Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics : With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access

 Content: Front cover; Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics; Copyright page; Table of contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Preface; Contributors; Chapter 1: The child in society; The child's world; Public health issues for young people; Children's rights; Global child health; Conclusion; Further reading; Websites (Accessed May 2011); Chapter 2: History and examination; Taking a history; An approach to examining children; Examination; Communicating with children; Summary and management plan; Further reading; Chapter 3: Normal child development, hearing and vision; Influence of heredity and environment. Fields of developmentDevelopmental milestones; Is development normal?; Pattern of child development; Cognitive development; Analysing developmental progress; Developmental screening and assessment; Child health surveillance; Hearing; Vision; Further reading; Website (accessed May 2011); Chapter 4: Developmental problems and the child with special needs; Abnormal development --
 key concepts; Developmental delay; Abnormal motor development; Abnormal speech and language development; Abnormal development of social/communication skills (autistic spectrum disorders). Slow acquisition of cognitive skills/general learning difficultySpecific learning difficulty; Hearing impairment; Abnormalities of vision; Multidisciplinary child development services; Education; Transition of care to adult services; The rights of disabled children; Further reading; Website (Accessed May 2011); Chapter 5: Care of the sick child; Primary care; Hospital care; Ethics; Evidence-based paediatrics; Further reading; Websites (Accessed May 2011); Chapter 6: Paediatric emergencies; The seriously ill child; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; The seriously injured child; Shock; Septicaemia. ComaStatus epilepticus; Anaphylaxis; Apparent life-threatening events (ALTE); The death of a child; Further reading; Chapter 7: Accidents, poisoning and child protection; Accidents; Poisoning; Child protection; Further reading; Chapter 8: Genetics; Chromosomal abnormalities; Mendelian inheritance; Unusual genetic mechanisms; Polygenic, multifactorial or complex inheritance; Dysmorphology; Gene-based therapies; Genetic services; Further reading; Websites (Accessed January 2011); Chapter 9: Perinatal medicine; Pre-pregnancy care; Antenatal diagnosis; Obstetric conditions affecting the fetus. Maternal conditions affecting the fetusMaternal drugs affecting the fetus; Congenital infections; Adaptation to extrauterine life; Neonatal resuscitation; Size at birth; Routine examination of the newborn infant; Further reading; Website (Accessed May 2011); Chapter 10: Neonatal medicine; Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy; Birth injuries; Stabilising the preterm or sick infant; The preterm infant; Jaundice; Respiratory distress in term infants; Infection; Hypoglycaemia; Neonatal seizures; Cerebral infarction (neonatal stroke); Craniofacial disorders; Gastrointestinal disorders; Further reading.
 Abstract:             Winner of the 2012 British Medical Association book awards' first prize in the paediatrics category! This is the fourth edition of a highly popular 'must have textbook for paediatrics for medical students'. The previous edition has been translated into eight languages and also won British Medical Association and Royal Society of Medicine prizes for the best paediatrics textbook. Case studies throughout Online access through StudentConsult Concise, synoptic, clinically-focused Highly accessible colour-coded layout Comprehensive and author