Pediatric Emergency Medicine

by Strange, Gary R.

• ISBN13: 9780071369794
• ISBN10: 0071369791
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-08
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional

Summary

Sponsored by the American College of Emergency Physicians, this guide offers an unsurpassed review of pediatric emergency medicine. The Second Edition now provides a bulleted list of 5 high-yield facts at the start of each chapter; key tables, diagrams, and equations on the inside covers for quick reference; and expanded material on cardiac care

Author Biography

GARY R. STRANGE, Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois WILLIAM R. AHRENS, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois STEVEN LELYVELD, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Medicine, Chief, Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois ROBERT W. SCHAFERMEYER, MD, Associate Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina

Table of Contents

Section I. Resuscitation

Section II. Trauma Care

Section III. Respiratory Emergencies

Section IV. Cardiovascular Emergencies

Section V. Neurologic Emergencies

Section VI. Infectious Emergencies

Section VII. Gastrointestinal Emergencies

Section VIII. Endocrine and Metabolic Emergencies

Section IX. Genitourinary Emergencies

Section X. Dermatologic Emergencies

Section XI. Oral, Ear, Nose and Throat Emergencies

Section XII. Eye Emergencies

Section XIV. Hematologic Emergencies

Section XV. Oncologic Emergencies

Section XVI. Non-Traumatic Bone & Joint Disorders

Section XVII. Toxicologic Emergencies

Section XVIII. Environmental Emergencies

Section XIX. Psychosocial Emergencies

Section XX. Emergency Medical Services

Section XXI. Ethical and Legal Issues