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Take Your Pediatrician with You : Keeping Your Child Healthy at Home and on the Road /
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART ONE: Traveling with Children
- 1. Planning, Packing, and Pacing
- 2. Staying Safe, Staying Healthy, and Preventing Accidents
- 3. Traveling with Children outside the United States
- 4. Advice for Visiting Friends and Relatives
- 5. Traveling with Children Who Have Chronic Illnesses and Special Needs
- 6. Traveling Teenagers
- 7. Camping and Other Outdoor Adventures
- 8. Traveling by Air
- 9. Cruise Ships
- 10. Motion Sickness
- 11. Altitude Sickness
- 12. Travelers� Diarrhea13. Selecting and Preparing Safe Food and Water
- 14. Skin Problems
- 15. Malaria
- 16. Other Mosquito-Borne Illnesses
- 17. Emerging Infectious Diseases
- 18. Bringing Your Internationally Adopted Child Home
- PART TWO: Common Childhood Illnesses
- 19. Newborns and Infants to Age Three Months
- 20. Fever
- 21. Pain
- 22. Teething
- 23. Colds, Upper Respiratory Infections, and Nasal Congestion
- 24. Sore Throats
- 25. Earaches and Ear Infections
- 26. Common Infections Your Child Is Sure to Get
- 27. Antibiotics
- 28. Coughs29. Nosebleeds
- 30. Eye Problems
- 31. Vomiting, Diarrhea, and Dehydration Caused by Acute Gastroenteritis
- 32. Vomiting and Diarrhea with Causes Other Than Acute Gastroenteritis
- 33. Abdominal Pain
- 34. Constipation and Stooling Patterns
- 35. Headaches
- 36. Seizures, or Convulsions
- 37. Rashes
- PART THREE: Summer Woes
- 38. Sunburn
- 39. Insect Bites and Stings
- 40. Snake Bites
- 41. Venomous and Stinging Marine Animals
- 42. Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, and Poison Sumac Rashes
- 43. West Nile Fever
- 44. Lyme Disease
- 45. Foot and Ankle CarePART FOUR: Accidents, Injuries, and Emergencies
- 46. The Basics
- 47. Head Injuries
- 48. Spine, Neck, and Back Injuries
- 49. Poisoning
- 50. Cuts, Scrapes, and Bruises
- 51. Burns
- 52. Foreign Bodies in the Ear
- 53. Foreign Bodies in the Nose
- 54. Knocked-Out Tooth
- 55. Mammal Bites
- 56. Rabies
- 57. Heat-Related Illness
- 58. Cold-Related Illness and Injuries
- 59. Fireworks Injuries
- 60. Lightning Injuries
- 61. Drowning Prevention
- 62. Breathing Difficulties
- 63. Choking
- 64. CPR and Basic Life SupportPART FIVE: A Medical Kit for Children
- APPENDIX A: Average Weight of U.S. Children
- APPENDIX B: Converting Degrees Fahrenheit to Degrees Centigrade
- Index
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