Written by clinicians with years of experience in paediatrics, this unique textbook is designed to promote quality and safe care of children, and reduce common clinical errors and delayed diagnoses through shared first-hand experiences. This book is for anyone who needs to make a clinical decision about infants and children- be they from a medical, nursing or health professional background. The text is particularly useful for trainees but is also relevant to experienced practitioners.
The aim of the book is to prevent errors and ensure safe care. The authors offer practical advice on potential pitfalls and red flags from neonatal care to mental health issues in adolescence . This book takes the reader through recent advances in diagnosis, common presentations and how to identify the sick child, all with case studies and illustrations to bring the text to life.
1 Towards Safer Care for Children, 1 Alf Nicholson, Jamal Hashem 2 Responding to Errors, 11 Ciaran Carthy, Alf Nicholson 3 Recognising the Sick Child, 21 Carol Blackburn, Karina Butler 4 Managing the Febrile Infant or Child, 32 Alf Nicholson, Karina Butler 5 The Newborn and Six-week Examinations, 49 John Murphy 6 Important Rashes to Recognise in Infants and Children, 68 Fiona Browne, Kevin Dunne 7 Diagnosing Cancer in Childhood, 85 Michael Capra, Sarah Taaffe 8 The Child With a Limp, 96 Carol Blackburn 9 Child Protection and Safeguarding Concerns, 104 Sabine Maguire 10 Important Cardiac Diagnoses in Children, 115 Terence Prendiville 11 Fits, Faints and Funny Turns, 129 Amre Shahwan
12 Presentations of Endocrine Disease, 138 Niamh McGrath 13 The Child With Abdominal Pain, 147 Alan Mortell, Billy Bourke
14 Pneumonia in Children, 157 Desmond Cox 15 Mental Health Issues in Adolescence, 166 Fiona McNicholas
16 Neonatal Intensive Care - A Challenging Arena, 178 John Murphy
17 Ordering and Interpreting Tests in Children, 193 Kevin Dunne, Alf Nicholson, Aengus O’Marcaigh, Michael Riordan, Ellen Crushell, Niamh McGrath, Annemarie Broderick, Jonathan Hourihane, James Foley, James O’Byrne 18 Commonly Ordered Radiological Tests and Their Interpretation, 210 Yusra Sheikh 19 Twelve Memorable Diagnoses, 221 Alf Nicholson, Aisling Dunne, Neale Kalis, John Murphy 20 Surviving and Thriving Throughout a Career in Healthcare, 235 Sarah Taaffe, Hani Malik, Ciaran O’Boyle
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