This lecture note on pediatric and child health is written for nurses
at diploma level by considering the epidemiology and the burden of illness on
younger age groups. In this lecture note, the authors present concise summaries
of the evidence that has been published in the scientific journals and texts
which have a similar profile in the Ethiopian context. Topics covered includes:
History Taking And Physical Examination, Essential Nursing Care For Hospitalized
Children, Care Of The New Born, Congenital Abnormalities, Normal Growth And
Development, Nutrition And Nutritional Deficiencies, Acute Respiratory
Infections, Control Of Diarrhea, Systemic Diseases, Vaccine Preventable
Diseases, Common Genetic Problems Of Children.
Author(s): Teklebrhan Tema, Tsegaye Asres, Jimma
University
This book covers the
following topics: Pediatric Fever Without a Source, Sepsis and Septic Shock,
Pain Management, Head Injury, Pediatric Procedural Sedation, Orthopedic
Injuries, Pocus Nerve Blocks, Abdominal Pain and Appendicitis, Gastroenteritis,
Constipation and Obstruction, Bronchiolitis, Asthma, Lung Pocus, Pediatric
Syncope.
This book provides a summary of evidence and assessment using the
grade process, and recommendations on the management of common causes of
childhood illnesses. Topics covered include: prevention and antiretroviral
treatment in children with HIV, feeding of HIV-exposed children, treatment of
tuberculosis (TB), malaria, and convulsions in children, management of chronic
pain and an update of the essential medicine list for children.
This
book is divided into three principal parts: Part I, dealing with the experience
of pregnancy from the beginning of expectancy to the convalescence of labor:
Part II, dealing with the infant from its first day of life up to the weaning
time; Part III, taking up the problems of the nursery from the weaning to the
important period of adolescence.
This
volume covers aspects of sudden infant and early childhood death, ranging from
issues with parental grief, to the most recent theories of brainstem
neurotransmitters. It also deals with the changes that have occurred over time
with the definitions of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), SUDI (sudden
unexpected death in infancy) and SUDIC (sudden unexpected death in childhood).
There
are several pediatric conditions amendable to pediatric surgical treatment. In
order to better help you understand what these conditions are, and how they can
be treated, we've compiled a number of guides together.
Complementary Pediatrics covers
complementary issues of pediatric subspecialties consisting of ophthalmologic,
surgical, psychosocial and administrative issues of frequently used medications.
This book volume with its 16 chapters will help get us and patients enlightened
with the new developments on these subspecialties' area.
Object of this book is to give a
description of the diseases of early life, such as may help a mother to
understand something of their nature and symptoms, to save her from needless
anxiety as to their issue, and to enable her wisely to second the doctor in his
endeavours for their cure. The book is not intended as a handbook for the
nursery, instead it tells how to treat their children's illnesses, without the
help of a doctor.
The book
Pediatric Nursing, Psychiatric and Surgical Issues has 8 chapters which are
placed in 4 different sections, to enlighten patients and pediatricians on
current developments on specific pediatric issues.The book is not a classic
pediatric text book. It shows different approaches to some pediatric topics.It
describe some specific issues related to nursing, psychiatric and surgical
issues.
This note explains the following
topics: Newborn lesions, infections, Ulcerative and vesiculobullous lesions,
Pigmented, vascular and red lesions, Exophytic lesions, Gingival Enlargements.