Paediatric Problems in General Practice
2nd Edition
Published on 1. October 1988
Book
Paperback/Softback
332 pages
978-0-19-261736-1 (ISBN)
Description
This updated reference book is aimed to help the general practitioner with the real problems of child-doctoring in a general practice setting, recommending practical approaches and attempting to give a balanced view of primary care. The authors have concentrated on problems that are either common or, if rare, are life-threatening and therefore must be frequently thought of when the doctor sees a sick child. The prevention of ill health, psychosocial problems, asthma and common infectious diseases figure prominently. For this second edition, the text has been considerably re-written and expanded to take into account the changes in paediatric practice and teenage problems that have occurred in the past five years. New topics include the teenage mother, sexual abuse, aftercare of low birth weight babies, the role of allergy in disease, and recent advances in prenatal diagnostic techniques.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
14 line illustrations, bibliography by chapter, subject index
ISBN-13
978-0-19-261736-1 (9780192617361)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Part 1 Miscellaneous information: asthma data, blood pressure, guide to average developmental progress, prescribing and drug usage. Part 2 Catastrophies and potential catastrophies in infants: sudden death in infancy, near-miss cot deaths, the acutely ill young baby - warning signs and symptoms. Part 3 Prevention: microcomputers, the child health clinic in the practice, vision and hearing testing, immunization, the school health service, healthy eating, dental health, low-birth-weight babies, heart murmers. Part 4: Accidents and poisonings. Part 5 Psychosocial problems of childhood: the teenage mother, ill-treated children, social services, social and emotional development, emotional disorders, separation and death. Part: 6 Growth and its problems. Part 7 Some problems of adolescence: patterns of consultations, emotional disorders, abuse of drugs, gynaecological problems. Part 8 Slow development: mild and severe mental handicap, cerebral palsy and spina bifida, speech and language delay, poor progress at school, help with handicapped children. Part 9 Ethnic minorities: Caribbeans; West Africans; Asians; Cypriots; medical encounters. Part 10 Infectious diseases: viral infections; measles; mumps; chickenpox; rubella; herpes simplex and other viral mouth lesions; infectious mononucleosis; roseola infantum; skin rashes; hepatitis; viral meningitis; aids; tuberculosis; malaria; unexplained fever. Part 11: hayfever and asthma. Part 12 Other respiratory disorders: pharyngitis and tonsillitis; otitis media; bronchiolitis; pneumonia. Part 13 The gut: gastro-enteritis; diarrhoea; worms. Part 14 The skin: birthmarks; moles; atopic eczema and seborrheic dermatitis; fungal infections; warts; impetigo; infestations; acne. Part 15: the eye. Part 16: urinary problems and diabetes. Part 17: anaemia and bruising. Part 18: fits and faints. Part 19: recurrent pains. Part 20: surgical problems. Part 21: bones, joints and limbs. Part 22: genetic counselling in primary care. Part 23: chronic disease, malignancy and death. (Part contents)