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Abstract
Almost all paediatrics textbooks describe disease processes. This book is unique in that it deals with problems (symptoms) as they are presented to the doctor. The problems are approached in a manner that is common practice in clinical paediatrics, namely obtaining a history followed by physical examination, and planning investigations in order to elucidate the diagnosis. General principles of management are discussed without going into a detailed description of diseases and their management. The book will be of use to medical officers in paediatrics and general practice.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | xi | ||
| List of Contributors | v | ||
| Preface | vii | ||
| Acknowledgments | ix | ||
| 1 Acute Abdominal Pain | 1 | ||
| HISTORY | 1 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 3 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS | 3 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 5 | ||
| 2 Recurrent Abdominal Pain | 6 | ||
| HISTORY | 6 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 7 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 7 | ||
| 3 Child Physical Abuse (Non-Accidental Injury in Infants and Young Children) | 9 | ||
| HISTORY | 9 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 10 | ||
| Major Head Injury | 10 | ||
| Abdominal Injuries | 10 | ||
| Skin Injury | 10 | ||
| Burns | 11 | ||
| Abrasions and Lacerations | 12 | ||
| Mouth Lesions | 13 | ||
| Fractures | 13 | ||
| Suffocation | 15 | ||
| Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy | 15 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 15 | ||
| 4 Child Sexual Abuse | 17 | ||
| HISTORY | 17 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 18 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 19 | ||
| 5 Separation Anxiety | 21 | ||
| HISTORY | 21 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 22 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS | 22 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 23 | ||
| 6 Breastfeeding Problems | 25 | ||
| HISTORY | 25 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 25 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 26 | ||
| 7 Does the Child Have Cancer? | 28 | ||
| HISTORY | 28 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 30 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 30 | ||
| 8 Coma | 31 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 31 | ||
| 4. HISTORY | 32 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 33 | ||
| 9 Congestive Cardiac Failure | 34 | ||
| HISTORY | 34 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 34 | ||
| INVESTIGATIONS | 34 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS | 35 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 35 | ||
| 10 Constipation | 37 | ||
| HISTORY | 37 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 38 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 38 | ||
| 11 Recurrent or Persistent Cough | 40 | ||
| HISTORY | 40 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 41 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS | 41 | ||
| 12 Crying Babies | 43 | ||
| HISTORY | 43 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 44 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 44 | ||
| 13 Depression in Childhood | 46 | ||
| HISTORY | 46 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 47 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 47 | ||
| 14 Developmental Delay | 49 | ||
| PRESENTATION AND HISTORY | 49 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 53 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 54 | ||
| 15 Acute Diarrhoea with Vomiting | 58 | ||
| HISTORY | 58 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 59 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS | 59 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 60 | ||
| 16 Chronic Diarrhoea | 62 | ||
| HISTORY | 62 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 64 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 65 | ||
| 17 The Dysmorphic Child | 67 | ||
| HISTORY | 67 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 67 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 69 | ||
| 18 Dysuria | 70 | ||
| HISTORY | 70 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 71 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT | 71 | ||
| 19 Middle Ear Infection | 74 | ||
| HISTORY | 74 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 74 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 75 | ||
| 20 Eating Problems | 76 | ||
| HISTORY | 76 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 78 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 78 | ||
| 21 Enuresis | 80 | ||
| HISTORY | 80 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 80 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 81 | ||
| 22 Red Eye | 82 | ||
| HISTORY | 82 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 82 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 83 | ||
| 23 Acute Fever in Infants and Children | 84 | ||
| 24 Fever of Unknown Origin | 86 | ||
| HISTORY | 86 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 87 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 87 | ||
| 25 The Floppy Infant | 89 | ||
| HISTORY | 89 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 89 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS | 90 | ||
| 26 Ambiguous Genitalia | 93 | ||
| HISTORY | 94 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 95 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 95 | ||
| 27 Goitre | 98 | ||
| HISTORY | 98 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 98 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 100 | ||
| 28 Headache | 101 | ||
| HISTORY | 101 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 102 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT | 102 | ||
| 29 Heart Murmurs | 104 | ||
| HISTORY | 104 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 104 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 105 | ||
| 30 Hyperactivity | 106 | ||
| HISTORY | 106 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 107 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS | 107 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 108 | ||
| 31 Immunisation Schedule | 109 | ||
| COMPLICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS | 110 | ||
| 32 The Child with Recurrent Infection | 112 | ||
| HISTORY | 112 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 112 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 113 | ||
| 33 Inguino-Scrotal Swellings in Childhood | 116 | ||
| HISTORY | 116 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 116 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 117 | ||
| 34 Jaundice | 119 | ||
| HISTORY | 119 | ||
| 35 Joint Pain | 124 | ||
| HISTORY | 124 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 124 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT | 125 | ||
| 36 Learning Problems | 128 | ||
| HISTORY | 128 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 130 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 130 | ||
| 37 The Limping Child | 131 | ||
| HISTORY | 131 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 132 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT | 132 | ||
| 38 Obesity in Childhood | 137 | ||
| HISTORY | 137 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 137 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 138 | ||
| 39 The Pale Child | 140 | ||
| HISTORY | 140 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 142 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 147 | ||
| 40 Polyuria and Polydipsia | 149 | ||
| HISTORY | 149 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 150 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 150 | ||
| 41 Rash | 151 | ||
| HISTORY | 151 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 151 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 152 | ||
| 42 Upper Respiratory Tract Infections | 163 | ||
| HISTORY | 163 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 163 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 164 | ||
| 43 Seizures in Childhood | 165 | ||
| HISTORY | 165 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 169 | ||
| 44 Short Stature | 171 | ||
| HISTORY | 171 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 171 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS | 172 | ||
| 45 Tall Stature | 175 | ||
| HISTORY | 175 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 175 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 176 | ||
| 46 Blood in the Stools | 177 | ||
| HISTORY | 177 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 178 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 178 | ||
| 47 Strabismus | 179 | ||
| HISTORY | 179 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 179 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 181 | ||
| 48 Stridor | 182 | ||
| HISTORY | 182 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 183 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 183 | ||
| 49 Undescended Testes | 186 | ||
| HISTORY | 186 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 186 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 187 | ||
| 50 Failure to Thrive | 189 | ||
| HISTORY | 189 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 190 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 192 | ||
| 51 Sore Throat | 193 | ||
| HISTORY | 193 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 193 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 194 | ||
| 52 Severe Paediatric Trauma | 195 | ||
| HISTORY | 195 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 195 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 196 | ||
| 53 Vaginal Discharge and Vulval Irritation | 198 | ||
| HISTORY | 198 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 198 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS | 199 | ||
| Local Irritation | 199 | ||
| Infections | 200 | ||
| TREATMENT | 201 | ||
| 54 Persistent Vomiting | 202 | ||
| HISTORY | 202 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 203 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 203 | ||
| 55 Wheezing | 204 | ||
| HISTORY | 204 | ||
| EXAMINATION | 206 | ||
| MANAGEMENT | 206 | ||
| Index | 209 |