Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, second edition remains the first point of reference for those faced with treating acute or chronic respiratory problems. The handbook discusses the approach to clinical problems, specific conditions, supportive care and practical procedures, and includes vital appendices covering specific tests and statistics. Designed as a practical guide, it serves general and specialist paediatricians at both consultant and trainee level.

The book is divided into five parts. Part I provides a practical approach to acute and non-acute clinical problems. Part II provides detailed information about common and more rare clinical conditions. Part III provides useful information on supportive care, including for example, use of non-invasive ventilation and the care of a child with a tracheotomy. Part IV gives details on how to perform several practical procedures, such as ciliary brush biopsy, flexible bronchoscopy, and inserting a chest drain. The appendices provide information on lung function testing and tables of age-corrected normal values for several respiratory parameters.

Written by three consultants in paediatric respiratory medicine, their expertise in the subject provides all levels of paediatricians with practical guide on a subject that is increasingly relevant in paediatrics.

About the Author:
Jeremy Hull, Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Oxford Children's Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK, Julian Forton, Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Walles, Cardiff, UK, Anne Thomson, Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Oxford Children's Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

Dr Hull is a Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine at the Children's Hospital in Oxford. He trained in several different centres in the UK and in Melbourne. He has interests in genetics and respiratory syncytial virus infection.

Dr Forton is a Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine based at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. His research interest is in the genetics of susceptibility to infection.

Dr Thomson is a Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine at the Children's Hospital in Oxford. She is the director of the Cystic Fibrosis Centre and has interests in the management of respiratory infections including pneumonia and empyema


Table of Contents:
Part I. Approach to clinical problems 1: Examining the respiratory system 2: Poorly controlled asthma 3: Recurrent or persistent 'chest infection' 4: Chronic cough 5: Stridor 6: Infant apnoea 7: Cystic fibrosis: poor weight gain 8: Cystic fibrosis: loss of lung function 9: Chest pain 10: Haemoptysis 11: The immuno-compromised child 12: Muscle weakness 13: Pneumonia on the intensive care unit Part II. Specific conditions 14: Asthma 15: Cystic fibrosis 16: Respiratory pathogens 17: Community-acquired pneumonia 18: Bacterial infection 19: Viral infection 20: Fungal infection 21: Parasitic and protozoal infection 22: Tuberculosis 23: Human immunodeficiency virus infection 24: Structural problems of upper and lower airway 25: Sleep disordered breathing and other sleep problems 26: Respiratory control disorders 27: Sudden infant death syndrome 28: Apparent life-threatening events 29: Cerebral palsy 30: Gastro-oesophageal reflux and aspiration lung disease 31: Foreign body aspiration 32: Inhalational lung disease 33: Non-cystic bronchiectasis 34: Primary ciliary dyskinesia 35: Primary immune deficiency 36: Post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans 37: Pleural effusion 38: Pneumothorax 39: Chronic lung disease of prematurity 40: Chest wall deformity and scoliosis 41: Congenital lung anomalies 42: Craniofacial abnormalities 43: Atopic eczema and allergic rhinitis 44: Food allergy 45: Heart disease 46: Interstitial lung disease 47: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis 48: Neuromuscular weakness 49: Thoracic tumours 50: Pulmonary complications of cancer treatment 51: Pulmonary hypertension 52: Pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophilia 53: Sickle-cell disease 54: Rare diseases affecting lungs or airway 55: Lung transplantation Part III. Supportive care 56: Use of oxygen 57: Inhalers and nebulizers 58: Airway clearance techniques 59: Immunization 60: Dealing with non-adherence to therapy 61: Non-invasive ventilation 62: Tracheostomy Part IV. Practical procedures 63: Airway management 64: Bronchoscopy 65: Chest drain 66: Changing a tracheostomy tube 67: Ciliary brush biopsy 68: Lower airway samples 69: Exercise testing 70: Exhaled and nasal nitric oxide measurement 71: Skin prick testing Appendices 1: Blood gas and acid-base balance 2: Fitness to fly 3: Polysomnography 4: Measuring lung function 5: Lung function - reference values