Pediatric Care Online, developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), provides quick access to many different pediatric resources from your desktop or mobile device. A keyword search will show results from the integrated reference library, practice guidelines, patient handouts and other clinical tools. Content includes:

• Point-of-Care Quick Reference - Over 240 select topics taken from the AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care outlined for quick retrieval of information


• The new AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care - Over 3000 pages of detailed information and recommendations


• Bright Futures - Comprehensive health supervision guidelines to help make the most of well-child visits


• Red Book Content- Detailed information from the AAP Red Book on over 200 childhood infectious diseases


• Interactive Periodicity Schedule - Interactive chart providing preventive screening and recommended actions for each well-child visit


• Signs & Symptoms Search - Quickly suggests diagnoses based on selected signs and symptoms


• Patient Handouts - Hundreds of patient handouts with easy to read explanations for many conditions and procedures


• Forms & Tools - Resources to help screen, track, and record clinical information

Pediatric Care Online is available to VCU affiliates from the VCU Libraries list of Databases A-Z. For off-campus access, login with your VCU eID and password. In addition to access via the web, select content can be downloaded to handheld devices and smartphones such as iPhone, Blackberry, Palm and Windows Mobile devices. This resource is provided by the VCU School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics in partnership with the VCU Libraries.