Paediatric Respiratory Medicine 2/e (Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Paediatrics)

<!

-- [if !

supportLists]-->· <!

--[endif]-->Deals with common problems faced by all paediatricians everyday as well as the rare conditions seen by specialists in the field

<!

-- [if !

supportLists]-->· <!

--[endif]-->Divided neatly into sections that cover the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of respiratory problems

<!

-- [if !

supportLists]-->· <!

--[endif]-->Provides useful content for various exams and training in the field

<!

-- [if !

supportLists]-->· <!

--[endif]-->App Store, Google Play, and MedHand Bookstore.

New to this Edition:

<!

-- [if !

supportLists]-->· <!

--[endif]-->Thoroughly updated and revised in line with developments in paediatric respiratory medicine since the first edition

<!

-- [if !

supportLists]-->· <!

--[endif]-->Provides useful content for various exams and training in the field

Part I.

Approach to clinical problems
1: Examining the respiratory system
2: Poorly controlled asthma
3: Recurrent or persistent 'chest infection'
4: Chronic cough
5: Stridor
6: Infant apnoea
7: Cystic fibrosis: poor weight gain
8: Cystic fibrosis: loss of lung function
9: Chest pain
10: Haemoptysis
11: The immuno-compromised child
12: Muscle weakness
13: Pneumonia on the intensive care unit
Part II.

Specific conditions
14: Asthma
15: Cystic fibrosis
16: Respiratory pathogens
17: Community-acquired pneumonia
18: Bacterial infection
19: Viral infection
20: Fungal infection
21: Parasitic and protozoal infection
22: Tuberculosis
23: Human immunodeficiency virus infection
24: Structural problems of upper and lower airway
25: Sleep disordered breathing and other sleep problems
26: Respiratory control disorders
27: Sudden infant death syndrome
28: Apparent life-threatening events
29: Cerebral palsy
30: Gastro-oesophageal reflux and aspiration lung disease
31: Foreign body aspiration
32: Inhalational lung disease
33: Non-cystic bronchiectasis
34: Primary ciliary dyskinesia
35: Primary immune deficiency
36: Post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans
37: Pleural effusion
38: Pneumothorax
39: Chronic lung disease of prematurity
40: Chest wall deformity and scoliosis
41: Congenital lung anomalies
42: Craniofacial abnormalities
43: Atopic eczema and allergic rhinitis
44: Food allergy
45: Heart disease
46: Interstitial lung disease
47: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
48: Neuromuscular weakness
49: Thoracic tumours
50: Pulmonary complications of cancer treatment
51: Pulmonary hypertension
52: Pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophilia
53: Sickle-cell disease
54: Rare diseases affecting lungs or airway
55: Lung transplantation
Part III.

Supportive care
56: Use of oxygen
57: Inhalers and nebulizers
58: Airway clearance techniques
59: Immunization
60: Dealing with non-adherence to therapy
61: Non-invasive ventilation
62: Tracheostomy
Part IV.

Practical procedures
63: Airway management
64: Bronchoscopy
65: Chest drain
66: Changing a tracheostomy tube
67: Ciliary brush biopsy
68: Lower airway samples
69: Exercise testing
70: Exhaled and nasal nitric oxide measurement
71: Skin prick testing
Appendices
1: Blood gas and acid-base balance
2: Fitness to fly
3: Polysomnography
4: Measuring lung function
5: Lung function - reference values