Hospital Paediatrics
Churchill Livingstone (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published in June 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
455 pages
978-0-443-04306-2 (ISBN)
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Description
This book is for doctors undertaking their rotation in paediatrics as part of the MRCP / MRCPG or eqivalent postgraduate physician training. It is particularly suitable for those training to specialize in paediatrics. The book covers all of th problems that present themselves in casualty or day-to-day management of patients on the ward. It is problem-based, and this has been especially emphasized in this new edition. Each section and chapter finishes with a box of quick reference practice points. This edition also has an extended section on neonatology and 30% of the contributors are new. An ELBS/LPBB edition is available
This book is for doctors undertaking their rotation in paediatrics as part of the MRCP / MRCPG or eqivalent postgraduate physician training. It is particularly suitable for those training to specialize in paediatrics. The book covers all of th problems that present themselves in casualty or day-to-day management of patients on the ward. It is problem-based, and this has been especially emphasized in this new edition. Each section and chapter finishes with a box of quick reference practice points. This edition also has an extended section on neonatology and 30% of the contributors are new. An ELBS/LPBB edition is available
This book is for doctors undertaking their rotation in paediatrics as part of the MRCP / MRCPG or eqivalent postgraduate physician training. It is particularly suitable for those training to specialize in paediatrics. The book covers all of th problems that present themselves in casualty or day-to-day management of patients on the ward. It is problem-based, and this has been especially emphasized in this new edition. Each section and chapter finishes with a box of quick reference practice points. This edition also has an extended section on neonatology and 30% of the contributors are new. An ELBS/LPBB edition is available
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
199 ills
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
790 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-04306-2 (9780443043062)
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New editions
Anthony D. Milner | David Hull
Hospital Paediatrics
Book
04/1998
3rd Edition
Churchill Livingstone
€61.89
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Previous edition
Anthony D. Milner | David Hull
Hospital Paediatrics
Book
05/1984
Churchill Livingstone
€47.67
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Content
The child and hospital - history, examination, procedures, blood collection, lumbar puncture, urine, X-rays and scans, parents; the abused child - physical abuse, sexual abuse; the schocked child - causes, initial management, subsequent investigations, respiratory suppot, monitoring, fluid administration, maintenance of blood pressure, specific measures; the poisoned child - principles of management, specific poisons; skin - non-itching rashes, purpura and buising, vesicles and blisters, itching rashes, large blisters, napkin rashes, increased and resuced pigmentation, blemishes lumps and excrescences, diagnostic clusters; ear, nose and throat - sore throat, pharyngitis, nasal obstruction and adenoids, nasal discharge, nose bleeds, ear ache, deafness, hoarseness; airways and lungs - acute and persistent stridor, coughing and wheezing < 2 years and > 2 years, acute coughing episodes, recurrent or chronic cough, atypical pneumonia; heart - heart failure, central cyanosis, heart murmur, funny turns, information for parents of children with congenital heart disease, paediatric cardiology; gut - vomiting, pancreatic exocrine failure, Schwachmann Daimond syndrome, intestinal lymphangiectasis; A Beta lipoproteinaemia; acrodermatitis enteropathica, diarrhoea, lactose, monosaccharaide and cows' milk protein intolerance, abdominal pain, constipation and soiling, gastrointestinal bleeding; liver - persistent unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia, conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia, hepatitis, liver failure, cirrhosis, hepatomegaly, portal hypertension; kidneys and urinary tract - urinary tract infection, polyuria, haematuria, oedema, oliguria, renal failure, dialysis and transplantation, hypertension, stones; blood - anaemia, petechiae and bruising, bleeding disorders, disorders of white cell function, increased susceptibility to infection; cancer - protocols, leukaemia, neuroblastoma, Wilms tumour, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Hodgkin disease, rhabdomyosarcoma, bone tumours; growth and glands - short stature, diabetes mellitus, congenital and adrenal hyperplasia, ambiguous genitalia, male pseudohermaphroditism, androgen insensitivity, adrenal adenoma / cardinoma, Addison disease, delayed puberty, precocious puberty, thyroid disease, hypoparathyroidism, hypoglycaemia; bones and joints; brain nerve and muscles; newborn. (Part contents).