About the Book

Pediatric Examination: A Clinical Handbook has been developed for the undergraduate medical students. It may also aid the health care practitioners handling pediatric cases.

Salient features of the book:

• Eleven chapters divided according to the systems to be examined.
• Appendix summarising the biochemical parameters and their reference values.
• Information about relevant history to be documented, examination pertaining to the particular system and the clinical signs to look-out for.
• Handy tips to make the babies and children feel comfortable during the examination.
• Simple language so that the students whose primary language is not English may also benefit from it.
• Bulleted text for a clear and crisp presentation.
• Highlighted coloured boxes to emphasise important nuggets of information and to reinforce positive clinical practices and discourage the undesirable ones.
• A total of 71 illustrations and 103 four-colour images to clearly demonstrate the examination techniques and the anomalies to look-out for.
• Twenty-one tables to capture various signs and symptoms in a nutshell.
• Anecdotes/acronyms/mnemonics included, where appropriate, to assist the students in memorising relevant facts.
• Convenient dimensions so that this book may be carried in the pockets of the students’ white coats, to be referred to repeatedly.
• A separate section devoted to detailed history taking for adolescents, as an entirely different approach is needed for them.