The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult

Newly added information on ingestion of caustics, opioids, and "ecstasy-type" drugs. Newly added information on childhood obesity, metabolic syndrome, and probiotics.

The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult provides immediate, point-of-care advice on problems seen in infants, children, and adolescents. This best-selling handheld resource covers more than 460 diseases in the fast-access 5-Minute Consult format that is popular among busy clinicians. This latest update is based on the 5th edition and it includes additional features and enhanced functionality.

Other features include entries addressing the workup and treatment of 50 chief complaints, plus a medication index, syndromes glossary, surgical glossary, laboratory values, and tables.

Key Features

• Emergency department procedures including ingestion of caustics, opioids, and “ecstasy-type” drugs
• Newly added information on childhood obesity, metabolic syndrome, and probiotics.
• Contains information on Acetaminophen Poisoning, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Cyclospora Diarrhea, Diarrhea-Functional, Methemoglobinemia, Rotavirus, Salicylate Poisoning (Aspirin)
• Chief Complaints section addresses the work-up and treatment of 50 commonly encountered signs and symptoms.

  Facts About Skyscape's PDA Medical Software
  The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult is current, accurate and easily cross-indexes with all of Skyscape's 500+ clinical, drug & diagnostic references.

Provide instant access from within clinical topics to The Glasgow Coma Scale for Adults and Children!

SmartLink: Skyscape's patented SmartLink™ technology is a powerful tool that enables you to cross-reference our fully-integrated portfolio of over 500 resources in 35 specialties, quickly and easily. You are able to experience natural thought flow by referencing a disease from one resource and receive appropriate drug recommendations specifically for that topic, without having to go over the complete drug guide.

*All features are not supported by Symbian and iPhone platforms.

Gloria Donovan, M.D.
Tools like this improves patient care and even improves my reputation with colleagues and patients.
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David C. Stockwell, MD (Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington DC)
This new classic pediatric reference comes across as a very strong handheld reference on specific diagnoses as well as augmenting differential diagnosis.
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Jim Brown
I found all of the information that was needed to care for the patient right at my finger tips.
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