Paediatric Clinical Decision Making: A Comprehensive Guide to Safe Care

This unique textbook is crafted by seasoned clinicians with years of experience in paediatrics to promote high-quality, safe care for infants and children. By sharing their first-hand experiences, the authors aim to reduce common clinical errors and delayed diagnoses, ultimately preventing harm and ensuring optimal health outcomes.

This book is an invaluable resource for anyone involved in making clinical decisions about paediatric patients, including medical, nursing, and health professionals. Trainees and experienced practitioners alike will benefit from the authors’ practical advice and expert insights.

The authors focus on preventing errors and ensuring safe care by highlighting potential pitfalls and red flags across various areas, including:

• Neonatal care
• Mental health issues in adolescence
• Clinical pearls and pitfalls to avoid
• The use of artificial intelligence in paediatric care

The book’s strengths include:

• Learning from others’ experiences and mistakes
• Expert review by sub-specialists in paediatrics
• Instructive case scenarios and high-quality clinical images
• Unique chapters on topics such as avoiding errors and suspecting cancer in childhood

Within its 268 pages, this comprehensive guide covers:

• Recent advances in diagnosis and common presentations
• Identifying the sick child and key symptoms to suspect cancer
• Potential pitfalls in newborn and 6-week examinations
• Unravelling the diagnosis in an infant or child with a fever
• Mental health issues in adolescence
• Ordering and interpreting tests in children
• Surviving and thriving throughout a career in paediatric nursing or medicine

Published by Elsevier, this 1st edition is available in English and provides a valuable resource for healthcare professionals dedicated to providing high-quality, safe care for infants and children.