Description
Book SynopsisIllustrated Textbook of Pediatrics provides in-depth, evidence-based guidance for assessing and managing health problems in children.
This new edition is conceptually organised into 23 chapters, with up-to-date information on various paediatric ailments. The book is comprised of a wide range of paediatric problems including malnutrition, diarrhoeal diseases, pneumonia, breastfeeding, infectious diseases like tuberculosis, typhoid, dengue, malaria, neonatal problems like preterm low birth weight baby, neonatal sepsis, birth asphyxia, and community paediatrics including integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI).
Under the section on nephrology, genetics of some renal diseases, molecular pathogenesis of inherited renal disease, and paediatric urology have been described in detail. Clinical methodology, particularly clinical examination of the nervous system, cardiovascular system and neonatal examination, are also presented in detail.
Presented in a concise and accessible manner, and highly illustrated with clinical pictures, flowcharts and algorithms throughout, Illustrated Textbook of Pediatrics encompasses all the information a clinician requires to diagnose and treat various ailments of paediatric patients.
Key Points
- Over 1400 images, illustrations and tables
- Comprehensive and up-to-date
- Accessible text covering a wide range of ailments
Table of Contents1. Neonatology
2. Clinical Genetics
3. Fluid and Electrolyte Balance and Its Disorders
4. Acid-Base Balance and Disturbance
5. Growth and Development
6. Nutrition and Its Disorders
7. Gastroenterology
8. Hepatology
9. Structure of the Respiratory Tree (Applied Anatomy)
10. Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
11. Cardiac Disorders
12. Pediatric Neurology
13. Child Abuse and Child Protection
14. Infectious Diseases
15. Endocrinology
16. Nephrology
17. Hemato-Oncologic Disorder
18. Pediatric Dermatology
19. Joint and Bone Disorders
20. Drug Overdoses and Poisoning
21. Procedures
22. Drug Therapy in Children
23. Chart
Index
