Handbook of Paediatric Primary Care

Part I: Assessment and management of the healthy child. Child health assessment. Immunizations. Nutrition in infancy and childhood. Assessment of parent-child interaction. Health care of the infant (0-12 months). Health care of the toddler and preschooler (1-4 years). Health care of the school age child (5-10 years). Health care of the adolescent (11-18 years). Parenting in special circumstances. Health education in primary care. Part II: Assessment and management of common clinical problems. Approach to minor acute illness. Approach to chronic illness. Approach to medications in childhood. The skin. The eye. The mouth and teeth. The respiratory system. The heart. The hematopoietic system. The gastrointestinal system. The urinary system. The genitalia. The skeletal system. The neuromuscular system. Language and learning disabilities. Allergies. Infectious disease. Emergencies. Genetics. Sudden infant death syndrome. Failure to thrive. Child abuse. Appendix. Index.