Paediatric Clinical Examination Made Easy, 4e

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0443073171 ISBN 13: 9780443073175

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, 2003

The New Edition of this best selling resource presents detailed, easy-to-follow advice on history-taking, physical examination, and developmental assessment of infants and children (up to school age). In addition to describing all of the important clinical techniques for every body system, it offers pointers on how to elicit the maximum cooperation from pediatric patients...tips on interpreting children's responses...and a great deal of other indispensable guidance.

• Uses a reader-friendly tone, with bulleted lists and drawings to convey information easily.
• Presents separate chapters on the examination of children at birth · six-weeks-old · infants · and toddlers.

• Features the latest classifications and thorough updating throughout.
• Presents new information on relevant teaching and learning web sites.
• Provides a new section on "Diagnostic Logic."
• Highlights important differences between the adult and pediatric examination.

Review:

"...now in its fourth edition, and rightly so, beacause it is helpful to all working in pediatrics.
All in all a very handy book for the student, the resident or other professional working with children." Joav Merrick, International Journal Adolescent Medical Health, August 2003