Essentials of Paediatrics, 2nd Edition

The perfect portable companion for trainees and medical students on clinical placements in paediatrics.

New to this edition:

 

• Two new editors

   

   

• Thoroughly updated and revised throughout

   

Key features:

 

• Part of the Kumar & Clark family of revision titles

   

   

• Cases throughout

   

   

• Key points boxes included

   

   

• Includes self-assessment questions

   

   

• Appendices cover resuscitation, practical procedures, prescribing, fluids and electrolytes, and common syndromes

   

   

• Ideal for revision and examination preparation

   

Contents

1. Assessing childhood illness
2. Children’s place in society
3. The child with chronic disease
4. Child development
5. Safeguarding children
6. Locomotion
7. Blood and cancer
8. Skin
9. Circulation
10. Respiration
11.Homeostasis and the kidney
12. Hormones and metabolism
13. Digestion and nutrition
14. Neurology and the senses
15. The mind
16. Infectious disease and immunity
17. Pregnancy, birth and the newborn
18.Congenital and genetic diseases

Appendices
I Paediatric Emergencies
II Practical procedures
III Prescribing
IV Fluids and electrolytes

Mutiple Choice questions and answers

Glossary

Index