Pediatric Clinical Skills

By Richard B. Goldbloom OC MD FRCPC Dlitt(Hon)

Book Overview

With a focus on children and their families, Pediatric Clinical Skills provides a clinical approach that is custom-tailored to each child's problem and needs by using a physician's most effective tool...the clinical examination. It shows how keen observation can provide critical diagnostic clinical information while saving time and money. The 3rd Edition describes the examination process, the fine points of assessment techniques, and much more.Presents "hot tips" and "tricks of the trade" for better patient care.Covers family interviewing and history-taking guidance.Examines the best approaches to the examination of infants, children, and adolescents.Describes the fine points of assessment techniques for specific systems and functions.Reviews clinical discussions for each body system.Includes diagnostic algorithms and tables for quick analysis of data.Provides over 545 illustrations to clarify the text.Updates and revises all chapters, offering the latest information on neurological assessment, surveying for STDs, evaluating the newborn, spina bifida, and moreFeatures new chapters on cross-cultural care, patients with chronic illness, and assessing children for sports participation

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721694756
• ISBN13: 9780721694757
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 0.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

If you're new to pediatrics - get yourself a copy!

Apart from the standard textbook on clinical examination ("Bates") which features a rather small chapter on the examination of children I have not yet come across a textbook featuring this subject. In addition to this (at least for me) long awaited subject this book covers the art of taking the history and examining the child in a very gentle way. Lots of pictures and boxed "key points" make it easy to get into the matter. I find the book a little costly though, considering it only features a paper binding.