A Synopsis of Children's Diseases

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface to the Sixth Edition, Page v
Preface to the First Edition, Page vii
Chapter 1 - NORMAL DEVELOPMENT, Pages 1-5
Chapter 2 - PHYSICAL GROWTH, Pages 5-8
Chapter 3 - MANAGEMENT OF THE NORMAL NEWBORN BABY, Pages 8-11
Chapter 4 - THE APPROACH TO CHILDREN, Pages 11-13
Chapter 5 - GENETICS, Pages 13-21
Chapter 6 - AETIOLOGY OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS, Pages 21-23
Chapter 7 - INFANT MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY, Pages 25-26
Chapter 8 - INFANT FEEDING, Pages 26-34
Chapter 9 - PERINATAL INJURY, Pages 34-36
Chapter 10 - CRANIAL AND INTRACRANIAL HAEMORRHAGE, Pages 36-39
Chapter 11 - RESPIRATORY DISORDERS, Pages 39-41
Chapter 12 - INFECTIONS IN NEONATAL PERIOD, Pages 41-46
Chapter 13 - METABOLIC DISORDERS OF THE NEONATAL PERIOD, Pages 47-51
Chapter 14 - NEONATAL JAUNDICE, Pages 51-55
Chapter 15 - THE LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABY, Pages 55-78
Chapter 16 - MEASLES (Morbilli), Pages 79-81
Chapter 17 - RUBELLA (German Measles), Pages 81-83
Chapter 18 - ROSEOLA INFANTUM (Exanthem subitum; Sixth disease; Pseudo-rubella), Page 83
Chapter 19 - CHICKENPOX (Varicella), Pages 83-84
Chapter 20 - MUMPS (Epidemic Parotitis), Page 85
Chapter 21 - INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS (Glandular Fever), Pages 86-87
Chapter 22 - HERPES SIMPLEX INFECTIONS, Pages 87-88
Chapter 23 - POLIOMYELITIS (Anterior Poliomyelitis; Infantile Paralysis), Pages 88-91
Chapter 24 - CYTOMEGALOVIRUS DISEASE, Page 91
Chapter 25 - DENGUE FEVER, Pages 91-92
Chapter 26 - KAWASAKI DISEASE (Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome), Pages 92-93
Chapter 27 - HAEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS, Pages 95-97
Chapter 28 - MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS, Pages 97-98
Chapter 29 - DIPHTHERIA, Pages 98-100
Chapter 30 - WHOOPING-COUGH (Pertussis), Pages 100-102
Chapter 31 - SYPHILIS, Pages 102-103
Chapter 32 - TUBERCULOSIS, Pages 103-109
Chapter 33 - TETANUS, Pages 109-110
Chapter 34 - MALARIA, Pages 110-111
Chapter 35 - TOXOPLASMOSIS, Pages 111-112
Chapter 36 - VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS (Kala-azar), Page 112
Chapter 37 - NORMAL DEFENSIVE RESPONSE, Pages 113-114
Chapter 38 - DISORDERS OF PHAGOCYTIC PHASE, Pages 114-116
Chapter 39 - DISORDERS OF COMPLEMENT SYSTEM, Page 116
Chapter 40 - DISORDERS OF LYMPHOCYTIC PHASE, Pages 116-118
Chapter 41 - FAILURE TO THRIVE, Pages 119-122
Chapter 42 - VITAMINS, Pages 122-129
Chapter 43 - FLUOROSIS, Page 129
Chapter 44 - OBESITY, Pages 129-130
Chapter 45 - ANOREXIA NERVOSA, Page 131
Chapter 46 - FLUID, ELECTROLYTES AND ACID-BASE BALANCE, Pages 133-142
Chapter 47 - INTRAVENOUS NUTRITION, Pages 142-143
Chapter 48 - TETANY, Pages 145-146
Chapter 49 - INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM, Pages 146-148
Chapter 50 - ERRORS IN AMINO ACID METABOLISM, Pages 148-155
Chapter 51 - ERRORS IN CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM, Pages 156-165
Chapter 52 - ERRORS IN LIPID METABOLISM, Pages 165-167
Chapter 53 - ERRORS IN PIGMENT METABOLISM, Pages 167-168
Chapter 55 - ERRORS IN PURINE METABOLISM, Pages 168-169
Chapter 55 - INTRODUCTION, Pages 171-172
Chapter 56 - ACUTE INFECTIONS OF THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT, Pages 172-175
Chapter 57 - CHRONIC INFECTIONS OF THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT, Pages 175-177
Chapter 58 - DISEASE OF THE NOSE, EAR AND LARYNX, Pages 177-179
Chapter 59 - THE NON-COMMUNICATING CHILD, Pages 179-182
Chapter 60 - LUNG INFECTIONS, Pages 183-187
Chapter 61 - FOREIGN BODIES IN RESPIRATORY TRACT, Pages 187-189
Chapter 62 - LUNG COLLAPSE, Page 189
Chapter 63 - INTRATHORACIC SPACE-OCCUPYING LESIONS, Pages 189-191
Chapter 64 - ASTHMA, Pages 191-199
Chapter 65 - DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, Page 201
