Current diagnosis and treatment.: (Pediatric emergency medicine)

Deliver faster diagnosis, more effective treatments, and improved outcomes with this concise guide to pediatric emergency medicine

• Provides immediate access to life-saving and routine information through consistent chapter outlines
• Begins with a section on emergency procedures and child-safety issues
• Presents information the way an emergency medicine provider thinks and acts: by symptomatic presentation, including cardiac arrest, respiratory distress, shock,fever, abdominal pain, seizures, trauma
• Details evaluation and management of disorders routinely seen in Pediatric Emergency Medicine such as foreign bodies, respiratory infections, asthma, heart defects, dehydration, rashes, sickle-cell disease, sports-injuries and more
• Enhanced by numerous tables, and more than 400 illustrations and photographs to clarify concepts and improve understanding

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Valuable to all practitioners of emergency medicine, from prehospital care providers to nurses and physicians

Designed for use in a busy, fastpaced emergency department

Focuses on the practical aspects of emergency care

Covers a wide spectrum of pediatric conditions