Essential Paediatrics and Child Health - (Essentials) 4th Edition by Mary Rudolf & Anthony Luder & Kerry Jeavons (Paperback)

About the Book

Preceded by: Paediatrics and child health / Mary Rudolf. Third edition. 2011.

Book Synopsis

Essential Paediatrics and Child Health ist ein praktischer Leitfaden mit umfassenden Informationen zu Kinderkrankheiten. Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen unterstützen bei der Bewertung von Symptomen, Anamnese, Untersuchung und Diagnose. Hinzu kommen Leitfäden für Management und Behandlung, Patientenaufklärung, Nachsorge und Prognose. Die komplett überarbeitete Neuauflage dieses Klassikers bietet eine Fülle von Farbfotos, einzigartige und innovative Lernansätze und ist ein Muss für Studenten der Medizin und Assistenzärzte.
- Kinderkrankheiten werden zum schnellen Nachschlagen in systembezogenen Kapiteln vorgestellt. Die Symptome der wichtigsten Erkrankungen und Behinderungen im Kindesalter werden ausführlich erläutert.
- Verbindet aktuelle Informationen zu den jüngsten Erkenntnissen aus Forschung und Klinikalltag mit Kernkompetenzen, die in dem Fachgebiet von Studenten erwartet werden.
- Diagramme, Tabellen, Hinweiskästchen und Informationen auf einen Blick, Verweise auf Richtlinien und Zusammenfassungen erleichtern das Selbststudium.
- Eigene Kapitel fassen die Erfahrungen von Studierenden zusammen, ermöglichen die Selbstüberprüfung des Gelernten und bieten Hilfestellung für Praktika auf Kinderstationen, die Prüfungsvorbereitung und wichtige Examina.

- Eine neue Einführung beschäftigt sich mit den Perspektiven der Pädiatrie und gibt Handreichungen für den gelungenen Einstieg. Neue Inhalte zu Kommunikationsstrategien, nationalen Richtlinien, Bildgebungsverfahren, Genetik und Epigenetik, Medikamentengabe bei Kindern, den jüngsten Fortschritten in Diagnostik und Behandlung und viele weitere Themen runden dieses Lehrbuch ab.
- Begleitende Website mit Videos zu Untersuchungsverfahren, interaktiven Patientenszenarios und Multiple-Choice-Fragen.

Essential Paediatrics and Child Health ist der perfekte Begleiter für Studenten der Medizin und Assistenzärzte.

From the Back Cover

ESSENTIALS

The Essentials are an international, best-selling series of textbooks, all of which are designed to support lecture series or themes on core topics within the health sciences.

Essential Paediatrics and Child Health is a comprehensive and practical guide to paediatric disorders as they present to the practitioner, offering step-by-step guidance on symptom assessment, history taking, physical examination, investigation and diagnosis, management and treatment, patient education, follow-up and prognosis. With full-colour images and a range of unique and innovative learning features, this completely revised new edition of the award-winning book Paediatrics and Child Health will prove an invaluable resource for medical students and junior doctors on their journey through contemporary paediatrics.

• Organises paediatric disorders into system-based chapters for easy navigation, with symptom-based and integrative discussions of all the important diseases and disabilities in paediatrics
• Combines up-to-date descriptions of the latest in basic and clinical science with the core competencies expected of students in paediatric rotations
• Self-directed learning is made easy by means of navigation diagrams, tables, key-point and "at-a-glance" boxes, links to guidelines and other summary aids
• Sections on student experience, self-assessment, doing well in paediatric clinical placements and preparing for examinations and OSCEs
• Includes a completely new introduction with perspectives on the nature of paediatrics and how best to become engaged and immersed within it, and new content on communication, national guidelines, imaging techniques, genetics and epigenetics, prescribing for children, toxicology, the latest advances in diagnosing and treating disease, and much more
• Includes free access to the enhanced VitalSource eBook version

Essential Paediatrics and Child Health is the ideal companion for medical students and junior doctors to succeed in their studies and clinical practice.

A companion website at www.wiley.com/go/rudolf/paediatrics features multiple-choice questions, a complete set of interactive patient scenarios, illustrations from the book for download, and examination instruction videos.

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Review Quotes

'Whether you are planning, practicing, preparing, or have a passion for paediatrics, this textbook is perfect for medical students who may like to specialise in this field or for readers who need a vital guide for quick referencing during their paediatric rotation in medical school. This textbook provides a comprehensive resource for readers who would like to obtain a deeper understanding of the world of contemporary paediatrics and to keep up to date with the latest technological advances that are available in diagnosing and treating diseases in children.' - Australian Medical Student Journal

About the Author

Professor Mary Rudolf is Head of the Department of Population Health, Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel, and Visiting Professor of Child Health, University of Leeds, UK.

Professor Anthony Luder is Director of the Department of Paediatrics at Ziv Medical Centre and Special Projects Advisor, Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel.

Dr Kerry Jeavons is Consultant in Paediatric Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Yorkshire, UK.