Paediatrics: Clinical Cases Uncovered
August 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
Rehearse for life in clinical practice with this easy-to-use and unique series, which combines cases drawn from real-life experiences with a refreshing approach to presentations as you would see them in day-to-day situations.
Get the most from clinical practice, with Clinical Cases
Guiding you through paediatrics, Clinical Cases Uncovered
presents real-life problems which you can work through and improve
on time and again. Each case looks at a different child, from
premature infant to teenager, with acute or long-term problems.
Presentations reflect common primary care and hospital-based
practice and will give you a detailed insight into how children
with a wide variety of problems can be assessed and managed.
The first section covers essential paediatric basics, then looks
at common disorders and useful pointers. There is a section on
practical assessment of children, helping you adapt your skills for
the age of the child and the presenting problem. The helpful
self-assessment section then lets you test all you have learnt and
makes for great revision.
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How to use this book.
List of abbreviations.
Part 1 Basics.
Assessment of children.
Useful pointers in paediatrics.
Part 2 Cases.
Case 1 The tiny baby.
Case 2 The sick preterm baby.
Case 3 The baby with breathing difficulties.
Case 4 The blue baby.
Case 5 The jaundiced baby.
Case 6 Is my baby alright?.
Case 7 The febrile infant.
Case 8 The vomiting baby.
Case 9 The lethargic baby.
Case 10 The thin infant.
Case 11 The odd-looking baby.
Case 12 Ralph’s lumpy groin.
Case 13 The noisy breather.
Case 14 The disruptive little boy.
Case 15 The grumpy toddler.
Case 16 The boy with fits.
Case 17 The colicky infant.
Case 18 The slow walker.
Case 19 The toddler with diarrhoea.
Case 20 The swollen child.
Case 21 Yet another chest infection.
Case 22 The drowsy child.
Case 23 The breathless child.
Case 24 A sore throat.
Case 25 The short child.
Case 26 Swollen knees and a rash.
Case 27 The asthmatic teenager.
Case 28 The limping boy.
Case 29 A nasty chest infection.
Case 30 A bruised toddler.
Case 31 The teenager who has taken an overdose.
Case 32 Cough.
Part 3 Self-assessment.
Appendix: Normal ranges in children.
Index of cases by diagnosis.
Lucy Stradling, St George's Hospital, London, UK.
Alice Myers, St George's Hospital, London, UK.
- A new paediatrics title for medical students with a unique case
- Includes an introductory section on the approach to the patient
and backgroud information on how paediatrics differs from other
- Cases are divided into four sections covering: Neonates,
Infants and Toddlers, Early Childhood and Middle Childhood and
- An ideal companion to paediatric attachments or rotations
"I would be very happy if my medical studetns read this book
before an attachment! I think this format is excellent...it
encourages the students to think clearly about real patients and
not just learn facts in isolation." - Honorary Leturer,
University of Leeds
"This book covers a very wide range of material, from neonatal
medicine in the sick preterm infant to the teenager who has taken
an averdose. It contains a large number of cases which are all
relevent to medical student learning...each case study gives
details of relevent questions to ask in the history, examination
findings and management plans...an excellent resource for final
exam revision." - MSc Student, University of Liverpool Medical
"Fantastic. Very impressed and very easy to read...relevent cases and good layout." - Final Year Student, Warwick Medical School