本书由国内知名儿科学团队以McGraw-Hill教育公司提供的Rudolph’s Pediatrics（第22版，2011年）为基础，参照国内各知名医学院校儿科学教学大纲及全国高等医学教材建设研究会规划教材确定编写内容。与现有教材内容及结构尽量保持相对一致。编写中尽量采用原书内容，保持原书风格。全书共20章，基本涵盖了规划教材的内容。本书图文并茂，内容翔实。本书根据中国儿科学教学大纲对原版图书进行改编，适合来华医学留学生，本国长学制学生及研究生使用，也可供儿科学专业临床医学提供儿科英语水平使用。

CHAPTER 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF PEDIATRICS
Section 1 Role of the Pediatrician
Section 2 Decision Making: Use of Evidence-Based Medicine
Section 3 Comnication
Section 4 Interviewing Techniques
Section 5 Law, Ethics, and Clinical Judgment
CHAPTER 2 HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION
Section 1 Child Development
Section 2 Screening
Section 3 Imnizations
CHAPTER 3 NUTRITION
Section 1 Normal Nutritional Requirements
Section 2 Breast-Feeding
Section 3 Infant Forla and Complementary Foods
Section 4 tdischarge Nutritional Management of the Premature Infant
Section 5 Malnutrition and Refeeding
Section 6 The Overweight or Obese Child
Section 7 Speized Nutrition Support
CHAPTER 4 NEWBORN
Section 1 Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity
Section 2 Delivery Room Resuscitation
Section 3 Transitional Changes in the Newborn
Section 4 Examination of the Newborn Infant
Section 5 tnatal Care and Observation
Section 6 Abnormalities of the Lungs
Section 7 Hypoc-Ischemic Encephalopathy
Section 8 Jaundice
Section 9 Hypoglycemia
Section 10 Hypocalcemia
Section 11 Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Section 12 Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Section 13 Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Section 14 Intraventricular Hemorrhage
Section 15 Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Section 16 Emergencies
Section 17 Retinopathy of Prematurity
CHAPTER 5 PRINCIPLES OF ADOLESCENT CARE
Section 1 Somatic Growth and Development
Section 2 Psychological Development
CHAPTER 6 DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS
Section 1 Introduction to Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Section 2 Fundamental Concepts of Child Development
Section 3 Standardized Developmental Screening and Assessment Instruments
Section 4 Hyperactivity and Inattention
Section 5 Developmental delay/Intellectual Disability
Section 6 Autistic Spectrum Disorders
CHAPTER 7 STABILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ACUTELY ILL INFANT AND CHILD
Section 1 Monitoring of Vital Function
Section 2 Vascular Access
Section 3 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Section 4 Life Support Systems
Section 5 Stabilization and Transport
Section 6 Management of Cerebral Edema and Elevated Intracranial Pressure
Section 7 Perioperative Care
Section 8 Pain Management and Sedation
Section 9 Acute Metabolic Dysfunction
Section 10 Acute Inflammation
Section 11 Trauma, Burns and Bites
Section 12 Submersion Injury
Section 13 Foreign-Body Aspiration
Section 14 Apparent Life-Threatening Events and SIDS
Section 15 Toc Ingestions and Exures
Section 16 Heat Stress
Section 17 Poisonous Bites and Stings
CHAPTER 8 HUMAN GENETICS
Section 1 Key Principles in Human Genetics
Section 2 Chromosomal Disorders
Section 3 Principles of Inborn Errors of Metabolism
Section 4 Hyperphenylalaninemia
CHAPTER 9 IMMUNOLOGIC AND ALLERGIC DISORDERS
Section 1 Overview of the Imne System
Section 2 Undue Susceptibility to Infection
Section 3 Primary Imnodeficiencies
Section 4 Allergic Disease and Atopy
Section 5 Clinical Aspects of Allergic Diseases
Section 6 Allergic Rhinitis and Conjunctivitis
Section 7 Food Allergy
Section 8 Adverse Reactions to Drugs
CHAPTER 10 RHEUMATOLOGY
Section 1 Pathogenesis of Inflammatory and Autoimne Disorders
Section 2 History and Physical Examination in Rheumatology
Section 3 Diagnostic Testing in Rheumatology
Section 4 Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Section 5 Vasculitides
Section 6 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Overlap Connective Tissue Diseases, and Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
CHAPTER 11 INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Section 1 Bacteremia, Sepsis, and Septic Shock
Section 2 Tuberculosis (Mycobacteria Tuberculosis)
Section 3 Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections
Section 4 Staphylococcus Infections
Section 5 Enterovirus Infections
Section 6 Cytomegalovirus
Section 7 Epstein-Barr Virus Mononucleosis
Section 8 Varicella-Zoster Virus