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Crash Course Paediatrics
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- 6th Edition - February 5, 2024
- Authors: Alyce Hayes, Andrei Pobischan
- Editors: Philip Xiu, Gerry O'Hare
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 5 3 7 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 1 8 1 3 - 5
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Request a sales quoteCrash Course – your effective every-day study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have the essential information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success.
A winning formula now for over 25 years, having sold over 1 million copies and translated in over 8 languages, each series volume has been fine-tuned and fully updated with a full-colour layout tailored to make your life easier. Especially written by senior students or junior doctors – those who understand what is essential for exam success – with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert Faculty Advisers, the result is books that exactly meet your needs and you know you can trust.
Each chapter guides you succinctly through the full range of curriculum topics in the UKMLA syllabus, integrating clinical considerations with the relevant basic science and avoiding unnecessary or confusing detail. A range of text boxes help you get to the hints, tips and key points you need fast! A fully revised self-assessment section matching the latest exam formats is included to check your understanding and aid exam preparation. The accompanying enhanced, downloadable eBook completes this invaluable learning package.
Series volumes have been honed to meet the requirements of today’s medical students, although the range of other health students and professionals who need rapid access to the essentials of paediatrics will also love the unique approach of Crash Course. Whether you need to get out of a fix or aim for a distinction Crash Course is for you!
Crash Course Paediatrics combines current information with self-assessment and high-yield association tables that will empower students with knowledge to succeed in exams. In this new edition, readers will find new content on anatomy in children, COVID-19, and PIMMS.
- Fully aligned to UKMLA requirements, with key ‘conditions’ and ‘presentations’ highlighted in handy checklists - save valuable revision time and be confident you have the syllabus covered
- Written by senior students and recent graduates - those closest to what is essential for exam success
- Quality assured by leading Faculty Advisors - ensures complete accuracy of information
- Features the ever popular 'Hints and Tips' boxes and other useful aide-mémoires - distilled wisdom from those in the know
- Updated self-assessment section matching the latest exam formats – confirm your understanding and improve exam technique fast
- Cover image
- Author Edition
- Title page
- Copyright
- Series editor’s foreword
- Prefaces
- Acknowledgement
- Series editor’s acknowledgement
- Rapid UKMLA Index
- Contents
- 1 History and examination
- Paediatric history taking
- Adolescent history
- Neonatal history
- Paediatric examination
- The neonatal examination
- Medical sample clerking
- 2 Investigations
- Urine tests
- Blood tests
- Cerebrospinal fluid
- Imaging
- 3 Cardiology
- Congenital heart disease
- Rheumatic fever
- Cardiac infections
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- 4 Respiratory and ENT
- Presentation of paediatric respiratory disease
- Upper respiratory tract infections
- Lower respiratory tract infections
- Asthma
- Cystic fibrosis
- Ears, nose and throat (ENT)
- 5 Gastroenterology, hepatology and surgery
- Presentation of gastrointestinal disease
- Important gastrointestinal conditions
- Liver disease
- 6 Renal and genitourinary conditions
- Haematuria
- Proteinuria
- Urinary tract anomalies
- Urinary tract infection
- Acute nephritis
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Acute kidney injury
- Chronic kidney disease
- Urinary incontinence
- Genital conditions
- 7 Endocrinology and growth
- Hypothalamus and the pituitary gland
- Growth
- Puberty
- Adrenal disorders
- Thyroid disorders
- Diabetes mellitus
- 8 Oncology
- Childhood cancer
- Brain tumours
- Medulloblastoma (20%)
- Craniopharyngioma (4%)
- Neuroblastoma
- Wilms tumour (nephroblastoma)
- Soft-tissue sarcomas
- Bone tumours
- Retinoblastoma
- Langerhans cell histiocytosis
- 9 Haematology
- The leukaemias
- Lymphomas
- Haematopoiesis
- Anaemia
- Haemolytic anaemia
- Splenomegaly
- Bleeding disorders
- Coagulation disorders
- Thrombotic disorders in childhood
- 10 Infectious diseases and immunology
- Fever
- Viral infections
- Bacterial infections
- Parasitic infections
- Immunodeficiency
- 11 Allergy and anaphylaxis
- Epidemiology
- Pathophysiology
- Aetiology
- Clinical aspects of allergy
- Anaphylaxis
- 12 Dermatology
- The child with a rash
- Acute rashes
- Skin infections
- Infestations
- 13 Neurology
- Introduction
- Fits, faints and funny turns
- The unconscious child
- Epilepsy
- Febrile convulsions
- Headache
- Infections of the central nervous system
- Malformations of the central nervous system
- Cerebral palsy
- Neurocutaneous syndromes
- Abnormal involuntary movements
- Intracranial haemorrhage
- Neurodegenerative disorders of childhood
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Peripheral nerve palsies in children
- Visual field deficits
- Squint and amblyopia
- 14 Musculoskeletal system
- Introduction
- Limp
- Disorders of the hip and knee
- Disorders of the spine
- Disorders of the upper limbs
- Disorders of the skull
- Fractures
- Bone and joint infections
- Rheumatic disorders
- Genetic skeletal dysplasias
- 15 Neonates
- Maternal and foetal health
- Foetal assessment and antenatal diagnosis
- Maternal conditions affecting the foetus
- Normal neonatal anatomy and physiology
- Birth
- Birth injury
- The newborn
- Disorders of the term infant
- The preterm infant
- Disorders of the preterm infant
- Congenital malformations
- 16 Genetics
- Basic genetics
- Single-gene (monogenic) disorders
- Autosomal dominant disorders
- Autosomal recessive disorders
- X-linked disorders
- Multifactorial disorders
- Chromosomal disorders
- Mitochondrial inheritance
- Genetic counselling
- 17 Development
- History
- Examination
- Signs of abnormal development
- 18 Child and adolescent mental health
- Attachment
- Problems of early childhood
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Behavioural problems
- Continence problems
- Affective disorders
- Anxiety
- Psychosis
- Eating disorders
- Medically unexplained symptoms
- 19 Community paediatrics, public health and child protection
- Prevention in child health
- Children with disabilities
- Child protection
- Children and the law
- 20 Accidents and emergencies
- Emergencies
- Unintentional injuries
- 21 Nutrition, fluids andprescribing
- Nutrition
- Fluids and electrolytes
- Paediatric pharmacology and prescribing
- Self-Assessment
- UKMLA High Yield Association Table
- UKMLA Single Best Answer (SBA) Questions
- UKMLA SBA Answers
- OSCEs and Short Clinical Cases
- Glossary
- Index
- No. of pages: 348
- Language: English
- Edition: 6
- Published: February 5, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443115370
- eBook ISBN: 9780443118135