Paediatrics Lecture Notes

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: Presents an overview of paediatrics, including expanded materials on genetics, differential diagnosis, investigation for common presentations, and treatment and management of various conditions Offers real-life advice and practical ways of gaining experience in paediatrics and career development Includes OSCE stations, examination review tips, extended matching questions and additional online learning resources Features an enhanced Symptom Sorter to quickly determine which conditions should feature in differential diagnoses Paediatrics Lecture Notes, Tenth Edition is a must-have guide for medical students and junior doctors in paediatric placements and preparing for clinical examinations.

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