Clinic Consult Pediatrics: Childhood Diarrhea

by Ajay Kalra, Vipin M Vashishtha

This book is the second edition of the “Clinic Consult Pediatrics: Childhood Diarrhea”. This book “Clinic Consult Pediatrics: Childhood Diarrhea” provides an overview of its clinical management. Two new chapters have been added to the book. The book “Clinic Consult Pediatrics: Childhood Diarrhea” also further reinforces the need for rational use of antibiotics in childhood diarrheas. Diarrhea remains the most common problem of children in developing countries. Yet, it is the one most injudiciously treated. No practitioner of medicine can afford to ignore the dilemmas of dealing with diarrheas. These often lead him to remain a student throughout his life, seeking every new information to deal with the scourge which affects nearly all the developing countries. This book “Clinic Consult Pediatrics: Childhood Diarrhea” is comprised total 16 chapters. The information given in the book is elaborative yet it is concise and to the point. This book provides lucid and comprehensive understanding on diarrhea in children, causes and mechanisms of diarrhea, pathogenesis of diarrhea, clinical diagnosis of diarrhea, physical examination, laboratory investigations, management of acute diarrhea, drug therapy in diarrhea, dietary management, persistent/protracted/recurrent chronic diarrhea, acute diarrhea in the severely malnourished children, celiac disease, lactose intolerance, cow’s milk protein intolerance, prevention of diarrhea and vaccines against diarrheal diseases.

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