What’s new in child health (1.5 CPD hours)
09 March 2012
GP and child health specialist Dr Mary Macdonald rounds up recent developments in child health.
Learning objectives
This module will give a GP-focused update on child heath issues, including:
- Using the World Health Organization growth charts
- Diagnosing and assessing food allergies in children with, for example, severe or recurrent asthma, eczema or anaphylaxis
- Controlling asthma symptoms and exacerbations with low-dose inhaled steroids
- Advising parents about the effect of passive smoking on their child's blood pressure
- Treating nocturnal enuresis with an alarm or desmopressin
Author
Dr Mary Macdonald is a GP in Glasgow and a former paediatric specialist.
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