Chapter 66 - FUNCTIONAL PROBLEMS OF INFANTS AND TODDLERS, Pages 202-204
Chapter 67 - FUNCTIONAL PROBLEMS IN OLDER CHILDREN, Pages 204-207
Chapter 68 - CONGENITAL ANATOMICAL DEFECTS, Pages 207-215
Chapter 69 - INFANTILE HYPERTROPHIC PYLORIC STENOSIS, Pages 215-217
Chapter 70 - HIRSCHSPRUNG\'S DISEASE (Congenital Intestinal Aganglionosis), Pages 217-219
Chapter 71 - CONDITIONS AFFECTING UMBILICUS, Pages 219-221
Chapter 72 - DISEASES OF THE MOUTH, Pages 221-223
Chapter 73 - DISEASES OF STOMACH AND DUODENUM, Pages 223-224
Chapter 74 - MALABSORPTION AND FOOD ALLERGY, Pages 224-229
Chapter 75 - THE ACUTE ABDOMEN, Pages 229-232
Chapter 76 - INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION, Pages 232-236
Chapter 77 - DISEASES OF THE SMALL AND LARGE INTESTINE, Pages 236-238
Chapter 78 - INTESTINAL PARASITES (Helminth Infestation), Pages 238-243
Chapter 79 - DIARRHOEA AND VOMITING (Gastro-enteritis), Pages 244-250
Chapter 80 - JAUNDICE, Pages 251-259
Chapter 81 - ACUTE VIRAL HEPATITIS, Pages 259-262
Chapter 82 - HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS (Cirrhosis of Liver; Subacute and Chronic Hepatitis), Pages 262-266
Chapter 83 - DISEASES OF PANCREAS AND SMALL INTESTINE, Pages 267-273
Chapter 84 - THE INFANT AND CHILD\'S HEART IN HEALTH, Pages 275-278
Chapter 85 - EXAMINATION OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM, Pages 278-280
Chapter 86 - ECG ABNORMALITIES, Pages 280-284
Chapter 87 - CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE—GENERAL, Pages 284-286
Chapter 88 - SOME TYPES OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE, Pages 286-296
Chapter 89 - ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD, Pages 297-302
Chapter 90 - DISORDERS OF RATE AND RHYTHM, Pages 302-303
Chapter 91 - HISTORY TAKING AND EXAMINATION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, Pages 305-308
Chapter 92 - VASCULAR LESIONS, Page 309
Chapter 93 - NEUROCUTANEOUS DISORDERS, Pages 309-311
Chapter 94 - NERVE LESIONS, Pages 311-313
Chapter 95 - DISEASES OF THE SPINAL CORD, Pages 313-316
Chapter 96 - HYDROCEPHALUS, Pages 316-318
Chapter 97 - CEREBRAL PALSY, Pages 318-322
Chapter 98 - EPILEPSY AND CONVULSIONS, Pages 322-329
Chapter 99 - DEGENERATIVE BRAIN DISEASES, Pages 329-333
Chapter 100 - DISORDERS OF MYELINATION OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, Pages 333-335
Chapter 101 - THE ATAXIAS, Page 335
Chapter 102 - MENINGITIS, Pages 335-338
Chapter 103 - ENCEPHALITIS, Pages 338-339
Chapter 104 - REYE\'S SYNDROME (Acute toxic encephalopathy with fatty degeneration of the viscera), Pages 339-340
Chapter 105 - SPACE-OCCUPYING LESIONS OF SKULL, Pages 340-342
Chapter 106 - MIGRAINE, Page 343
Chapter 107 - PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, Pages 345-346
Chapter 108 - PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT, Page 347
Chapter 109 - COMPULSIVE HABITS, Pages 348-352
Chapter 110 - SCHOOL REFUSAL (School stress syndrome: School phobia: Truancy), Pages 352-353
Chapter 111 - SPEECH DEFECTS, Pages 353-355
Chapter 112 - INFANTILE AUTISM, Pages 355-356
Chapter 113 - MENTAL RETARDATION, Pages 356-360
Chapter 114 - MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION (MBD), Pages 360-362
Chapter 115 - ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY, Pages 363-367
Chapter 116 - ASSESSMENT OF RENAL FUNCTION, Pages 367-372
Chapter 117 - URINARY TRACT INFECTION, Pages 372-375
Chapter 118 - GLOMERULAR DISORDERS, Pages 375-381
Chapter 119 - TUBULAR DISORDERS, Pages 381-382
Chapter 120 - CYSTIC CONDITIONS INVOLVING THE KIDNEY (Table 120.1), Pages 382-384
Chapter 121 - ACUTE RENAL FAILURE, Pages 384-388
Chapter 122 - CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE, Pages 388-390
Chapter 123 - BLOOD PRESSURE AND HYPERTENSION, Pages 390-392
Chapter 124 - CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF THE RENAL TRACT, Pages 392-395
