Paediatrics: Clinical Cases Uncovered

Acknowledgements.

How to use this book.

List of abbreviations.

Part 1 Basics.

Essential paediatrics.

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.

MCQs.

EMQs.

SAQs.

Answers.

Appendix: Normal ranges in children.

Index of cases by diagnosis.

Index.