Textbook of Paediatric Emergency Medicine, 4th Edition
Authors :
Peter Cameron & Gary J. Browne & Biswadev Mitra & Stuart Dalziel & Simon Craig
Date of Publication: 06/2023
This leading text is essential reading for all those working in the paediatric emergency medicine setting who require concise, highly practical guidance that incorporates the latest best practice and evidence-based guidelines.The Textbook of Paediatr ...view more
This leading text is essential reading for all those working in the paediatric emergency medicine setting who require concise, highly practical guidance that incorporates the latest best practice and evidence-based guidelines.
The Textbook of Paediatric Emergency Medicine provides clear, concise and comprehensive information to support clinicians in what can be a challenging area to provide care. It not only covers diagnosis and management of all common presentations, but it also includes practical tips on communicating with both patients and their families.
As a companion book to Cameron’s Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine, this volume is specifically tailored to the educational needs of emergency medicine trainees, but is also expected to benefit others working in the emergency setting including paramedics and emergency nurse specialists.
This leading text is essential reading for all those working in the paediatric emergency medicine setting who require concise, highly practical guidance that incorporates the latest best practice and evidence-based guidelines.
The Textbook of Paediatric Emergency Medicine provides clear, concise and comprehensive information to support clinicians in what can be a challenging area to provide care. It not only covers diagnosis and management of all common presentations, but it also includes practical tips on communicating with both patients and their families.
As a companion book to Cameron’s Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine, this volume is specifically tailored to the educational needs of emergency medicine trainees, but is also expected to benefit others working in the emergency setting including paramedics and emergency nurse specialists.
Key Features
Concise chapters and key point boxes allow for the quick and easy retrieval of information
Comprehensive coverage of all major topics that present within paediatric emergency care
Practical tips on communicating with patients and their families
All key topics updated to include latest available evidence
New section on COVID-19 and Infection control
Expanded and enhanced coverage of the use of ultrasound in emergency care
An enhanced eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customise your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Author Information
Edited by Peter Cameron, MBBS, MD, FACEM, Emergency Physician, Alfred Health Emergency Service, Australia; Gary J. Browne, MD, MBBS, MSpMed, DipMedEd, FRACP, FACEM, FAAP, Professor of Emergency Medicine, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead; Chair of Discipline of Emergency Medicine, The University of Sydney; Head of Academic Emergency Medicine, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia; Biswadev Mitra, MBBS MHSM PhD FACEM, Emergency Physician, Alfred Health Emergency Service, Australia; Stuart Dalziel, MBChB FRACP PhD, Director of Emergency Medicine Research, The University of Auckland and Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand; Simon Craig, MBBS MHPE MPH FACEM, Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Monash University and Emergency Physician, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia
Edited by Peter Cameron, MBBS, MD, FACEM, Gary J. Browne, MD, MBBS, MSpMed, DipMedEd, FRACP, FACEM, FAAP, Biswadev Mitra, MBBS MHSM PhD FACEM, Stuart Dalziel, MBChB FRACP PhD and Simon Craig, MBBS MHPE MPH FACEM
Section 1 Approach to the Paediatric Patient 1.1 Approach to the paediatric patient 1.2 Common chronic paediatric conditions
Section 2 Resuscitation 2.1 Paediatric cardiopulmonary arrest 2.2 Paediatric basic life support 2.3 Paediatric advanced life support 2.4 Paediatric resuscitation in specific circumstances 2.5 Shock 2.6 Sepsis recognition and initial management
Section 3: Analgesia and Sedation 3.1 Analgesia 3.2 Procedural sedation
Section 4: Neonatal Emergencies 4.1 The normal neonate 4.2 The crying infant 4.3 Neonatal dermatology 4.4 Acute neonatal emergencies 4.5 Neonatal resuscitation
Section 10: Endocrinology and Metabolic 10.1 Inborn errors of metabolism 10.2 Hypoglycaemia in the non-diabetic child 10.3 Diabetic emergencies in children 10.4 Thyroid emergencies 10.5 Adrenal emergencies 10.6 Disorders of fluids, electrolytes and acid–base
Section 11: Haematology and Oncology 11.1 The use of blood products in children 11.2 Anaemia 11.3 Disorders of coagulation 11.4 Platelet disorders 11.5 Vasculitis 11.6 Acute leukaemia 11.7 Febrile neutropaenia 11.8 Emergencies in paediatric oncology
Section 12: Renal 12.1 Acute kidney injury 12.2 Haematuria 12.3 Hypertension 12.4 Urinary tract infection in pre-school children 12.5 Haemolytic uraemic syndrome 12.6 Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome 12.7 Immunoglobulin A vasculitis
Section 13: Trauma in children 13.1 Introduction to paediatric trauma 13.2 Paediatric Neurotrauma 13.3 Spinal injury 13.4 Thoracic injuries in childhood 13.5 Abdominal and pelvic trauma 13.6 Burns 13.7 Children in a disaster response 13.8 Wound management
Section 14: Orthopaedics and rheumatology 14.1 Orthopaedics and rheumatology 14.2 The child with a limp 14.3 Fractures and dislocations 14.4 Risk management in acute paediatric orthopaedics
Section 17: ENT and Dental 17.1 The ear 17.2 The nose 17.3 The mouth and throat 17.4 Retropharyngeal abscess 17.5 Foreign bodies of Nose and Throat plus caustic ingestion
Section 25: Administration in EMS 25.1 Managing the death of a child in the ED: Bereavement issues
Section 26: Transport and Retrieval 26.1 Paediatric emergency retrieval 26.2 Sick child in rural hospital
Section 27: Teaching paediatric emergency medicine 27.1 Web-based resources 27.2 Teaching paediatric emergency medicine
Section 28: Paediatric research in the emergency department 28.1 Research in children in the emergency department
Section 29: Common procedures 29.1 Estimating the weight of infants and children 29.2 Basic Airway management techniques 29.3 Non-Invasive Ventilation 29.4 Endotracheal intubation 29.5 The surgical airway 29.6 Chest procedures 29.7 Removing and replacing a tracheostomy tube 29.8 Central and peripheral intravenous lines 29.9 Intraosseous access 29.10 Umbilical vessel cannulation 29.11 Defibrillation 29.12 Transurethral catheterisation and suprapubic bladder aspiration 29.13 Lumbar puncture 29.14 Reduction of paediatric inguinal hernias 29.15 Paraphimosis reduction 29.16 Gastrostomies and other enteral feeding devices– trouble shooting in the ED
Section 30: Ultrasound 30.1 Ultrasound 30.2 Diagnostic ultrasound in paediatric emergency medicine 30.3 Ultrasound guidance for procedures 30.4 Incorporating ultrasound into paediatric resuscitation
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