AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9781581102680 ISBN-10: 1581102682 Copyright: 2009 Edition: 1st Editors: McInerny, Thomas K., Adam, Henry M., Campbell, Deborah E., Kamat, Deepak M., Kelleher, Kelly J., Doody's Expert Review    Score: 91 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Jennifer Parkerson,  MD  (Ochsner Clinic Foundation) Description This textbook created by the American Academy of Pediatrics details screening, diagnosis, treatment, and management of both common and uncommon diseases in children. A web-based resource is also available. Purpose The purpose is to provide evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of children. Audience The audience is physicians, nurse practitioners, and residents who care for children. Features The book provides information regarding the screening, diagnosis, treatment, and management of a wide variety of medical conditions in infants, children, and adolescents. Supplements at the end of each chapter provide forms, questionnaires, and implementation tools. Each health topic includes a section that provides guidelines for when to refer and admit patients. Subjects including evidence-based medicine, electronic health records, and quality improvement are also addressed. The web-based supplement provides a wealth of resources from the American Academy of Pediatrics including content from the Red Book and Bright Futures Guidelines. Assessment This is an excellent resource for clinicians involved in the care of children. The organization enables easy access to subjects and the chapter supplements and resources are particularly helpful in providing information important for the care of these patients in a clinical setting. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 10 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 8 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 5 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 4 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 4 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 4 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 4 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book 4 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 10 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? N/A ©2024 Doody Enterprises, Inc.