Book description
The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne is a leading clinical and
training centre in paediatrics. This Handbook is a highly popular,
succinct guide to managing common and serious disorders in childhood. It
is used far beyond the hospital by medical, nursing, and allied health
professionals caring for children. It emphasizes the community-based
approach to the management of children's problems along with clinical
management by the doctor of first contact. This new 8th edition has been
updated in line with the Hospital's Clinical Practice Guidelines and
features clear illustrations and diagnostic and management algorithms.
The must have management guide for all paediatric clinicians and students
With today's busy clinician requiring an reliable, ‘one-stop-shop' to
questions on important paediatric conditions, who better to present the
latest edition of a popular paediatric handbook than the team at The
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, long-regarded as the leading
clinical and training centre for Paediatric Medicine in Australia?
Some of the exciting new features of the 8th edition include:
• New chapters on sleep, continence, slow weight gain (failure to
thrive) and obesity
• Extensively revised chapters on renal conditions, pain management and
immigrant health
• New topics on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (pumps), cystic
fibrosis, stroke and management of illicit drug poisoning
• Links to useful internet websites are now included, indicated by a www
symbol in the text margins
• A new supplementary website at www. rchhandbook. org
• Resuscitation guide and Australian Immunisation schedule on inside covers
Besides being a clinical management guide to paediatrics, this is also
an excellent supplemental handbook for students, junior medical staff
and any medical practitioners needing a tool to enable fast decisions at
point of care.
Review of the previous edition
“ This is an excellent handbook, which is most comprehensive and easy to
use. It is highly recommended for all resident and registrar staff in
paediatric hospitals and paediatric units. “
- Journal of Paediatric Child Health
Dr Kate Thomson,
General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Dr Dean Tey
Dr Michael Marks
, Department of Paediatrics, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
