Clinical Guide to Paediatrics

The Clinical Guides are a brand new resource for junior doctors and medical students. They provide practical and concise information on symptoms, common conditions and day-to-day problems faced in the clinical environment. They are easy to navigate and allow swift access to information as it is needed, with step-by-step guidance on investigations, decision-making and interventions, and how to survive and thrive on clinical rotations and attachments.

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, accidents, poisoning and more. Succinct chapters are logically structured to allow easy access to important concepts, relevant trials and key guidelines. Designed to complement the doctor-patient interaction in clinical practice, this valuable guide:

• Covers all 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 a ‘diagnosis to consider’ list for nearly all chapters, additional references, and guidelines

Clinical Guide to Paediatrics is essential reading for junior doctors, medical students, nurses and specialist trainees working on paediatric wards or emergency departments.