• Content carefully aligned with the revised 2024 competencies, ensuring relevant and context-based learning throughout. • Written in simple language for better understanding of the subject. • Recent guidelines and advances included in applicable chapters
• New changes in various terminologies followed in all chapters. • New classifications such as modified Ross classification of heart failure in children, modified Duke's criteria for infective endocarditis, Lugano classification of Hodgkin lymphoma, new classification of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and classification of newborns based on gestational age have been included. • New/updated topics such as Kuppuswamy's socioeconomic scale, UIP schedule, Brazelion stages of alertness, druginduced lupus erythematosus, clinical features of chylous ascites, bronchiolitis, pathology of nephrotic syndrome, pathogenesis of oedema, congenital nephrotic syndrome, complications of Cushing syndrome, causes of diarrhoea according to age of onset, comparison of different types of diarrhoea, assessment of severity of dehydration, fluorosis, current terminologies used in malnutrition, criteria for severe acute malnutrition and moderate acute malnutrition, seizures and febrile convulsions have been included
• Tables and boxes provided for better understanding of the topics. • Clinical photographs provided to help students in their clinical sessions. • Mnemonics given in this book will be helpful for remembering and recollecting topics easily
• Review questions with answers provided to help students to self-evaluate and prepare for various University and competitive exams.
