Description
The first edition of The Washington Manual ¨ of Pediatrics was created from The Washington Manual ¨ Pediatric Survival Guide to provide concise and quickly accessible information to interns, residents, and medical students while they care for children in the hospital, in the intensive care units, in the emergency department, and in subspecialty outpatient clinics. For this reason, this manual does not contain a complete description of each pediatric subspecialty or an extensive description of the pathophysiology of the diseases discussed. However, it does provide established clearcut approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of most common pediatric problems. In addition, it supplies evidence-based references where they are available for the described management approaches.
The authors of this manual are interns, residents, chief residents, subspecialty fellows, and faculty at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University. These talented, enthusiastic, and caring physicians worked together to provide a manual for house officers, medical students, and all those seeking knowledge about pediatrics. In addition to the hard work of many authors, special thanks go out to Dr. Susan Dusenbery, Dr. Ana Maria Arbelaez, and Dr. Tami Garmany whose efforts on the first edition and the Survival Guide set the stage for this current version. Also, this book would not exist were it not for the tireless activity, dedication, and organizational skills of LeighAnn Bryant, whose patience and gentle persistence were paramount in bringing this work to fruition.
Andrew J. White, MD