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Family doctors, pediatricians and other professionals who deal
with children are regularly consulted because of febrile children.
During the past few years remarkable advances on this subject of
fever have been made. Among others, this book covers: - Different
types of fever with possible complications, - Hyperthermia and
their management, - Management of fever with guidelines on
antipyretics and their side effects, - Complimentary medicine and
fever, - Differential diagnosis of fever, with problem-setting and
solving as a case presentation. This reader-friendly reference on
the disorders of body temperature in children covers the entire
spectrum of subjects related to fever. It gives an overview of the
best treatment options in order to achieve the best results.
This book will be a vital tool for all clinicians in the front line
when an ill child presents with an acute illness. Experienced
paediatricians, postgraduate doctors, primary care physicians, and
paediatric nurses will find this a useful refresher, and it will be
an invaluable primer for newly trained doctors and students, or
those new to the paediatric wards. Each chapter here provides an
overview of each symptom and sign followed by the most likely
underlying causes in an easy-to-use tabular format. Investigative
techniques and guidelines follow, ranging from the simple and
inexpensive to the more complex, as do Top Tips and Red Flag
warnings to note; new to this second edition are concluding
summaries of Key Points, as well as an entirely new Endocrine
chapter.
This book will be a vital tool for all clinicians in the front line
when an ill child presents with an acute illness. Experienced
paediatricians, postgraduate doctors, primary care physicians, and
paediatric nurses will find this a useful refresher, and it will be
an invaluable primer for newly trained doctors and students, or
those new to the paediatric wards. Each chapter here provides an
overview of each symptom and sign followed by the most likely
underlying causes in an easy-to-use tabular format. Investigative
techniques and guidelines follow, ranging from the simple and
inexpensive to the more complex, as do Top Tips and Red Flag
warnings to note; new to this second edition are concluding
summaries of Key Points, as well as an entirely new Endocrine
chapter.
This book discusses the latest scientific evidence related to fever
and presents the principles of clinical practice, covering
different types of fever and its possible complications. The book
adopts a clearly defined, practical and effective approach to the
management of fever, helping the clinician improve the care for the
febrile child. The reader will learn about the guidelines on
antipyretics and their side-effects and differential diagnoses,
with problem-setting and solving as a case presentation.The second
edition of this well-received book has been fully updated to
include exciting new information of the pathogenesis of fever,
including functions of interleukin and all the latest guidelines
from NICE and Cochrane Library, as well as all the most up-to-date
information and guidelines on febrile seizures. This
reader-friendly reference on the disorders of body temperature in
children covers the entire spectrum of subjects related to fever.
It gives an overview of the best treatment options in order to
achieve the best results. Containing a core message at the start of
each chapter and with and a reader-friendly format this is an
indispensable guide for paediatricians, family doctors and other
professionals who are regularly consulted because of febrile
children.
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