Zitelli: The birth of the Atlas occurred as “twinkle in my eye” in 1981 but after I asked Dr. Holly Davis, who was head of our Emergency Department, to join me in 1982 it began taking shape. Other atlases generally had only photographs with legends. Dr. Davis and I decided that more descriptive text would significantly add to the educational value of the Atlas. After 5 years of recruiting contributors, gathering images, writing and panning, the first edition (the “Pink” edition) was published. We have been humbled by the use of the Atlas by so many health care workers and their positive comments and suggestions that has encouraged us to continue with the eighth edition. Nowalk: In a time of Google image searches and online content, the curated information and images of the Atlas are still vibrant and relevant. The Atlas acts as a central point to review pediatric presentations with a distinct focus on the visual diagnosis of pediatric disease. It continues to add that specific focus which is critical for trainees and practicing pediatricians and family medicine doctors alike. MORE
Year after year on daily patient rounds with physicians and pharmacists in the Internal Medicine setting, I found myself answering the same types of questions and encountering the same types of problems over and over again. Physicians ask me about the appropriate use of medications when they are sending a patient for a test. Pharmacists ask me about tests or procedures because they are not familiar with the multitude of interventions performed in the Internal Medicine setting. Prior to the publication of this text, each professional had to scour various texts, guidelines, studies, and call different specialists to answer their questions. The lack of one orderly and broad resource resulted in wasted time, effort, and money, in addition to contributing to medication errors, confusion, redundancies, delays of care, and generally taking time that would be better spent caring for patients in other ways. This publication is the first resource where information about medications and their interactions with tests and procedures is found in a convenient, pocket-sized reference. MORE
The book focuses on pediatric dermatology clinical findings, differential diagnosis, and management of skin issues in infants, children, and adolescents for pediatricians and general dermatologists. The number of images has grown dramatically over the last four editions and also includes multiple images of skin of color which is important since skin findings can vary dramatically depending on skin color. MORE
