Paediatrics at a Glance, 2nd Edition

by Lawrence Miall (St James' University Hospital, Leeds, UK); Mary Rudolf (Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK); Malcolm I. Levene (Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK)

• ISBN13: 9781405148450
• ISBN10: 1405148454
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Commended in the Paediatric category at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2008This popular title in the at a Glance series is structured into seven sections which reflect the full range of paediatrics and the real-life presentation of children. With new material on childhood obesity, allergy and living with chronic illness, Paediatrics at a Glance reflects the changing face of modern paediatrics and now features: Organisation by presenting symptom or problem, making the text highly relevant to clinical practice and problem-based learning Key points on history, examination and investigations listed with each presentation for rapid revision Expanded material on investigations, congenital abnormalities, newborn screening and immunisations Highly visual colour presentation and self-assessment case studies to make revision more rewardingPaediatrics at a Glance is an ideal companion for anyone about to start a paediatric attachment or module and will appeal to medical students, junior doctors and GP trainees. In addition, the text will provide valuable insight for nursing students, physiotherapists and other health professionals.

Author Biography

Lawrence Miall, Consultant Neonatologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, St. James’ University Hospital, Leeds, UK

Mary Rudolf, Consultant Paediatrician in Community Child Health and Organiser MMedSc in Child Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Malcolm Levene, Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 6
List of abbreviations	p. 7
Evaluation of the child
The paediatric consultation	p. 10
Systems examination	p. 12
Development and developmental assessment	p. 18
Growth and puberty	p. 21
Understanding investigations	p. 24
The developing child
Nutrition in childhood	p. 30
Common problems for parents	p. 32
Child care and school	p. 34
Child health promotion	p. 36
Immunization and the diseases they protect against	p. 38
Adolescent issues	p. 40
Neglect and abuse	p. 42
The newborn infant
The newborn baby	p. 44
Congenital abnormalities	p. 46
Screening and surveillance tests	p. 49
The premature baby	p. 50
Jaundice	p. 52
Congenital heart disease	p. 54
Heart murmurs in older children	p. 56
Common problems in childhood
Growth and development
Developmental delay	p. 58
Weight faltering and failure to thrive	p. 60
Short stature and poor growth	p. 62
Obesity	p. 64
Respiratory tract
Fever	p. 66
Persistent fever and serious recurrent infections	p. 68
Cough and wheeze	p. 70
Stridor	p. 72
Swellings in the neck	p. 73
Abdomen
Acute abdominal pain	p. 74
Vomiting	p. 76
Acute diarrhoea and dehydration	p. 78
Persistent diarrhoea	p. 80
Recurrent abdominal pain	p. 82
Constipation	p. 84
Urogenital
Urinary tract infections	p. 86
Haematuria and proteinuria	p. 88
Bedwetting and daytime wetting	p. 90
Swellings in the groin and scrotum	p. 91
Neuromuscular
Headache	p. 92
Fits, faints and funny turns	p. 94
Swollen joints	p. 96
Leg pain and limp	p. 97
Skin
Rashes-types of skin lesions	p. 98
Rashes-acute rashes	p. 99
Rashes-chronic skin problems	p. 102
Rashes-discrete skin lesions	p. 104
Rashes-nappy rashes and itchy lesions	p. 105
Allergy	p. 106
Anaemia and pallor	p. 108
Emergency paediatrics
The acutely ill child	p. 110
The collapsed child	p. 112
Sudden infant death	p. 115
The unconscious child	p. 116
The fitting child	p. 118
Accidents and burns	p. 120
Poisoning	p. 121
Chronic illness in childhood
Living with chronic illness	p. 122
Asthma	p. 124
Diabetes	p. 126
Cystic fibrosis	p. 128
Juvenile chronic arthritis	p. 129
Epilepsy	p. 130
Childhood cancer	p. 132
The child with a disability
Living with a disability	p. 134
Cerebral palsy	p. 136
Learning disability	p. 138
Visual and hearing impairment	p. 140
Self-assessment case studies: questions	p. 141
Self-assessment case studies: answers	p. 144
Index	p. 147
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