Main description:

The book is presented with 27 chapters covering newborn to adolescent care, including several subspecialty disciplines. It covers basic and essential investigations which have come out of the experts' own rich experience over decades will be of great use to the practising pediatricians in managing common and uncommon selected cases with the right diagnosis and the right treatment in their day-to-day practice.

Contents:

1. Newborn

1.1 Neonatal Sepsis

1.2 Neonatal Jaundice

1.3 Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH)

1.4 Bleeding Newborn

2. Growth and Development

2.1 Global Developmental Delay

2.2 Visual Impairment

2.3 Neuroregression

2.4 Floppy Infant

3. Nutrition

3.1 Lactation Failure

3.2 Eating Disorders in Children

3.3 Nutritional Megaloblastic Anemia

3.4 Nutritional Rickets

4. Immunization

4.1 Toxic Shock Syndrome

4.2 Injection Site Abscess

4.3 Cold Chain Failure

4.4 Missed Opportunity for Vaccination

5. Infectious Diseases

5.1 Dengue Illness

5.2 Enteric Fever

5.3 Malaria

5.4 Leptospirosis

6. Neurology

6.1 Meningitis

6.2 Muscular Disorders

6.3 Guillain-Barre Syndrome

6.4 Spinal Muscular Atrophy

6.5 Hereditary Motor-Sensory Neuropathies

6.6 Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy

6.7 Myasthenia Gravis

6.8 Neurocutaneous Syndromes

7. Cardiology

7.1 Childhood Hypertension

7.2 Acute Rheumatic Fever

7.3 Chest Pain in Children

7.4 Syncope in Children

7.5 Palpitation in Children

8. Pulmonology

8.1 Tuberculosis

8.2 Under 5 Wheeze

8.3 Bronchiectasis

9. Gastroenterology and Hepatology

9.1 Inflammatory Bowel Disease

9.2 Chronic Pancreatitis

9.3 Wilson Disease

9.4 Portal Hypertension

10. Nephrology

10.1 Approach to Proteinuria

10.2 Approach to Hematuria

10.3 Approach to Renal Tubular Acidosis

10.4 Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

10.5 Acute Interstitial Nephritis

10.6 Bartter's Syndrome

11. Urology

11.1 Ambiguous Genitalia

11.2 Vesicoureteric Reflux

11.3 Hydronephrosis

11.4 Bladder Bowel Dysfunction

12. Hematology

12.1 Iron Deficiency Anemia

12.2 Thalassemia

12.3 Hemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn

12.4 Hemophilia

13. Oncology

13.1 Leukemia

13.

2. Kidney Tumors

13.

3. Brain Tumors

13.

4. Bone Tumors

14. Allergy

14.

1. Allergic Rhinitis

14.

2. Asthma

14.

3. Anaphylaxis

14.4 Urticaria

14.5 Food Allergy

14.6 Drug Allergy

15. Rheumatology

15.1 Oligoarthritis

15.2 Polyarthritis

15.3 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

15.4 Kawasaki Disease

16. Endocrinology

16.1 Short Stature

16.2 Hypocalcemia

16.3 Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

16.4 Thyroid Disorders

17. Genetics

17.1 Achondroplasia

17.2 Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

17.3 Down Syndrome

17.4 Thalassemia

18. Poisoning

18.

1. Iron Poisoning

18.2 Paracetamol Poisoning

18.3 Organophosphate Compound Poisoning

18.4 Rodenticide Poisoning

19. Intensive Care

19.1 Septic Shock in a Child

19.2 Pediatric Acute Respiratory Failure

19.3 Myocarditis in Pediatric Population

19.4 Acute Liver Failure

19.5 Febrile Encephalopathy

19.6 Suspected Inborn Errors of Metabolism with Metabolic Acidosis

20. Adolescent Medicine

20.1 Addiction to a Psychoactive Substance

20.2 Nonsubstance Addictions

20.3 Specific Learning Disorders

20.4 Conduct Disorders

20.5 Body Dysmorphic Disorders

21. Dermatology

21.1 Atopic Eczema

21.2 Impetigo

21.3 Molluscum Contagiosum

21.4 Pediculosis Capitis

21.5 Pityriasis Versicolor

21.6 Scabies

21.7 Tinea Capitis

22. Ophthalmology

22.1 Optic Disc Edema, Optic Disc Pallor/Atrophy

22.2 Leucocoria

22.3 Proptosis

22.4 Retinal Dystrophy

23. Investigations and Interpretations in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice:

Otorhinolaryngology

23.1 Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma

23.2 Serous Otitis Media

23.3 Foreign Body in Ear, Nose, and Throat

23.4 Adenotonsillitis

24. Pediatric Surgery

24.1 Anorectal Malformation

24.2 Hemangiomas

24.3 Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction

24.4 Intussusception

25. Neurodevelopmental Disorders

25.1 Autism Spectrum Disorders

25.2 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

25.3 Intellectual Disability

25.4 Selective Mutism

25.5 Pica

25.6 Speech Disorders

25.7 Enuresis

25.8 Encopresis

26. Learning Disability

26.1 Auditory Perception

26.2 Visual Perception

26.3 Dyslexia

26.4 Dysgraphia

26.5 Dyscalculia

26.6 Language Processing Disorder

26.7 Nonverbal Learning Disabilities

26.8 Dyspraxia

27. World Health Organization Standard Investigation

27.1 Enteric Fever

27.2 Rickettsial Fever

27.3 Urinary Tract Infection

27.4 Pneumonia

Index