**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Pediatrics**
Trusted for 70 years for fast, accurate information on pediatric diagnosis and treatment, The Harriet Lane Handbook remains the #1 source of pediatric point-of-care clinical information for pediatric residents, students, nurses, and all healthcare professionals who treat young patients. The fully revised 24th Edition has been carefully updated by residents, edited by chief residents, and reviewed by expert faculty at The Johns Hopkins Hospital to keep you current with new guidelines, practice parameters, pharmacology, and more. This portable, highly regarded reference is truly an indispensable resource for everyday clinical practice.
Key features
Includes a new chapter on vulnerable populations and expanded coverage on trauma informed care
Contains the popular and comprehensive Pediatric Drug Formulary, updated by Carlton K. K. Lee, PharmD, MPH, with details on the latest in pharmacologic treatment of pediatric patients
Features expanded audio case files that allow you to listen to residents and faculty at The Johns Hopkins Hospital discuss case studies and healthcare disparities based on topics from this bestselling book
Uses a new, full-color outline format to make navigation even easier and figures more valuable
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Readership
Pediatric practitioners, residents, medical students
Table of contents
1. Emergency and Critical Care Management
2. Traumatic Injuries
3. Toxicology
4. Procedures
5. Adolescent Medicine
6. Analgesia and Procedural Sedation
7. Cardiology
8. Dermatology
9. Development, Behavior, and Developmental Disability
10. Endocrinology
11. Fluids and Electrolytes
12. Gastroenterology
13. Genetics: Clinical and Biochemical Genetics
14. Hematology
15. Immunology and Allergy
16. Immunoprophylaxis
17. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
18. Neonatology
19. Nephrology
20. Neurology
21. Nutrition and Growth
22. Oncology
23. Palliative Care and Complex Care
24. Psychiatry
25. Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine
26. Radiology
27. Rheumatology
28. Vulnerable Populations
29. Blood Chemistry and Body Fluids
30. Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Medicine
31. Drug Dosages
32. Drugs in Kidney Failure
