Full Description
Postgraduate Textbook of Pediatrics is a comprehensive guide to paediatrics. The textbook is comprised of three volumes, split into ten parts with over 600 chapters, and contributions from over 50 section editors and 725 authors, covering all paediatric disorders, descriptions of diseases and their management.- The first volume covers general paediatrics and neonatology, beginning with a general introduction, and basic sciences as applied to paediatrics. Also covered are intensive care and emergencies, the newborn, childhood and adolescence.- The second volume covers infections and systemic diseases, featuring a range of infections from bacterial, to viral and fungal, and systemic disorders including gastrointestinal, respiratory and cardiovascular.- The third volume covers systemic disorders further, including neurological, eye and skin disorders. This volume also covers social paediatrics including sections on vulnerable children and community paediatrics.Postgraduate Textbook of Pediatrics includes nearly 1500 images and illustrations in full colour, incorporating information on modern imaging techniques for neurological disorders in children. The textbook also includes appendices for laboratory values and drug doses. This is an ideal resource for postgraduate students to gain a firm grounding in, and retain and improve their knowledge of all areas of paediatric medicine.Key PointsThoroughly comprehensive, three volume guide to paediatricsOver 50 section editors and 725 contributing authors1479 full colour images and illustrations
Contents
Volume 1PART I: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow SECTION 1: Introduction to PediatricsPART II Basic Sciences as Applied to Pediatrics SECTION 2: Genetics and Genetic Disorders SECTION 3: Metabolic DisordersSECTION 4: Immunity, Immune Disorders and Allergy SECTION 5: Fluid and ElectrolytesSECTION 6: Drugs and Therapeutics PART III: Intensive Care and EmergenciesSECTION 7: Acutely Ill Child and Resuscitation SECTION 8: Intensive CareSECTION 9: Poisoning and EnvenomationSECTION 10: Childhood InjuriesPART IV: The NewbornSECTION 11: Neonatal Physiology and Organization of CareSECTION 12: Normal NewbornSECTION 13: Disorders of Weight and GestationSECTION 14: High-risk NewbornSECTION 15: Neonatal InfectionsSECTION 16: Neurological ProblemsSECTION 17: Respiratory ProblemsSECTION 18: MalformationsPART V: The Childhood Years SECTION 19: Growth: Normal and AbnormalSECTION 20: Development and Developmental DelaySECTION 21: Behaviour and LearningSECTION 22: Nutrition and Nutritional Disorders SECTION 23: ImmunizationPART VI: The AdolescentSECTION 24: Adolescent DevelopmentSECTION 25: Health Issues in AdolescenceSECTION 26: Care of AdolescentsVolume 2: Infections and Systemic DisordersPART VII: Infectious Diseases SECTION 27: Basic Concepts SECTION 28: FeverSECTION 29: Bacterial InfectionsSECTION 30: Mycobacterial InfectionsSECTION 31: Viral Diseases SECTION 32: Protozoal Infections and InfestationsSECTION 33: Fungal Infections SECTION 34: Rickettsial and Other Infections PART VIII Systemic Disorders SECTION 35: Gastrointestinal DisordersSECTION 36: Diarrheal Illnesses SECTION 37: Hepatobiliary Disease SECTION 38: Disorders of Hematopoietic SystemSECTION 39: Respiratory Diseases SECTION 40: Cardiovascular Disorders Volume 3: Systemic Disorders and Social PediatricsSECTION 41: Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract SECTION 42: Neurological Disorders SECTION 43: Neuromuscular Disorders SECTION 44: Disorders of the Endocrine GlandSECTION 45: Malignant DisordersSECTION 46: Rheumatological DisordersSECTION 47: Common Eye AbnormalitiesSECTION 48: Common Skin Problems PART IX: Child in the Social MilieuSECTION 49: Disorders of Bones and JointsSECTION 50: Vulnerable Children SECTION 51: Community Pediatrics PART X: AnnexuresLaboratory Values and Drug Doses
