Reference Range Values for Pediatric Care

2. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-61002-280-4
Verlag: AMER ACADEMY OF PEDIATRIC

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 122 mm x 170 mm, Gewicht: 204 g

Completely updated, this popular pocket guide provides commonly used reference ranges and values spanning birth through adolescence; plus, data needed for treatment of preterm and other newborns. This resource helps reduce search time for reference ranges and other critical values to optimize patient assessment and treatment.
 
Topics Include - Conversions (conversion formulas and temperature conversions)
- Assessment scales and scoring
- Growth charts
- Blood pressure ranges
- Clinical chemistry values
- Immunization and periodicity schedules
- Hyperbilirubinemia management
- Rate and gap calculations
- Nutrition, formula preparation, and caloric counts
- Umbilical vein and artery catheterization measurements
- Dosages and levels of common antibiotic and antiseizure medications

Autoren/Hrsg.

Soghier, Lamia M.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Fratantoni, Karen

Reyes, Christine

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Pädiatrie, Neonatologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Kinderkrankenpflege
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Allgemeinmedizin, Familienmedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction
- 1. Conversions
- Conversion Formulas
- Temperature Conversion
- Fahrenheit to Celsius Conversion
- 2. Scales and Scoring
- Apgar Score
- New Ballard Score
- Pain Scales
- FLACC Pain Scale
- Pediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS)
- 3. Growth
- Determining Body Surface Area
- Growth Charts
- Growth Charts for Children With Special Health Care Needs
- Growth Measures for Extremities/Ear Above Eye Levels
- Primary Teeth Eruption Chart
- 4. Blood Pressure
- Blood Pressure Nomograms
- Healthy Term Newborns During the First 12 Hours of Life
- Preterm and Full-term Newborns During the First Day of Life (According to Birth Weight)
- Preterm and Full-term Newborns During the First Day of Life (According to Gestational Age)         
- Preterm and Full-term Newborns According to Post-conceptional Age
- Children Younger Than 1 Year
- Blood Pressure Levels for Boys by Age and Height Percentile
- Blood Pressure Levels for Girls by Age and Height Percentile
- 5. Reference Range Values
- Cerebrospinal Fluid
- Clinical Chemistry
- Newborn Clinical Chemistry
- Hematology
- Coagulation Tests
- Healthy Full-term Infant During the First 6 Months of Life
- Inhibition of Coagulation in the Healthy Full-term Infant During the First 6 Months of Life
- Healthy Preterm Infants (30 to 36 Weeks' Gestation) During the First 6 Months of Life
- Inhibition of Coagulation in Healthy Preterm Infants (30 to 36 Weeks' Gestation) During the First 6 Months of Life
- Healthy Children Aged 1 to 16 Years Compared With Adults
- Inhibition of Coagulation in Healthy Children Aged 1 to 16 Years Compared With Adults
- Fibrinolytic System in Healthy Children Aged 1 to 16 Years Compared With Adults
- Lymphocyte Subset Counts in Peripheral Blood
- Thyroid Function Tests
- Very Low Birth Weight Infants
- Preterm Infants
- Infants, Children, and Adults
- Endocrine Laboratory Values
- Growth Hormone Values
- 8 am Cortisol Levels
- Serum 17 Hydroxyprogesterone
- 6. Hyperbilirubinemia Management
- Risk Nomogram
- Phototherapy Nomogram
- Exchange Transfusion Nomogram
- 7. Rate and Gap Calculations
- Glucose Infusion Rate
- Calculated Serum Osmolality
- Anion Gap
- 8. Nutrition, Formula Preparation, and Caloric Counts
- Preparation of Infant Formula for Standard and Soy Formulas
- Common Caloric Supplements
- Enteral Formulas, Including Their Main Nutrient Components
- Composition of Fluids Frequently Used in Oral Rehydration
- Dietary Reference Intakes
- Fluoride Sources and Supplementation
- 9. Umbilical Vein and Artery Catheterization Measurements
- Using Birth Weight to Measure Catheter Length
- Using Shoulder-Umbilical Length to Measure Umbilical Artery Catheter Length
- Using Shoulder-Umbilical Length to Measure Umbilical Vein Catheter Length
- 10. Doses and Levels of Common Antibiotic and Antiseizure Medications
- Antibiotics
- Antiseizure
- 11. Appendixes
- Acetaminophen Toxicity Nomogram
- Rabies Guidelines
- Immunization Schedules
- Periodicity Schedule
- French Catheter Scale

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Lamia Soghier, MD, FAAP is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington DC. She is a board-certified neonatologist and the Medical Unit Director of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and the NICU Quality and Safety Officer at Children's National Medical Center.  She received her medical degree from the University of Alexandria in Egypt and completed her pediatric residency at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania and neonatology fellowship at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx, NY.  Dr Soghier is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in both Pediatrics and Neonatology. She is an active clinician and researcher, has been involved with multiple neonatology publications, and has been the lead editor of the AAP Reference Range Values in Pediatrics since 2012.
 
Dr Soghier is also the Director of Education at Children's National. She obtained her master's degree in medical education from the George Washington University in 2017. Dr Soghier has a profound interest in medical education for the care of newborns worldwide. She has travelled extensively to promote clinician education as a means of improving the health of newborns. Her research and education focus on application of novel technology in skill acquisition by pediatric trainees. She has spoken both nationally and internationally on medical education and neonatal research.

Christine Reyes, MD is a pediatric pathologist affiliated with Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC where she is currently the Associate Chief of Pathology and Lab Medicine and the Director of Chemistry, Point of Care Testing and Clinical Lab Support Services. Prior to becoming a physician, Dr. Reyes was a Medical/Coronary Intensive Care nurse. She attended medical school at the University of New Mexico. Her post-graduate training included a transitional year at Emory University, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology residency at the George Washington University and pediatric pathology fellowship at Texas Children's Hospital. She is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, as well as Pediatric Pathology. She is Assistant Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics at the George Washington University. She has been in practice for more than 15 years.