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Textbook of Paediatric Emergency Medicine
By Peter Cameron, George Jelinek, Ian Everitt, Gary J. Browne, MBBS, FRAQCP, FACEM and Jeremy Raftos, MD
732 pages 150 ills
Trim size 10 7/8 X 8 5/8 in
Copyright 2006
Description
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. A major postgraduate textbook in paediatric emergency medicine, covering all the major topics that present to the trainee doctor in the emergency department.
Key Features
Short concise chapters, with key point boxes at the beginning - easy to use for the hard-pressed trainee.
Aims to give a consensus approach to assessment and treatment, based on the latest evidence.
Highlights areas of controversy.
Table of Contents
General approach to the paediatric patient. Paediatric cardiopulmonary arrest. Basic life support. Paediatric advanced life support (ALS). Specific paediatric resuscitation. Shock. Neonatal resuscitation. Introduction to paediatric trauma. Paediatric neurotrauma. Thoracic injuries in childhood. Abdominal trauma. Wound management. Burns. Cyanotic heart disease and tetralogy of Fallot spells. Heart failure. Syncope. Congenital heart disease. Acute rheumatic fever. Infective endocarditis. Kawasaki disease. Paediatric arrhythmias. Upper respiratory infections. Inhaled foreign body. Acute asthma. Pertussis. Community-acquired pneumonia. Bronchiolitis. Croup. Abdominal pain. Gastrointestinal bleeding. Gastro-oesophageal reflux. Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS). Bilious vomiting. Food intolerance. Ingested foreign bodies. Hepatic failure. Diarrhoea and vomiting. Hepatitis. Intussusception. Herniae. Gastroenteritis. Constipation. CSF shunt complications. Raised intracranial pressure. Seizures and non-epileptic events. Acute weakness. Acute ataxia. Headache. CNS infections: meningitis and encephalitis. Infectious diseases. Metabolic emergencies. Diabetic emergencies in children. thyroid emergencies. Adrenal crisis. Disorders of fluids, electrolytes and acid-base. The use of blood products in children Anaemia. Disorders of coagulation. Platelet disorders. Vasculitis. Acute leukaemia. Febrile neutropenia. Dermatology. Ophthalmological emergencies. Congenital, developmental and neoplastic conditions. Ocular trauma. The ear. The nose. The mouth and throat. Retropharyngeal abscess. Foreign bodies and caustic ingestion. Paediatric gyaecology. Emergency contraception. Acute renal failure. Haematuria. Hypertension. Urinary tract infection in preschool children Haemolytic uraemic syndrome. Nephrotic syndrome. Henoch-Schonlein purpura. Paediatric psychiatric emergencies. Sexual assault. Child abuse. Managing the death of a child in the emergency department: bereavement issues. Forensic paediatric and the law. Analgesia and sedation. General approach to poisoning. Specific poisons. Envenomation. Drowning. Heat induced injury. Cold injuries. Anaphylaxis. Electrical injuries. Injury prevention in the emergency department. Paediatric resuscitation tape. Bag valve mask ventilation. Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal airways. Tracheal intubation. Confirmation of intubation. The surgical airway. Needle thoracostomy. Tube thoracostomy. Removing and replacing a tracheostomy tube. Central and peripheral intravenous lines. Intra-osseous infusions. Rectal diazepam administration. Umbilical vessel cannulation. Electrical countershock. Pericardiocentesis. Transurethral catheterisation and suprapubic bladder aspiration. Penile zipper injury. Lumbar puncture. Orthopaedics and rheumatology. Fractures and dislocations. Spinal injury. Risk management in acute paediatric orthopaedics. The acute scrotum. Acute problems of the penis and foreskin. Acute neonatal emergencies. Emergency medical transport and retrieval.
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