Main description:

First published in 1984 and now in its sixth edition, Coovadia's Paediatrics and Child Health is a tried and tested best-seller in the field of paediatrics and is a particularly important resource for medical or nursing students, health care professionals and community care practitioners. This comprehensive introduction to paediatrics and child health emphasizes a primary care approach from a southern African perspective to enable practitioners to deal effectively with local health problems. There are chapters devoted to social paediatrics and child health, as well as a comprehensive list of topics dealing with all aspects of childhood disease including oral and dental conditions, and dermatological or specialty surgical conditions.

Contents:

PREFACE ; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ; PART 1 EVALUATION, GROWTH, AND DEVELOPMENT ; 1. History taking, physical examination, and evaluation of the sick child ; 2. Growth and development ; 3. Medical genetics and birth defects ; PART 2 PSYCHOSOCIAL AND COMMUNITY PAEDIATRICS ; 4. Community paediatrics, child health and survival ; 5. Social paediatrics ; 6. Developmental, psychological and behavioural disorders ; PART 3 NEONATAL PAEDIATRICS ; 7. Care of the newborn ; 8. Surgical conditions of the newborn ; 9. Feeding of infants and young children ; PART 4 METABOLIC AND NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS ; 10. Metabolic disorders ; 11. Poisoning ; 12. Rickets and metabolic bone disorders ; 13. Nutritional disorders ; PART 5 INFECTIONS ; 14. Principles of infections in children ; 15. Systemic infections ; 16. Parasitic and fungal diseases ; 17. Tuberculosis ; 18. Human Immuno-deficiency Virus Infection ; PART 6 DISORDERS OF REGULATION AND IMMUNE CONTROL ; 19. Endocrine disorders ; 20. Allergic disorders ; 21. Immune and connective tissue disorders ; 22. Neoplastic disorders ; PART 7 SYSTEM-BASED DISORDERS ; 23. Disorders of the blood ; 24. Gastrointestinal disorders ; 25. Respiratory tract disorders ; 26. Neurological and muscular disorders ; 27. Renal and urinary tract disorders ; 28. Cardiovascular disorders ; 29. Hepatic disorders ; PART 8 SPECIALTY DISORDERS ; 30. Paediatric surgical disorders ; 31. Orthopaedic disorders ; 32. Skin disorders ; 33. Disorders of the eye ; 34. Disorders of ear, nose and throat ; 35. Oral and dental disorders ; PART 8 PROCEDURES ; 36. Procedures ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX