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Couple of other paper resources: "Manual of Pediatric Therapeutics"(
http://www.amazon.com/Manual-Pediatric-Therapeutics-John-Graef/dp/0781771668/ref=pd_sim_b_22). I perused this in a bookstore and was very impressed. A little lighter than HLH. Fonts are a little smaller, but this book is a little more of a mini reference book (i.e. a little more in depth that HLH). I think it's published by the same people who make the Ferri Guide to the Care of the Medical Patient (for those who remember any IM stuff) and reminds me of that book-which was my favorite IM pocketbook. The other is the "The Philadelphia Guide: Inpatient Pediatrics"
http://www.amazon.com/Philadelphia-...r_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232148771&sr=1-11. I have this book, but I generally found it wanting as a handbook. That being said, it is a nice bathroom book from which you can read from when you're otherwise indisposed and want a quick brush-up. I actually think the Manual of Pediatric Therapeutics could present serious competition to the HLH, but since every residency gets a ton of free HLHs from vendors, the latter will likely remain the standard.
For the electronically inclined: the newest HLH on Skyscape has pretty good navigation (in contrast to the old Mobipocket version), and is, well, the HLH, but much lighter-$50. PediSuite is an excellent resource and definitely worth the $45. Well worth downloading the trial which is fully featured until the trial expires. I may get Pedi LexiComp on my smart phone; I've always read good things about it-$70 for the basic version. Epocrates isn't bad, but anything that is off label for peds prescribing isn't going to be in it and info is relatively minimal. Mobile Merck Medicus is free for medical professionals and has some great content. The Merck Manual itself has a pretty decent amount of peds based info. The lab guide is very nice too. Mobile Merck+ Free Epocrates makes the Epocrates Essentials unneeded IMHO (I trialed it and wasn't that impressed). All of these run on both Palm and Winmo (since my cell carrier only does Winmo smart phones I had to transition from my beloved Palm). Med Calc is a great free program, but better on the Palm. Medical Eponyms is another great free one, again, better on Palm, but acceptable on Winmo.