Find normal values and related data FAST!
Now you no longer have to search through multiple resources for reference ranges and other critical values. This concise, compact new handbook puts must-know information and clinical tools right at your fingertips.
Indispensable reference ranges spanning birth through adolescence
- Blood pressure ranges
- Body surface area calculation
- Bone age metrics
- Hematology values
- Cerebrospinal fluid values
- Clinical chemistry ranges
- Thyroid function
- Caloric intake values
- And more!
Plus, diverse assessment and management tools- AAP immunization and periodicity schedules
- APGAR and Ballard scoring
- Growth charts
- Pain scales
- Hyperbilirubinemia nomograms
- Enteral formulas
- GIR calculators
Drug administration and monitoring guidelinesLook here for all the basics on commonly used antibiotics and antiseizure medications - complete with recommended dosages and serum target levels.
Find normal values and related data FAST!
This concise, compact new handbook from the American Academy of Pediatrics brings together all the most vital range data - plus diverse clinical evaluation and calculation tools.
Indispensable reference ranges spanning birth through adolescence
- Blood pressure ranges
- Body surface area calculation
- Bone age metrics
- Hematology values
- Cerebrospinal fluid values
- Clinical chemistry ranges
- Thyroid function
- Caloric intake values
- And more!
Plus, diverse assessment and management tools- AAP immunization and periodicity schedules
- APGAR and Ballard scoring
- Growth charts
- Pain scales
- Hyperbilirubinemia nomograms
- Enteral formulas
- GIR calculators
Drug administration and monitoring guidelinesThe handbook includes must-know basics on commonly used antibiotics and antiseizure medications - complete with recommended dosages and serum target levels.
Introduction
1. Conversations
2. Scales and Scoring
3. Growth
4. Blood Pressure
5. Reference Range Values
6. Hyperbilirubinemia Management
7. Rate and Gap Calculations
8. Nutrition, Formula Preparation, and Caloric Counts
9. Umbilical Vein and Artery Catherization Measurements
10. Does and Levels of Common Antibiotic and Antiseizure Medications
11. Appendixes
Dr Lamia Soghier, MD, MEd, FAAP, is an Associate 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 Childrens National Medical Center. She received her medical degree from the University of Alexandria in Egypt and completed her pediatric residency at the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania and neonatology fellowship at the Childrens 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 Childrens National. She obtained her masters 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.
