Signs & Symptoms in Pediatrics
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Signs & Symptoms in Pediatrics

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Signs & Symptoms in Pediatrics

About this book

Completely updated and revised, the second edition outlines the key signs and symptoms associated with a wide range of illnesses affecting children, from common infections to rare disorders. Each chapter provides essential information on clinical presentation, differential diagnoses, and management strategies, making it an invaluable tool for clinicians in practice. The book's structured approach aids in the quick identification of pediatric issues, facilitating timely intervention and improving patient outcomes in pediatric care settings.
 
This practice-focused resource provides must-know information and expert advice for confidently addressing more than 80 diagnostic challenges.

Over 100 full-color images complement the concise text!
 
Look here for the essentials on everything from abdominal, back, and chest pain...to fever, fatigue, headache, and heart murmurs...to rash, red eye, sleep disturbances, and speech and language concerns...plus much more.  Coverage also extends to evaluation of mental health symptoms, including anxiety, depression, disruptive behavior, emotional disturbance, inattention and impulsivity, and self-injury.

Contents Include:
1.  Abdominal Distention
2.  Abdominal Pain
3.  Alopecia and Hair Shaft Anomalies
4.  Amenorrhea
5.  Anemia and Pallor
6.  Anxiety and Trauma-related Distress
7.  Ataxia
8.  Back Pain
9.  Cardiac Arrhythmias
10. Chest Pain
11. Constipation
12. Cough
13. Cyanosis
14. Depressive Symptoms
15. Diarrhea and Steatorrhea
16. Disruptive Behavior and Aggression
17. Dizziness and Vertigo
18. Dysmenorrhea
19. Dysphagia
20. Dyspnea
21. Dysuria
22. Edema
23. Epistaxis
24. Extremity Pain
25. Facial Dysmorphism
26. Failure to Thrive: Pediatric Undernutrition
27. Families with Functional Impairments
28. Fatigue and Weakness
29. Fever
30. Fever of Unknown Origin
31. Foot and Leg Problems
32. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
33. Headache
34. Hearing Loss
35. Heart Murmurs
36. Hematuria
37. Hemoptysis
38. Hepatomegaly
39. High Blood Pressure
40. Hirsutism, Hypertrichosis, and Precocious Sexual Hair Development
41. Hoarseness
42. Hyperhidrosis
43. Hypotonia
44. Inattention and Impulsivity
45. Irritability and Fussiness
46. Jaundice
47. Joint Pain
48. Learning Difficulty
49. Limp
50. Loss of Appetite
51. Lymphadenopathy
52. Macrocephaly
53. Medically Unexplained Symptoms
54. Microcephaly
55. Nonconvulsive Periodic Disorders
56. Odor (Unusual Urine and Body)
57. Petechiae and Purpura
58. Polyuria
59. Proteinuria
60. Pruritus
61. Puberty: Normal and Abnormal
62. Rash
63. Recurrent Infections
64. Red Eye/Pink Eye
65. School Absenteeism and School Refusal
66. Scrotal Swelling and Pain
67. Self-injury
68. Self-stimulating Behaviors
69. Short Stature
70. Sleep Disturbances (Nonspecific)
71. Speech and Language Concerns
72. Splenomegaly
73. Stress in Gender Diverse Youth
74. Stridor
75. Substance Use: The Role of the Pediatrician
76. Symptoms of Emotional Disturbance in Children Younger than 5 Years
77. Symptoms of Emotional Disturbance in Children Older than 5 Years
78. Syncope
79. Temper Tantrums and Breath-holding Spells
80. Tics
81. Torticollis
82. Vaginal Bleeding
83. Vaginal Discharge
84. Vomiting
85. Weight Loss
86. Wheezing

 

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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
  2. 1 Abdominal Distention
  3. 2 Abdominal Pain
  4. 3 Alopecia and Hair Shaft Anomalies
  5. 4 Amenorrhea
  6. 5 Anemia and Pallor
  7. 6 Anxiety and Trauma-Related Distress
  8. 7 Ataxia
  9. 8 Back Pain
  10. 9 Cardiac Arrhythmias
  11. 10 Chest Pain
  12. 11 Constipation
  13. 12 Cough
  14. 13 Cyanosis
  15. 14 Depressive Symptoms
  16. 15 Diarrhea and Steatorrhea
  17. 16 Disruptive Behavior and Aggression
  18. 17 Dizziness and Vertigo
  19. 18 Dysmenorrhea
  20. 19 Dysphagia
  21. 20 Dyspnea
  22. 21 Dysuria
  23. 22 Eating Abnormalities
  24. 23 Edema
  25. 24 Epistaxis
  26. 25 Extremity Pain
  27. 26 Facial Dysmorphism
  28. 27 Failure to Thrive (Growth Faltering)
  29. 28 Families With Functional Impairments
  30. 29 Fatigue and Weakness
  31. 30 Fever
  32. 31 Fever of Unknown Origin
  33. 32 Foot and Leg Problems
  34. 33 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
  35. 34 Headache
  36. 35 Hearing Loss
  37. 36 Heart Murmurs
  38. 37 Hematuria
  39. 38 Hemoptysis
  40. 39 Hepatomegaly
  41. 40 High Blood Pressure
  42. 41 Hirsutism, Hypertrichosis, and Precocious Sexual Hair Development
  43. 42 Hoarseness
  44. 43 Hyperhidrosis
  45. 44 Hypotonia
  46. 45 Inattention, Impulsivity, and Hyperactivity
  47. 46 Irritability and Fussiness
  48. 47 Jaundice
  49. 48 Joint Pain
  50. 49 Learning Difficulty
  51. 50 Limp
  52. 51 Loss of Appetite
  53. 52 Lymphadenopathy
  54. 53 Macrocephaly
  55. 54 Medically Unexplained Symptoms
  56. 55 Microcephaly
  57. 56 Nonconvulsive Periodic Disorders
  58. 57 Odor (Unusual Urine and Body)
  59. 58 Petechiae and Purpura
  60. 59 Polyuria
  61. 60 Proteinuria
  62. 61 Pruritus
  63. 62 Puberty: Normal and Abnormal
  64. 63 Rash
  65. 64 Recurrent Infections
  66. 65 Red Eye/Pink Eye
  67. 66 School Absenteeism, School Refusal, and Truancy
  68. 67 Scrotal Swelling
  69. 68 Self-Injury
  70. 69 Self-Stimulating Behaviors
  71. 70 Short Stature
  72. 71 Sleep Disturbances
  73. 72 Speech and Language Concerns
  74. 73 Splenomegaly
  75. 74 Stress in Gender-Diverse Youth
  76. 75 Stridor
  77. 76 Substance Use: The Role of the Pediatric Clinician
  78. 77 Symptoms of Emotional Disturbance in Children Younger Than 5 Years
  79. 78 Symptoms of Emotional Disturbance in Children Older Than 5 Years
  80. 79 Syncope
  81. 80 Temper Tantrums and Breath-holding Spells
  82. 81 Tics
  83. 82 Torticollis
  84. 83 Vaginal Bleeding
  85. 84 Vaginal Discharge
  86. 85 Vomiting
  87. 86 Weight Loss
  88. 87 Wheezing
  89. Index