TEXTBOOK OF PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE: Illustrated Guide to Child Health, Development, Disease Management, Mental Health, and Pediatric Doses for Students, Residents, and Practitioners by Dr. Willie B. Cullen

TEXTBOOK OF PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE is a comprehensive illustrated clinical reference written for this exact challenge. It addresses the complete scope of pediatric primary care practice from newborn assessment through adolescent health, with disease management content spanning every major organ system. Unit 1, The Child in Context, opens the book with six chapters that establish the social, developmental, environmental, and ethical foundations of pediatric practice. Chapters cover child development as a clinical framework, the social and global determinants of pediatric health, environmental health and toxic exposures including lead, pesticides, and adverse childhood experiences, child safeguarding and mandatory reporting, and health equity and cultural humility in the clinical encounter. A dedicated chapter addresses the pediatric clinical encounter across settings including telehealth, with age-stratified examination guidance and the HEADSS psychosocial assessment framework. Unit 2, Health Supervision Across Childhood, covers twelve chapters organized by developmental stage, from the newborn and neonate through infancy, toddlerhood, the preschool and school-age years, and adolescence. Each chapter addresses the primary care scope for that developmental stage, stage-specific health supervision visits, common presentations and developmental red flags, anticipatory guidance, and key clinical concerns including attachment, autonomy, language development, academic performance, and confidentiality. Additional chapters in this unit cover nutrition, sleep, immunizations, dental and oral health, physical activity and sports medicine, and child maltreatment. Unit 3, Behavioral and Mental Health in Primary Care, provides three chapters addressing the epidemiology and management of pediatric mental health, common neurodevelopmental disorders including ADHD and autism spectrum disorder, and adolescent psychosocial health covering sexuality, gender identity, affirming care, substance use, and screen time. Unit 4, Disease Management in Primary Care, forms the clinical core of the book across 21 chapters. Each chapter follows a consistent structure: a primary care scope statement, developmental context, pathophysiology, clinical presentation and differential diagnosis, evidence-based management, a treatment algorithm, resource-adapted management for varied practice settings, and referral and admission criteria. Topics include prescribing and pharmacology, pain and fever, injuries and toxic exposures, palliative care, and disease management across genetics, neonatology, ear and hearing, nose and throat, respiratory medicine, cardiology, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, allergy and immunology, dermatology, haematology and oncology, endocrinology, musculoskeletal disorders, neurology, genitourinary conditions, gynecology and reproductive health, and behavioral disease management. Several clinical photographs, algorithms, infographics, and annotated diagnostic images are integrated throughout every unit, making this one of the most visually supported primary care references currently available. Six appendices provide working clinical tools: WHO and CDC growth charts, a developmental milestone quick reference, current immunization schedules, age-stratified normal laboratory values, pediatric pain assessment scales, and weight-based drug dose references for the 50 most commonly prescribed medications in pediatric primary care. TEXTBOOK OF PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE is written for medical students on clinical rotations, pediatric and family medicine residents, nurse practitioner and physician assistant students, and practicing clinicians in primary care, community, and outpatient pediatric settings. Read more