The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne Paediatric Handbook is a trusted guide to managing common and serious childhood illnesses and disorders. This bestselling resource provides students and practitioners across medical, nursing, and allied health fields with authoritative and up-to-date information on a comprehensive range of paediatric topics, enabling readers to make the appropriate decisions at the point of care.
Now in its tenth edition, the Handbook features clear illustrations and evidence-based diagnostic and management algorithms throughout, covering resuscitation and medical emergencies, prescribing and therapeutics, medicine, surgery, procedures, and much more.
- Contains accessible summaries of common and serious paediatric illnesses and disorders
- Aligns with latest clinical practice guidelines
- Features numerous full-colour photos, illustrations, diagrams, and clinical images
- Provides practical guidance on professional ethics and communication in paediatric consultations
- Includes updated information on refugee health and trans and gender diverse health
Paediatric Handbook is an invaluable reference for medical practitioners, nurses and allied health professionals, as well as students and trainees.
Daftar Isi
List of Contributors viii
Acknowledgements xv
Foreword xvi
RCH Handbook List xvii
Preface xviii
1 Communication in the paediatric consultation 1
Mike Forrester, Daryl Efron
2 Ethics 7
Lynn Gillam, Clare Delany
3 Resuscitation and medical emergencies 16
Michael Clifford, Tali Gadish, Joanne Grindlay
4 Poisoning and envenomation 26
James Tibballs, Noel Cranswick
5 Procedures 39
Peter Archer, Leah Hickey, Ruth Armstrong
6 Pain management 59
George Chalkiadis, Greta Palmer, Ian Mc Kenzie
7 Fluids and electrolytes 77
Sarah Mc Nab, Trevor Duke
8 Prescribing and therapeutics 86
Noel Cranswick, Antun Bogovic, David Metz
9 Immunisation 91
Daryl Cheng, Nigel Crawford
10 Nutrition 100
Liz Rogers, Evelyn Volders, Victoria Evans, Zoe Mc Callum, Julie E. Bines
11 Growth 112
Jane Standish, Zoe Mc Callum, Daniella Tassoni, Peter Simm
12 Adolescent medicine 125
Susan Sawyer, Michelle Telfer, Colette Reveley, Kathy Rowe, Adam Scheinberg
13 Allergy 136
Joanne Smart, Dean Tey
14 Behaviour and mental health 146
Ric Haslam, Chidambaram Prakash, Christos Symeonides
15 Cardiology 170
Remi Kowalski, Bryn Jones, Michael Cheung
16 Clinical genetics 182
Natasha J. Brown
17 Dentistry 189
Kerrod Hallett, Lochana Ramalingam
18 Dermatology 194
Rod Phillips, David Orchard
19 Endocrinology 212
Peter Simm, Fergus Cameron, Mary White, Margaret Zacharin, Jeff Kao, Michele O’Connell
20 Forensic medicine 243
Anne Smith, Joanna Tully
21 Gastroenterology 253
Winita Hardikar, Liz Bannister, Susan Gibb
22 Gynaecology 267
Sonia R. Grover, Charlotte V. Elder
23 Haematology 277
Helen Savoia, Luisa Clucas, Gemma Crighton, Sally Campbell, Anthea Greenway, Paul Monagle
24 Immunology 295
Sharon Choo, Theresa Cole
25 Infectious diseases 301
Nigel Curtis, Mike Starr, Josh Osowicki
26 Metabolic medicine 336
Joy Lee, Heidi Peters
27 Neonatal medicine 341
Leah Hickey, Ruth Armstrong, Warwick Teague
28 Neurodevelopment and disability 383
Daryl Efron, Gehan Roberts, Lynne Harrison, Gordon Baikie, Giuliana Antolovich, Deborah Marks, Catherine Marraffa
29 Neurology 401
Mark Mackay, Andrew Kornberg, Alison Wray
30 Oncology 420
Diane Hanna, Rachel Conyers
31 Ophthalmology 431
Anu Mathew
32 Orthopaedics 439
Michael B. Johnson, Leo Donnan
33 Otolaryngology 451
Elizabeth Rose, Valerie Sung
34 Palliative care 465
Bronwyn Sacks, Molly Williams, Sidharth Vemuri, Jenny Hynson
35 Refugee health 473
Georgia Paxton
36 Rehabilitation medicine 484
Adam Scheinberg, Neil Wimalasundera
37 Renal medicine 493
Joshua Kausman, Susan Gibb
38 Respiratory medicine 507
Danielle Wurzel, Sarath Ranganathan, John Massie
39 Rheumatology 529
Jane Munro, Georgina Tiller
40 Sleep medicine 536
Amanda Griffiths, Harriet Hiscock
41 Surgery 543
Michael Nightingale, Aurore Bouty
42 Trans and gender diverse health 556
Michelle Telfer, Ken Pang
Appendix: Antimicrobial guidelines 560
Index 572
Tentang Penulis
Dr Kate Harding, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Dr Daniel S. Mason, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Associate Professor Daryl Efron, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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