PEDIATRICS

Compiled by Frank Stitt MBBS FRACP
Online Medical Education, Sydney, Australia

• Clinical Practice Guidelines: Pediatrics
  "over 100 full text and/or abstracts of guidelines for pediatric practices that were produced or endorsed by a Canadian national, provincial or territorial health organization, professional society, government agency or expert panel; must complete keyword search from CMA Infobase page"
• Facts for Life
  'Facts for Life' presents, in simple language, authoritative information about practical, effective and low-cost ways to protect children's lives and health; this2002 Internet edition contains summaries of the subject chapters and has new sections on HIV/AIDS, emergencies and accidents; it is available in English, French and Spanish; from this website, the complete chapters can be downloaded as PDF or text files; it is co-published by UNICEF, WHO, several other UN agencies and the World Bank"
• Medical Matrix: Pediatrics
  "a series of annotated subject category links to sites on pediatrics; includes News, Full Text Journals, Abstracts, Reviews, Reviews and Digests, Articles, Meeting Reports, Practice Guidelines, Textbooks and more"
• Pediatric Database
  "contains descriptions (definition, epidemiology, pathinogenesis, clinical features, investigation and management) in outline format of over 550 childhood illnesses; information has been obtained from at least 3 sources including Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, the Birth Defects Encyclopedia, and one other source"
• Pediatric Points of Interest
  "a subject index and keyword searchable collection of links to resources in pediatrics and child health; sponsored by the Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University (U.S.)"
• PEDINFO
  "a subject index of links to pediatric Internet sites including disease specific information, clinical subspecialties, institutions, and other resources; from the University of Alabama at Brimingham (U.S.)
• PedsCCM File Cabinet
  "contains subject based links to abstracts and full text articles; a multidisciplinary resource of original and distributed educational and practical materials for pediatric critical care practitioners"
• Rehydration Project: Focus on Diarrhoea, Dehydration and Rehydration
  "site contains a vast amount of full text clinical and research information about de and rehydration; also includes all issues of the newsletter 'Dialogue on Diarrhoea' and select journal articles; includes a keyword search engine; sponsored by a non-profit, international development group that fosters ORT"
• World Health Organization: Division of Child Health Development
  "the WHO's pediatric primary care site; contains clinical info on the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness, Acute Respiratory Infection, Diarrhoeal Disease, Cholera, plus other Documents, FAQ's, Links to relevant WHO and other organizations' sites plus a keyword search engine"

• see also:
  
• eMedicine: an On-line Medical Reference - Pediatrics
• Family Practice Handbook (University of Iowa Department of Family Practice)
• Oncolink: Pediatric Cancers
• Source Bibliographic Database: International Health and Disability
• WHO: Primary Care Documents

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