Paediatrics Lecture Notes

Jonathan C. Darling, James Yong

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781119552871
• eBook ISBN: 9781119552918
• Edition: 10
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Pediatric Medicine

Paediatrics Lecture Notes covers the core aspects of caring for children in clinical practice, offering concise yet detailed information on examination, emergency care, nutrition, immunisation, infant and adolescent health, and more.

Designed for medical students and junior doctors alike, this compact and easy-to-use textbook guides readers through each essential aspect of paediatric care, from normal and abnormal childhood development, to cardiology, gastroenterology and metabolic disorders. Throughout the text, key points, practice questions, treatment guides, learning logs and self-assessment tests help prepare readers for paediatric rotations and clinical examinations.

Now in its tenth edition, this classic textbook features new and updated information that reflects changes in practice and recent advances in child and adolescent health. Providing a clear and accessible overview of paediatrics, this invaluable single-volume resource:

• Presents an overview of paediatrics, including expanded materials on genetics, differential diagnosis, investigation for common presentations, and treatment and management of various conditions
• Offers real-life advice and practical ways of gaining experience in paediatrics and career development
• Includes OSCE stations, examination review tips, extended matching questions and additional online learning resources
• Features an enhanced Symptom Sorter to quickly determine which conditions should feature in differential diagnoses

Paediatrics Lecture Notes, Tenth Edition is a must-have guide for medical students and junior doctors in paediatric placements and preparing for clinical examinations.

Part 1
Essentials of paediatrics

1. Chapter 1 Children and their health
2. Chapter 2 Parents and children: listening and talking
3. Chapter 3 Examination of children
4. Chapter 4 The clinical process
5. Chapter 5 Emergency paediatrics

This section covers the ‘toolkit’ of skills and knowledge that you need at the outset of your paediatric attachment. The first chapter sets the scene, putting the paediatrics you will learn in the wider context of child morbidity and mortality, societal issues, and community and social aspects relevant to child public health and paediatric practice.

The next three chapters help you learn a systematic yet flexible and child friendly approach. The skills of history taking and examination are different when assessing children, and diagnosis and investigation can be different too.

We hope you won't have the stress of being first on the scene when a child collapses, but you need to know the basics of what to do, and how this differs from adults. This is covered in Emergency Paediatrics, along with the equally important skill of being able to recognise impending collapse before it happens. Remember that children can deteriorate quickly, and if you are in doubt, ask for help!

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Children and their health

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Chapter map

Children under the age of 16 comprise 20% of the population of the UK and of most industrialized countries, but in many developing countries, children represent more than 50% of the population. In all countries, the management of children's health problems is a high proportion of the medical workload. Many GPs find that 30% of their consultations are for children, particularly preschool children (under 5 years) (medical students in the middle of a 2‐ or 3‐month paediatric attachment may wonder why only 5% of their training should be devoted to children!). This chapter sets the scene for your study of paediatrics, starting with an overview of child health globally and in the UK. We then review societal factors relevant to paediatrics, community and social aspects of child health and finally the child in hospital.

1. 1.1 Early life is key
2. 1.2 Global Child Health
3. 1.3 Child mortality and morbidity in the UK
   1. 1.3.1 Infant mortality
   2. 1.3.2 Child mortality
   3. 1.3.3 Childhood morbidity
4. 1.4 Children in society
   1. 1.4.1 Socioeconomic inequalities
   2. 1.4.2 Changes in family structure
   3. 1.4.3 Ethnicity
   4. 1.4.4 Laws relating to the young
   5. 1.4.5 Ethics and children's rights
5. 1.5 Child health in the community
   1. 1.5.1 Health personnel
   2. 1.5.2 Health surveillance and promotion
   3. 1.5.3 Schools and nurseries
6. 1.6 Social aspects of child health and care
   1. 1.6.1 Parental responsibility
   2. 1.6.2 Social services
   3. 1.6.3 Voluntary services
   4. 1.6.4 Adoption
7. 1.7 Children in hospital
8. 1.8 Research and evidence‐based medicine
9. Summary

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1.1 Early life is key

What happens to a child during pregnancy, and the first couple of years of life is crucial to later physical and emotional he...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Dedication Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• OSCE stations
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Further reading
• How to use your textbook
• About the companion website
• Part 1: Essentials of paediatrics
• Part 2: Normal and abnormal in childhood
• Part 3: Systems and specialities
• Part 4: After paediatrics
• Extended matching questions
• Answers to extended matching questions
• SBA Answers
• Paediatric symptom sorter
• Index
• End User License Agreement