Oneill, Michael,

Diagnosing and treating common problems in paediatrics : the essential evidence-based study guide / by Michael Oneill, Michelle Mary McEvoy and Alf Nicholson. - First edition. - 1 online resource (652 pages)

chapter 1 EVIDENCE- BASED MEDICINE: THE BASICS -- chapter Aim of study -- chapter Discussion -- chapter 2 COMMUNICATION -- chapter 3 FIRST RESPONSE -- chapter Croup -- chapter Epiglottitis -- chapter Acute asthma -- chapter Features -- chapter Bacterial meningitis -- chapter 4 THE CHILD WITH A FEVER -- chapter 5 THE CHILD WITH RECURRENT INFECTIONS -- chapter Autoimmune or chronic infl ammatory diseases -- chapter 6 THE AFEBRILE INFANT WITH EXCESSIVE CRYING -- chapter 7 COMMON PROBLEMS WITH INFANT FEEDING -- chapter Failure to thrive -- chapter 8 FOOD ALLERGY IN CHILDREN -- chapter Presentations of food allergy -- chapter Clarifying and pitfall avoidance strategies -- chapter Answers -- chapter 9 THE CHILD WITH VOMITING -- chapter Cyclical vomiting syndrome -- chapter 10 THE CHILD WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN -- chapter 11 THE CHILD WITH DIARRHOEA -- chapter Cow’s milk protein allergy -- chapter Rarer causes -- chapter SLIDES -- chapter 12 CONSTIPATION IN CHILDREN -- chapter fRed fl ags -- chapter Clarifying and pitfall avoidance strategies -- chapter Disimpaction -- chapter 13 FAILURE TO THRIVE (INCLUSIVE OF EATING DISORDERS) -- chapter Organic causes of failure to thrive -- chapter 4 teen NOCTURNAL ENURESIS -- chapter fRed fl ags -- chapter Non-pharmacological treatment -- chapter 15 DAYTIME WETTING -- chapter Bladder (detrusor) functioning -- chapter Clarifying and pitfall avoidance strategies -- chapter Answers -- chapter 6 teen COUGH IN CHILDREN -- chapter Clarifying and pitfall avoidance strategies -- chapter 17 THE CHILD WITH WHEEZE -- chapter Management of bronchiolitis -- chapter 18 THE CHILD WITH SUSPECTED CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE -- chapter Ventricular septal defect -- chapter Pulmonary stenosis -- chapter fRed fl ags -- chapter Medical management of specifi c conditions -- chapter Answers -- chapter 19 RECURRENT HEADACHES IN CHILDREN -- chapter Brain tumours -- chapter fRed fl ags -- chapter 20 SEIZURES -- chapter 20 o ne SLEEP PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN -- chapter Normal sleep patterns and variations of normal in childhood -- chapter 20 t wo THE CHILD WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY -- chapter fRed fl ags -- chapter 20 t hree THE CHILD WITH DOWN’S SYNDROME -- chapter Treatment of specifi c issues for children with Down’s syndrome -- chapter 20 f our THE CHILD WITH A LIMP -- chapter Adolescent -- chapter Conservative management -- chapter 20 f ive THE PALE CHILD -- chapter Alpha thalassaemia -- chapter Clarifying and pitfall avoidance strategies -- chapter 20 s ix SHORT STATURE -- chapter Clarifying and pitfall avoidance strategies -- chapter 20 s even THE CHILD WITH A PUBERTAL DEVELOPMENT DISORDER -- chapter Treatment of delayed puberty -- chapter 20 e ight THE CHILD WITH DIABETES MELLITUS -- chapter 20 n ine CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT OBESITY -- chapter Environmental factors -- chapter 30 THE CHILD WITH AN ACUTE RASH -- chapter Kawasaki’s disease -- chapter Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura -- chapter 30 o ne THE CHILD WITH A CHRONIC RASH -- chapter 30 t wo ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER IN CHILDREN -- chapter Is formal psychometric assessment required?.

This remarkable new guide is the first hybrid text of its kind that adopts the traditional method of medical education and fuses it with an evidence-based approach. It covers, in great detail, all of the common conditions seen in primary and secondary paediatrics.

9781315379432 9781498794589

10.1201/9781315379432 doi


Children--Diseases--Diagnosis--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Children--Diseases--Diagnosis.
Children--Diseases--Treatment--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Children--Diseases--Treatment.
Evidence-Based Medicine.
Pediatrics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Pediatrics--methods.
Pediatrics.

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