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Paediatrics and Child Health

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Dictionaries: 

Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary - online

Mosby's dictionary of medicine, nursing & health professions

Browsing the shelves:

RJ Paediatrics (including clinical paediatrics and the physiology and hygiene of children)
RJ50 - 51 Examination and diagnosis
RJ125 - 145 Physiology of children and adolescents
RJ250 - 325 Premature and newborn infants
RJ370 - 550 Diseases of children and adolescents

Evidence Based Practice

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles: 

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources: 

PEMSoft : the paediatric emergency medicine software
- paediatric clinical decision support software and medical reference database for treatment of ill and injured young people from newborns to young adults

Medical Information Resources

Web Sites

Web Sites: 

UQ Paediatrics and Child Health

Child and Adolescent Health and Development
- World Health Organisation (WHO)

Virtual Pediatric Hospital
- a digital library of paediatric information

GeneralPediatrics.com

American Academy of Pediatrics

PedsCCM: Paediatric Critical Care Medicine
- multidisciplinary and practical resource for paediatric critical care

PediatricEducation.org