 3 You Are What You Eat…and Drink (Nutrition) Chapter 4 Sniffles, Sneezing, and Snot…Oh My! (Ears, Nose, and Throat) Chapter 5 Take My Breath Away (Pulmonology) Chapter 6 Pump It Up (Cardiovascular) Chapter 7 Bugs Galore and More (Gastroenterology) Chapter 8 To Pee or Not to Pee (Renal/Genitourinary) Chapter 9 Shake, Ache, Rattle, and Roll (Neurology) Chapter 10 It’s in My Blood (Hematology/Oncology) Chapter 11 Not so Humerus (Musculoskeletal) Chapter 12 Itchy, Itchy, Scratchy, Scratchy: What’s That Rashy Rashy (Dermatology) Chapter 13 Peek-a-Boo, I See You (Ophthalmology) Chapter 14 Say Cheese! (Oral Health) Chapter 15 Mind Opener (Psychosocial Health)
Biography
Michael J. Steiner MD, MPH, is a general pediatrician at North Carolina Children’s Hospital and the University of North Carolina. He serves as the Division Director for General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and the Director of Outreach and Network Development for the Department of Pediatrics. Previously, he has worked in a variety of settings from rural primary care to urban academic settings. He currently sees patients in primary care, a complex care referral clinic, hospitalized children, and in the newborn nursery. This is the first book he has co-authored, but has over 40 papers and chapters across a broad group of topics.
Kelly S. Kimple, MD, MPH, is a general pediatrician at North Carolina Children's Hospital and the University of North Carolina. In addition to pediatrics, she has also completed training in preventive medicine and public health. She currently sees patients in primary care, a complex care referral clinic, a rural community health center, and in the newborn nursery.
