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The worlds most trusted pediatrics resource continues to provide the most authoritative coverage of the best approaches to care in this streamlined new edition. With two new editors, extensive updates, and expanded online features, youll have the well-rounded, up-to-date guidance you need to offer your patients the very best. • Stay current on recent developments and hot topics such as melamine poisoning, long-term mechanical ventilation in the acutely ill child, sexual identity and adolescent homosexuality, age-specific behavior disturbances, and psychosis associated with epilepsy. • Tap into substantially enhanced content with world-leading clinical and research expertise from two new editors Joseph W. St. Geme III, MD, and Nina F. Schor, MD, PhD who contribute on key subspecialties, including pediatric infectious disease and pediatric neurology. • Manage the transition to adult healthcare for children with chronic diseases through discussions of the overall health needs of patients with congenital heart defects, diabetes, and cystic fibrosis. • Recognize, diagnose, and manage genetic conditions more effectively using an expanded section that covers these diseases, disorders, and syndromes extensively.