Great Ormond Street Handbook of Paediatrics

The Great Ormond Street Handbook of Paediatrics draws on the extraordinary knowledge and expertise of clinicians at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, the UK’s premier academic biomedical research centre in paediatrics. Since its foundation in 1852, it has been transformed into one of the great children’s hospitals of the world with an international reputation for work of the highest quality in the treatment of children with a wide range of serious conditions.

This new edition of a bestseller provides an all-encompassing coverage of a wide range of paediatric conditions. It provides the clinical presentation, incidence, diagnosis, aetiology/pathogenesis, complications, treatment, management and prognosis for most conditions. Providing a comprehensive approach, the editors are supported by contributions from specialists associated with the hospital, thus offering an unmatched range of expertise in a compact volume.

The book is also accompanied by more than 1000 illustrations, including clinical photos, imaging, charts, graphs and histology, where appropriate. They enhance the knowledge necessary to make informed and accurate diagnosis. Its easy-to-read format as well as its comprehensive nature makes it a useful resource for those who treat children.

Contents

Emergency Medicine
David Inwald and Mark Peters

Child Protection
Alice Armitage and Deborah Hodes

Infectious Diseases
Vas Novelli, Delane Shingadia, and Huda Al-Ansari

Respiratory Medicine
Colin Wallis, Helen Spencer, and Sam Sonnappa

Cardiology
Michael Burch and Sian Pincott

Dermatology
Veronica Kinsler and John Harper

Ophthalmology
Ken K. Nischal

Neurology
Fenella Kirkham, Adnan Manzur, and Stephanie Robb

Gastroenterology
Susan Hill and Keith Lindley

Renal Diseases
Stephen D. Marks
Haematology
Owen P. Smith and Ian Hann

Oncology
Gill Levitt and Olga Slater

Endocrinology
Mehul Dattani and Catherine Peters

Metabolic Disorders
Stephanie Grunewald, Alex Broomfield, and Callum Wilson

Genetics
Jane Hurst and Richard Scott

Immunology
Stephan Strobel and Alison Jones

Rheumatology
Clarissa Pilkington, Kiran Nistala, Helen Lachman, and Paul Brogan

Neonatal and General Paediatric Surgery
Lewis Spitz and Joe Curry

Otorhinolaryngology
Chris Jephson and C. Martin Bailey

Plastic Surgery
Loshan Kangesu, Jonathan A Britto, Neil Bulstrode, David Dunaway, Paul Morris, Branavan Sivakumar, Gill Smith, and Guy Thorburn

Orthopaedics and Fractures
Deborah M. Eastwood

Urology
Naima Smeulders and Pierre D. E. Mouriquand

Allergic Diseases
Adam Fox, George Du Toit and Stephan Strobel