Illustrated Textbook of Paediatrics
- 6th Edition - June 3, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Tom Lissauer, Will Carroll
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 8 1 8 0 - 4
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 8 1 8 1 - 1
This sixth edition of the acclaimed and award-winning ‘Sunflower book’ comprehensively covers the undergraduate curriculum in paediatrics and child health. Topics are made… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis sixth edition of the acclaimed and award-winning ‘Sunflower book’ comprehensively covers the undergraduate curriculum in paediatrics and child health. Topics are made accessible with numerous colour images, diagrams and case studies, and revision is facilitated by key points and summary boxes. This has made the book a firm favourite of medical students as well as trainees approaching clinical speciality exams, both in the UK and internationally.
- Highly illustrated with hundreds of colour images and diagrams to assist learning.
- Case studies to explain important or complex clinical problem
- Key learning points: the editors identify the most clinically relevant facts.
- Summary boxes to aid revision.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Any screen, Any time, Anywhere
- Copyright
- Foreword by Dr Ranj Singh
- Foreword by Professor Sir Alan Craft
- Why paediatrics is such a great speciality
- Quotes from Dr Ranj Singh
- Quotes from Professor Sir Alan Craft
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- 1. Paediatrics and child health
- Abstract
- The child and young person’s world
- Wellbeing
- Major issues in child health in the UK and high-income countries
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 2. History and examination
- Abstract
- Taking a history
- An approach to examining children or young people
- Obtaining the child’s cooperation
- Examination
- General appearance
- Respiratory system
- Cardiovascular system
- Gastrointestinal system
- Genital area
- Neurology examination
- Musculoskeletal examination
- Head and neck examination
- Communicating with children and young people
- Investigations
- Summary and management plan
- Acknowledgements
- Further Reading
- 3. Normal child development, hearing and vision
- Abstract
- Influence of nature and nurture on development
- Developmental domains
- Developmental milestones
- Assessing if development is normal
- Pattern of child development
- Cognitive development
- Checking developmental progress
- Formal developmental screening and assessment
- Child health surveillance
- Hearing
- Vision
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 4. Developmental problems and the child with special needs
- Abstract
- Definitions
- The approach to a child with developmental problems and special needs
- Investigations
- Management
- Abnormal motor development
- Speech, language and communication needs
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Learning disability
- Developmental coordination disorder
- Problems with concentration and attention
- Hearing impairment
- Visual impairment
- Multidisciplinary approach – child development services
- Education
- The biopsychosocial model of disability, disability rights and advocacy
- Transition
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 5. Care of the ill child and young person
- Abstract
- Medical care
- Children in hospital
- Pain in children
- Prescribing medicines for children
- Communicating serious problems
- Palliative and end-of-life care
- Ethics
- Evidence-based practice
- Research
- Acknowledgements
- Websites
- 6. Paediatric emergencies
- Abstract
- The seriously ill child
- Resuscitation – Basic and Advanced Paediatric Life Support
- Airway obstruction
- Breathing – respiratory failure
- Circulatory failure – shock
- Disability – disordered consciousness
- Sepsis
- Status epilepticus
- Anaphylaxis
- Brief resolved unexplained events (BRUE)
- Sudden unexpected death in infancy
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 7. Accidents and poisoning
- Abstract
- Accidents
- Poisoning
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 8. Maltreatment of children and young people
- Abstract
- Adverse effects of maltreatment
- Types of maltreatment
- Prevalence
- Safeguarding
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- 9. Genetics
- Abstract
- Chromosomal abnormalities
- Patterns of inheritance
- Dysmorphology
- Rare diseases
- Genetic investigations
- Genetic services
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- Online resources
- 10. Perinatal medicine
- Abstract
- Pre-pregnancy care
- Antenatal diagnosis
- Obstetric conditions affecting the fetus
- Maternal conditions affecting the fetus
- Maternal drugs affecting the fetus
- Congenital infections
- Adaptation to extrauterine life
- Neonatal resuscitation
- Size at birth
- Newborn infant physical examination (NIPE)
- Acknowledgements
- Further Reading
- Websites
- 11. Neonatal medicine
- Abstract
- Admission to a neonatal unit
- Stabilizing the preterm or sick infant
- The preterm infant
- Jaundice
- Respiratory distress in term infants
- Infection
- Hypoglycaemia
- Hypoxic–ischaemic encephalopathy
- Birth injuries
- Neonatal seizures
- Perinatal stroke
- Craniofacial disorders
- Gastrointestinal disorders
- Safeguarding and the newborn
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 12. Growth and puberty
- Abstract
- Normal growth
- Measurement
- Puberty
- Short stature
- Tall stature
- Abnormal head growth
- Early puberty
- Delayed puberty
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 13. Nutrition
- Abstract
- The nutritional vulnerability of infants and children
- Infant feeding
- Faltering growth
- Vitamin D deficiency
- Other vitamin deficiencies
- Malnutrition
- Obesity
- Early childhood caries
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 14. Gastroenterology
- Abstract
- Acute abdominal pain
- Recurrent abdominal pain
- Vomiting
- Gastroenteritis
- Malabsorption
- Chronic non-specific diarrhoea
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Constipation
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 15. Infection and immunity
- Abstract
- The febrile child
- Serious life-threatening infections
- Specific bacterial infections
- Common viral infections
- Seasonal viral infections
- Uncommon viral infections
- Prolonged fever
- Tuberculosis
- Tropical infections
- HIV infection
- Lyme disease
- Immunization
- Immunodeficiency
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 16. Allergy
- Abstract
- Mechanisms of allergic disease
- The hygiene hypothesis
- Clinical evaluation
- Age of onset of allergic conditions
- Prevention of allergic diseases
