Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics, 5e

Description:

Thoroughly revised and updated, the fifth edition of this prize-winning title retains the high level of illustration and accessibility that has made it so popular worldwide with medical students and trainees approaching clinical specialty exams. Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics has been translated into eight languages over its life.

Case studies.

Summary boxes.

Tips for patient education.

Highly illustrated with 100s of colour images.

Diseases consistently presented by Clinical features; Investigations; Management; Prognosis; and, where appropriate, Prevention.

Separate chapters on

Accidents

Child protection

Diabetes and endocrinology

Inborn Errors of Metabolism

New chapter on Global child health

New co-editor, Will Carroll, Chair of MRCPCH Theory Examinations.

 

 

Table of Contents:

 

Copyright

Foreword

Preface

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

1 The child in society

The child's world

Well-being

Important public health issues for children and young people

Major public child health initiatives

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Further reading

2 History and examination

Taking a history

An approach to examining children

Obtaining the child's cooperation

Examination

Communicating with children

Investigations during consultation

Summary and management plan

Acknowledgements

Further reading

3 Normal child development, hearing and vision

Influence of heredity and environment

Fields of development

Developmental milestones

Is development normal?

Pattern of child development

Cognitive development

Analysing developmental progress

Developmental screening and assessment

Child health surveillance

Hearing

Vision

Acknowledgements

Further reading

4 Developmental problems and the child with special needs

Abnormal development – key concepts

Developmental delay

Abnormal motor development

Disordered speech and language development

Abnormal development of social/communication skills (autism spectrum disorders)

Slow acquisition of cognitive skills/general learning difficulty

Specific learning difficulty

Hearing impairment

Abnormalities of vision and the ocular system

Multidisciplinary child development services

Education

Transition of care to adult services

The rights of disabled children

Acknowledgements

Further reading

5 Care of the sick child and young person

Primary care

Secondary care

Children in hospital

Pain in children

Prescribing medicines for children

Communicating serious problems

Palliative and end-of-life care

Ethics

Evidence-based paediatrics

Acknowledgements

Further reading

6 Paediatric emergencies

The seriously ill child

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

The seriously injured child

Respiratory failure

Shock

Sepsis

Anaphylaxis

Neurological emergencies

Apparent life-threatening events

Unexpected death of a child

Acknowledgements

Further reading

7 Accidents and poisoning

Accidents

Poisoning

Acknowledgements

Further reading

8 Child protection

Types of child abuse and neglect

Prevalence of child maltreatment

Safeguarding children

Acknowledgements

Further reading

9 Genetics

Chromosomal abnormalities

Disorders of chromosome number

Structural chromosome anomalies

Mendelian inheritance

Unusual genetic mechanisms

Polygenic, multifactorial or complex inheritance

Dysmorphology

Gene-based therapies

Genetic services

Further reading

10 Perinatal medicine

Pre-pregnancy care

Antenatal diagnosis

Obstetric conditions affecting the fetus

Maternal conditions affecting the fetus

Maternal drugs affecting the fetus

Congenital infections

Adaptation to extrauterine life

Neonatal resuscitation

Size at birth

Routine examination of the newborn infant

Acknowledgements

Further reading

11 Neonatal medicine

Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy

Birth injuries

Stabilizing the preterm or sick infant

The preterm infant

Jaundice

Respiratory distress in term infants

Infection

Hypoglycaemia

Neonatal seizures

Perinatal stroke

Craniofacial disorders

Gastrointestinal disorders

Child protection and the newborn

Acknowledgements

Further reading

12 Growth and puberty

Normal growth

Measurement

Puberty

Short stature

Tall stature

Abnormal head growth

Premature sexual development

Delayed puberty

Acknowledgements

Further reading

13 Nutrition

The nutritional vulnerability of infants and children

Infant feeding

Weight faltering

Malnutrition

Vitamin D deficiency

Other vitamin deficiencies

Obesity

Early childhood caries

Acknowledgements

Further reading

14 Gastroenterology

Vomiting

Crying

Acute abdominal pain

Recurrent abdominal pain

Gastroenteritis

Malabsorption

Chronic non-specific diarrhoea

Inflammatory bowel disease

Constipation

Acknowledgements

Further reading

15 Infection and immunity

The febrile child

Serious life-threatening infections

Specific bacterial infections

Common viral infections

Uncommon viral infections

Prolonged fever

Tuberculosis

Tropical infections

HIV infection

Lyme disease

Immunization

Immunodeficiency

Acknowledgements

Further reading

16 Allergy

Mechanisms of allergic disease

The hygiene hypothesis

The allergic march

Prevention of allergic diseases

Food allergy and food intolerance

Eczema

Allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis (rhinoconjunctivitis)

