Paediatric Respiratory Disease [[electronic resource] ] : Airways and Infection

• Record Nr.: UNISA996339108303316
• Autore: Bush A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Clinical Publishing, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-89540-0; 9786612895401; 1-84692-615-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (112 p.)
• Collana: Atlas of Investigation and Management
• Altri autori (Persone): DaviesJ
• Disciplina: 618.922
• Soggetti: Pediatric respiratory diseases; Respiratory disorder; Respiratory tract diseases -- In infancy & childhood; Age Groups; Diseases; Persons; Infant; Adolescent; Child; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Names; Medicine; Health & Biological Sciences; Pediatrics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Asthma: diagnosis andassessment; Chapter 2: Diseases of the upper airway; Chapter 3: Sleep-disordered breathing in children; Chapter 4: Lower respiratory tract infection in the normal host; Chapter 5: Tuberculosis; Chapter 6: Cystic fibrosis; Chapter 7: Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis; Chapter 8: Reflux and aspiration; Chapter 9: The immunodeficient child; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This uniquely comprehensive work provides a pictorial guide to the whole spectrum of diseases and disorders of the respiratory tract in children. It covers the ear nose and throat, upper and lower airways, and encompasses not only the many conditions that are commonly encountered, but also those that are rarer or more difficult to recognise and diagnose. These include the increasingly important areas of sleep disorders, where patient assessment may present a challenge.Designed to aid the clinician in making a rapid and accurate diagnosis, this Atlas will be of interest to paediatricians, respi