Completely updated for its Fifth Edition, Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine is one of the most comprehensive textbooks in this specialty.
Coverage includes:
- resuscitation
- more than 70 signs and symptoms
- trauma
- medical and surgical emergencies
- psychosocial emergencies
- neonatal and adolescent care
- an all-inclusive section on procedures
- and more!
This edition includes new pediatric indications for drugs used in the emergency department and more information on ultrasound imaging.
Hundreds of illustrations and tables complement the text throughout. Algorithms for diagnosis and treatment are included in all the chapters on signs and symptoms as well as many others.
Partial Contents
Life-Threatening Emergencies
- Resuscitation
- Neonatal resuscitation
- Shock
- Sedation and analgesia
- Emergency airway management
- Prehospital care and transport medicine
- Emergency department awareness and response to incidents of biological and chemical terrorism
- Acute myocardial infarction in thepediatric emergency department
Signs and Symptoms
- Abdominal distension
- Apnea
- Ataxia
- Breast lesion
- Coma and altered level of consciousness
- Constipation
- Cough
- Cyanosis
...and chapters 17 - 81
Medical Emergencies
- Cardiac emergencies
- Neurologic emergencies
- Infectious disease emergencies
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Renal and electrolyte emergencies
- Hematologic emergencies
- Toxicologic emergencies
- Environmental emergencies
...and chapters 90 - 102
Trauma
- An approach to the injured child
- Major trauma
- Neurotrauma
- Neck trauma
- Thoracic trauma
- Abdominal trauma
- Genitourinary trauma
- Facial trauma
...and chapters 111 - 116
Surgical Emergencies
- Minor lesions and injuries
- Abdominal emergencies
- Thoracic emergencies
- Ophthalmic emergencies
- Otolaryngologic emergencies
- Urologic emergencies
- Orthopedic emergencies
- Dental emergencies
- Neurosurgical emergencies, nontraumatic
- Transplantation emergencies
- Approach to the care of the technology-assisted child
Psychosocial Emergencies
- Child abuse
- Psychiatric emergencies
- Adolescent emergencies
- Behavioral emergencies
Procedures
Illustrated techniques of pediatric emergency procedures
Appendices
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine Equipment
- Emergency Drug Compendium
- Parental Instruction Sheets
- Practical Information
Index
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