- Food allergy and food intolerance
- Eczema
- Allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis (rhinoconjunctivitis)
- Asthma
- Urticaria and angioedema
- Drug allergy
- Vaccines
- Insect sting hypersensitivity
- Anaphylaxis
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 17. Respiratory disorders
- Abstract
- Upper respiratory tract infections
- Upper airways obstruction
- Lower respiratory tract infections
- Asthma
- Cough
- Bronchiectasis
- Cystic fibrosis (CF)
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)
- Immunodeficiency
- Sleep-disordered breathing
- Respiratory care in children with complex needs
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 18. Cardiac disorders
- Abstract
- Epidemiology
- Aetiology
- Circulatory changes at birth
- Presentation
- Diagnosis
- Nomenclature
- Left-to-right shunts
- Right-to-left shunts
- Common mixing (blue and breathless)
- Outflow obstruction in the well child
- Outflow obstruction in the sick infant
- Care following cardiac surgery
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Syncope
- Chest pains
- Rheumatic fever
- Infective endocarditis
- Myocarditis/cardiomyopathy
- Kawasaki disease
- Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporarily associated with COVID-19 (PIMS-TS)
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Website
- 19. Kidney and urinary tract disorders
- Abstract
- Assessment of renal function
- Radiological investigations
- Congenital anomalies
- Urinary tract infection (UTI)
- Enuresis
- Proteinuria
- Haematuria
- Hypertension
- Renal masses
- Renal calculi
- Renal tubular disorders
- Acute kidney injury
- Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
- Chronic kidney disease
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 20. Genital disorders
- Abstract
- Inguinoscrotal conditions
- Abnormalities of the penis
- Genital disorders in girls
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- 21. Liver disorders
- Abstract
- Neonatal cholestasis
- Neonatal metabolic liver disease
- Viral hepatitis
- Acute liver failure (fulminant hepatitis)
- Liver disease in older children
- Complications of chronic liver disease
- Liver transplantation
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 22. Malignant disease
- Abstract
- Aetiology
- Clinical presentation
- Investigations
- Management
- Treatment
- Supportive care and side-effects of disease and treatment
- Leukaemia
- Brain tumours
- Lymphomas
- Neuroblastoma
- Wilms tumour (nephroblastoma)
- Soft tissue sarcomas
- Bone tumours
- Retinoblastoma
- Kaposi sarcoma
- Rare tumours
- Long-term survivors
- Palliative and end-of-life care
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 23. Haematological disorders
- Abstract
- Haematological values at birth and the first few weeks of life
- Anaemia
- Bone marrow failure syndromes
- Bleeding disorders
- Thrombosis in children
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 24. Child and adolescent mental health
- Abstract
- How to ask about emotional and behavioural problems
- Adverse life experiences in the family
- Specific paediatric emotional, behavioural and mental health problems
- Management of emotional and behavioural problems
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 25. Dermatological disorders
- Abstract
- The newborn
- Rashes of infancy
- Infections and infestations
- Other childhood skin disorders
- Rashes and systemic disease
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Website
- 26. Diabetes mellitus and endocrinology
- Abstract
- Diabetes mellitus
- Hypoglycaemia
- Thyroid disorders
- Pituitary disorders
- Adrenal disorders
- Disorders of sex development
- Parathyroid disorders
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 27. Inborn errors of metabolism
- Abstract
- Overview
- Newborn blood spot screening
- Metabolic disease and acid–base disturbance
- Hyperammonaemia
- Hypoglycaemia
- Lysosomal storage disorders
- Mitochondrial disease
- Lipid storage disorders
- Disorders of lipid metabolism
- Acknowledgements
- Websites
- 28. Musculoskeletal disorders
- Abstract
- Assessment of the musculoskeletal system
- Variations of normal posture
- Abnormal posture
- The painful limb, knee, and back
- Limp
- Arthritis
- Auto-inflammatory syndromes
- Genetic skeletal conditions
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 29. Neurological disorders
- Abstract
- Headache
- Seizures
- Epilepsies of childhood
- Motor disorders
- Central motor disorders
- Peripheral motor disorders: the neuromuscular disorders
- Ataxia
- Cerebrovascular disease
- Microcephaly and macrocephaly
- Neural tube defects and hydrocephalus
- Neurocutaneous syndromes
- Neurodegenerative disorders
- Poliodystrophies
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- 30. Adolescent medicine
- Abstract
- Communicating with adolescents
- Consent and confidentiality
- Range of health problems
- Mortality
- Impact of chronic illness
- Fatigue, headache, and other somatic symptoms
- Mental health problems
- Health-risk behaviour
- Sexual health
- Health promotion
- Transition to adult services
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- 31. Global child health
- Abstract
- Child mortality
- Improving neonatal survival
- Maternal health and obstetric care
- Improving the survival and quality of life of children
- Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
- Mental health disorders
- Coexisting multiple pathologies: a major threat to child survival
- Children affected by conflict
- Climate change
- Outbreaks and emerging infections
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Websites
- Appendix
- Growth charts
- Gestational age assessment of newborn infants
- Paediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS)
- Asthma action plan
- Blood pressure
- Peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR)
- Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1)
- Imaging in children
- Blood tests
- WETFLAG emergency management of resuscitation
- Initial fluid management of dehydration and shock
- Parkland formula for burns
- Index
- Confidence is ClinicalKey
- Edition: 6
- Published: June 3, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 608
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780702081804
- Paperback ISBN: 9780702081811
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Tom Lissauer
Affiliations and expertise
Honorary Consultant Paediatrician, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, London, UKWC
Will Carroll
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical and Academic Lead and Consultant Paediatrician, University Hospital of the North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, UK