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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; OSCE stations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Further reading; How to use your textbook; Features contained within your textbook; The anytime, anywhere textbook; About the companion website; Part 1: Essentials of paediatrics; 1: Children and their health; 1.1 Global child health; 1.2 Child mortality and morbidity in the UK; 1.3 Children in society; 1.4 Child health in the community; 1.5 Social aspects of child health and care; 1.6 Children in hospital; Summary; 2: Parents and children: listening and talking; 2.1 History-taking and diagnosis |
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2.2 The consultation2.3 Adolescence; Summary; 3: Examination of children; 3.1 A system of examination; 3.2 Growth and nutrition; 3.3 Dental development; 3.4 Sexual development; 3.5 Systems examination; Summary; 4: Emergency paediatrics; 4.1 Basic life support; 4.2 Recognition of impending or imminent collapse; 4.3 Paediatric advanced life support; 4.4 Recognition of the ill child; Summary; Part 2: Normal and abnormal in childhood: growth, development, behaviour and prevention; 5: Genetics; 5.1 The human genome; 5.2 Genetic mechanisms of disease; 5.3 Investigations |
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5.4 Approach to suspected genetic diseaseSummary; 6: Fetal medicine; 6.1 Control of fertility; 6.2 Antenatal and pre-pregnancy care; 6.3 Congenital malformations; 6.4 Embryonic and fetal growth and development; Summary; 7: Birth and the newborn infant; 7.1 The effects of birth on the fetus; 7.2 Perinatal asphyxia and its prevention; 7.3 Routine care of the normal baby; 7.4 Examination of the newborn; 7.5 Birth injury (physical trauma); 7.6 Congenital malformations; Summary; 8: Disorders of the newborn; 8.1 Birth weight and gestation; 8.2 The preterm baby |
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8.3 The small-for-gestational age (SGA) baby8.4 The newborn term infant; Summary; 9: Child development and how to assess it; 9.1 Normal development; 9.2 Developmental assessment; 9.3 Notes and memory aids; 9.4 Limitations of developmental assessment; Summary; 10: Learning problems; 10.1 Medical causes of educational difficulty; 10.2 Early diagnosis and assessment; 10.3 Conditions; 10.4 School difficulties; 10.5 Special educational needs; Summary; 11: Emotional and behavioural problems; 11.1 Attachment; 11.2 Types of emotional and behavioural problems |
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11.3 Causes of emotional and behavioural problems11.4 Management; 11.5 Specific disorders; Summary; References; 12: Nutrition; 12.1 Infant nutrition; 12.2 Nutrition of toddlers and school children; 12.3 Feeding problems; 12.4 Defective nutrition; 12.5 Nutrition in chronic disease; Summary; 13: Abnormal growth and sex development; 13.1 Abnormal growth; 13.2 Abnormal sex development; Summary; 14: Immunization and infections; 14.1 Immunity; 14.2 Immunization; 14.3 Anaphylaxis; 14.4 Infections; Summary; 15: Accidents and non-accidents; 15.1 Accidents; 15.2 Child abuse and neglect |
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4 Emergency paediatrics; 4.1 Basic life support; 4.1.1 Airway; 4.1.2 Breathing; 4.1.3 Circulation; 4.2 Recognition of impending or imminent collapse; 4.2.1 Respiratory distress and failure; 4.2.2 Shock; 4.3 Paediatric advanced life support; 4.3.1 Airway management; 4.3.2 Vascular access; 4.3.3 Drugs; 4.3.4 Cardiopulmonary arrest; 4.3.5 Foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO); 4.4 Recognition of the ill child; Summary; Part 2 Normal and abnormal in childhood: growth, development behaviour and prevention; 5 Genetics; 5.1 The human genome; 5.2 Genetic mechanisms of disease |
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Paediatrics Lecture Notes provides the information central to a thorough understanding of the care of children in clinical practice, drawing out key concepts in areas such as examination, communication and emergency paediatrics, in addition to systematically structured clinical topics.Incorporating brand new and updated material to reflect advances in various areas of child and adolescent health, such as genetics, behavioural and emotional problems and seizures, this edition is also ideal for exam preparation. Key learning features include: Ready-made revisio |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Pediatrics.
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Pediatrics -- methods
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Child Development -- physiology
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Pediatrics
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MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics.
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Pediatrics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Darling, Jonathan C., author
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| LC no. |
2013030203 |
| ISBN |
9781118814482 |
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1118814487 |
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9781118814499 |
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1118814495 |
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