The Baby Bear Book

For the past two decades, The Baby Bear Book has been the 'go-to' text for healthcare professionals caring for sick children in Singapore. With an emphasis on the clinical aspects of paediatric care, the 4th edition includes important revisions and new chapters by experienced clinicians to enhance its usefulness in today's practice. The Baby Bear Book is a practical guide which provides the latest evidence-based information that is relevant to the care of children from newborn through adolescence.

This book provides key messages from the relevant literature and practical solutions to real problems faced by those who work with sick children, presented by experienced, expert paediatricians. It is a ready reference for paediatricians and family physicians at every stage of their training, and long after.

Contents:

• Foreword

• Preface

• Medical Emergencies:

  • Recognising the Critically Ill Child (Loi V-Ter, Mervin; Lim Kian Boon, Joel)
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (Loi V-Ter, Mervin; Lim Kian Boon, Joel)
  • Drug Overdose and Poisoning (Tan Shi Rui, Victoria; Lim Kae Shin; Ong Yong-Kwang, Gene)

• Surgical Emergencies:

  • Neurosurgical Emergencies (Low Yin Yee, Sharon)
  • Acute Abdomen (Ong Choo Phaik, Caroline)
  • Major Trauma (Junaidah Binte Badron)

• Procedures:

  • Urinary Catheterisation (Chow Wen Hann; Chang Su Ying, Serena; Chan Meng Fai, Joel)
  • Lumbar Puncture (Chow Wen Hann; Chang Su Ying, Serena; Chan Meng Fai, Joel)
  • Central Venous Line Insertion (Cher Yuqin; Ng Si Min, Pamela; Lim Kian Boon, Joel)
  • Chest Tube Insertion (Ng Si Min, Pamela; Cher Yuqin; Chan Meng Fai, Joel; Lee York Tien)
  • Bone Marrow Aspiration and Trephine (Cher Yuqin; Ng Si Min, Pamela; Lee Ming Wei)
  • Exchange Transfusion (Chow Wen Hann; Eleah Nolasco Vidal; Shrenik Vora)
  • Umbilical Artery and Vein Catheterisation (Huang Peiqi; Chow Wen Hann; Kong Juin Yee)
  • Percutaneous-Inserted Central Catheter Insertion (Huang Peiqi; Chow Wen Hann; Kong Juin Yee)

• Sedation and Analgesia:

  • Sedation and Analgesia (Wong Ju Ming, Judith; Lim Kian Boon, Joel; Yeo Siok Hoong, Angela)

• Adolescent Health:

  • The Adolescent Interview: HEADSS Assessment (Kumudhini Rajasegaran; Courtney Davis; Chew Chu Shan, Elaine; Tan Sher Kit, Juliet; Oh Jean Yin)
  • Eating Disorders (Oh Jean Yin; Chew Chu Shan, Elaine; Courtney Davis; Kumudhini Rajasegaran; Tan Sher Kit, Juliet)
  • Adolescent Sexual Health (Tan Sher Kit, Juliet; Karen Donceras Nadua; Seet Meei Jiun; Lee Hwee Chyen; Courtney Davis; Chew Chu Shan, Elaine; Kumudhini Rajasegaran)

• Allergy & Immunology:

  • Anaphylaxis (Goh Si Hui; Lee May Ping, Samantha; Goh Eng Neo, Anne)
  • Food Allergy (Chong Kok Wee; Goh Eng Neo, Anne)
  • Drug Allergy (Tan Liling, Lynette; Loh Wenyin)
  • Urticaria (Lee May Ping, Samantha; Ong Lin Xin)
  • Primary Immunodeficiencies (Inborn Errors of Immunity) (Chan Su-Wan, Bianca; Liew Woei Kang)

• Cardiology:

  • Chest Pain (Tan Teng Hong)
  • Syncope (Chan Jiahui, Charmaine; Tan Teng Hong)
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias (Chan Jiahui, Charmaine; Tan Teng Hong)
  • Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure (Zhang Zhewei, Dyan; Sreekanthan Sundararaghavan)
  • Infective Endocarditis <

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