GREAT ORMOND STREET HANDBOOK OF PAEDIATRICS 2TH EDITION

Emergency Medicine

Child Protection

Infectious Diseases

Respiratory Medicine

Cardiology

Dermatology

Ophthalmology

Neurology

Gastroenterology

Renal Diseases

Haematology

Oncology

Endocrinology

Metabolic Disorders

Genetics

Immunology

Rheumatology

Neonatal and General Paediatric Surgery

Otorhinolaryngology

Plastic Surgery

Orthopaedics and Fractures

Urology

Allergic Diseases

Features
- Provides all-encompassing coverage of a wide range of paediatric conditions
- Presents the clinical presentation, incidence, diagnosis, aetiology/pathogenesis, complications, treatment, and management and prognosis for most conditions
- Incorporates more than 1000 illustrations, including clinical photos, imaging, charts, graphs and histology
- Draws on the expertise of clinicians at one of the best pediatrics hospitals in the world

Summary
The Great Ormond Street Handbook of Paediatrics draws on the extraordinary knowledge and expertise of clinicians at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, the UK’s premier academic biomedical research centre in paediatrics. Since its foundation in 1852, it has been transformed into one of the great children’s hospitals of the world with an international reputation for work of the highest quality in the treatment of children with a wide range of serious conditions.

This new edition of a bestseller provides an all-encompassing coverage of a wide range of paediatric conditions. It provides the clinical presentation, incidence, diagnosis, aetiology/pathogenesis, complications, treatment, management and prognosis for most conditions. Providing a comprehensive approach, the editors are supported by contributions from specialists associated with the hospital, thus offering an unmatched range of expertise in a compact volume.

The book is also accompanied by more than 1000 illustrations, including clinical photos, imaging, charts, graphs and histology, where appropriate. They enhance the knowledge necessary to make informed and accurate diagnosis. Its easy-to-read format as well as its comprehensive nature makes it a useful resource for those who treat children.

Authors
Stephan Strobel, MD, PhD, MRCP(Hon), FRCP, FRCPCH, emeritus professor of paediatrics and clinical immunology, University of Plymouth and honorary professor of Paediatrics and Clinical Immunology, University College London Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, UK

Lewis Spitz, MBChB, PhD, MD(Hon), FRCS(Edin), FRCS(Eng), FRCS(I Hon), FRCPCH(Hon), FAAP(Hon), FCS(SA Hon), FACS(Hon), emeritus Nuffield professor of paediatric surgery, University College London Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, UK

Stephen D. Marks, MD, MBChB, MSc, MRCP(UK), DCH, FRCPCH, consultant paediatric nephrologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Institute of Child Health, London, UK