Red Book Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinical Decision Support Chart

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Among the most helpful and popular features of the Red Book are its tables algorithms charts and graphs. To make these tools more accessible and user-friendly at the point of care the American Academy of Pediatrics is pleased to introduce the new Red Book Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinical Decision Support Chart. This handy resource collects many of the most clinically useful tables algorithms and other items from the latest edition of Red Book and presents them in an enlarged enhanced colorized format that is lightweight portable and easy to navigate. Additionally new tables have been created exclusively for this chart synthesizing important clinical information from the Red Book text. 15 information-rich topics include: Staphylococcal Infections Streptococcal Infections Diarrheal Infections Immunizations Antibiotic Prophylaxis Immune Globulin Immune Globulin Kawasaki Disease Tuberculosis Lyme Disease Varicella-Zoster Zika Fungal Infections Genital and Neonatal Herpes Syphilis Immunocompromised Children and Adolescents The content featured in these 15 tabs has been reviewed by the Red Book editors to ensure consistency with AAP policy.