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Paediatrics for doctors in Papua New Guinea
A guide for doctors providing health services for children - Second Edition 2003
COPYRIGHT to all material contained in PAEDIATRICS FOR DOCTORS IN PNG is vested in John Vince and Frank Shann. No material contained in the book may be reproduced by any process, distributed or commercialised without prior written permission from John Vince or Frank Shann. Any permitted reproduction made must acknowledge PAEDIATRICS FOR DOCTORS IN PNG as the source of the reproduced material. Please contact John Vince if you want to use any material.
DISCLAIMER: Considerable care has been taken to see that the contents of this work are accurate, but the user is responsible for checking the information carefully. The authors and publisher do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the work, and they make no representation concerning its efficacy or suitability. The authors and publisher will not be responsible for any errors or omissions.
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Contents
Paediatrics for doctors - Cover [pdf 94K]
Paediatrics for doctors pg i to vii [pdf 85K]
- JOHN BIDDULPH - pg i
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - pg ii
- CONTENTS - pg iii
- PREFACE - pg vii
Paediatrics for doctors pg 1 to 10 [pdf 138K]
- INTRODUCTION: CHILD HEALTH IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA - pg 1
- PAPUA NEW GUINEA - HEALTH INDICES - pg 3
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THE PROBLEMS OF CHILD HEALTH IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA - pg 5
Infant mortality rate and under 5 mortality rate; Common childhood illnesses; Paediatric nurses; Importance of prevention; Community health clinincs; Primary health care; Priorities for child health services; Traditional child-rearing practices; Breast feeding; Standard treatment books; Selective intervention programmes; Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI)
Paediatrics for doctors pg 11 to 14 [pdf 45K]
- THE 10-STEP CHECKLIST - ALL CHILDREN - pg 11
- RECOMMENDED BOOKS ON COMMUNITY CHILD HEALTH - pg 12
- ABBREVIATIONS - pg 13
Paediatrics for doctors pg 15 to 21 [pdf 87K]
- ABDOMINAL DISTENSION - pg 15
- AMOEBIASIS - pg 16
- ANAEMIA - pg 17
- ANAEMIA - PERSISTENT OR RECURRENT - pg 20
Paediatrics for doctors pg 22 to 28 [pdf 143K]
- ANAESTHETHICS - pg 22
- ANAESTHETICS - DRUG DOSES - pg 27
Paediatrics for doctors pg 29 to 38 [pdf 111K]
- ANAPHYLAXIS - pg 29
- ANTIBIOTICS - pg 31
- ANTISEPTICS - pg 32
- ARTERIAL PUNCTURE - pg 34
- ARTHRITIS (ACUTE) - ONE JOINT - pg 35
- ARTHRITIS OR ARTHRALGIA (ACUTE) - MORE THAN ONE JOINT - pg 36
- ARTHRITIS - CHRONIC - pg 38
Paediatrics for doctors pg 39 to 44 [pdf 77K]
- ASCITES - ASPIRATION - ABDOMINAL PARACENTESIS - pg 39
- ASCITES WITHOUT OTHER OEDEMA - pg 40
- ASTHMA - pg 41
Paediatrics for doctors pg 45 to 49 [pdf 89K]
- ATAXIA - ACUTE OR SUBACUTE - pg 45
- BIRD RESPIRATOR - pg 46
Paediatrics for doctors pg 50 to 61 [pdf 117K]
- BLEEDING DISORDERS IN CHILDREN - pg 50
- BLOOD CULTURE - pg 53
- BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT IN INFANTS - pg 54
- BLOOD TRANSFUSION - INDICATIONS - pg 55
- BONE MARROW ASPIRATION - pg 57
- BOOKS - pg 59
- BURNS - pg 60
Paediatrics for doctors pg 62 to 71 [pdf 139K]
- CANCRUM ORIS - pg 62
- CARDIAC ARREST - pg 63
- CARDIOMEGALY - pg 66
- CAROTID ANGIOGRAM - pg 67
- CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERISATION - pg 68
- CEREBROSPINAL FLUID - EXAMINATION - pg 70
- CEREBROSPINAL FLUID - RESULTS - pg 71
Paediatrics for doctors pg 72 to 84 [pdf 128K]
- CHILD ABUSE - pg 72
- CHOLERA - pg 75
- CHRONIC RAISED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE - pg 77
