Recent Advances in Paediatrics, Vol. 28

Description

Recent Advances in Paediatrics: 28 is the ideal resource for keeping abreast of new developments in this constantly changing field. Written by expert authors and featuring topics such as pre-school speech, language and fluency impairments and fertility preservation for young people with cancer, each chapter highlights the latest developments of relevance to clinical practice. This book is an invaluable update and revision tool for trainees preparing for postgraduate examinations. 

• 9 chapters summarising important recent advances within the field of paediatrics 

• All topics are written in a practical and clinically relevant manner, further enhanced by the 'key points for clinical practice' sections at the end of each chapter 

• Provides an effective exam revision tool for the DCH and MRCPCH 

• All chapters written by expert authors ensuring authoritative and accurate content 

• Full colour photographs throughout

Author information 

Ian Maconochie FRCPCH FCEM FRCPI PhD
Consultant in Paediatric and Emergency Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK

Contents

Physiological basis for the administration of intravenous fluids to children with shock · Paediatric assessment and management of disabled children and those following different developmental journeys · Pre-schoolspeech, language and fluency impairments: best practice in identification and management · Advances in the surveillance and management of tuberous sclerosis complex · Diagnosis and management of child abuse in Singapore · Genetic techniques for rare diseases · Fertility preservation for young people with cancer: the end of the beginning? · Developmental Interventions in the neonatal intensive care unit: clinicalimplications · Drowning in children and young people