Primary Health Care of Children

A text/reference for the nurse who focuses on the primary care of infants, children and adolescents. It is organized by body system and includes most of the most common presenting symptoms and problems of children. Each body system section begins with content that relates to the entire system: health promotion; identification of risk factors; and diagnostic and laboratory studies. For each entry or problem, the reader will find information regarding alerts for referral; aetiology/incident; and differential diagnosis and management.