Databases

PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 17 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

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Check MD Consult to quickly answer clinical questions and stay up-to-date. Includes full-text medical books and journals, drug information, patient handouts, practice guidelines, and CME modules.

Available only from computers on the Ochsner Network.

UpToDate is specifically designed to answer the clinical questions that arise in daily practice. Physician editors and authors review and update content on a continuous basis and a new, peer-reviewed version is issued every four months. The published evidence is summarized and specific recommendations made for patient care.

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PDA access information

For Patients. Includes patient level health information including conditions, diseases and wellness, plus a medical encyclopedia, and drug information. This site is free and available on any PC with Internet access.

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This link provides access to the Micromedex Healthcare Series. It provides access to summaries and detailed monographs for drugs, disease, alternative medicine, toxicological managements, reproductive risks, and emergency care. To access the online PDR (Physician's Desk Reference), click on "Search by Databases" and select PDR before entering the search terms.

Links

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• CDC's Recommended Immunization Schedule for Persons Aged 0-6 Years (PDF)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website
• Louisiana Medicaid Preferred Drug List/Prior Authorization List
• Bilirubin article, Figure 2.  Predictive Ability of a Predischarge Hour-specific Serum   Bilirubin for Subsequent Significant Hyperbilirubinemia in Healthy Term and Near-term Newborns.  Bhutani VK, Johnson L, Sivieri EM. Pediatrics 1999; 103(1):6-14.
• Immunization Action Coalition

E-Books

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The Harriet Lane Handbook: A Manual for Pediatric House Officers

Editors: Jason Robertson, MD and Nicole Shilkofski, MD

Publisher: Elsevier Science

Edition: 17th Edition

Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests

Editor: Frances Talaska Fischbach, RN, BSN, MSN

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Edition: 7th Edition

Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics

Editor: Richard E. Behrman, MD

Publisher: Elsevier Science

Edition: 17th Edition

Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Editor: Sarah S. Long, MD

Publisher: Elsevier Science

Edition: 2nd Edition

E-Journals

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Print Collection: v 34 : 1987 - v 52 : 2005
OMC - Baptist: 1987-1993
OMC - New Orleans: 1994-2005
Complete Medical Clinics 1996 to present Best Access
Full Clinics Series Package 1996 to present

MD Consult Core Collection 1996 to present

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Print Collection: v 8 : 1989 - v 24 : 2005
OMC - Baptist: 1989-1993
OMC - New Orleans: 1994-2005

Pediatrics

Print Collection: v 79 : 1987 - v 116 : 2005
OMC - Baptist: 1987-1993
OMC - New Orleans: 1994-2005
EBSCOhost EJS 1997 - 2007 Best Access
Free Medical Journals 1948 to present

Pediatrics in Review