The book is a concise, wide-ranging, and up-to-date ready reference companion guide for pediatricians, residents, postgraduate (PG) and undergraduate (UG) students, and general practitioners. It provides standard guidelines for the management of a wide-range of pediatric disorders encountered in ones day-to-day practice in outdoor, indoor, as well as intensive care settings. The spectrum of effectiveness of various antibiotics and their rational use in management of different types of infections has been described. Current guidelines for immunization and pre- and postexposure prophylaxis in children have been discussed. The indications, dosage, precautions, contraindications, and side effects of various drugs used in neonates, infants, and children alongside names of some proprietary products have been detailed. An excellent index provides instant retrieval of the conditions being searched for, which enables prompt institution of appropriate therapy.
