Dalzell A. Mark, Sinha Ian (eds.) Clinical Examination Skills in Paediatrics: For MRCPCH Candidates and Other Practitioners

Wiley-Blackwell, 2020. — 190 p. — ISBN: 978-1-118-74608-0Examining children presents unique challenges for trainees and new doctors in paediatrics. Paediatric patients vary greatly in age and development, often find it difficult to describe their symptoms, and can behave unpredictably in clinical settings. Clinical Examination Skills in Paediatrics helps MRCPCH candidates and other practitioners learn effective history taking and fundamental examination techniques.Clear and concise chapters–with contributions from a team of paediatric specialists–demonstrate the clinical examination and questioning techniques used in daily practice. Emphasis on the intellectual processes involved in decision making assists both trainees preparing for a formal examination as well as new clinicians faced with a difficult diagnostic problem. Topics include cardiovascular and respiratory examination, examining a child with a neuromuscular disorder, musculoskeletal examination, and taking history from a child with diabetes and a rheumatological condition.Clinical Examination Skills in Paediatrics is the perfect study and reference guide for paediatrics trainees, MRCPCH candidates, foundation doctors, allied healthcare professionals, and anyone looking to improve their clinical and communication skills in paediatrics.Rules of engagement (with the clinical examination and the examiners)
Tips for the communication station
Translating into medical-speak
Cardiovascular examination
Respiratory examination
Respiratory examination in a child with neurodisability
Gastrointestinal examination
Examining a child with a renal transplant
Examining a child with cerebral palsy
Cranial nerve and ocular examination
Examining a child with a neuromuscular disorder (focusing on Duchenne muscular dystrophy)
Musculoskeletal examination
Examining a child with endocrine problems
Examining a child with diabetes
Examining a toddler with motor delay
Examining a toddler with speech delay
Examining a child with autism
Taking a history from a child with cardiovascular disease
Taking a history from a child with asthma
Taking a history from a child with cystic fibrosis
Taking a history from a child with inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis)
Taking a history from a child with renal transplant
Taking a history from a child with diabetes
Taking a history from a child with a rheumatological condition