Safe Care in Paediatrics
- 1st Edition - February 9, 2024
- Latest edition
- Authors: Alf Nicholson, John Murphy, Sarah Taaffe, Kevin Dunne
- Language: English
Written by clinicians with years of experience in paediatrics, Safe Care in Paediatrics is designed to promote quality and safe care of children, and reduce common clinical errors… Read more
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Description
Description
Written by clinicians with years of experience in paediatrics, Safe Care in Paediatrics is designed to promote quality and safe care of children, and reduce common clinical errors and delayed diagnoses through shared first-hand experiences. This book is for anyone who needs to make a clinical decision about infants and children- be they from a medical, nursing or health professional background. The text is particularly useful for trainees but is also relevant to experienced practitioners.
The aim of the book is to prevent errors and ensure safe care. The authors offer practical advice on potential pitfalls and red flags from neonatal care to mental health issues in adolescence . This book takes the reader through recent advances in diagnosis, common presentations and how to identify the sick child, all with case studies and illustrations to bring the text to life.
The aim of the book is to prevent errors and ensure safe care. The authors offer practical advice on potential pitfalls and red flags from neonatal care to mental health issues in adolescence . This book takes the reader through recent advances in diagnosis, common presentations and how to identify the sick child, all with case studies and illustrations to bring the text to life.
Key features
Key features
The strengths of the book are:
- The ability to learn from other’s experiences and mistakes and share this learning
- All chapters reviewed by sub-specialists in Paediatrics with a focus on presentations to first responders including family practitioners
- Instructive case scenarios highlighting clinical pearls and pitfalls to avoid
- High-quality clinical images throughout
- Safe care for infants and children including the use of artificial intelligence
- Avoiding errors
- Picking up the sick child with practical tips especially for family doctors and first responders
- Potential pitfalls in both the newborn and 6-week examinations
- Unravelling the diagnosis in an infant or child with a fever
- Key symptoms and signs guiding family doctors to suspect cancer in childhood
- Mental health issues in adolescence
- Ordering and interpreting tests in children
- Surviving and thriving throughout a career in paediatric nursing or medicine
Readership
Readership
Trainees in paediatrics, GP trainees, GPs, consultant paediatricians
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Towards Safer Care for Children
Alf Nicholson, Jamal Hashem
2. Responding to Errors
Ciaran Carthy, Alf Nicholson
3. Recognising the Sick Child
Carol Blackburn, Karina Butler
4. Managing the Febrile Infant or Child
Alf Nicholson, Karina Butler
5. The Newborn and Six-week Examinations
John Murphy
6. Important Rashes to Recognise in Infants and Children
Fiona Browne, Kevin Dunne
7. Diagnosing Cancer in Childhood
Michael Capra, Sarah Taaffe
8. The Child With a Limp
Carol Blackburn
9. Child Protection and Safeguarding Concerns
Sabine Maguire
10. Important Cardiac Diagnoses in Children
Terence Prendiville
11. Fits, Faints and Funny Turns
Amre Shahwan
12. Presentations of Endocrine Disease
Niamh McGrath
13. The Child With Abdominal Pain
Alan Mortell, Billy Bourke
14. Pneumonia in Children
Desmond Cox
15. Mental Health Issues in Adolescence
Fiona McNicholas
16. Neonatal Intensive Care – A Challenging Arena
John Murphy
17. Ordering and Interpreting Tests in Children
Kevin Dunne, Alf Nicholson, Aengus O’Marcaigh, Michael Riordan, Ellen Crushell, Niamh McGrath, Annemarie Broderick, Jonathan Hourihane, James Foley, James O’Byrne
18. Commonly Ordered Radiological Tests and Their Interpretation
Yusra Sheikh
19. Twelve Memorable Diagnoses
Alf Nicholson, Aisling Dunne, Neale Kalis, John Murphy
20. Surviving and Thriving Throughout a Career in Healthcare
Sarah Taaffe, Hani Malik, Ciaran O’Boyle
Alf Nicholson, Jamal Hashem
2. Responding to Errors
Ciaran Carthy, Alf Nicholson
3. Recognising the Sick Child
Carol Blackburn, Karina Butler
4. Managing the Febrile Infant or Child
Alf Nicholson, Karina Butler
5. The Newborn and Six-week Examinations
John Murphy
6. Important Rashes to Recognise in Infants and Children
Fiona Browne, Kevin Dunne
7. Diagnosing Cancer in Childhood
Michael Capra, Sarah Taaffe
8. The Child With a Limp
Carol Blackburn
9. Child Protection and Safeguarding Concerns
Sabine Maguire
10. Important Cardiac Diagnoses in Children
Terence Prendiville
11. Fits, Faints and Funny Turns
Amre Shahwan
12. Presentations of Endocrine Disease
Niamh McGrath
13. The Child With Abdominal Pain
Alan Mortell, Billy Bourke
14. Pneumonia in Children
Desmond Cox
15. Mental Health Issues in Adolescence
Fiona McNicholas
16. Neonatal Intensive Care – A Challenging Arena
John Murphy
17. Ordering and Interpreting Tests in Children
Kevin Dunne, Alf Nicholson, Aengus O’Marcaigh, Michael Riordan, Ellen Crushell, Niamh McGrath, Annemarie Broderick, Jonathan Hourihane, James Foley, James O’Byrne
18. Commonly Ordered Radiological Tests and Their Interpretation
Yusra Sheikh
19. Twelve Memorable Diagnoses
Alf Nicholson, Aisling Dunne, Neale Kalis, John Murphy
20. Surviving and Thriving Throughout a Career in Healthcare
Sarah Taaffe, Hani Malik, Ciaran O’Boyle
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: October 14, 2024
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
AN
Alf Nicholson
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Paediatrics and Head of the School of Medicine, RCSI BahrainST
Sarah Taaffe
Affiliations and expertise
Paediatric Lead in GP Training, Irish College of General Practitioners, IrelandKD
Kevin Dunne
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Paediatrics, RCSI Bahrain