English in Paediatrics 1

The textbook English in Paediatrics is designed for mothers and carers as well as medical students, paediatric nurses and paediatricians who wish to live, study and/or work in English¬-speaking countries or need to study original English texts. The teachers can choose from reading texts and different types of useful exercises according to the language level (basic to advanced) and professional interests of their students. The first units deal with pregnancy and birth; the start of life; antenatal care; screening and diagnostic tests; and labour and birth. Later caring for your baby in the first weeks of life; breastfeeding; bottle feeding; introducing solid food and all about medicines; sleep; bathing and washing your baby; nappies and nappy care are described. Next units are aimed at your child's health (chilling; overheating; vomiting; temperature; going to hospital); and infectious illnesses (colds and flu; chickenpox; whooping cough, eye problems; ear problems; mouth infections; and throat infections). In the following lessons you will find information about stomach pain; bladder, kidney, and genital problems; skin problems; and your child's safety (first aid; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; choking; drowning; burns and scalds; serious bleeding and minor bites and stings). Then you can learn about the child in society; history and examination; general enquiry and systems review; pattern of child development; developmental milestones; developmental problems and the child with special needs; general learning difficulty (hearing impairment; visual impairment); paediatric emergencies (management of the seriously injured child; anaphylaxis; neurological emergencies; SIDS; accidents and poisoning; choking, suffocation and strangulation; burns and scalds). The last units characterize; newborn life support - sequence of resuscitation; neonatal medicine; lesions in newborn infants that resolve spontaneously; medical problems of preterm infants; early childhood caries; features of gastrointestinal disorders; and growth and puberty.