Chapter 125 - INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS, Page 395
Chapter 126 - STONES, Pages 395-396
Chapter 127 - PHYSIOLOGY, Pages 397-398
Chapter 128 - CLASSIFICATION OF ANAEMIAS, Pages 398-399
Chapter 129 - ANAEMIA IN THE NEONATAL PERIOD, Page 399
Chapter 130 - IRON-DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA, Pages 400-402
Chapter 131 - THE HAEMOLYTIC ANAEMIAS, Pages 402-414
Chapter 132 - APLASIA AND HYPOPLASIA OF BONE MARROW, Pages 414-416
Chapter 133 - PURPURA, Pages 417-419
Chapter 134 - HENOCH–SCHÖNLEIN SYNDROME (Anaphylactoid Purpura), Pages 419-421
Chapter 135 - COAGULATION DEFECTS, Pages 421-424
Chapter 136 - HAEMORRHAGIC DISEASE OF NEWBORN, Pages 424-425
Chapter 137 - THE LEUKAEMIAS, Pages 425-429
Chapter 138 - MALIGNANCIES, Pages 431-432
Chapter 139 - GENERALIZED ABNORMALITIES OF BONE, Pages 433-435
Chapter 140 - ABNORMALITIES MAINLY AFFECTING LIMB BONES, Pages 436-437
Chapter 141 - ABNORMALITIES MAINLY AFFECTING SKULL, Pages 437-438
Chapter 142 - ACUTE INFECTION OF BONES AND JOINTS, Page 439
Chapter 143 - OSTEOCHONDRITIS JUVENILIS, Pages 439-442
Chapter 144 - JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (Still\'s Disease), Pages 442-444
Chapter 145 - POSTURAL DEFORMITIES, Page 444
Chapter 146 - CONGENITAL ABSENCE OF MUSCLE, Page 445
Chapter 147 - MUSCLE ATROPHY, Pages 445-447
Chapter 148 - MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES (Myopathies), Pages 447-451
Chapter 149 - MYOSITIS, Pages 451-453
Chapter 150 - EPIDEMIC MYALGIA (Bornholm Disease; Epidemic Pleurodynia), Pages 453-454
Chapter 151 - OTHER DISEASES OF MUSCLE, Pages 454-455
Chapter 152 - NAEVI (Birthmarks) AND GENERALIZED CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES, Page 457
Chapter 153 - NAPKIN (DIAPER) RASH AND MEATAL ULCER, Pages 457-458
Chapter 154 - VESICULAR ERUPTIONS, Page 458
Chapter 155 - PARASITIC INFECTIONS OF SKIN, Page 459
Chapter 156 - BACTERIAL INFECTIONS OF SKIN, Page 459
Chapter 157 - TOXIC AND DRUG ERUPTIONS, Pages 459-460
Chapter 158 - DISEASES OF SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, Pages 460-461
Chapter 159 - DERMATITIS AND ECZEMATOID LESIONS, Pages 461-462
Chapter 160 - THE PITUITARY AND HYPOTHALAMUS, Pages 463-465
Chapter 161 - DISEASES OF POSTERIOR PITUITARY AND HYPOTHALAMUS, Pages 465-467
Chapter 162 - THE ADRENAL MEDULLA, Pages 467-469
Chapter 163 - THE ADRENAL CORTEX, Pages 469-473
Chapter 164 - THE THYROID GLAND, Pages 473-477
Chapter 165 - DIABETES MELLITUS, Pages 477-485
Chapter 166 - HYPOGLYCAEMIA, Pages 485-486
Chapter 167 - SHORT STATURE, Pages 486-489
Chapter 168 - SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT, Pages 489-490
Chapter 169 - ABERRATIONS IN SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT, Pages 490-491
Chapter 170 - SEXUAL PRECOCITY, Pages 491-494
Chapter 171 - POISONING, Pages 495-500
Chapter 172 - BURNS AND SCALDS, Pages 500-501
Chapter 173 - SUDDEN DEATH, Pages 501-502
Chapter 174 - Non-Accidental Injury (NAI; Battered Baby Syndrome), Pages 502-505
Appendix 1 - Clinical Pathology in Children: Normal Values, Pages 507-509
Appendix 2 - Clinical Assessment of Gestational Age in the Newborn Infant (By permission of Lilly Dubowitz and Victor Dubowitz and the publishers of ‘Journal of Pediatrics’), Pages 510-513
Appendix 3 - Denver Developmental Screening Test (Cardiff Modification), Page 514
Appendix 4 - Drugs which may Colour Urine or Faeces, Page 515
Appendix 5 - Normal Values for Cerebrospinal Fluid (Mean values in brackets), Page 516
Appendix 6 - Bone Age. Average Time of Appearance of Osseous Centres, Page 517
Appendix 7 - International Classification of Seizures (ILAE 1981), Pages 518-519
Appendix 8 - A Scheme for Immunization against Common Infections, Page 520
Appendix 9 - Inherited Metabolic Disorders detected in the Mid-trimester of Pregnancy, Pages 521-522
Index, Pages 523-556