The paediatric consultation -- Systems examination -- Understanding investigations I -- Understanding investigations II -- Growth and puberty -- Development and developmental assessment -- Infant nutrition -- Common problems for parents -- Adolescent issues -- The child health service -- Child care and school -- Immunization and the diseases they protect against -- Screening and surveillance tests -- The acutely ill child -- The unconscious child -- The fitting child -- The febrile child -- Acute diarrhoea and dehydration -- Vomiting -- The chesty child -- Stridor -- Acute abdominal pain -- Accidents and burns -- Poisoning -- Chronic diarrhoea -- Recurrent abdominal pain -- Constipation -- Urinary symptoms -- Headache -- Fits, faints and funny turns -- Leg pain and limp -- Swollen joints -- Swellings in the neck -- Swellings in the groin and scrotum -- Pyrexia of unknown origin and serious recurrent infections -- Rashes; types of skin lesions -- Acute rashes -- Rashes, chronic skin problems -- Rashes, discrete skin lesions -- Rashes, nappy rashes and itchy lesions -- Short stature and poor growth -- Failure to thrive (weight faltering) -- Heart murmurs -- Anaemia and pallor -- Neglect and abuse -- The child with developmental delay -- The newborn baby -- Congenital abnormalities -- Prematurity -- Neonatal jaundice -- Congenital heart disease -- Asthma -- Diabetes -- Cystic fibrosis -- Juvenile chronic arthritis -- Childhood cancer -- The child with a disability -- The child with visual and hearing impairment -- The child with cerebral palsy -- Epilepsy -- Learning disability.