The child in society
1 The child in society The child’s world Public health issues for young people Children’s rights Global child health Conclusion Most medical encounters with children involve an individual child presenting…
Adolescent medicine
28 Adolescent medicine Communicating with adolescents Consent and confidentiality Range of health problems Mortality Impact of chronic conditions Fatigue, headache and other somatic symptoms Mental health problems Health-risk behaviour Sexual…
Emotions and behaviour
23 Emotions and behaviour Principles of normal development Adversities in the family Problems of the preschool years Problems of middle childhood Adolescence Management of emotional and behavioural problems Knowledge of…
Care of the sick child
5 Care of the sick child Primary care Hospital care Ethics Evidence-based paediatrics Most sick children are cared for by their parents at home. Medical management is initially given by…
MIDWIFERY CARE AND MEDICAL DISORDERS
Pre-conception Care Antenatal Care Intrapartum Care Postnatal Care General Considerations Emergency Management Preventing Maternal Mortality Back to Basics Campaign 1 Midwifery Care and Medical Disorders INTRODUCTION This chapter will give an…
SKIN DISORDERS
2.1 Physiological Skin Changes in Pregnancy 2.2 Dermatoses Specific to Pregnancy 2.3 Eczema 2.4 Psoriasis 2.1 Physiological Skin Changes in Pregnancy Skin changes occur during pregnancy under hormonal influence. Usually reassurance by the midwife or…
HEART DISEASE
4.1 Mild Structural Heart Disease 4.2 Moderate Structural Heart Disease 4.3 Severe Structural Heart Disease 4.4 Rheumatic and Valvular Heart Disease 4.5 Marfan’s Syndrome 4.6 Functional Heart Disease: Cardiomyopathy 4.7 Functional Heart Disease: Arrhythmias 4.8 Ischaemic Heart Disease:…
HAEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS
14.1 Iron Deficiency Anaemia 14.2 Megaloblastic Anaemia 14.3 Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation 14.4 Von Willebrand’s Disease and Other Bleeding Disorders 14.5 Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy 14.6 Thalassaemia 14.7 Sickle Cell Disorders 14.1 Iron Deficiency Anaemia Incidence 5–10% pregnant women from…
NEOPLASIA
18.1 Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (Hydatidiform Mole and Choriocarcinoma) 18.2 Cervical Cancer 18.3 Cervical Screening 18.4 Breast Cancer 18.5 Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma 18.6 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma 18.7 Ovarian Neoplasia 18.8 Malignant Melanoma 18.1 Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Incidence 1 in 714 live births…
