Description:The rapidity and scope of new developments in medicine,and particularly in pediatrics are evident in the factthat this new, eighth edition of Nelson's standard Textbookof Pediatrics is 174 pages longer and half a pound heavierthan its immediate predecessor which appeared only fiveyears ago. The difference represents much new materialand extensive revision of old. Eighty-five contributors arelisted, not counting the Editor who has written a considerable number of pages himself. The general level of professional competence in the authors is high.New sections, by new authors, include nearly 100 pageson growth, development, and problems of fluid and electrolyte balance; a revised and expanded section, a mostuseful one, on drugs, with 41-page table of dosages andpreparations; a much needed discussion of the rapidlygrowing field of chromosomal anomalies and disorders,and of the also fast growing list of inborn errors of metabolism; a new section on unclassified mycobacteria, which have been widely reported of late; an expanded section of virus diseases, including recent developments in prophylaxis of measles and poliomyelitis; a description of the now well-established therapy of coccidioidomycosis with Amphotericin B; a considerably enlarged section on endocrine disturbances; and numerous other additions and updatings.It is clear that the important advances in the paediatric field during the last half-decade have been quite thoroughly covered.The index, a particularly satisfactory feature of all editions of the Nelson text, has been correspondingly lengthened.The new edition is highly recommended to studentsand practitioners alike.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Textbook of Pediatrics. To get started finding Textbook of Pediatrics, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: The rapidity and scope of new developments in medicine,and particularly in pediatrics are evident in the factthat this new, eighth edition of Nelson's standard Textbookof Pediatrics is 174 pages longer and half a pound heavierthan its immediate predecessor which appeared only fiveyears ago. The difference represents much new materialand extensive revision of old. Eighty-five contributors arelisted, not counting the Editor who has written a considerable number of pages himself. The general level of professional competence in the authors is high.New sections, by new authors, include nearly 100 pageson growth, development, and problems of fluid and electrolyte balance; a revised and expanded section, a mostuseful one, on drugs, with 41-page table of dosages andpreparations; a much needed discussion of the rapidlygrowing field of chromosomal anomalies and disorders,and of the also fast growing list of inborn errors of metabolism; a new section on unclassified mycobacteria, which have been widely reported of late; an expanded section of virus diseases, including recent developments in prophylaxis of measles and poliomyelitis; a description of the now well-established therapy of coccidioidomycosis with Amphotericin B; a considerably enlarged section on endocrine disturbances; and numerous other additions and updatings.It is clear that the important advances in the paediatric field during the last half-decade have been quite thoroughly covered.The index, a particularly satisfactory feature of all editions of the Nelson text, has been correspondingly lengthened.The new edition is highly recommended to studentsand practitioners alike.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Textbook of Pediatrics. To get started finding Textbook of Pediatrics, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.