- CISTERNAL PUNCTURE - pg 80
- COLOSTOMY AND ILEOSTOMY - STOMA MANAGEMENT - pg 81
- COMA - pg 82
Paediatrics for doctors pg 85 to 94 [pdf 107K]
- CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND SURGICAL REFERRAL - pg 85
- CONVULSIONS - ACUTE PRESENTATION - pg 88
- CONVULSIONS - RECURRENT - pg 92
- CRETINISM (ENDEMIC) - pg 94
Paediatrics for doctors pg 95 to 102 [pdf 100K]
- CROSSMATCH OF BLOOD - pg 95
- CUT DOWN - pg 97
- DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES - pg 99
- DIABETES MELLITUS - pg 101
Paediatrics for doctors pg 103 to 112 [pdf 109K]
- DIARROHEA - pg 103
- DIARRHOEA - DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT SUMMARY - pg 107
- DROWNING - pg 108
- ECG INTERPRETATION - pg 109
Paediatrics for doctors pg 113 to 121 [pdf 142K]
- ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION - pg 113
- EOSINOPHILIA - pg 115
- EQUIPMENT - pg 117
Paediatrics for doctors pg 122 to 132 [pdf 125K]
- EYES - pg 122
- FAMILY PLANNING - pg 126
- FEMORAL VEIN PUNCTURE - pg 129
- FEVER - pg 130
- FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN - pg 131
Paediatrics for doctors pg 133 to 140 [pdf 82K]
- FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE THERAPY - pg 133
- FOREIGN BODIES - pg 137
- FROG BREATHING - pg 139
- GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY (G6PD) - pg 140
Paediatrics for doctors pg 141 to 142 [pdf 170K]
- HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE - pg 141
Paediatrics for doctors pg 143 to 150 [pdf 91K]
- HEALTH CENTRE VISITS - pg 143
- HEART DISEASE - CONGENITAL - pg 147
- HEART DISEASE - INNOCENT (FUNCTIONAL) MURMURS - pg 150
Paediatrics for doctors pg 151 to 160 [pdf 134K]
- HIV INFECTION - pg 151
- HOSPITALISATION - pg 156
- HYDROCEPHALUS - pg 158
- HYPERVENTILATION - pg 160
Paediatrics for doctors pg 161 to 166 [pdf 82K]
- HYPOGLYCAEMIA - pg 161
- HYPOTHYROIDISM - pg 162
- IMMUNISATION - pg 163
Paediatrics for doctors pg 167 to 171 [pdf 83K]
- INFANT FEEDING - pg 167
- INTRAOSSEOUS INFUSION - pg 171
Paediatrics for doctors pg 172 to 174 [pdf 70K]
- INTRAVENOUS CATHETERS - pg 172
Paediatrics for doctors pg 175 to 183 [pdf 80K]
- INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAM - pg 175
- JAUNDICE IN CHILDREN - SUMMARY - pg 176
- JAUNDICE IN CHILDREN - HAEMOLYSIS - pg 177
- JAUNDICE IN CHILDREN - HEPATITIS - pg 178
- JOURNALS - pg 180
- LACTATION - DRUGS CROSSING INTO BREAST MILK - pg 181
- LACTATION INDUCTION - pg 182
Paediatrics for doctors pg 184 to 193 [pdf 144K]
- LEPROSY - pg 184
- LIMP - pg 189
- LIVER BIOPSY - pg 190
- LUMBAR PUNCTURE - pg 192
- LUNG ASPIRATION - pg 193
Paediatrics for doctors pg 194 to 203 [pdf 131K]
- MALARIA - SUMMARY - pg 194
- MALARIA - TREATMENT AND COMPLICATIONS - pg 197
Paediatrics for doctors pg 204 to 209 [pdf 80K]
- MALIGNANT DISEASE - pg 204
Paediatrics for doctors pg 210 to 220 [pdf 149K]
- MALNUTRITION - INTRODUCTION - pg 210
- MALNUTRITION - MANAGEMENT - SUMMARY - pg 213
- MALNUTRITION - DIAGNOSIS - pg 214
- MALNUTRITION - INPATIENT TREATMENT - pg 215
- MALNUTRITION - OUTPATIENT TREATMENT - pg 220
Paediatrics for doctors pg 221 to 228 [pdf 110K]
- MEASLES - pg 221
- MENINGITIS - pg 223
- MENINGITIS - CRYPTOCOCCAL - pg 227
Paediatrics for doctors pg 229 to 235 [pdf 82K]
- MICTURATING CYSTOURETHROGRAM - pg 229
- MILK FEEDS - pg 230
- MILK MIXTURES - pg 231
- MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS - pg 232
- MYELOGRAM - pg 233
- NEONATES - ADMISSION - pg 234
Paediatrics for doctors pg 236 to 242 [pdf 86K]
- NEONATES - APNOEA - pg 236
- NEONATES - ASPHYXIA - pg 2338
- NEONATES - BORN BEFORE ARRIVAL (BBA) - pg 240
- NEONATES - CONVULSIONS - pg 241
Paediatrics for doctors pg 243 to 249 [pdf 125K]
