The Harriet Lane Handbook

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The HARRIET LANE HANDBOOK is the essential resource for health care professionals who work with children. Diagnostic guidelines, recommended tests, therapeutics, and dosage schedules are presented in a readily accessible, pocket-sized format. The New Edition includes new chapters on Psychiatry, Surgery, and Oncology, fully updated drug information with lactation and safety in pregnancy information, and full trade name and generic name drug index.* Presents diagnostic guidelines, recommended tests, therapeutics and drug dosage schedules for a true one-stop reference of clinical pediatric information. * Includes more than 300 illustrations, table and charts for easy reference of key information. * Presents the latest guidelines, practices and recommendations in a style appropriate for busy clinical practice. * Features a comprehensive formulary with the latest approved drugs. NEW TO THIS EDITION: * Includes three new chapters on Psychiatry, Surgery and Oncology. * Features thoroughly updated chapters with the latest pediatric information. * Includes lactation and safety in pregnancy information with the revised formulary for one easy-to-access, pocket-size reference. * Provides a trade name and generic name drug index.

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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 22nd Edition of this portable reference continues to be the #1 source of pediatric point-of-care clinical information for pediatric residents, students, nurses, and all healthcare professionals who treat young patients. - Trusted for more than 65 years for fast, accurate information on pediatric diagnosis and treatment. - Updated and expanded content includes an all-new chapter on Psychiatry, plus reorganized information on Emergency and Critical Care Management, as well as Traumatic Injuries. - The popular 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.