ABC of One to Seven

Bernard Valman, Consultant Paediatrician, Northwick Park Hospital, London UK, one time editor of Archives of Disease in Childhood (Journal of the RCPCH).

• Contributors viiPreface viii1 Talking to Children 1Bernard Valman2 The Terrible Twos 3Claire Sturge3 Sleep Problems 6Bernard Valman4 Respiratory Tract Infection 10Bernard Valman5 Tonsillitis and Otitis Media 14Bernard Valman6 Stridor 18Bernard Valman7 Asthma 21Bernard Valman8 Acute Abdominal Pain 28Bernard Valman9 Recurrent Abdominal Pain 32Bernard Valman10 Vomiting and Acute Diarrhoea 35Bernard Valman11 Chronic Diarrhoea 39Bernard Valman12 Urinary Tract Infection 43Bernard Valman13 Nocturnal Enuresis 48Bernard Valman14 Systolic Murmurs 51Bernard Valman15 Growth Failure 53Bernard Valman16 Prevention and Management of Obesity 57Bernard Valman17 Common Rashes 60Bernard Valman18 Infectious Diseases 64Bernard Valman19 Paediatric Dermatology 69Saleem Goolamali20 Febrile Convulsions 77Bernard Valman21 Epilepsy 80Bernard Valman22 Recurrent Headache 83Bernard Valman23 Poisoning 86Bernard Valman24 Accidents 90Bernard Valman25 Severely Ill Children 94Bernard Valman26 Basic Life Support in the Community 100Bernard Valman27 The Child with Fever 102Bernard Valman28 Behaviour Problems 105Bernard Valman29 Children with Special Needs 108Daphne Keen30 School Failure 112Ruth Levere31 Minor Orthopaedic Problems 115John Fixsen32 Limp 119John Fixsen33 Services for Children: Primary Care 122Ed Peile34 Services for Children: The Community 128Arlene Boroda35 Services for Children: Outpatient Clinics and Day-Care 131Bernard Valman36 Services for Children: Emergency Department Ambulatory and Inpatients 134Bernard Valman37 Audit in Primary Care Paediatrics 138Ed Peile38 Child Abuse 141Arlene Boroda39 Services for Children: Children’s Social Care 144Ron Lock40 Useful Information 147Bernard ValmanAcknowledgements 153Index 154