A Practical Guide to Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Caring for Children in the Emergency Department
- Edited by: N. Ewen Amieva-Wang, Stanford University School of Medicine, California
- Associate Editor: Jamie Shandro, University of Washington
- Associate Editor: Aparajita Sohoni, Alameda County Medical Center, Oakland, CA, USA
- Associate Editor: Bernhard Fassl, University of Utah
- N. Ewen Amieva-Wang, Edward Klofas, Matthew Strehlow, Gregory H. Gilbert, Betsy Encarnacion, Teresa S. Wu, Stephanie J. Doniger, James P. Andrus, Jonathan E. Davis, Claudia R. Norris, Daniel Bernstein, Emily Wessler, Donald H. Schreiber, Aparajita Sohoni, Jennifer R. Reid, Alison K. Meadows, Cynthia Galvan, Michael A. Gisondi, Donald H. Schreiber, Chioma A. Agbo, Ketan H. Patel, Su-Chieh Brian Liu, Theresa M. Van der Vlugt, David R. Berk, Aparajita Sohoni, Tammy Foster, Amy B. Kunihiro, Heather Ross, Melissa S. DeFreest, Anna Messner, Alice Chiao, Nikta Forghani, Darrell M. Wilson, David Kammer, Steven H. Mitchell, Medley O'Keefe-Gatewood, David A. Townes, Luigi DiStefano, Benjamin Constance, Jamie Shandro, Robert L. Norris, Eric Shraga, Nicole Marsico, Rebecca Blankenberg, Barbara Dahl, Bernhard Fassl, Marcela P. Mendenhall, Ram S. Duriseti, T. Wu, Bill Schroeder, David H. Salzman, Michael A. Gisondi, Anita Kulkarni, Barbie J. Barrett, Jamie Shandro, Sophia Yen, Wendy B. Wong, Bertil E. Glader, Ann Dahlberg, Patrick M. Lank, Michael A. Gisondi, Claudia R. Morris, Andrew S. Zeft, Cynthia Y. Wong, Naresh Ramarajan, Irma T. Ugalde, Laura W. Kates, Kathleen Ann Jobe, Kimberley Schertzer, Renee Y. Hsia, Joan Hwang Dunlop, Benjamin R. Cohen, Patrick Coleman, Stephanie Cooper, E. Turek, Joel T. Levis, Zita Konik, Clinton J. Coil, Steven H. Mitchell, Noel C. Hastings, Amritha Raguhnathan, Ram Duriseti, Daniel Garza, Tyler Johnston, Gannon Sungar, George Sternbach, B. Beau, Millicent Marmur, Sean Donahue, Claire Turchi, Beau Briese, Douglas Fredrick, Robert Hilt, Danielle M. McCarthy, Steven Alexander, Ingrid T. Lim, Stephen Liu, Eric C. Walters, William Eidenmueller, Rebecca Smith-Coggins, Bernhard Fassl, Yi-Mei Cheng, Laura Edgerley-Gibb, Sangeeta Kaur Gill Schroeder, Bryce Inman, Jamie Shandro, Chere Taylor, Colleen O'Connor, William T. Hurley, Richard N. Bradley, Pichaya Waitayawinyu, Pimwan Sookplung, Monica S. Vavilala, Kirsten Mewaldt, Swaminatha Mahadevan, Katrina Leone, Michael A. Gisondi, Jonathan E. Davis, Judith R. Klein, J. Grace Park, Douglas Fredrick, Nikta Forghani, Darrell Wilson, Rebecca Gudeman, Nancy Murphy, Alan F. Rope, Renata C. Gallagher, Tamara Simon, Bryan Stone, Ginny Curtin, Bo Yoon Han, Beverley Newman, Sandra Leigh Bardas, Carolyn Nguyen
- ISBN:9780521700085
- Publication date:September 2011
- 235 b/w illus. 175 colour illus. 309 tables
This practical guide is written for the emergency department physician who cares for adults and children concurrently and provides all the information needed to diagnose and treat a wide variety of common and uncommon pediatric disorders. Each chapter takes a clinical perspective, emphasizing differences in adult and pediatric disease process and management. Key facts, special considerations, and pearls and pitfalls are highlighted, providing rapid access to vital knowledge in emergency situations. Sections are dedicated to specific pediatric populations, including neonates, adolescents, and children with special health care needs. High-quality photographs, illustrations and diagrams enhance the text throughout and tutorials cover pediatric imaging, pediatric EKG interpretation, procedural sedation, and procedures. Written by pediatric and emergency medicine specialists and subspecialty experts, this is a must-have text for emergency medicine physicians and trainees, as well as family practice health care practitioners.
