Rapid paediatrics and child health / Helen A. Brough, Ram Nataraja.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brough, Helen.

Contributor:

Nataraja, Ram.

Series:

Rapid series.

Rapid series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pediatrics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Pediatrics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, U.K. ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This pocket reference and revision guide is a must for all medical students and junior doctors preparing for major exams in paediatrics and child health or needing a rapid reminder during a clinical attachment. Now thoroughly updated and with the addition of key references, this new edition provides quick access to information on common paediatric problems and disorders, their signs, symptoms, and aetiological agents. It includes sections on surgical problems, procedures, and general paediatric management such as resuscitation techniques, and features tips on how to take a paediatric history

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Acne vulgaris; Allergic rhinitis (AR); Anaemia, aplastic; Anaemia, haemolytic; Anaemia, iron deficiency; Anaemia of prematurity; Anorectal malformations (ARM); Appendicitis, acute; Asthma; Atopic eczema; Atrial & Atrioventricular septal defects (ASD & AVSD); Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Autistic spectrum disorder; Breath-holding attacks; Bronchiolitis, acute; Cerebral haemorrhage; Cerebral palsy; Chronic lung disease (CLD) of prematurity; Cleft lip (CL) and palate (CLP); Coarctation of the aorta (COA); Coeliac disease

Conduct disorderCongenital adrenal hyperplasia; Congenital hypothyroidism; Congenital infections; Constipation; Cow's milk protein allergy; Croup (acute laryngotracheobronchitis); Cryptorchidism; Cystic fibrosis (CF); Delayed puberty; Depression; Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH); Diabetes mellitus (type I) (DM); Down syndrome (trisomy 21); Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy; Encephalitis; Epiglottitis, acute; Epilepsy in childhood; Exomphalos and gastroschisis; Faecal soiling (encopresis); Failure to thrive; Febrile seizures; Food allergy; Fractures; Functional abdominal pain (FAP)

Fungal skin infectionsGastroenteritis; Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD); Genetic skeletal dysplasias; Global developmental delay; Glomerulonephritis, acute; Group B streptococcal (GBS) infection; Head lice (pediculosis),; Hearing impairment; Heart failure; Hernia, congenital diaphragmatic (CDH); Hernias, inguinal; Hirschsprung disease; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Hydrocephalus; Hyperthyroidism; Hypoglycaemia in neonates; Hypospadias; Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE); Impetigo; Inadvertent poisoning; Inborn errors of amino acid metabolism

Inborn errors of carbohydrate metabolismInflammatory bowel disease; Intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH); Intussusception; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA); Kawasaki disease; Klinefelter syndrome; Lactose intolerance; Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease; Leukaemia, acute lymphoblastic (ALL); Leukaemia, acute myeloid (AML); Limping child; Liver disease, chronic; Liver failure, acute; Lymphoma, Hodgkin; Lymphoma, non-Hodgkin (NHL); Malrotation of the intestine; Marfan syndrome; Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR); Meckel's diverticulum (MD); Meconium aspiration syndrome; Meningitis; Mesenteric adenitis

Myotonic dystrophyNear-drowning; Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC); Neonatal jaundice; Nephrotic syndrome; Neurocutaneous syndromes; Nocturnal enuresis; Obesity in children; Oesophageal atresia and tracheo-oesophageal fistula; Osgood-Schlatter syndrome; Otitis media, acute and chronic; Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA); Persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPH); Phimosis and foreskin disorders; Pneumonia; Pneumothorax; Precocious puberty (complete); Precocious puberty (partial); Primary immune deficiency; Pulmonary valve stenosis; Pyloric stenosis; Renal failure, acute (ARF)

Renal failure, chronic (CRF)

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Rapid paediatrics and child health / Helen Brough ... [et al.]. 2004.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613404312

9781119548447

1119548446

9781118293393

1118293398

9781283404310

1283404311

9781118293409

1118293401

OCLC:

768732368