- Objectives
- Introduction
- Acute rheumatic fever
- What is acute rheumatic fever?
- What are the clinical features of acute rheumatic fever?
- What are the signs of carditis?
- How is the clinical diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever made?
- How is acute rheumatic fever treated?
- How can the first attack of acute rheumatic fever be prevented?
- How can repeated attacks of acute rheumatic fever be prevented?
- What are the possible outcomes of acute rheumatic fever?
- What are the features of chronic rheumatic heart disease?
- What are the clinical symptoms and signs of heart failure?
- Acute glomerulonephritis
- What is acute glomerulonephritis?
- What are the presenting signs of acute glomerulonephritis?
- What is the clinical course of acute glomerulonephritis?
- What are the complications of acute glomerulonephritis?
- What is the management of a child with acute glomerulonephritis?
- How can acute glomerulonephritis be prevented?
- Septicaemia
- What is septicaemia?
- What are the clinical features of septicaemia?
- What is shock?
- How is the capillary filling time measured?
- How is the clinical diagnosis of septicaemia confirmed?
- What is the management of septicaemia?
- What is the treatment of shock?
- What is meningococcal septicaemia?
- What is the typical presentation of meningococcal septicaemia?
- How is meningococcal septicaemia managed?
- How is meningococcal infection prevented?
- Meningitis
- What is meningitis?
- What are the symptoms and signs of meningitis?
- How is the clinical diagnosis of meningitis confirmed?
- Is it easy to tell clinically whether meningitis in a child is due to a bacterial or viral infection?
- What is the correct management of bacterial meningitis?
- Can meningitis be prevented?
- What are the complications of meningitis?
- Pyelonephritis
- Other bacterial infections
- Diabetes
- Convulsions
- Cancer