1 Towards Safer Care for Children
Living in a Digital World
Electronic Health Records
Safe Practice for Primary Care Practitioners
Integrating Acute Services for Children
Promoting Diagnostic Excellence in Hospital
Medication Safety in the Community
The Science of Safer Care for Children
Key Strategies in Promoting Safe Care
Reducing Harm and Avoiding Errors in Healthcare
Key Factors in the Aviation Industry
Comparisons and Innate Differences
Implications for Healthcare
3 Recognising the Sick Child
An Accurate History and Examination
Safety Netting for Family Doctors
Paediatric Early Warning Scores
Everyone’s Fear – Meningitis or Encephalitis
4 Managing the Febrile Infant or Child
Getting Comfortable With Risk
Making the Diagnosis in Primary Care
Interpretation of Investigations
Drivers of Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing
Interventions to Reduce Antibiotic Prescribing
For Family Doctors and Those Working in Emergency or Paediatric Departments Dealing With Children
An Approach to Prolonged Fever
Kawasaki Disease – Expect to See It and Be Ready to Treat It
5 The Newborn and Six-week Examinations
The First Few Days of Life
The First Few Weeks of Life
Later Presentations in Infancy and Pre-School Years
6 Important Rashes to Recognise in Infants and Children
Important Rashes to Recognise as a Primary Care Doctor
Bullous Rashes of Concern
Rashes and Systemic Disease
Skin Markers of Neurological Conditions
Important Neonatal Rashes
7 Diagnosing Cancer in Childhood
Avoiding Diagnostic Delay
Symptoms Associated with Common Cancers
Approaching The Child with a Limp
Important Conditions to Always Consider
9 Child Protection and Safeguarding Concerns
Factitious Induced Illness
10 Important Cardiac Diagnoses in Children
Opportunities to Pick Up Congenital Heart Disease
Three Symptoms Of Concern – Chest Pain, Syncope and Palpitations
Prolonged Fever and The Heart
11 Fits, Faints and Funny Turns
Clinical Tips to Remember in Common Seizure Presentations in Children
Self-Limited Epilepsy with Centro-Temporal Spikes2,3
Childhood Absence Epilepsy (CAE)
Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME)
Infantile Spasms or Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome (IESS)
Nonepileptic Events Which May Mimic Epileptic Seizures
12 Presentations of Endocrine Disease
Short Stature and a Delayed Puberty in a Girl
Obesity and Short Stature
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
13 The Child With Abdominal Pain
Differential Diagnoses to Consider
Recurrent (or Functional) Abdominal Pain
Avoiding Unnecessary Antibiotics
Length Of Antibiotic Treatment
Indications for Investigations
Making the Diagnosis in Primary Care
15 Mental Health Issues in Adolescence
Assessment of Psychological Distress and Mental Health Issues: The If-Me Model of Assessment
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Chronic Disabling Fatigue Or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Additional Reading for Parents and/or Professionals
16 Neonatal Intensive Care – A Challenging Arena
The Importance of Neonatology
The Unique Features of Newborns
Safe Practice in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Management in The Delivery Suite
Severe Hyperbilirubinemia
Retinopathy of Prematurity
Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection
17 Ordering and Interpreting Tests in Children
Urine Collection and Testing for Urinary Tract Infection
Full Blood Count and Coagulation Profile
C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and Procalcitonin
Conventional Allergy Tests
Electrocardiogram (ECG) Interpretation
Structured Approach To ECG Interpretation
The Era of Genomic and Precision Medicine
Common Genetic/Genomic Testing Technologies Now Available in Practice
18 Commonly Ordered Radiological Tests and Their Interpretation
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
19 Twelve Memorable Diagnoses
20 Surviving and Thriving Throughout a Career in Healthcare
Complexity and Challenge in Modern Healthcare Involving Children
Burnout in Neonatal and Paediatric Nurses
Mental Health Issues in Doctors
