Medi-Vision Medical Signs Online

Peter Sullivan takes us through the stages of normal development, under the headings of Gross Motor; Fine Motor and Vision; Hearing and Speech; and Social Interaction. This is demonstrated by his carrying out assessment in a baby of 3 months, an infant of 10 months, the same little girl at 18 months, and in a 2.5- year old (including the free field distraction hearing test). This has proved to be very useful introduction to this...

The technique of physical examination changes with age, and on this film examples are given of the technique of routine physical examination of the newborn; the infant of 10 months; the 2.5 year old (examination of the ear, nose and throat); and the six-year old, where the examination technique approaches that used in the adult. These should provide valuable role models of good technique for students and trainees in paediatrics to follow.

There are five sick children illustrated in this film, and together they provide a useful introduction to the sick child, and how illness in children presents- with the similarities and differences from disease in adults. Patient 1 is a young baby with classical whooping cough (pertusssis); patient 2 is a baby with a VSD and bronchiolitis; patient 3 is a nine-year old child with an abdominal swelling, due to nephroblastoma; and patients 4 and 5...

Dr Khanh is a paediatric neurologist with great experience of polio. On this film he presents two infants, the first a 13-month old boy with pure motor paralysis due to classical acute poliomyelitis, and asymmetrical paralysis of the lower limbs; and the second a three year old boy with symmetrical distal limb weakness due to Guillain-Barré syndrome. The clinical features are well presented, and the differential diagnosis and management fully discussed. The film concludes with...

These dreadful diseases, easily prevented by active immunisation programmes, are still rife in many less fortunate parts of the world. On this film, we explore these two diseases with the help of specialists in Ho Chin Minh City, Vietnam and San Lazaro Hospital, Manila, the Philippines. A total of 10 cases of tetanus, and five of diphtheria well illustrate the horror of these preventable diseases. In the discussions we also consider the pathophysiology of these...

Measles is one of the most infectious diseases known, with a significant morbidity and mortality, especially in the malnourished. The main features of five cases are demonstrated and treatment discussed. Then seven cases of chickenpox (Varicella) are shown, ranging from a trivial illness in young children to severe disseminated chickenpox in adults. This is followed by a discussion of many of the issues relating to immunisation, and important aspects of treatment. Finally, Dr Heath presents...

Tuberculosis is one of the opportunistic infections to which AIDS patients are especially vulnerable, because they fail to mount an adequate immune response. Their concomitant spread has been associated with the widespread development of multi-drug resistance of tuberculosis. On this film we examine their prevention and management both separately and together, concentrating on the plight of children in the developing world, and also hear of the programme in Thailand for the prevention of mother to...