First published in 1984 and now in its sixth edition, Coovadia's Paediatrics and Child Health is a tried and tested best-seller in the field of paediatrics and is a particularly important resource for medical or nursing students, health care professionals and community care practitioners. This comprehensive introduction to paediatrics and child health emphasizes a primary care approach from a southern African perspective to enable practitioners to deal effectively with local health problems. There are chapters devoted to social paediatrics and child health, as well as a comprehensive list of topics dealing with all aspects of childhood disease including oral
and dental conditions, and dermatological or specialty surgical
conditions.
Preface
List of contributors
Part 1 Evaluation, growth, and development
1History taking, physical examination, and evaluation of the sick child
2Growth and development
3Medical genetics and birth defects
Part 2 Psychosocial and community paediatrics
4Community paediatrics, child health and survival
5Social paediatrics
6Developmental, psychological and behavioural disorders
Part 3 Neonatal paediatrics
7Care of the newborn
8Surgical conditions of the newborn
9Feeding of infants and young children
Part 4 Metabolic and nutritional disorders
10Metabolic disorders
11Poisoning
12Rickets and metabolic bone disorders
13Nutritional disorders
Part 5
Infections
14Principles of infections in children
15Systemic infections
16Parasitic and fungal diseases
17Tuberculosis
18Human Immuno-deficiency Virus Infection
Part 6 Disorde rs of regulation and immune control
19Endocrine disorders
20Allergic disorders
21Immune and connective tissue disorders
22Neoplastic disorders
Part 7 System-based disorders
23Disorders of the blood
24Gastrointestinal disorders
25Respiratory tract disorders
26Neurological and muscular disorders
27Renal and urinary tract disorders
28Cardiovascular disorders
29Hepatic disorders
Part 8 Specialty disorders
30Paediatric surgical disorders
31Orthopaedic disorders
32Skin disorders
33Disorders of the eye
34Disorders of ear, nose and throat
35Oral and dental disorders
Part 8 Procedures
36Procedures
Bibliography
Index