Written by clinicians with years of experience in paediatrics, this unique textbook is designed to promote quality and safe care of children, and reduce common clinical errors and delayed diagnoses through shared first-hand experiences. This book is for anyone who needs to make a clinical decision about infants and children- be they from a medical, nursing or health professional background. The text is particularly useful for trainees but is also relevant to experienced practitioners.
The aim of the book is to prevent errors and ensure safe care. The authors offer practical advice on potential pitfalls and red flags from neonatal care to mental health issues in adolescence . This book takes the reader through recent advances in diagnosis, common presentations and how to identify the sick child, all with case studies and illustrations to bring the text to life.
The strengths of the book are:
The aim of the book is to prevent errors and ensure safe care. The authors offer practical advice on potential pitfalls and red flags from neonatal care to mental health issues in adolescence . This book takes the reader through recent advances in diagnosis, common presentations and how to identify the sick child, all with case studies and illustrations to bring the text to life.
The strengths of the book are:
- The ability to learn from other's experiences and mistakes and share this learning
- All chapters reviewed by sub-specialists in Paediatrics with a focus on presentations to first responders including family practitioners
- Instructive case scenarios highlighting clinical pearls and pitfalls to avoid
- High-quality clinical images throughout
- Safe care for infants and children including the use of artificial intelligence
- Avoiding errors
- Picking up the sick child with practical tips especially for family doctors and first responders
- Potential pitfalls in both the newborn and 6-week examinations
- Unravelling the diagnosis in an infant or child with a fever
- Key symptoms and signs guiding family doctors to suspect cancer in childhood
- Mental health issues in adolescence
- Ordering and interpreting tests in children
- Surviving and thriving throughout a career in paediatric nursing or medicine
Table of Contents
1 Towards Safer Care for Children, 1Alf Nicholson, Jamal Hashem
2 Responding to Errors, 11
Ciaran Carthy, Alf Nicholson
3 Recognising the Sick Child, 21
Carol Blackburn, Karina Butler
4 Managing the Febrile Infant or Child, 32
Alf Nicholson, Karina Butler
5 The Newborn and Six-week Examinations, 49
John Murphy
6 Important Rashes to Recognise in Infants and
Children, 68
Fiona Browne, Kevin Dunne
7 Diagnosing Cancer in Childhood, 85
Michael Capra, Sarah Taaffe
8 The Child With a Limp, 96
Carol Blackburn
9 Child Protection and Safeguarding Concerns, 104
Sabine Maguire
10 Important Cardiac Diagnoses in Children, 115
Terence Prendiville
11 Fits, Faints and Funny Turns, 129
Amre Shahwan
12 Presentations of Endocrine Disease, 138
Niamh McGrath
13 The Child With Abdominal Pain, 147
Alan Mortell, Billy Bourke
14 Pneumonia in Children, 157
Desmond Cox
15 Mental Health Issues in Adolescence, 166
Fiona McNicholas
16 Neonatal Intensive Care - A Challenging
Arena, 178
John Murphy
17 Ordering and Interpreting Tests in Children, 193
Kevin Dunne, Alf Nicholson, Aengus O’Marcaigh, Michael
Riordan, Ellen Crushell, Niamh McGrath, Annemarie Broderick,
Jonathan Hourihane, James Foley, James O’Byrne
18 Commonly Ordered Radiological Tests and Their
Interpretation, 210
Yusra Sheikh
19 Twelve Memorable Diagnoses, 221
Alf Nicholson, Aisling Dunne, Neale Kalis, John Murphy
20 Surviving and Thriving Throughout a Career in
Healthcare, 235
Sarah Taaffe, Hani Malik, Ciaran O’Boyle
