Extensively revised from cover to cover, Kendig and Wilmott’s Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children 10th Edition, continues to be your #1 choice for reliable, up-to-date information on all aspects of pediatric respiratory disorders. This highly respected reference is accessible to specialists and primary care providers alike, with coverage of both common and less common respiratory problems found in the newborn and child. Detailed and thorough, this edition covers basic science and its relevance to today’s clinical issues as well as treatment, management, and outcomes information, making it an ideal resource for day-to-day practice as well as certification or recertification review and other professional examinations such as pHERMES.

• Offers an international perspective on the whole spectrum of the specialty, including a robust video library with demonstrations of key procedures and bronchoscopic views.
• Uses a consistent format with succinct, bulleted text, and contains abundant tables and figures, chapter summaries, and more than 500 full-color images to convey key information in an easy-to-digest manner.
• Contains eleven new chapters and discusses timely topics such as big data and -omics in respiratory disease, COVID-19, obesity and its consequences, and vaping and nicotine addiction among children and young people.
• Provides up-to-date instruction on key procedures, such as bronchoscopy and pulmonary function testing.
• Highlights the knowledge and expertise of nearly 90 new authors who are global experts in the fields of pediatrics, pulmonology, neurology, microbiology, cardiology, physiology, diagnostic imaging, critical care, otolaryngology, allergy, and surgery.

Review

Kendig and Wilmott’s Disorders of the Respiratory Tract in Children Authoritative, evidence-based coverage of this wide-ranging field in one easy-to-understand volume

About the Author

Andrew Bush is Professor of Pediatric Respirology, Imperial College, Consultant Pediatric Chest Physician, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Contents

SECTION 1 Scientific Basis of Pediatric Pulmonology
SECTION 2 Clinical Tools of Pediatric Pulmonology
SECTION 3 Neonatal Pediatric Pulmonology
SECTION 4 Respiratory Infections
SECTION 5 Asthma and Other Wheezing Disorders
SECTION 6 Cystic Fibrosis and Other Causes of Chronic Airway Infection
SECTION 7 Diffuse Lung Disease
SECTION 8 Respiratory Complications in the Immunocompromised Child
SECTION 9 Pulmonary Vascular Disease
SECTION 10 The Aerodigestive Model
SECTION 11 Disorders of Paediatric Sleep and Control of Breathing
SECTION 12 The Critically III Child
SECTION 13 Miscellaneous Pulmonary Disorders
SECTION 14 Emerging Threats to Children’s Lung Health