Paediatric Handbook

Dr Kate Thomson, General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Dr Dean Tey Dr Michael Marks , Department of Paediatrics, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

Part 1 Emergencies. 1 Medical emergencies. James Tibballs and Ed Oakley. 2 Poisoning and envenomation. James Tibballs. . Part 2 Procedures and Pain Management. 3 Procedures. Georgia Paxton and Peter Barnett. 4 Pain management. George Chalkiadis, Greta Palmer and Jane Munro. . Part 3 Fluids and Nutrition. 5 Fluid and electrolyte therapy. Julian Kelly and Trevor Duke. 6 Nutrition. Julie Bines, Kay Gibbons and Michele Meehan. 7 Slow weight gain. Michael Harari. 8 Obesity. Kay Gibbons, Zoe McCallum and Matthew Sabin. . Part 4 Child Public Health. 9 Immunisation. Jenny Royle and Jim Buttery. 10 Immigrant child health. Georgia Paxton and Jim Buttery. . Part 5 Development. 11 Common behavioural and developmental problems. Daryl Efron and Sheena Reilly. 12 Sleep problems. Margot Davey. 13 Constipation and continence. Susie Gibb and Michael Harari. 14 Developmental delay and disability. Catherine Marraffa and Dinah Reddihough. 15 Adolescent health. Susan Sawyer. . Part 6 Psychosocial Problems. 16 Child psychiatry. Maria McCarthy and Chidambaram Prakash. 17 Child abuse. Anne Smith and Chris Sanderson. 18 The death of a child. Peter McDougall, Jenny Hynson and Mary O'Toole. . Part 7 Medicine and Surgery. 19 Allergy and immunology. Mimi Tang and Joanne Smart. 20 Burns. Russell Taylor. 21 Cardiac conditions. Paul Brooks and Dan Penny. 22 Dental conditions. Nicky Kilpatrick. 23 Dermatologic conditions. Rod Phillips and David Orchard. 24 Ear, nose and throat conditions. Robert Berkowitz and Michael Marks. 25 Endocrine conditions. Margaret Zacharin, Garry Warne, Fergus Cameron and George Werther. 26 Eye conditions. James Elder and Peter Barnett. 27 Gastrointestinal conditions. George Alex and Lionel Lubitz. 28 Gynaecological conditions. Sonia Grover. 29 Haematologic conditions and oncology. John Heath and Paul Monagle. 30 Infectious diseases. Nigel Curtis, Mike Starr and Josh Wolf. 31 Metabolic conditions. Avihu Boneh and George Werther. 32 Neonatal conditions. Peter McDougall and Rod Hunt. 33 Neurologic conditions. Andrew Kornberg, Simon Harvey, Mark Mackay and Wirginia Maixner. 34 Orthopaedic conditions. Kerr Graham and Peter Barnett. 35 Renal conditions. Colin Jones. 36 Respiratory conditions. John Massie and Sarath Ranganathan. 37 Rheumatologic conditions. Roger Allen and Jane Munro. 38 Surgical conditions. John Hutson and Tom Clarnette. 39 Prescribing for children. Noel Cranswick and Andrew Rechtmann