- NEONATES - DRUG DILUTIONS - pg 243
- NEONATES - DRUG DOSES - pg 244
- NEONATES - EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION - pg 247
Paediatrics for doctors pg 250 to 255 [pdf 84K]
- NEONATES - FLUIDS AND FEEDS - pg 250
- NEONATES - INFECTION (NEONATAL SEPSIS) - pg 251
- NEONATES - JAUNDICE - pg 254
Paediatrics for doctors pg 256 to 263 [pdf 101K]
- NEONATES - LOW BIRTH WEIGHT - pg 256
- NEONATES - MECONIUM ASPIRATION - pg 261
- NEONATES - MENINGITIS - pg 262
Paediatrics for doctors pg 264 to 272 [pdf 108K]
- NEONATES - MILK FEEDS - pg 264
- NEONATES - NECROTISING ENTEROCOLITIS - pg 265
- NEONATES - PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS - pg 267
- NEONATES - PHOTOTHERAPY - pg 269
- NEONATES - RESPIRATORY DISTRESS - pg 271
Paediatrics for doctors pg 273 to 279 [pdf 95K]
- NEONATES - RESUSCITATION - pg 237
- NEONATES - TETANUS - pg 275
- NEONATES - UMBILICAL VEIN CATHETERISATION - pg 277
- NEPHROTIC SYNDROME - pg 279
Paediatrics for doctors pg 280 to 285 [pdf 72K]
- NORMAL VALUES - pg 280
- OEDEMA - pg 282
- OSTEOMYELITIS, PYOMYOSITIS AND SEPTIC ARTHRITIS - pg 284
- OTITIS MEDIA - pg 285
Paediatrics for doctors pg 286 to 292 [pdf 89K]
- PAEDIATRIC RULES - pg 286
- PAEDIATRIC SURVEILLANCE UNIT - pg 288
- PARALYSIS - ACUTE - pg 289
Paediatrics for doctors pg 293 to 301 [pdf 111K]
- PARALYSIS - CHRONIC - FLACCID - pg 293
- PARALYSIS - SPASTIC (HYPERTONIC) - pg 295
- PERICARDIAL EFFUSION AND PERICARDIOCENTESIS - pg 297
- PERITONEAL DIALYSIS - pg 300
- PERITONEAL TAP - DIAGNOSTIC - pg 301
Paediatrics for doctors pg 302 to 309 [pdf 93K]
- PERTUSSIS (WHOOPING COUGH) - pg 302
- PIGBEL (ENTERITIS NECROTICANS) - pg 304
- PLEURAL EFFUSION - pg 308
Paediatrics for doctors pg 310 to 316 [pdf 127K]
- PNEUMONIA - pg 310
- PNEUMONIA - PROLONGED - pg 314
- PNEUMOTHORAX - pg 315
Paediatrics for doctors pg 317 to 325 [pdf 111K]
- POISONING - pg 317
- POISONING - Table of poisons (Part 1) - pg 320
Paediatrics for doctors pg 326 to 336 [pdf 109K]
- POISONING - Table of poisons cont. (Part 2) - pg 326
- POISONING - BITES AND STINGS - pg 333
- POISONING - PLANTS - pg 335
- POISONING - SEAFOOD INGESTION - pg 336
Paediatrics for doctors pg 337 to 345 [pdf 113K]
- PRIMARY HEALTH CARE - pg 337
- RABIES - pg 339
- RENAL FAILURE - ACUTE - pg 340
- RENAL FAILURE - CHRONIC - pg 343
- RENAL TUBULAR ACIDOSIS - pg 345
Paediatrics for doctors pg 346 to 353 [pdf 100K]
- SEPTIC SHOCK - pg 346
- SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE - pg 347
- SKIN DISEASES - pg 349
- SNAKEBITE - pg 351
Paediatrics for doctors pg 354 to 361 [pdf 99K]
- STRIDOR - pg 354
- STRONGYLOIDIASIS - pg 356
- SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS (SSPE) - pg 358
- TETANUS - pg 360
Paediatrics for doctors pg 362 to 366 [pdf 68K]
- THALASSAEMIA - pg 362
- TRACHEOSTOMY - pg 364
- TROPICAL SPLENOMEGALY SYNDROME (TSS) - pg 366
Paediatrics for doctors pg 367 to 374 [pdf 122K]
- TUBERCULOSIS - pg 367
- TYPHOID - pg 373
Paediatrics for doctors pg 375 to 383 [pdf 92K]
- ULTRASONOGRAPHY - pg 375
- UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION (URTI) - pg 376
- URETHRAL CATHETER - pg 377
- URINARY TRACT INFECTION AND URINE COLLECTION - pg 378
- URINARY TRACT INFECTION - TREATMENT - pg 381
- URINE TESTS - pg 382
Paediatrics for doctors pg 384 to 388 [pdf 55K]
- VAGINAL DISCHARGE (PREPUBERTAL) - pg 384
- WHEEZING - pg 385
- WHITE CELL COUNT OVER 40,000 PER CMM - pg 386
- YAWS - pg 387
Paediatrics for doctors pg 389 to 392 [pdf 76K]
- DRUG DOSES - HOSPITAL (Table Part 1) - pg 389
Paediatrics for doctors pg 393 to 397 [pdf 89K]
- DRUG DOSES - HOSPITAL (Table Part 2) - pg 393
- IV AND ORAL FLUIDS - pg 397
Paediatrics for doctors pg 398 to 408 [pdf 92K]
- INDEX - pg 398