Asthma

Urticaria and angioedema

Drug allergy

Insect sting hypersensitivity

Anaphylaxis

Acknowledgements

Further reading

17 Respiratory disorders

Physiology of stridor and wheeze

Upper respiratory tract infection

Stridor

Wheeze

Cough

Pneumonia

Chronic lung infection

Cystic fibrosis

Primary ciliary dyskinesia

Immunodeficiency

Tuberculosis

Sleep-disordered breathing

Tracheostomy

Long-term ventilation

Acknowledgements

Further reading

18 Cardiac disorders

Epidemiology

Aetiology

Circulatory changes at birth

Presentation

Diagnosis

Nomenclature

Left-to-right shunts

Right-to-left shunts

Common mixing (blue and breathless)

Outflow obstruction in the well child

Outflow obstruction in the sick infant

Care following cardiac surgery

Cardiac arrhythmias

Syncope

Chest pains

Rheumatic fever

Infective endocarditis

Myocarditis/cardiomyopathy

Kawasaki disease

Pulmonary hypertension

Acknowledgements

Further reading

19 Kidney and urinary tract disorders

Assessment of the kidneys and urinary tract

Congenital abnormalities

Urinary tract infection

Enuresis

Proteinuria

Haematuria

Hypertension

Renal masses

Renal calculi

Renal tubular disorders

Acute kidney injury

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome

Chronic kidney disease

Acknowledgements

Further reading

20 Genital disorders

Inguinoscrotal conditions

Abnormalities of the penis

Genital disorders in girls

Acknowledgements

Further reading

21 Liver disorders

Neonatal cholestasis

Neonatal metabolic liver disease

Viral hepatitis

Acute liver failure (fulminant hepatitis)

Liver disease in older children

Complications of chronic liver disease

Liver transplantation

Acknowledgements

Further reading

22 Malignant disease

Aetiology

Clinical presentation

Investigations

Treatment

Supportive care and side-effects of treatment

Leukaemia

Brain tumours

Lymphomas

Neuroblastoma

Wilms tumour (nephroblastoma)

Soft tissue sarcomas

Bone tumours

Retinoblastoma

Kaposi sarcoma

Rare tumours

Long-term survivors

Palliative and end-of-life care

Acknowledgements

Further reading

23 Haematological disorders

Anaemia

Bone marrow failure syndromes

Bleeding disorders

Thrombosis in children

Acknowledgements

Further reading

24 Child and adolescent mental health

How to ask about emotional and behavioural problems

Adversities in the family

Specific paediatric mental health problems

Management of emotional and behavioural problems

Acknowledgements

Further reading

25 Dermatological disorders

The newborn

Rashes of infancy

Infections and infestations

Other childhood skin disorders

Rashes and systemic disease

Acknowledgements

Further reading

26 Diabetes and endocrinology

Diabetes mellitus

Hypoglycaemia

Thyroid disorders

Parathyroid disorders

Pituitary disorders

Adrenal disorders

Disorders of sex development

Acknowledgements

Further reading

27 Inborn errors of metabolism

Overview

Newborn screening

Metabolic disease and acid-base disturbance

Hyperammonaemia

Hypoglycaemia

Lysosomal storage disorders

Mitochondrial disease

Lipid storage disorders

Disorders of lipid metabolism

Acknowledgements

Further reading

28 Musculoskeletal disorders

Assessment of the musculoskeletal system

Variations of normal posture

Abnormal posture

The painful limb, knee, and back

Limp

Arthritis

Genetic skeletal conditions

Further reading

29 Neurological disorders

Headache

Seizures

Epilepsies of childhood

Motor disorders

Central motor disorders

Peripheral motor disorders: the neuromuscular disorders

Ataxia

Cerebrovascular disease

Microcephaly and macrocephaly

Neural tube defects and hydrocephalus

The neurocutaneous syndromes

Neurodegenerative disorders

Acknowledgements

Further reading

30 Adolescent medicine

Communicating with adolescents

Consent and confidentiality

Range of health problems

Mortality

Impact of chronic conditions

Fatigue, headache, and other somatic symptoms

Mental health problems

Health-risk behaviour

Sexual health

Health promotion

Transition to adult services

Acknowledgements

Further reading

31 Global child health

Child mortality

Improving neonatal survival

Maternal health and obstetric care

Improving the survival of children

Mental health

Coexisting multiple pathologies: a major threat to child survival

Children affected by conflict

Future developments

Acknowledgements

Further reading

Appendix

Growth charts

Gestational age assessment of newborn infants

Management action plan for asthma

Blood pressure chart

Peak flow chart

Imaging in children

Blood tests

 

Elsevier

An aparitie	2017
Autor	Tom Lissauer,‎ Will Carroll
Dimensiuni	9780723438717
Editura	Elsevier
Format	Hardback
ISBN	9780723438717
Limba	Engleza
Nr pag	60