Main description:

Paediatrics: a clinical handbook provides all the essential information required for a successful paediatrics rotation.
Written by two recently qualified junior doctors and a consultant paediatrician, the book offers an exam-centred, reader-friendly style backed up with concise clinical guidance.

Building on the success of the other 'Clinical Handbook' titles (Rheumatology and Psychiatry), Paediatrics: a clinical handbook provides reader-friendly coverage of the subject in an attractive full-colour design.

To help the reader get to grips with the subject quickly and easily, the book features a wide variety of learning aids including mnemonics, numerous clinical photos, OSCE tips, red flag boxes and rapid diagnosis boxes.

Paediatrics: a clinical handbook is ideal for medical students and junior doctors; like the other books in the series it will also appeal to medics who want a quick refresher of the subject.

Self-assessment tests, in the form of 20 Short Answer questions and 40 Single Best Answer Questions, are available at: www.scionpublishing.com/Paediatrics

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Outline of the book

1 History taking and examination

1.1 The paediatric history

1.2 The paediatric examination

2 Development and its assessment

2.1 Growth and puberty

2.2 Developmental assessment

3 Neonatal medicine

3.1 Normal neonatal physiology and anatomy

3.2 Newborn examination

3.3 Immunization schedule

3.4 Prematurity and intrauterine growth restriction

3.5 Complications of prematurity

3.6 Neonatal conditions

4 Childhood growth

4.1 Failure to thrive

4.2 Short stature and poor growth

5 Child abuse

5.1 Child protection

5.2 Physical abuse

5.3 Emotional abuse

5.4 Neglect

5.5 Sexual abuse

5.6 Fabricated or induced illness (FII)

5.7 Management

6 The febrile child

6.1 Acute fever

6.2 Pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO)

7 Childhood allergy

7.1 Allergic rhinitis

7.2 Food allergy

8 Respiratory disorders

8.1 Upper respiratory tract infections

8.2 Epiglottitis

8.3 Croup

8.4 Bronchiolitis

8.5 Pneumonia and lower respiratory tract infection

8.6 Aspirated foreign body

8.7 Pertussis (whooping cough)

8.8 Asthma

8.9 Cystic fibrosis

9 Gastrointestinal disorders

9.1 Feeding, overfeeding and weaning

9.2 Gastroenteritis

9.3 Gastro-oesophageal reflux

9.4 Infantile colic

9.5 Constipation

9.6 Hirschsprung disease

9.7 Anal fissure and threadworms

9.8 Chronic diarrhoea

9.9 Acute abdomen

10 Cardiovascular disorders

10.1 Acyanotic heart diseases

10.2 Coarctation of the aorta

10.3 Pulmonary stenosis

10.4 Cyanotic heart diseases

10.5 Cardiac infections

10.6 Cardiac arrhythmias

10.7 Pulmonary hypertension

11 Renal and genitourinary disorders

11.1 Congenital abnormalities

11.2 Urinary tract infection

11.3 Reflux nephropathy

11.4 Nephrotic syndrome

11.5 Nephritic syndrome

11.6 Enuresis

11.7 Genital disorders

12 Neurological disorders

12.1 Meningitis

12.2 Febrile convulsions

12.3 Epilepsy

12.4 Conditions commonly reported as seizures

12.5 Headaches

12.6 Hydrocephalus

12.7 Neurocutaneous disorders

12.8 Cerebral palsy

13 Musculoskeletal disorders

13.1 Leg pain and childhood limp

13.2 Bone and joint infections

13.3 Disorders of the spine

13.4 Rheumatological disorders

13.5 Vitamin D deficiency

13.6 Genetic disorders

14 Haematological disorders

14.1 Iron-deficiency anaemia

14.2 Haemolytic anaemia

14.3 Sickle cell disease

14.4 Thalassaemia

14.5 Haemophilia

14.6 Thrombocytopenia

15 Dermatological disorders

15.1 Congenital and newborn

15.2 Bacterial infections

15.3 Viral infections

15.4 Other infective causes

15.5 Inflammatory conditions

16 Behavioural and genetic disorders

16.1 Autism

16.2 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

16.3 Down syndrome

16.4 Genetic syndromes

Appendix A System-specific symptoms

Appendix B Image acknowledgements

Index