Clinical Guide to Paediatrics enables rapid reference to the common paediatric conditions, symptoms, and practical concerns seen in day-to-day practice. Focused on making differential diagnoses in acute settings, this comprehensive resource offers step-by-step guidance on clinical decision-making, investigations, and interventions. Junior doctors and medical students are provided with a clear and up-to-date evidence base supported by numerous diagnostic algorithms, diagrams, tables and bullet points throughout. Organised into systems-based sections, the guide covers paediatric history taking, examination techniques, pharmacology, safeguarding, and a range of different diagnoses for presenting complaints in cardiology, infection and immunology, neurology, gastroenterology, accidents, poisoning, and more. Succinct chapters are logically structured to allow easy access to important concepts, key clinical details, and plans of investigation. Designed to complement the doctor-patient interaction in clinical practice, this valuable guide: Covers the most common presenting complaints encountered in acute paediatrics Provides evidence-based information on symptoms, disorders, and issues faced in paediatric medicine Addresses topics from the perspective of presenting complaints to provide a unique, highly practical approach to the subject Includes access to a companion website containing images and clinical photos, audio podcasts, clinical case studies, and self-assessment exercises Clinical Guide to Paediatrics is essential reading for junior doctors, medical students, nurses and specialist trainees working on paediatric wards or emergency departments.

Clinical Guide to Paediatrics enables rapid reference to the common paediatric conditions, symptoms, and practical concerns seen in day-to-day practice. Focused on making differential diagnoses in acute settings, this comprehensive resource offers step-by-step guidance on clinical decision-making, investigations, and interventions. Junior doctors and medical students are provided with a clear and up-to-date evidence base supported by numerous diagnostic algorithms, diagrams, tables and bullet points throughout.Organised into systems-based sections, the guide covers paediatric history taking, examination techniques, pharmacology, safeguarding, and a range of different diagnoses for presenting complaints in cardiology, infection and immunology, neurology, gastroenterology, accidents, poisoning, and more. Succinct chapters are logically structured to allow easy access to important concepts, key clinical details, and plans of investigation. Designed to complement the doctor-patient interaction in clinical practice, this valuable guide:* Covers the most common presenting complaints encountered in acute paediatrics* Provides evidence-based information on symptoms, disorders, and issues faced in paediatric medicine* Addresses topics from the perspective of presenting complaints to provide a unique, highly practical approach to the subject* Includes access to a companion website containing images and clinical photos, audio podcasts, clinical case studies, and self-assessment exercisesClinical Guide to Paediatrics is essential reading for junior doctors, medical students, nurses and specialist trainees working on paediatric wards or emergency departments.

List of Contributors viiAcronyms and Abbreviations ixAbout the Companion Website xiiiHow to Use This Book xv1.1 Wheeze 11.2 Stridor 151.3 Difficulty in Breathing 272.1 Cyanosis 372.2 Circulatory Collapse 532.3 Syncope 672.4 Chest Pain 792.5 Palpitations 933.1 Fever 1073.2 Fever in the Returning Traveller 1313.3 Lymphadenopathy 1514.1 Bruising 1654.2 Pallor 1815.1 Abdominal Pain 2035.2 Abdominal Mass 2215.3 Vomiting 2395.4 Diarrhoea 2535.5 Jaundice 2655.6 Faltering Growth 2796.1 Haematuria 2936.2 Oedema 3036.3 Scrotal Swelling 3177.1 Hypoglycaemia 3297.2 Hyperglycaemia 3438.1 Headache 3538.2 Suspected Seizures 3718.3 Acute Hemiparesis 3878.4 Acute Lower-Limb Weakness 4038.5 Delirium and Agitation 4158.6 Decreased Level of Consciousness 4278.7 Dizziness 4419.1 Urticaria 4519.2 Non-blanching Rash 4619.3 Other Childhood Rashes 47310.1 Limp 48910.2 Swollen Joint 50311.1 Neonatal Jaundice 51311.2 The Unsettled Baby 52711.3 Breastfeeding Advice 53712.1 The A to E Assessment 54312.2 Assessment of Consciousness 54912.3 Tips for Fluid Prescribing 55112.4 Childhood Immunisations 55712.5 Safeguarding 56113.1 Sepsis Management 56913.2 Anaphylaxis Management 57113.3 Acute Asthma Management 57513.4 Prolonged Seizure Management 57713.5 Raised Intracranial Pressure Management 579Guidelines 581Index 591