This sixth edition of the acclaimed and award-winning 'Sunflower book' comprehensively covers the undergraduate curriculum in paediatrics and child health.
Topics are made accessible with numerous colour images, diagrams and case studies, and revision is facilitated by key points and summary boxes. This has made the book a firm favourite of medical students as well as trainees approaching clinical speciality exams, both in the UK and internationally.
- Highly illustrated with hundreds of colour images and diagrams to assist learning.
- Case studies to explain important or complex clinical problem
- Key learning points: the editors identify the most clinically relevant facts.
- Summary boxes to aid revision.
Table of Contents:- 1. The child in society
- 2. History and examination
- 3. Normal child development, hearing and vision
- 4. Developmental problems and the child with special needs
- 5. Care of the sick child and young person
- 6. Paediatric emergencies
- 7. Accidents and poisoning
- 8. Child protection
- 9. Genetics
- 10. Perinatal medicine
- 11. Neonatal medicine
- 12. Growth and puberty
- 13. Nutrition
- 14. Gastroenterology
- 15. Infection and immunity
- 16. Allergy
- 17. Respiratory disorders
- 18. Cardiac disorders
- 19. Kidney and urinary tract disorders
- 20. Genital disorders
- 21. Liver disorders
- 22. Malignant disease
- 23. Haematological disorders
- 24. Child and adolescent mental health
- 25. Dermatological disorders
- 26. Diabetes and endocrinology
- 27. Inborn errors of metabolism
- 28. Musculoskeletal disorders
- 29. Neurological disorders
- 30. Adolescent medicine
- 31. Global child health
