Rapid Paediatrics and Child Health

This pocket reference and revision guide is a must for all medical students and junior doctors preparing for major exams in paediatrics and child health or needing a rapid reminder during a clinical attachment. Now thoroughly updated and with the addition of key references, this new edition provides quick access to information on common paediatric problems and disorders, their signs, symptoms, and aetiological agents.It includes sections on surgical problems, procedures, and general paediatric management such as resuscitation techniques, and features tips on how to take a paediatric history. It presents the contents ordered by system and conditions in alphabetical order, reflects current NICE and paediatric surgery guidelines, and features over 15 new presentations including eczema, food allergies and conduct disorder.

Helen Brough is Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Allergy and SpR Paediatrics and Child Health

Ram Nataraja is SpR Paediatric Surgery

Abnormal size at birth.Acne vulgaris.Acquired female genital disorders.Allergic rhinitis.Anaemia, aplastic.Anaemia, haemolytic.Anaemia, iron deficiency.Anaemia of prematurity.Anorectal malformations.Appendicitis, acute.Arthritides in childhood.Asthma.Atrial septal defect (ASD)/AVSD.Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).Autistic spectrum disorder.Behavioural problems in children.Brain tumours in childhood.Breath-holding attacks/Reflex anoxic seizures.Bronchiolitis, acute.Cerebral haemorrhage.Cerebral palsy.Child protection.Chronic lung disease (CLD) of prematurity.Cleft palate disorder.Coarctation of the aorta (COA).Coeliac disease.Congenital adrenal hyperplasia.Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection.Congenital hypothyroidism.Congenital rubella infection.Congenital toxoplasmosis infection.Constipation.ow's milk protein intolerance.Cow's milk protein allergy.Croup (acute laryngotracheobronchitis).Cryptorchidism.Cystic fibrosis (CF).Delayed puberty.Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH).Developmental delay.Diabetes mellitus (Type I) (DM).Down syndrome (trisomy 21).Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy.Eczema.Encephalitis.Epiglottitis, acute.Epilepsy.Exomphalos and gastroschisis.Faecal soiling (encopresis).Failure to thrive.Febrile seizures.Fractures.Fungal skin infections.Food allergy.Gastroenteritis.Gastrointestinal (GI) atresia.Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD).Genetic skeletal dysplasias.Global developmental delay.Glomerulonephritis (GN), acute.Group B streptococcal (GBS) infection.Haemophilia, A and B.Head lice (pediculosis).Hearing impairment.Heart failure.Hernia, congenital diaphragmatic (CDH).Hernias, inguinal.Hernias, umbilical & epigastric.Herpes simplex.Hirschsprung disease.Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).Hydrocephalus.Hyperthyroidism.Hypoglycaemia in neonates.Hypospadias.Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE).Immunodeficiencies (inherited).Impetigo.Inadvertent poisoning.Inborn errors of amino acid metabolism.Inborn errors of carbohydrate metabolism.Inflammatory bowel disease.Intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH).Intussusception.Kawasaki's Disease.Klinefelter syndrome.Legg-Calve-Perthes disease (LCPD).Leukaemia, acute lymphoblastic (ALL).Leukaemia, acute myeloblastic (AML).Liver disease, chronic.Liver failure, acute.Lymphoma, Hodgkin's.Lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's (NHL).Malnutrition.Malrotation of the intestine.Marfan syndrome.Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR).Meckel's diverticulum.Meconium aspiration syndrome.Meningitis.Mental Health problems in children.Mesenteric adenitis.Myotonic dystrophy.Near-drowning.Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC).Neonatal jaundice.Nephrotic syndrome.Neurocutaneous syndromes.Nocturnal enuresis.Obesity in children.