Paediatric Handbook

The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne is a leading clinical and training centre in paediatrics. This Handbook is a highly popular, succinct guide to managing common and serious disorders in childhood. It is used far beyond the hospital by medical, nursing, and allied health professionals caring for children. It emphasizes the community-based approach to the management of children's problems along with clinical management by the doctor of first contact. This new 8th edition has been updated in line with the Hospital's Clinical Practice Guidelines and features clear illustrations and diagnostic and management algorithms. The must have management guide for all paediatric clinicians and students With today's busy clinician requiring an reliable, 'one-stop-shop' to questions on important paediatric conditions, who better to present the latest edition of a popular paediatric handbook than the team at The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, long-regarded as the leading clinical and training centre for Paediatric Medicine in Australia? Some of the exciting new features of the 8th edition include: New chapters on sleep, continence, slow weight gain (failure to thrive) and obesity Extensively revised chapters on renal conditions, pain management and immigrant health New topics on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (pumps), cystic fibrosis, stroke and management of illicit drug poisoning Links to useful internet websites are now included, indicated by a www symbol in the text margins A new supplementary website at www.rchhandbook.org Resuscitation guide and Australian Immunisation schedule on inside covers Besides being a clinical management guide to paediatrics, this is also an excellent supplemental handbook for students, junior medical staff and any medical practitioners needing a tool to enable fast decisions at point of care. Review of the previous edition "This is an excellent handbook, which is most comprehensive and easy to use. It is highly recommended for all resident and registrar staff in paediatric hospitals and paediatric units." —Journal of Paediatric Child Health

Table of Contents:
Contributors, vi Editorial committee, xii Foreword, xiii Preface, xiv Part 1 Emergencies 1 Medical emergencies, 1 James Tibballs and Ed Oakley 2 Poisoning and envenomation, 14 James Tibballs Part 2 Procedures and Pain Management 3 Procedures, 30 Georgia Paxton and Peter Barnett 4 Pain management, 54 George Chalkiadis, Greta Palmer and Jane Munro Part 3 Fluids and Nutrition 5 Fluid and electrolyte therapy, 71 Julian Kelly and Trevor Duke 6 Nutrition, 85 Julie Bines, Kay Gibbons and Michele Meehan 7 Slow weight gain, 102 Michael Harari 8 Obesity, 105 Kay Gibbons, Zoë McCallum and Matthew Sabin Part 4 Child Public Health 9 Immunisation, 110 Jenny Royle and Jim Buttery 10 Immigrant child health, 125 Georgia Paxton and Jim Buttery Part 5 Development 11 Common behavioural and developmental problems, 136 Daryl Efron and Sheena Reilly 12 Sleep problems, 147 Margot Davey 13 Constipation and continence, 154 Susie Gibb and Michael Harari 14 Developmental delay and disability, 160 Catherine Marraffa and Dinah Reddihough 15 Adolescent health, 175 Susan Sawyer Part 6 Psychosocial Problems 16 Child psychiatry, 187 Maria McCarthy and Chidambaram Prakash 17 Child abuse, 202 Anne Smith and Chris Sanderson 18 The death of a child, 211 Peter McDougall, Jenny Hynson and Mary O'Toole Part 7 Medicine and Surgery 19 Allergy and immunology, 224 Mimi Tang and Joanne Smart 20 Burns, 243 Russell Taylor 21 Cardiac conditions, 251 Paul Brooks and Dan Penny 22 Dental conditions, 262 Nicky Kilpatrick 23 Dermatologic conditions, 268 Rod Phillips and David Orchard 24 Ear, nose and throat conditions, 287 Robert Berkowitz and Michael Marks 25 Endocrine conditions, 298 Margaret Zacharin, Garry Warne, Fergus Cameron and George Werther 26 Eye conditions, 326 James Elder and Peter Barnett 27 Gastrointestinal conditions, 336 George Alex and Lionel Lubitz 28 Gynaecological conditions, 350 Sonia Grover 29 Haematologic conditions and oncology, 360 John Heath and Paul Monagle 30 Infectious diseases, 380 Nigel Curtis, Mike Starr and Joshua Wolf 31 Metabolic conditions, 422 Avihu Boneh and George Werther 32 Neonatal conditions, 431 Peter McDougall and Rod Hunt 33 Neurologic conditions, 452 Andrew Kornberg, Simon Harvey, Mark Mackay and Wirginia Maixner 34 Orthopaedic conditions, 472 Kerr Graham and Peter Barnett 35 Renal conditions, 488 Colin Jones 36 Respiratory conditions, 505 John Massie and Sarath Ranganathan 37 Rheumatologic conditions, 525 Roger Allen and Jane Munro 38 Surgical conditions, 532 John Hutson and Tom Clarnette 39 Prescribing for children, 543 Noel Cranswick and Andrew Rechtmann Appendices 1 Growth charts, 547 2 Pharmacopoeia, 564 3 Antimicrobial guidelines, 600 4 Formulae, 613 Index, 615

About the Author :
Dr Kate Thomson, General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Dr Dean Tey Dr Michael Marks, Department of Paediatrics, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne

Review :
?Well presented summarized information means that you can generally pick it up during a consultation and find the answer to your question.? ( Australian Family Physician, August 2009) "Besides being a guide to clinical management and for rapid decision at point of care the book is a useful source of revision for students and paediatricians in training.... It is highly recommended." (Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, May 2009)