Praktické dětské lékařství – Šebková Alena (2023)

The aim of the editors and authors of the monograph is not to replace the textbook of pediatrics and other fields; the book is practically oriented and reflects everyday medical practice. In its new edition, it has been completely revised and expanded with new chapters. ***** The book covers the entire range of issues in pediatric and adolescent general practice, focusing in the general part on topics such as the organization of primary care in pediatrics in the Czech Republic, assessment issues, preventive examinations, vaccinations, care for newborns and infants, including at-risk newborns, issues concerning school-aged children, and specific care for adolescents. The special part is dedicated to differential diagnosis and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for the most common diagnoses encountered by a general pediatrician in the respective organ system or pediatric subspecialty (cardiology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, hematology, pulmonology, neurology, genetics, dermatology, and more). ***** In the second edition, the authors respond to the rapid development of medicine during the COVID pandemic and have supplemented the text with chapters dedicated to newly emerging infectious diseases, particularly COVID-19, as well as complications accompanying their...