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Essentials of Paediatrics

  • 2nd Edition - November 6, 2012
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Nandu Thalange, Richard Beach, David Booth, Lisa Jackson
  • Language: English

2013 BMA Medical Book Awards Highly Commended in Paediatrics! The perfect portable companion for trainees and medical students on clinical placements in paediatrics. Ne… Read more

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2013 BMA Medical Book Awards Highly Commended in Paediatrics!

The perfect portable companion for trainees and medical students on clinical placements in paediatrics.

New to this edition:

  • Two new editors

  • Thoroughly updated and revised throughout

    • Key features:

    • Part of the Kumar & Clark family of revision titles

    • Cases throughout

    • Key points boxes included

    • Includes self-assessment questions

    • Appendices cover resuscitation, practical procedures, prescribing, fluids and electrolytes, and common syndromes

    • Ideal for revision and examination preparation

      • Key features

      The perfect portable companion for trainees and medical students on clinical placements in paediatrics.

        Key features:

        • Part of the Kumar & Clark family of revision titles

        • Cases throughout

        • Key points boxes included

        • Includes self-assessment questions

        • Appendices cover resuscitation, practical procedures, prescribing, fluids and electrolytes, and common syndromes

        • Ideal for revision and examination preparation

          • Readership

        • Medical students
        • Junior doctors

          • Table of contents

          Contents1. Assessing childhood illness 2. Children’s place in society 3. The child with chronic disease 4. Child development 5. Safeguarding children6. Locomotion 7. Blood and cancer 8. Skin 9. Circulation 10. Respiration 11.Homeostasis and the kidney 12. Hormones and metabolism13. Digestion and nutrition 14. Neurology and the senses15. The mind 16. Infectious disease and immunity 17. Pregnancy, birth and the newborn 18.Congenital and genetic diseasesAppendicesI Paediatric Emergencies II Practical procedures III Prescribing IV Fluids and electrolytes

          Mutiple Choice questions and answersGlossary Index

          Product details

          • Edition: 2
          • Latest edition
          • Published: November 6, 2012
          • Language: English

          About the authors

          NT

          Nandu Thalange

          Affiliations and expertise
          Consultant Paediatrician, Paediatrics Department, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK

          RB

          Richard Beach

          Affiliations and expertise
          Consultant Paediatrician, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK