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Essentials of Paediatrics E-Book
Nandu Thalange | Richard Beach | David Booth | Lisa Jackson
(2012)
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Abstract
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
The perfect portable companion for trainees and medical students on clinical placements in paediatrics.
Table of Contents
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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Front Cover | Cover | ||
Essentials of Paediatrics | iii | ||
Copyright | iv | ||
Series preface | v | ||
Preface | vii | ||
Contributors | ix | ||
Contents | xi | ||
Abbreviations | xiii | ||
Chapter 1: Assessing childhood illness | 1 | ||
Talking to children and their families | 1 | ||
What do families want? | 1 | ||
The paediatric history | 1 | ||
Be prepared | 1 | ||
Environment | 2 | ||
General principles | 2 | ||
Greeting | 2 | ||
Presenting complaint | 2 | ||
History of presenting complaint | 2 | ||
Past medical history | 2 | ||
Drug history | 2 | ||
Family and social history | 3 | ||
Developmental history | 3 | ||
Systems review | 3 | ||
Respiratory: | 3 | ||
Cardiovascular: | 3 | ||
Gastrointestinal: | 3 | ||
Neurological: | 3 | ||
Genitourinary: | 4 | ||
Ent: | 4 | ||
Skin: | 4 | ||
Child protection | 4 | ||
Examining children | 4 | ||
First impressions | 4 | ||
Making friends | 5 | ||
Adolescents | 5 | ||
A practical approach | 5 | ||
Documentation | 6 | ||
Principles of defensible documentation | 6 | ||
Summary | 6 | ||
Chapter 2: Children's place in society | 7 | ||
Introduction | 7 | ||
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child | 7 | ||
Rights of protection | 8 | ||
Rights of participation | 8 | ||
Rights of provision | 9 | ||
Parents' and doctors' responsibilities and the child's best interests | 9 | ||
Parents' rights and responsibilities | 9 | ||
Physical punishment of children | 10 | ||
Duties of medical confidentiality | 10 | ||
Consent | 10 | ||
Children living in poverty and marginalized groups | 11 | ||
An international view | 11 | ||
Inequalities in child health | 12 | ||
Marginalized groups of children | 12 | ||
Ethnic minorities | 12 | ||
Children in lone-parent families | 12 | ||
Refugee and asylum-seeking children | 12 | ||
Separation from, or loss of parents | 12 | ||
Under-nutrition | 12 | ||
Infections or parasitic infestations | 14 | ||
Torture and physical abuse | 14 | ||
Rape | 14 | ||
Witness to murder, rape or violence towards others, including family members | 14 | ||
Involvement in conflict | 14 | ||
Why is this important? | 14 | ||
Conclusion | 14 | ||
Chapter 3: The child with chronic disease | 15 | ||
Introduction | 15 | ||
Chronic disease | 15 | ||
The child's perspective | 15 | ||
An approach to chronic illness | 16 | ||
Medical | 16 | ||
The family's agenda | 16 | ||
Diagnosis | 16 | ||
Systematic review | 16 | ||
Medication | 16 | ||
Monitoring progress | 17 | ||
Prognosis | 17 | ||
Information | 17 | ||
Education | 17 | ||
Medical needs in school | 17 | ||
Therapy in school | 17 | ||
Access to the curriculum | 17 | ||
Care needs | 17 | ||
Educational issues | 17 | ||
Social | 18 | ||
Development | 18 | ||
Emotional | 19 | ||
Initial management of chronic childhood illness – breaking bad news | 19 | ||
Caring for siblings | 20 | ||
Working together for children with chronic disease | 20 | ||
Chapter 4: Child development | 23 | ||
Introduction | 23 | ||
Pitfalls | 24 | ||
The assessment | 24 | ||
Environment | 24 | ||
Taking a history | 24 | ||
The motor skills | 25 | ||
The motor milestones | 26 | ||
Newborn to 3 months | 26 | ||
Chapter 5. Safeguarding children | 33 | ||
What is meant by ‘child abuse’? | 33 | ||
Physical harm | 33 | ||
Neglect | 33 | ||
Emotional harm | 33 | ||
Sexual harm | 33 | ||
Physical harm | 34 | ||
What might make you suspect a child has suffered a non-accidental injury? | 34 | ||
1. Factors in the history | 34 | ||
2. Factors on examination | 34 | ||
3. Investigation of suspected child abuse | 35 | ||
What should you do if you have child protection concerns? | 35 | ||
1. Accurate documentation is essential | 35 | ||
2. Inform your senior colleagues | 36 | ||
3. Follow your local safeguarding children procedures | 36 | ||
What should happen once someone has raised the possibility of abuse? | 36 | ||
Other types of abuse | 37 | ||
Neglect | 37 | ||
Emotional harm | 38 | ||
Sexual harm | 38 | ||
Fabricated or induced illness | 38 | ||
The case conference | 39 | ||
Information sharing and confidentiality | 39 | ||
The common law duty of confidence | 39 | ||
The Human Rights Act | 39 | ||
The Data Protection Act | 39 | ||
Chapter 6: Locomotion | 41 | ||
Introduction | 41 | ||
History | 41 | ||
Examination | 41 | ||
Investigations | 42 | ||
Principles of management | 44 | ||
Packaging defects | 44 | ||
‘My baby's feet aren't right’ | 44 | ||
Talipes equinovarus (club foot) ( Figure 6.1) | 44 | ||
‘Funny toes’ | 44 | ||
Gait abnormalities | 45 | ||
‘My child doesn't walk properly’ | 45 | ||
Bow legs (genu varum) | 45 | ||
Knock knees (genu valgum) | 45 | ||
Pigeon toed (in-toeing) | 46 | ||
Out-toeing | 46 | ||
Toe-walking | 46 | ||
Flat feet (pes planus) | 46 | ||
The limping child | 46 | ||
Transient synovitis of the hip | 46 | ||
Legg–Calv é –Perthes disease ( Figure 6.3) | 48 | ||
Slipped upper femoral epiphysis ( Figure 6.4) | 49 | ||
Developmental dysplasia of the hip | 49 | ||
Barlow test: | 51 | ||
Ortolani manoeuvre: | 51 | ||
The painful leg | 51 | ||
Acutely painful limb – trauma | 51 | ||
Acutely painful limb – infection | 51 | ||
Osteomyelitis | 51 | ||
Investigations. | 51 | ||
Treatment. | 52 | ||
Septic arthritis | 52 | ||
Presentation. | 52 | ||
Investigations and treatment. | 52 | ||
‘Growing pains’ | 52 | ||
Arthritis | 52 | ||
‘My child has swollen, painful joints’ | 52 | ||
Reactive arthritis | 53 | ||
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis | 53 | ||
History | 53 | ||
Examination | 53 | ||
Investigation | 54 | ||
Treatment | 55 | ||
Complications | 55 | ||
Henoch–Schönlein purpura | 55 | ||
Scoliosis | 56 | ||
‘I'm concerned about my daughter's back’ | 56 | ||
Back pain | 56 | ||
Other patterns of limb pain | 56 | ||
Chronic limb pain | 56 | ||
Chronic pain syndrome | 56 | ||
Osgood–Schlatter disease | 57 | ||
Rheumatic fever | 57 | ||
Chapter 7: Blood and cancer | 59 | ||
Introduction | 59 | ||
Key concepts | 59 | ||
Anaemia | 59 | ||
Iron deficiency anaemia | 59 | ||
Haemolytic anaemia | 60 | ||
Haemolytic disease of the newborn | 60 | ||
Haemolytic disorders of childhood | 61 | ||
General principles of treatment of haemolytic anaemias | 61 | ||
Hereditary spherocytosis | 62 | ||
Thalassaemia | 62 | ||
Sickle-cell disease | 63 | ||
Bruising and bleeding | 65 | ||
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura | 65 | ||
Haemophilia | 65 | ||
von Willebrand disease | 66 | ||
Bone marrow failure | 66 | ||
Aplastic anaemia | 66 | ||
Malignant disease | 67 | ||
Risk factors | 67 | ||
Radiation. | 67 | ||
Genetic factors. | 67 | ||
Infection. | 68 | ||
Environmental factors. | 68 | ||
Symptoms and signs | 68 | ||
Visible or palpable mass. | 68 | ||
Headaches and neurological symptoms and signs. | 68 | ||
Local effects. | 68 | ||
Distant tumour effects. | 68 | ||
Bone marrow failure (see above). | 68 | ||
Surveillance | 69 | ||
Diagnosis and staging | 69 | ||
Treatment | 69 | ||
Presentations of principal childhood malignancies | 69 | ||
Leukaemia | 69 | ||
Innocent cervical lymphadenopathy | 70 | ||
Lymphoma | 72 | ||
Hodgkin's lymphoma. | 72 | ||
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. | 72 | ||
Brain tumours | 73 | ||
Glioma | 73 | ||
Medulloblastoma | 74 | ||
Craniopharyngioma | 74 | ||
Neuroblastoma | 74 | ||
Wilms' tumour | 75 | ||
Osteosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma | 76 | ||
Supportive and palliative care | 77 | ||
Late sequelae of cancer and their treatment | 77 | ||
Chapter 8: Skin | 79 | ||
Introduction | 79 | ||
Inflammation | 79 | ||
Atopic eczema | 79 | ||
Treatment: | 81 | ||
Seborrhoeic dermatitis | 82 | ||
Psoriasis | 82 | ||
Pityriasis rosea | 83 | ||
Urticaria and angio-oedema | 83 | ||
Erythema multiforme | 84 | ||
Erythema nodosum | 84 | ||
Skin infections | 84 | ||
Bacterial infections | 84 | ||
Impetigo | 84 | ||
Erysipelas and cellulitis | 84 | ||
Staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome | 85 | ||
Acne | 85 | ||
Treatment: | 85 | ||
Viral infections | 85 | ||
Herpes simplex | 85 | ||
Molluscum contagiosum | 85 | ||
Viral warts | 86 | ||
Fungal infections | 86 | ||
Candidiasis | 86 | ||
Dermatophytes | 86 | ||
Scabies | 86 | ||
Haemangiomas | 87 | ||
‘Strawberry’ naevus | 87 | ||
Port wine stains | 87 | ||
Alopecia | 87 | ||
Diffuse hair loss | 87 | ||
Patchy hair loss | 88 | ||
Alopecia areata | 88 | ||
Head lice | 88 | ||
Treatment: | 88 | ||
Chapter 9: Circulation | 89 | ||
Introduction | 89 | ||
History | 89 | ||
Examination | 89 | ||
Inspection | 90 | ||
Palpation | 91 | ||
Auscultation | 91 | ||
Investigations | 91 | ||
Heart disease in infants | 92 | ||
The neonate with a heart murmur | 92 | ||
Changes in the circulation at birth ( Figure 9.2) | 92 | ||
Heart disease in children | 95 | ||
The older child with a heart murmur | 95 | ||
The innocent murmur | 95 | ||
Left-to-right shunts | 96 | ||
Outflow tract obstruction | 96 | ||
Arrhythmias | 97 | ||
Chest pain in children | 97 | ||
Rare problems | 97 | ||
Hypertension in childhood | 97 | ||
Infective endocarditis | 98 | ||
Rheumatic fever | 98 | ||
Sudden cardiac death in childhood | 98 | ||
Chapter 10: Respiration | 99 | ||
Introduction | 99 | ||
History | 99 | ||
Examination | 100 | ||
Ears, nose and throat | 102 | ||
Ears | 102 | ||
Throat | 102 | ||
Investigations | 102 | ||
Chest X-ray | 102 | ||
Blood gas | 103 | ||
Other blood tests | 104 | ||
Respiratory secretions | 104 | ||
Lung function testing | 104 | ||
Upper respiratory tract infections | 104 | ||
Influenza | 105 | ||
Mortality | 105 | ||
Prevention and treatment | 105 | ||
Tonsillitis | 105 | ||
Otitis media | 106 | ||
Upper airways obstruction | 106 | ||
Differential diagnosis of stridor | 106 | ||
Anaphylaxis | 108 | ||
Chronic upper airways obstruction | 108 | ||
Snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea | 108 | ||
Chronic cough | 109 | ||
Pertussis | 109 | ||
The wheezy child | 110 | ||
Acute wheezing | 110 | ||
Bronchiolitis | 110 | ||
Persistent wheezing | 111 | ||
Episodic wheeze | 111 | ||
Chronic wheeze | 111 | ||
Lower respiratory tract infections | 112 | ||
Uncommon serious infections | 114 | ||
Tuberculosis | 114 | ||
HIV infection | 115 | ||
Children with special needs | 115 | ||
Cystic fibrosis | 115 | ||
Respiratory management | 116 | ||
Nutritional management | 116 | ||
Prognosis | 117 | ||
Chapter 11: Homeostasis and the kidney | 119 | ||
Introduction | 119 | ||
The Kidney And Urinary Tract | 119 | ||
History | 119 | ||
Examination | 120 | ||
Investigations | 120 | ||
Urine microscopy and culture | 120 | ||
Imaging the urinary tract | 120 | ||
Genitourinary defects | 121 | ||
Undescended testes | 121 | ||
Hypospadias | 122 | ||
Inguinal hernia and hydrocele | 122 | ||
Congenital anomalies of the urinary tract | 122 | ||
Urinary tract infection | 124 | ||
Investigation | 126 | ||
Treatment | 126 | ||
Haematuria | 127 | ||
Incidental haematuria | 127 | ||
Management of haematuria | 130 | ||
Glomerular disorders | 130 | ||
Nephrotic syndrome | 130 | ||
Nephritis | 131 | ||
Renal tubular disorders | 132 | ||
Water homeostasis | 133 | ||
Syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion | 134 | ||
Polyuria | 134 | ||
Kidney failure | 134 | ||
Introduction | 134 | ||
Management of renal failure | 135 | ||
Dialysis and transplantation | 136 | ||
Gastroenteritis and renal failure | 137 | ||
Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome | 137 | ||
Regulating calcium and bone metabolism | 137 | ||
Introduction | 137 | ||
Hypocalcaemia | 138 | ||
Hypercalcaemia | 138 | ||
Chapter 12: Endocrinology and metabolism | 139 | ||
Introduction | 139 | ||
Regulating blood glucose | 139 | ||
Hypoglycaemia | 140 | ||
Diabetes | 140 | ||
Diet | 141 | ||
Control | 141 | ||
Complications and co-morbidity | 142 | ||
Diabetes in adolescence | 142 | ||
Type 2 diabetes and MODY | 143 | ||
Secondary diabetes | 143 | ||
The hypothalamus and pituitary | 143 | ||
Cushing's syndrome | 143 | ||
Adrenal insufficiency | 143 | ||
Thyroid gland | 144 | ||
Thyrotoxicosis | 145 | ||
Hypothyroidism | 146 | ||
Neonatal screening | 147 | ||
Phenylketonuria | 147 | ||
Growth | 148 | ||
History | 148 | ||
Examination | 148 | ||
Investigations | 149 | ||
Bone age | 149 | ||
Phases of growth | 149 | ||
Fetal growth | 149 | ||
Intrauterine growth retardation | 149 | ||
Large birth weight (macrosomia) | 149 | ||
Infant growth | 150 | ||
Faltering growth (failure-to-thrive) | 150 | ||
Growth in childhood | 150 | ||
Short stature | 150 | ||
Psychosocial growth failure | 151 | ||
Use of growth hormone in children | 151 | ||
Sexual development | 153 | ||
Disorders of sexual development | 153 | ||
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia | 153 | ||
Puberty | 155 | ||
Precocious puberty | 156 | ||
Delayed puberty | 157 | ||
Chapter 13: Digestion and nutrition | 159 | ||
History | 159 | ||
Examination | 161 | ||
General points | 161 | ||
Inspection | 161 | ||
Palpation | 161 | ||
Percussion | 161 | ||
Assessment of growth | 162 | ||
Infant feeding | 162 | ||
Breast-feeding | 162 | ||
Alternative milks | 163 | ||
Infant weaning | 163 | ||
Diet for older children | 164 | ||
Vitamins | 164 | ||
Iron deficiency | 164 | ||
Obesity | 165 | ||
Parenteral nutrition | 165 | ||
The vomiting infant | 165 | ||
Gastro-oesophageal reflux | 166 | ||
Investigation (rarely indicated) | 166 | ||
Pyloric stenosis | 166 | ||
Bilious vomiting in infancy | 167 | ||
Feeding problems | 168 | ||
Gastroenteritis | 168 | ||
Dehydration | 168 | ||
Intussusception | 169 | ||
Systemic disease | 170 | ||
Abdominal pain | 170 | ||
Acute appendicitis | 170 | ||
Infantile colic | 171 | ||
Non-specific abdominal pain | 172 | ||
Mesenteric adenitis | 172 | ||
Constipation | 172 | ||
Chronic diarrhoea | 173 | ||
Toddler diarrhoea | 173 | ||
Food intolerance | 174 | ||
Allergy | 174 | ||
Sugar intolerance | 174 | ||
Coeliac disease | 174 | ||
Crohn's disease | 176 | ||
Ulcerative colitis | 177 | ||
Jaundice in children | 177 | ||
Congenital causes of jaundice | 177 | ||
The infant with obstructive jaundice | 178 | ||
Hepatitis | 179 | ||
Acute hepatitis | 179 | ||
Chronic hepatitis | 179 | ||
Obstructive jaundice in childhood | 182 | ||
Fulminant hepatic failure | 182 | ||
Chapter 14: Neurology and the senses | 183 | ||
Introduction | 183 | ||
History | 183 | ||
Examination | 184 | ||
Neck stiffness | 184 | ||
Movement and coordination | 184 | ||
Limb examination | 184 | ||
Tone | 184 | ||
Power | 184 | ||
Reflexes | 184 | ||
Muscle bulk | 185 | ||
Cranial nerve examination | 185 | ||
I – Olfactory nerve | 185 | ||
II – Optic nerve | 185 | ||
III, IV and VI – Occulomotor, trochlear and abducens nerves | 185 | ||
V – Trigeminal nerve | 186 | ||
VII – Facial nerve | 186 | ||
VIII – Auditory or vestibulocochlear nerve | 186 | ||
IX–Glossopharyngeal nerve | 186 | ||
X – Vagus nerve | 186 | ||
XI – Accessory nerve | 186 | ||
XII – Hypoglossal nerve | 186 | ||
Neurological investigations | 186 | ||
MRI scan | 186 | ||
CT scan | 186 | ||
Eeg | 186 | ||
Headaches | 187 | ||
Tension headache | 187 | ||
Migraine | 188 | ||
Migraine variants | 189 | ||
Complicated migraine – | 189 | ||
Basilar migraine – | 189 | ||
Confusional migraine – | 189 | ||
Raised intracranial pressure | 189 | ||
Management of raised intracranial pressure | 190 | ||
Epileptic and non-epileptic seizures | 191 | ||
History | 192 | ||
Antecedents | 192 | ||
Context | 192 | ||
Onset | 192 | ||
Progression. | 192 | ||
Ending. | 192 | ||
Aftermath. | 192 | ||
Diagnosis | 192 | ||
Epilepsy | 195 | ||
Management of epilepsy | 199 | ||
Chronic neurological disability | 199 | ||
Introduction | 199 | ||
Difficulties with movement | 199 | ||
Abnormalities of central motor control – cerebral palsy | 199 | ||
Progressive intellectual and neurological deterioration | 202 | ||
Abnormalities of peripheral motor control – the weak and floppy child | 203 | ||
Neurocutaneous syndromes | 205 | ||
Bell's palsy | 207 | ||
Guillain–Barré syndrome | 207 | ||
Spinal cord tumours | 208 | ||
Hearing | 208 | ||
Causes of permanent hearing loss | 208 | ||
Genetic causes | 208 | ||
Antenatal causes (10–15%). | 209 | ||
Perinatal causes (10–15%). | 209 | ||
Postnatal causes (10–20%). | 209 | ||
The baby | 209 | ||
The infant | 209 | ||
The child at school | 209 | ||
Chronic secretory otitis media (glue ear) | 210 | ||
Supporting deaf children | 210 | ||
Hearing aids | 210 | ||
Vision | 211 | ||
Refractive errors | 211 | ||
Myopia (short-sightedness) | 211 | ||
Hypermetropia (long-sightedness) | 211 | ||
Astigmatism | 211 | ||
Squint | 211 | ||
Paralytic | 211 | ||
Non-paralytic | 211 | ||
Diagnosing squints | 212 | ||
Managing non-paralytic squints | 212 | ||
Progressive loss of vision | 213 | ||
The white eye | 213 | ||
Retinoblastoma | 213 | ||
Cataracts | 213 | ||
The red eye | 214 | ||
Conjunctivitis | 214 | ||
Neonatal eye infection | 214 | ||
Glaucoma | 214 | ||
Orbital cellulitis | 214 | ||
Iritis | 214 | ||
Chapter 15:The mind | 215 | ||
Introduction | 215 | ||
History | 215 | ||
Examination | 216 | ||
Tantrums | 216 | ||
What are tantrums? | 216 | ||
Management | 217 | ||
Is advice necessary? | 217 | ||
Are you the best person to advise? | 217 | ||
What advice has been given before? | 217 | ||
Specific strategies | 217 | ||
Reasonable expectations | 217 | ||
Ignore bad, praise good | 217 | ||
Time out | 217 | ||
Consistency | 217 | ||
Win sometimes | 218 | ||
Support | 218 | ||
Hyperactivity | 218 | ||
What is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder? | 218 | ||
The triad of impairments | 218 | ||
Inattention. | 218 | ||
Impulsivity. | 218 | ||
Hyperactivity. | 219 | ||
What is not ADHD? | 219 | ||
Family history | 219 | ||
Making a diagnosis | 219 | ||
Management | 219 | ||
Understanding ADHD | 219 | ||
Behavioural therapies | 220 | ||
Medication | 220 | ||
Other | 220 | ||
Diet. | 220 | ||
Long chain fatty acids. | 220 | ||
Autistic spectrum disorders | 220 | ||
Key features of autistic spectrum disorders | 221 | ||
Impaired social functioning | 221 | ||
Impaired communication | 221 | ||
Repetitive and restricted behaviours | 221 | ||
Stereotyped behaviours | 221 | ||
The autistic spectrum | 221 | ||
Asperger's syndrome | 222 | ||
Assessment and diagnosis | 222 | ||
Causes of autism | 222 | ||
Intervention | 222 | ||
Depression | 222 | ||
What is depression? | 222 | ||
Management | 223 | ||
Deliberate self-harm | 223 | ||
School refusal | 223 | ||
Truancy | 224 | ||
Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis | 224 | ||
Definition | 225 | ||
Causes of CFS/ME | 225 | ||
Diagnosis | 225 | ||
Musculoskeletal: | 225 | ||
Headache: | 225 | ||
Sore throat: | 225 | ||
Investigation | 225 | ||
Management | 225 | ||
General principles | 225 | ||
Graded exercise therapy | 225 | ||
Cognitive behavioural therapy | 226 | ||
Outcome | 226 | ||
Substance abuse | 226 | ||
Smoking | 226 | ||
Alcohol | 227 | ||
Cannabis | 227 | ||
Advice and support | 227 | ||
Eating disorders | 227 | ||
Food refusal | 227 | ||
Anorexia nervosa | 227 | ||
Bulimia and binge eating disorder | 228 | ||
Tics | 228 | ||
Chapter 16: Infectious disease and immunity | 231 | ||
Introduction | 231 | ||
History | 231 | ||
Examination | 232 | ||
Investigations | 232 | ||
Acute fever | 233 | ||
Possible meningitis | 233 | ||
Investigation | 233 | ||
Encephalitis | 235 | ||
Fever and a rash | 235 | ||
Non-blanching rash | 235 | ||
Meningococcal septicaemia | 235 | ||
Generalized maculopapular rash | 236 | ||
Measles | 236 | ||
Rubella | 237 | ||
Roseola infantum | 237 | ||
Slapped-cheek disease | 237 | ||
Urticaria | 238 | ||
Generalized vesicular rash | 238 | ||
Chicken pox | 238 | ||
Rash restricted to one site | 239 | ||
Fever and rash associated with sore throat or oral lesions | 239 | ||
Sore throat | 239 | ||
Glandular fever | 239 | ||
Scarlet fever | 240 | ||
Kawasaki's disease | 240 | ||
Fever and rash associated with mouth ulcers and lesions on the lips | 241 | ||
Herpes simplex | 241 | ||
Fever and rash affecting the palms or soles | 241 | ||
Fever and specific symptoms | 241 | ||
Parotid swelling | 242 | ||
Mumps | 242 | ||
Fever of unknown origin | 242 | ||
Malaria | 242 | ||
Lyme disease | 242 | ||
Immune deficiency | 243 | ||
Human immunodeficiency virus | 244 | ||
Diagnosis | 245 | ||
Infants. | 245 | ||
Children >18 months. | 245 | ||
Treatment | 245 | ||
Anti-retroviral therapy. | 245 | ||
Immunizations. | 245 | ||
Infection prophylaxis. | 245 | ||
Complications | 245 | ||
Serious bacterial sepsis. | 245 | ||
Pcp. | 245 | ||
Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy. | 245 | ||
Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis. | 245 | ||
Disseminated infection: | 245 | ||
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, | 246 | ||
Prognosis | 246 | ||
Chapter 17: Pregnancy, birth and the newborn | 247 | ||
Introduction | 247 | ||
The healthy pregnancy | 247 | ||
Antenatal screening | 248 | ||
Birth | 249 | ||
Neonatal resuscitation | 249 | ||
The Apgar score | 249 | ||
Adaptation to extra-uterine life | 250 | ||
The newborn | 250 | ||
Examination of the newborn | 250 | ||
Birth injuries | 250 | ||
Feeding | 250 | ||
Breast-feeding | 250 | ||
Formula milks | 252 | ||
Preventing illness | 252 | ||
Vitamin K | 252 | ||
Newborn screening | 252 | ||
The ill neonate | 253 | ||
Neonatal encephalopathy | 253 | ||
Aetiology | 253 | ||
Before birth: | 253 | ||
After birth: | 253 | ||
Hypothermia for hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy | 253 | ||
Respiratory distress | 253 | ||
Jaundice | 254 | ||
Investigation of neonatal jaundice | 254 | ||
Harmful jaundice | 255 | ||
Treatment. | 255 | ||
Hypoglycaemia | 256 | ||
Congenital infection | 256 | ||
Group B Streptococcus infection | 257 | ||
The preterm infant | 257 | ||
Respiratory distress syndrome | 258 | ||
Periventricular haemorrhage | 260 | ||
Infection | 260 | ||
Nutrition | 261 | ||
Congenital anomalies | 261 | ||
Cleft lip and palate | 261 | ||
Congenital gut abnormalities | 261 | ||
Oesophageal atresia | 261 | ||
Tracheo-oesophageal fistula | 261 | ||
Duodenal atresia | 262 | ||
Meckel's diverticulum | 262 | ||
Lower gastrointestinal obstruction | 262 | ||
Diaphragmatic hernia | 262 | ||
Gastroschisis and exomphalos | 262 | ||
Neural tube defects | 263 | ||
Chapter 18: Congenital and genetic disorders | 265 | ||
Introduction | 265 | ||
Congenital abnormalities | 265 | ||
Malformations | 266 | ||
Disruptions | 266 | ||
Deformations | 266 | ||
Syndromes | 266 | ||
Environmental factors | 266 | ||
Congenital infection, | 266 | ||
Hyperthermia | 266 | ||
Radiation | 266 | ||
Environmental chemicals | 266 | ||
Alcohol | 266 | ||
Prescribed drugs | 266 | ||
Recreational drugs | 266 | ||
Maternal disease | 267 | ||
Maternal diabetes | 267 | ||
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia | 267 | ||
Phenylketonuria (PKU) | 267 | ||
Fetal alcohol syndrome | 267 | ||
Impaired growth | 268 | ||
Characteristic morphological abnormalities: | 268 | ||
Cognitive impairment | 268 | ||
Inheritance of genetic disease | 268 | ||
Autosomal inheritance | 269 | ||
Autosomal recessive inheritance | 269 | ||
Autosomal dominant inheritance | 269 | ||
Sex-linked inheritance | 269 | ||
Mitochondrial inheritance | 269 | ||
Imprinting disorders | 270 | ||
Genetic investigations | 270 | ||
Chromosome analysis | 270 | ||
Antenatal testing | 270 | ||
Neonatal testing | 270 | ||
Genetic investigation of older children | 271 | ||
Common genetic syndromes | 272 | ||
Appendix I: Paediatric resuscitation | 281 | ||
Introduction | 281 | ||
Basic life support | 281 | ||
Airway | 281 | ||
Breathing | 281 | ||
Circulation | 281 | ||
Infants. | 282 | ||
Child < 8. | 282 | ||
Child > 8. | 282 | ||
Choking | 283 | ||
Advanced life support | 283 | ||
Weight | 283 | ||
Asystole | 284 | ||
Ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia | 284 | ||
Pulseless electrical activity | 284 | ||
Discontinuing resuscitation | 284 | ||
Newborn life support | 285 | ||
Paediatric emergencies | 286 | ||
Shock | 286 | ||
How to recognize shock | 286 | ||
Managing the shocked child | 286 | ||
Airway. | 286 | ||
Breathing. | 286 | ||
Circulation. | 287 | ||
Treatment. | 287 | ||
Glucose. | 287 | ||
Anaphylaxis | 287 | ||
How to recognize anaphylaxis | 288 | ||
Managing anaphylaxis | 288 | ||
Cardiac arrhythmias | 288 | ||
How to recognize a cardiac arrhythmia | 288 | ||
Managing a cardiac arrhythmia | 288 | ||
Supraventricular tachycardia | 288 | ||
Ventricular tachycardia | 289 | ||
Bradycardia | 289 | ||
Meningococcal septicaemia | 290 | ||
How to recognize meningococcal sepsis | 290 | ||
Managing meningococcal sepsis | 291 | ||
Diabetic ketoacidosis | 292 | ||
How to recognize diabetic ketoacidosis | 292 | ||
Managing diabetic ketoacidosis | 292 | ||
Status epilepticus | 293 | ||
How to recognize status epilepticus | 293 | ||
Causes of status epilepticus | 293 | ||
Managing status epilepticus | 293 | ||
Coma | 294 | ||
Causes of coma | 294 | ||
How to assess a child in coma | 294 | ||
AVPU score | 294 | ||
The Glasgow Coma Scale | 294 | ||
Pupillary changes | 294 | ||
Managing the child in coma | 294 | ||
Emergency child protection | 296 | ||
Recognition | 296 | ||
Discussion | 297 | ||
Referral | 297 | ||
Social services | 297 | ||
The police | 297 | ||
Support and reflection | 297 | ||
Acute stridor | 298 | ||
How to recognize acute stridor | 298 | ||
Managing acute stridor | 298 | ||
Head injury | 298 | ||
Assessment | 298 | ||
Management | 298 | ||
Types of intracranial haemorrhage | 300 | ||
Extradural haematoma | 300 | ||
Subarachnoid haemorrhage | 300 | ||
Subdural haematoma | 300 | ||
Intracerebral haemorrhage | 300 | ||
Burns | 300 | ||
Approach | 300 | ||
Use the ABC sequence | 300 | ||
Airway | 300 | ||
Breathing | 300 | ||
Circulation | 300 | ||
Further management | 301 | ||
Depth | 301 | ||
Superficial | 301 | ||
Partial thickness | 301 | ||
Full thickness | 301 | ||
Acute severe asthma | 301 | ||
Poisoning | 301 | ||
Paracetamol | 301 | ||
Aspirin | 302 | ||
Iron | 303 | ||
Tricyclic antidepressants | 305 | ||
Sudden death in infancy and childhood | 305 | ||
Informing the family of the death and subsequent events | 305 | ||
Examination of the child | 305 | ||
Specimen collection for investigations | 306 | ||
History | 306 | ||
Appendix II: Practical procedures | 307 | ||
Introduction | 307 | ||
Competence, confidence and success | 307 | ||
Analgesia for procedures | 307 | ||
Preparation | 308 | ||
Basic procedures | 308 | ||
Blood sampling and cannulation | 308 | ||
Requirements | 308 | ||
Venepuncture | 308 | ||
Cannulation | 308 | ||
Capillary samples | 310 | ||
Appendix III: Prescribing | 321 | ||
Documentation | 321 | ||
Doses | 321 | ||
Preparations | 321 | ||
Prescribing errors in paediatrics | 321 | ||
Appedix IV: Fluids and electrolytes | 323 | ||
Volume | 323 | ||
Electrolytes | 323 | ||
Dehydration | 323 | ||
Fluid and electrolyte replacement | 323 | ||
Example | 323 | ||
Electrolyte balance | 325 | ||
Glossary: Important paediatric definitions and concepts | 353 | ||
Index | 357 |