Practical Paediatrics

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)