RAP-27 Hot Topics presents 33 peer-reviewed, evidence-based and state-of-the-art chapters contributed by 53 experts. The chapters review the depth and breadth of knowledge in contemporary issues in pediatrics with special reference to the Indian subcontinent. The contents are stimulating, mature and, at places, provocative for encouraging further discussion, research and innovation. The book with a multidisciplinary approach in a holistic and easy-to-grasp manner, provides an academic feast that contributes to the RAP series goal of translating advances in the field from bench side to bedside, nay to the community at large, and the eventual beneficiary.