Pocket Pediatrics
By- Chris O'Callaghan, Senior Lecturer/Consultant Paediatrician, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK
- Terence Stephenson, DM, FRCP, FRCPCH, Professor of Child Health; Dean, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Medical School, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
This pocket-sized guide covers all of the common conditions and emergency situations that typically occur in general and neonatal pediatrics.
Audience
- SHOs (senior house officers)
- Specialist registrars/trainee paediatricians
- General Practitioners especially trainees
Paperback, 468 Pages
Published: December 2003
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 978-0-443-06011-3
Contents
- List of abbreviations
Introduction
Resuscitation
Fluids, electrolytes and acid-base balance
Nutrition
Growth
Development
Cardiology
Respiratory medicine
Gastroenterology
Renal and urogenital problems
Endocrine and metabolic problems
Neurology
Infectious diseases
Haematology and oncology
Poisoning
Ear, nose and throat problems
Ophthalmology
The skin
Neonatology
Child abuse
Death
Orthopaedics and trauma
Burns and heat related problems
Surgical problems
Appendices
Drug doses
Normal values
Clinical chemistry
Haematology
Blood pressure charts
Surface area nomogram
Index
