Main description:

Postgraduate Textbook of Pediatrics is a comprehensive guide to paediatrics. The textbook is comprised of three volumes, split into ten parts with over 600 chapters, and contributions from over 50 section editors and 725 authors, covering all paediatric disorders, descriptions of diseases and their management.

-          The first volume covers general paediatrics and neonatology, beginning with a general introduction, and basic sciences as applied to paediatrics. Also covered are intensive care and emergencies, the newborn, childhood and adolescence.

-          The second volume covers infections and systemic diseases, featuring a range of infections from bacterial, to viral and fungal, and systemic disorders including gastrointestinal, respiratory and cardiovascular.

-          The third volume covers systemic disorders further, including neurological, eye and skin disorders. This volume also covers social paediatrics including sections on vulnerable children and community paediatrics.

Postgraduate Textbook of Pediatrics includes nearly 1500 images and illustrations in full colour, incorporating information on modern imaging techniques for neurological disorders in children.  The textbook also includes appendices for laboratory values and drug doses. This is an ideal resource for postgraduate students to gain a firm grounding in, and retain and improve their knowledge of all areas of paediatric medicine.

Key Points

• Thoroughly comprehensive, three volume guide to paediatrics


• Over 50 section editors and 725 contributing authors


• 1479 full colour images and illustrations

Contents:

Volume 1: General Pediatrics and Neonatology

PART I: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow                                                                                                                                               SECTION 1: Introduction to Pediatrics

PART II Basic Sciences as Applied to Pediatrics                                                                                         SECTION 2: Genetics and Genetic Disorders 

SECTION 3: Metabolic Disorders

SECTION 4: Immunity, Immune Disorders and Allergy    

SECTION 5: Fluid and Electrolytes

SECTION 6: Drugs and Therapeutics 

PART III: Intensive Care and Emergencies

SECTION 7: Acutely Ill Child and Resuscitation 

SECTION 8: Intensive Care

SECTION 9: Poisoning and Envenomation

SECTION 10: Childhood Injuries

PART IV: The Newborn

SECTION 11: Neonatal Physiology and Organization of Care

SECTION 12: Normal Newborn

SECTION 13: Disorders of Weight and Gestation

SECTION 14: High-risk Newborn

SECTION 15: Neonatal Infections

SECTION 16: Neurological Problems

SECTION 17: Respiratory Problems

SECTION 18: Malformations

PART V: The Childhood Years                                                                                                                                                       SECTION 19: Growth: Normal and Abnormal

SECTION 20: Development and Developmental Delay

SECTION 21: Behaviour and Learning

SECTION 22: Nutrition and Nutritional Disorders               

SECTION 23: Immunization

PART VI: The Adolescent

SECTION 24: Adolescent Development

SECTION 25: Health Issues in Adolescence

SECTION 26: Care of Adolescents

Volume 2: Infections and Systemic Disorders

PART VII: Infectious Diseases                                                                                                                                                  SECTION 27: Basic Concepts            

SECTION 28: Fever

SECTION 29: Bacterial Infections

SECTION 30: Mycobacterial Infections

SECTION 31: Viral Diseases 

SECTION 32: Protozoal Infections and Infestations

SECTION 33: Fungal Infections 

SECTION 34: Rickettsial and Other Infections  

PART VIII Systemic Disorders                                                                                                                                                   SECTION 35: Gastrointestinal Disorders

SECTION 36: Diarrheal Illnesses      

SECTION 37: Hepatobiliary Disease  

SECTION 38: Disorders of Hematopoietic System

SECTION 39: Respiratory Diseases  

SECTION 40: Cardiovascular Disorders 

Volume 3: Systemic Disorders and Social Pediatrics

SECTION 41: Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract       

SECTION 42: Neurological Disorders 

SECTION 43: Neuromuscular Disorders      

SECTION 44: Disorders of the Endocrine Gland

SECTION 45: Malignant Disorders

SECTION 46: Rheumatological Disorders

SECTION 47: Common Eye Abnormalities

SECTION 48: Common Skin Problems  

PART IX: Child in the Social Milieu

SECTION 49: Disorders of Bones and Joints

SECTION 50: Vulnerable Children 

SECTION 51: Community Pediatrics 

PART X: Annexures

Laboratory Values and Drug Doses