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SECTION 1 THE PROFESSION OF PEDIATRICS 1 Population and Culture: The Care of Children in Society 2 Professionalism 3 Ethics and Legal Issues 4 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
SECTION 2 GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 5 Normal Growth 6 Disorders of Growth 7 Normal Development 8 Disorders of Development 9 Evaluation of the Well Child 10 Evaluation of the Child with Special Needs
SECTION 3 BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS 11 Crying and Colic 12 Temper Tantrums 13 Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 14 Control of Elimination 15 Normal Sleep and Pediatric Sleep Disorders
SECTION 4 PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS 16 Somatoform Disorders, Factitious Disorders, and Malingering 17 Anxiety and Phobias 18 Depression and Bipolar Disorders 19 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 20 Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Psychoses
SECTION 5 PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES 21 Failure to Thrive 22 Child Abuse and Neglect 23 Sexuality and Gender Identity 24 Family Structure and Function 25 Violence 26 Divorce, Separation, and Bereavement
SECTION 6 PEDIATRIC NUTRITION AND NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS 27 Diet of the Normal Infant 28 Diet of the Normal Child and Adolescent 29 Obesity 30 Pediatric Undernutrition 31 Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies
SECTION 8 THE ACUTELY ILL OR INJURED CHILD 38 Assessment and Resuscitation 39 Respiratory Failure 40 Shock 41 Injury Prevention 42 Major Trauma 43 Drowning 44 Burns 45 Poisoning 46 Sedation and Analgesia
SECTION 9 HUMAN GENETICS AND DYSMORPHOLOGY 47 Patterns of Inheritance 48 Genetic Assessment and Diagnosis 49 Chromosomal Disorders 50 Approach to the Dysmorphic Child
SECTION 11 FETAL AND NEONATAL MEDICINE 58 Assessment of the Mother, Fetus, and Newborn 59 Maternal Diseases Affecting the Newborn 60 Diseases of the Fetus 61 Respiratory Diseases of the Newborn 62 Anemia and Hyperbilirubinemia 63 Necrotizing Enterocolitis 64 Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, Intracranial Hemorrhage, and Seizures 65 Sepsis and Meningitis 66 Congenital Infections
SECTION 12 ADOLESCENT MEDICINE 67 Overview and Assessment of Adolescents 68 Well-Adolescent Care 69 Adolescent Gynecology 70 Eating Disorders 71 Substance Abuse
SECTION 16 INFECTIOUS DISEASES 93 Infectious Disease Assessment 94 Immunization and Prophylaxis 95 Antiinfective Therapy 96 Fever Without a Focus 97 Infections Characterized by Fever and Rash 98 Cutaneous Infections 99 Lymphadenopathy 100 Meningitis 101 Encephalitis 102 The Common Cold 103 Pharyngitis 104 Sinusitis 105 Otitis Media 106 Otitis Externa 107 Croup (Laryngotracheobronchitis) 108 Pertussis 109 Bronchiolitis 110 Pneumonia 111 Infective Endocarditis 112 Acute Gastroenteritis 113 Viral Hepatitis 114 Urinary Tract Infection 115 Vulvovaginitis 116 Sexually Transmitted Infections 117 Osteomyelitis 118 Infectious Arthritis 119 Ocular Infections 120 Infection in the Immunocompromised Person 121 Infections Associated with Medical Devices 122 Zoonoses and Vector-Borne Infections 123 Parasitic Diseases 124 Tuberculosis 125 Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
SECTION 17 THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 126 Digestive System Assessment 127 Oral Cavity 128 Esophagus and Stomach 129 Intestinal Tract 130 Liver Disease 131 Pancreatic Disease 132 Peritonitis
SECTION 18 THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 133 Respiratory System Assessment 134 Control of Breathing 135 Upper Airway Obstruction 136 Lower Airway, Parenchymal, and Pulmonary Vascular Diseases 137 Cystic Fibrosis 138 Chest Wall and Pleura
SECTION 21 ONCOLOGY 153 Oncology Assessment 154 Principles of Cancer Treatment 155 Leukemia 156 Lymphoma 157 Central Nervous System Tumors 158 Neuroblastoma 159 Wilms Tumor 160 Sarcomas
SECTION 22 NEPHROLOGY AND UROLOGY 161 Nephrology and Urology Assessment 162 Nephrotic Syndrome and Proteinuria 163 Glomerulonephritis and Hematuria 164 Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome 165 Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease 166 Hypertension 167 Vesicoureteral Reflux 168 Congenital and Developmental Abnormalities of the Urinary Tract 169 Other Urinary Tract and Genital Disorders
SECTION 23 ENDOCRINOLOGY 170 Endocrinology Assessment 171 Diabetes Mellitus 172 Hypoglycemia 173 Short Stature 174 Disorders of Puberty 175 Thyroid Disease 176 Disorders of Parathyroid Bone and Mineral Endocrinology 177 Disorders of Sexual Development 178 Adrenal Gland Dysfunction
SECTION 24 NEUROLOGY 179 Neurology Assessment 180 Headache and Migraine 181 Seizures 182 Weakness and Hypotonia 183 Ataxia and Movement Disorders 184 Altered Mental Status 185 Neurodegenerative Disorders 186 Neurocutaneous Disorders 187 Congenital Malformations of the Central Nervous System