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Paediatrics Lecture Notes covers the core aspects of caring for children in clinical practice, offering concise yet detailed information on examination, emergency care, nutrition, immunisation, infant and adolescent health, and more.

Designed for medical students and junior doctors alike, this compact and easy-to-use textbook guides readers through each essential aspect of paediatric care, from normal and abnormal childhood development, to cardiology, gastroenterology and metabolic disorders. Throughout the text, key points, practice questions, treatment guides, learning logs and self-assessment tests help prepare readers for paediatric rotations and clinical examinations.

Now in its tenth edition, this classic textbook features new and updated information that reflects changes in practice and recent advances in child and adolescent health. Providing a clear and accessible overview of paediatrics, this invaluable single-volume resource:

  • Prese

    Table of Contents

    Paediatric Symptom Sorter

    OSCE stations

    Preface

    Acknowledgements

    Further reading

    How to use your textbook

    Part 1 Essentials of paediatrics

    1 Children and their health

    2 Parents and children: listening and talking

    3 Examination of children

    4 The clinical process

    5 Emergency paediatrics

    Part 2 Normal and abnormal in childhood: growth development behaviour and prevention

    6 Genetics

    7 Fetal medicine

    8 Birth and the newborn infant

    9 Disorders of the newborn

    10 Child development and how to assess it

    11 Learning problems

    12 Emotional and behavioural problems

    13 Nutrition

    14 Abnormal growth and sex development

    15 Immunization and infections

    16 Accidents and non-accidents

    17 Adolescent health

    Part 3 Systems and specialities

    18 Neurology

    19 Ear nose and throat

    20 Respiratory medicine

    21 Cardiology

    22 Gastroenterology

    23 Urology

    24 Bones and joints

    25 Dermatology

    26 Haematology

    27 Neoplasia

    28 Endocrine and metabolic disorders

    Part 4 After paediatrics

    29 Preparing for clinical examinations in paediatrics and child health

    30 Safe prescribing

    31 Careers in paediatrics

    Self-test

    Extended matching questions

    Answers to extended matching questions

    Index

Paediatrics Lecture Notes

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    A Paperback / softback by Jonathan C. Darling, James Yong

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 21/10/2021
      ISBN13: 9781119552871, 978-1119552871
      ISBN10: 1119552877
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Paediatrics Lecture Notes covers the core aspects of caring for children in clinical practice, offering concise yet detailed information on examination, emergency care, nutrition, immunisation, infant and adolescent health, and more.

      Designed for medical students and junior doctors alike, this compact and easy-to-use textbook guides readers through each essential aspect of paediatric care, from normal and abnormal childhood development, to cardiology, gastroenterology and metabolic disorders. Throughout the text, key points, practice questions, treatment guides, learning logs and self-assessment tests help prepare readers for paediatric rotations and clinical examinations.

      Now in its tenth edition, this classic textbook features new and updated information that reflects changes in practice and recent advances in child and adolescent health. Providing a clear and accessible overview of paediatrics, this invaluable single-volume resource:

      • Prese

        Table of Contents

        Paediatric Symptom Sorter

        OSCE stations

        Preface

        Acknowledgements

        Further reading

        How to use your textbook

        Part 1 Essentials of paediatrics

        1 Children and their health

        2 Parents and children: listening and talking

        3 Examination of children

        4 The clinical process

        5 Emergency paediatrics

        Part 2 Normal and abnormal in childhood: growth development behaviour and prevention

        6 Genetics

        7 Fetal medicine

        8 Birth and the newborn infant

        9 Disorders of the newborn

        10 Child development and how to assess it

        11 Learning problems

        12 Emotional and behavioural problems

        13 Nutrition

        14 Abnormal growth and sex development

        15 Immunization and infections

        16 Accidents and non-accidents

        17 Adolescent health

        Part 3 Systems and specialities

        18 Neurology

        19 Ear nose and throat

        20 Respiratory medicine

        21 Cardiology

        22 Gastroenterology

        23 Urology

        24 Bones and joints

        25 Dermatology

        26 Haematology

        27 Neoplasia

        28 Endocrine and metabolic disorders

        Part 4 After paediatrics

        29 Preparing for clinical examinations in paediatrics and child health

        30 Safe prescribing

        31 Careers in paediatrics

        Self-test

        Extended matching questions

        Answers to extended matching questions

        Index

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