Pediatrics: Just the Facts

1. Normal growth and development

a. Fetus and Premature

b. Newborn

c. Infancy

d. Early childhood (pre-school)

e. Middle childhood (post-school/pre-adol)

f. Adolescence

2. Nutrition

a. Nutritional requirements

b. Infant feeding

c. should be in disease processes

d. should be in disease processes

3. Fluid and electrolytes

4. The pediatric history and physical exam

a. History

b. Review of systems

c. Family history

d. Physical exam

5. Health supervision and preventive care (immuniztions here)

a. Newborn

b. Infancy

c. Early childhood

d. Middle childhood

e. Adolescence

i. in disease process section

ii. Sexual development in females

iii. Sexual development in males

iv. in disease process section

v. Psychological disorders

6. Normal Developmental and behavioral pediatrics

Newborn

Infancy

Early Childhood

Middle Childhood

Adolescence

7. Pediatric pharmacology

8. Toxicology (I believe that this category should be under emergency medicine)

a. Substance abuse

i. Ethanol

ii. Volatile substances

iii. Cocaine

iv. Opiates

v. Amphetamines

b. Iron

c. Lead

d. Analgesics/sedatives

e. Hydrocarbons

f. Caustic agents

g. Carbon monoxide

9. Emergency pediatrics (sections on emergencies in each of the following categories: Allergy, Cardiology, Dental, Dermatologic, Endocrine, GI, Genetic (Inborn errors), Hematologic, Oncologic, Infectious, Renal, Neurologic, Ophthalmologic, Orthopaedic, Pulmonary, Rheumatolgic, Psychiatric, Surgical)

a. Resuscitation

b. Injuries

c. Shaken child

10. Neonatal critical care

a. Birth injury

b. Prematurity

c. Respiratory Disorders

d. Digestive disorders

e. Blood disorders

f. Urinary track disorders

g. Neonatal infections

11. Pediatric critical care

a. Advanced life support

b. Mechanical ventilation

c. Acute respiratory distress syndrome

d. Near drowning

e. Acute neurologic injury

f. Brain death

g. Technology dependent children

12. Allergy and immunology

a. Allergic rhinitis

b. Food allergy

c. Drug allergy

d. Asthma

e. Immunodeficiency

13. Cardiology/CT Surgery

a. Chest pain

b. Abnormal Heart Sounds

c. Syncope

d. Congenital heart disease (Cyanotic/Acyanotic)

e. Heart failure

f. Cardiomyopathies

g. Acquired Heart Disease (Inflammatory, Infectious, Kawasaki, Rheumatic, SBE)

h. Hypertension

i. Hyperlipidemia

14. Dentistry

a. Preventive dentistry

b. Caries

15. Dermatology

a. Disorders of infancy

b. Phacomatoses

c. Atopic dermatitis

d. Acne

e. Dermatologic Manifestations of Systemic

16. Endocrinology

a. Diabetes mellitus

b. Short stature

c. Hypoglycemia

d. Hypothalamic dysfunction

e. Hypothyroid disease

f. Hyperthyroidism

g. Adrenal insufficiency

17. Gastroenterology and Hepatology/GI Surgery:

a. Abdominal pain

b. Vomiting

c. Diarrhea

d. Constipation

e. Jaundice and hepatic failure

f. Pancreatitis

g. Gastro-esophageal reflux

h. Inflammatory bowel disease

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*Emergency Pediatrics
*Neonatal Critical Care
*Pediatric Critical Care
*Pediatric Hospital Care
*Allergic and Immunologic Disorders
*Diseases of the Heart and Great Vessels
*Skin Diseases
*Disorders of the Endocrine System
*Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease
*Genetic Diseases
*Disorders of the Blood and Blood Cells
*Malignancies
*Infectious Diseases
*Diseases of the Kidney, Ureters, and Bladder
*Neurologic Disorders
*Diseases and Disorders of the Eye
*Diseases of the Bone and Joints
*Respiratory Disorders
*Behavioral and Psychiatric Disorders
*Rheumatological and Autoimmune Conditions
*Growth Disorders
*Pediatric Dentistry

Also of Interest:
Rudolph et al: Rudolph’s Pediatrics 21st Edition. ISBN: 0-8385-8285-0