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PA E D I AT R I C S
Rachel U Sidwell
Consultant Dermatologist (Interest in Paediatric Dermatology)
Hemel Hempstead Hospital, Hemel Hempstead, UK
Mike A Thomson
Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Sheffield Children’s Hospital
Foundation NHS Trust, Sheffield, UK
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Contents
Contributors ............................................................................................................ vii
Preface .................................................................................................................... xi
1. History and examination ................................................................................... 1
2. Development .................................................................................................... 16
3. Genetics ............................................................................................................ 26
4. Neonatology ..................................................................................................... 42
5. Infectious diseases ............................................................................................ 72
6. Immunodeficiency disorders ............................................................................. 101
7. Ear, nose and throat ......................................................................................... 112
8. Respiratory medicine ........................................................................................ 127
9. Cardiology ........................................................................................................ 144
10. Gastroenterology ............................................................................................. 172
11. Nutrition ........................................................................................................... 192
12. Liver .................................................................................................................. 201
13. Renal medicine ................................................................................................. 220
14. Endocrinology .................................................................................................. 246
15. Growth and puberty ......................................................................................... 264
16. Metabolic disorders .......................................................................................... 277
17. Dermatology ..................................................................................................... 287
18. Haematology .................................................................................................... 309
19. Oncology .......................................................................................................... 332
20. Neurology ......................................................................................................... 354
21. Neuromuscular disorders ................................................................................. 382
22. Rheumatological and musculoskeletal disorders ............................................. 390
23. Ophthalmology ................................................................................................ 409
24. Behavioural problems and psychiatric disorders ............................................. 420
25. Surgical conditions ........................................................................................... 431
26. Emergencies, accidents and non-accidental injury .......................................... 454
27. The child and the law ....................................................................................... 477
28. Paediatric prescribing and fluid management ................................................. 480
Abbreviations .......................................................................................................... 486
Index ........................................................................................................................ 489
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Contributors
David John Atherton MA, MB, BChir, FRCP
Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Dermatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children
NHS Trust, London, UK
Mike Berelowitz MB, BCh, MPhil, MRCPsych, FRCPsych
Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
Nick Bishop MD
Professor of Paediatric Bone Disease, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
Siobhan Carr MSc, FRCPCH
Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician, St Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospitals, London,
UK
Robert C Coombes BSc, FRCPCH
Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician, Sheffield Children’s Hospital NHS Trust, Sheffield, UK
Peter Cuckow FRCS(Paed)
Consultant Paediatric Urological Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children NHS
Trust and University College Hospital, London, UK
Claire Daniel BSc, FRCOphth
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
James SA Green LLM, FRCS(Urol)
Consultant Urological Surgeon, Whipps Cross University Hospital, London, UK
Ian M Hann MD, FRCP, FCRPCH, FRCPath
Professor of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick
Children NHS Trust and UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
Simon Keady BSc (Hons), MRPharmS, Dip Clin Pharm, SP
Principle Pharmacist, UCLH Foundation Trust, London, UK
Nigel Klein BSc, MRCP, PhD
Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick
Children NHS Trust and UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
Melissa M Lees MRCP, DCH, MSc, MD, FRACP
Consultant in Clinical Genetics and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Great Ormond Street Hospital for
Sick Children NHS Trust and UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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Anthony J Michalski FCRPCH, PhD
Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children NHS Trust,
London, UK
Mike Potter MA, PhD, FRCP, FRCPath
Consultant Paediatric Haematologist, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Robert J Sawdy BSc, MRCOG, PhD
Consultant Obstetrician and Specialist in Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Poole Hospital NHS
Foundation Trust, Poole, UK
Rod C Scott MRCP, MRCPCH, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Neurology, Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children NHS Trust and
UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
Rachel U Sidwell MRCP, MRCPCH, DA
Consultant Dermatologist (Interest in Paediatric Dermatology), Hemel Hempstead Hospital,
Hemel Hempstead, UK
Mike A Thomson DCH, FRCP, FRCPCH, MD
Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Sheffield Children’s Hospital Foundation NHS Trust,
Sheffield, UK
Michael Wareing BSc, FRCS (ORL-HNS)
Consultant Otolaryngologist, St Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospitals, London, UK
Nick Wilkinson MRCP, MRCPCH, DM
Consultant Paediatric Rheumatologist, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
Callum J Wilson DCH, Dip O&G, FRACP
Metabolic Consultant, Starship Children’s Health, Auckland, New Zealand
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Paul JD Winyard MA, MRCP, MRCPCH, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Clinical Science, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children
NHS Trust and UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
Rob WM Yates BSc, FRCP
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children NHS Trust,
London, UK
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