Pediatrics: Just the Facts
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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
Everything a resident or clinician needs-to-know about pediatric medicine in a concise bulleted format. Written by a preeminent team of clinicians from the top children’s hospitals in the country, this quick-reference and board review is organized according to the clinical issues tested on the Board of Pediatrics Examination.