After reading this chapter you should be able to: assess, diagnose and manage children with anaemia including bone marrow failure understand the risks, benefits and precautions involved in blood transfusion assess, diagnose and manage coagulation disorders, hypercoagulable states, purpura and…
After reading this chapter you should be able to assess, diagnose and manage: congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease urinary tract infections renal tubular disorders nephritic and nephrotic syndrome enuresis Investigations…
After reading this chapter you should be able to assess, diagnose and manage: conditions presenting with the common symptoms of abdominal disease conditions resulting in malabsorption diseases and disorders of the pancreas diseases and disorders of the liver congenital malformations…
After reading this chapter you should be able to assess, diagnose and manage hearing impairment conditions affecting the ears, nose and throat including epistaxis Hearing Impairment Paediatric hearing impairment impacts negatively on the speech, language, social, emotional and educational development…
After reading this chapter you should be able to assess, diagnose and manage: chronic cough wheezing illnesses lower respiratory tract infection cystic fibrosis presentation sleep disordered breathing life-threatening events including sudden unexpected death in infancy and select and interpret appropriate…
After reading this chapter you should: understand investigation of cardiac diseases, e.g. ECG, echocardiograms, cardiac catheterisation and their appropriate selection in diagnosis and management know the various presentations of congenital heart problems and to be able to assess, diagnose and…
After reading this chapter you should: primary and secondary immunodeficiency understand the presentation and management of autoimmune disorders The impact of an infection depends on many factors including those of the host, those of the infecting organism and those of…
After reading this chapter you should be able to: to assess, diagnose and manage allergies Allergic conditions can present in a wide variety of ways from mild episodic rashes through to dramatic, rapid-onset, life-threatening illness. Many symptoms are common to…
After reading this chapter you should: be able to follow the UK national guidelines on notification of communicable diseases know the principles of infection control be able to advise on immunisation in children with certain medical conditions know about the…
After reading this chapter you should be able to: recognise the different presentations of abuse assess and manage abuse and fabricated illness know the emotional and behavioural consequence of abuse and neglect Safeguarding children is the responsibility of everyone Parents,…