Coovadia's Paediatrics and Child Health: A Manual for Health Professionals in Developing Countries

First published in 1984 and now in its seventh edition, Coovadia's Paediatrics and child health 7e is a comprehensive introductory textbook, highly regarded by academics and students alike. This tried and tested best-seller is an introduction to paediatrics and child health emphasising a primary care approach from a southern African perspective to enable practitioners to deal effectively with local health problems. The book maintains a problem-based approach to facilitate a full evaluation of the sick child from a holistic perspective. This is a clinical textbook dealing with the medical diagnosis and treatment of paediatric health issues. The nine parts cover the practice of paediatrics, focusing on associated disorders. The book maintains a problem-based approach to facilitate a full evaluation of the sick child from a holistic perspective. There are chapters devoted to social paediatrics and child health, as well as a comprehensive list of topics dealing with all aspects of childhood disease including oral and dental conditions, and dermatological or specialty surgical conditions. It aimed primarily at Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) students studying Paediatrics in their 4th, 5th or 6th year modules. Paediatrics is also incorporated in the Bachelors of Nursing (BCur) programme usually at 3rd and 4th year.PART 1 EVALUATION, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ; 1. History-taking, examination and problem-based evaluation of the sick child, George Swingler and M Richards ; 2. Growth and development, P Cooper ; 3. Medical Genetics and birth defects, A Christianson and N Gregerson ; 4. Child Health and Community Paediatrics, Haroon Saloogee ; PART 2 PSYCHOLOGICAL AND COMMUNITY PAEDIATRICS ; 5. Social Paediatrics, N McKerrow ; 6. Abnormal Child Development: Behavioural, Cognitive, Emotional and Educational Aspects, A Venter ; PART 3 NEONATAL PAEDIATRICS ; 7. Care of the newborn, M Adhikari and H Mackenjee ; 8. Surgical newborn, L Hadley ; 9. Feeding and nutrition of babies and children, N Rollins ; PART 4 METABOLIC AND NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS ; 10. Metabolic disorders, Izelle Smuts ; 11. Poisoning, Philip Snyman ; 12. Rickets and metabolic bone disease, John Pettifor & K Thandrayen ; 13. Nutritional disorders, Jeanette Kriel ; PART 5 INFECTIONS ; 14. Principles of infection, Shabir Madhi ; 15. Childhood Vaccines, Shabir Madhi ; 16. Systemic Infections, Shabir Madhi ; 17. Parasitic and fungal infections, Elizabeth Molyneux ; 18. Tuberculosis, M Cotton, HS Schaaf, H Rabie, B J Marais ; PART 6 DISORDERS OF REGULATION AND IMMUNE CONTROL ; 19. HIV infection, R Bobat and M Archary ; 20. Endocrine disorders, K Parbhoo ; 21. Allergic disorders, Robin Green ; 22. Immune and connective tissue disorders, Brian Eley and M Esser ; PART 7 SYSTEM-BASED DISORDERS ; 23. Connective Tissue disorders, Chris Scott ; 24. Neoplastic diseases, Marianna Kruger ; 25. Diseases of the blood, Rajendra Thejpal ; 26. Gastrointestinal diseases, Etienne Nel, L Cooke, E Goddard ; 27. Respiratory diseases, Robert Gie ; 28. Neurological and muscular disorders, John Rodda ; 29. Renal and urinary tract disorders, Peter Thomson ; 30. Cardiovascular disorders , F Takawira ; 31. Hepatic disorders, Christina Hajinicolaou ; PART 8 SPECIALITY DISORDERS ; 32. Paediatric surgical disorders, L Hadley ; 33. Orthopaedic disorders, Anthony Robertson (Prof) ; 34. Dermatological disorders, N Khumalo ; 35. Disorders of the eye, R Grotte ; 36. Ear, nose and throat disorders, Mashudu Tshifularo ; 37. Oral and Dental disorders, Sonja Boy ; PART 9 PROCEDURES ; 38. Procedures ; PART 10 ETHICS, R THEJPAL ; 39. Ethical issues in Paediatrics, Mariana Kruger