About the Book
This book has been revised and a number of chapters rewritten completely. The contents have been rearranged into what the author believes is a more logical sequence. The sections on neonatalogy, endocrinology and infection have been enlarged and a new section entitled "Special senses" incorporating chapters on the eye, ear, nose and throat, and the teeth has been added. Two additional chapters "The collapsed child", and "Disorders of connective tissue" have also been included. "Practical Paediatrcs 2" has an extra 22 contributors bringing the total number to 55. "Practical Paediatrics" should remain as it is - a textbook for the undergraduate student rather than a reference volume. Nonetheless, the author believes that there is sufficent material in this book to both inform and stimulate the student to further enquiry. It should also be useful to doctors who treat children in general practice and to nurse educaitors in paediatrics. More emphasis has been given to social and preventive paediatrics has been continued and the problem oriented approach maintained.
Table of Contents:
Part 1 Paediatrics in the nineties: child health anb disease, M.J.Robinson; ethics in paediatrics, Bernard W.Neal. Part 2 Genetics: birth defects, David M.Danks and John G.Rogers; genes and chromosomes, G.K.Brown; molecular genetics, G.K Brown; prenatal diagnosis, J.Sheffield; approach to the dysmorphic child, Agnes Bankier; genetic counselling, John G.Rogers. Part 3 Clinical assessment: the clinical history and physical examination, M.J.Robinson; posture and common orthopaedic problems, Malcolm Menelaus; development screening and assessment, Kim Oates. Part 4 Social and preventive paediatrics: the child and the family, M.J.Robinson; nutrition, John Boulton; immunization, Cliff Hosking; child trauma, John Pearn; the child with school problems, Frank Oberklaid; the physically disabled child, A.C.L.Clark; the intellectually disabled child, Philip Graves; the family in difficulty, M.J.Robinson; failure to thrive, M.J.Robinson; child abuse, Allan Carmichael. Part 5 Allergy and immunity: Factors involved in resistnace to infection, D.M. Roberton; the atopic child, Andrew Kemp. Part 6 Neonatal problems: prematurity and low birthweight, Victor Y.H.Yu; the infant with respiratory distress, D.I.Tudehope; the jaundiced infant, Ross Haslam; congenital and perinatal infections, G.L.Gilbert; inborn errors of metabolism, A.A.Haan. Part 7 Infection in childhood: infectious disease of childhood, M.J.Robinson, G.L. Gilbert; infections of bone and joint, W.G.Cole; meningitis and encephalitis in infancy and childhood, M.J.Robinson, G.L.Gilbert; pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO), M.J.Robinson. Part 8 Paediatric emergencies: the collapsed child, Frank Shann. Part 9 Respiratory disorders: the epidemiology of acute respiratory infections, P.D.Phelan; clinical patterns of acute respiratory infections, P.D.Phelan; the child who wheezes, Craig Mellis; asthma in childhood, Louis I.Landau; the child with a persistence cough, Anthony Olinsky. Part 10 Cardiac disorders: heart disease in infancy and childhood, A.W.Venables; common congenital heart lesions, J.Wilkinson. Part 11 Haematology and oncology: the pale child, M.J.Robinson; iron deficiency in childhood, Geoffrey P.Tauro; abnormal bleeding, Henry Ekert; the thalassaemis, Rae Mattews; the problem of malignancy, Keith Waters. Part 12 Disorders of the nervous system: convulsions and epilepsies, I.J.Hopkins; celebral palsy and celebral degeneration, Robert Ouvrier and Kevin J.Collins; neuromuscular disease, L.K.Shield; the child with a large head, Geoffrey Klug; cerebral tube defects, A.D.Bryan. Part 13 Fluid and electrolyte physiology, H.R.Powell; urinary tract malformations and infection, Andrew R.Rosenberg. (Part of contents)
