cover image - Pediatric Emergency Medicine Secrets - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780323930802
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 02-22-2024
Page Count: 640
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $52.99

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Secrets - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 4th Edition

by Steven M. Selbst, MD, FAAP, FACEP and Jillian S. Savage DO FAAP, DO, FAAP

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Pediatric Emergency Medicine Secrets - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780323930802
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 02-22-2024
Page Count: 640
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $52.99
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For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and review. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Secrets, 4th Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style – making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.
    • The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time – succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective
    • Fully revised and updated throughout, making it an excellent resource for understanding both common and unusual pediatric emergency conditions
    • New chapters on High Altitude Illness; Disaster Preparedness; Risk Management and Legal Issues; and Point-of-Care Ultrasound
    • Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and in your coursework
    • Bulleted lists, mnemonics, practical tips from global leaders in the field – all providing a concise overview of important content
    • Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime
    • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
  • I. Advanced Life Support
    1. Childhood resuscitation
    2. Neonatal resuscitation
    3. Respiratory failure
    4. Shock

    II. Chief Complaints
    5. Abdominal pain
    6. Altered mental status
    7. Apnea, sudden infant death syndrome, and brief resolved unexplained events
    8. Chest pain
    9. Cough
    10. Crying and irritability in the young child
    11. Diarrhea
    12. Ear pain
    13. Fever
    14. Foreign bodies in children
    15. Headache
    16. Hematuria and dysuria
    17. Hypertension
    18. Jaundice
    19. Limp
    20. Neck masses
    21. Pediatric rashes
    22. Scrotal pain
    23. Sore throat
    24. Stiff neck
    25. Stridor
    26. Syncope
    27. Vaginal bleeding/discharge
    28. Vomiting

    III. Medical Emergencies
    29. Anaphylaxis
    30. Cardiac emergencies
    31. Central nervous system emergencies
    32. Endocrine disorders
    33. Fluids and electrolytes
    34. Gastrointestinal emergencies
    35. Gynecologic emergencies
    36. Hematologic and oncologic emergencies
    37. Infectious disease emergencies
    38. Ophthalmologic emergencies
    39. Poisonings
    40. Psychiatric emergencies
    41. Respiratory emergencies
    42. Technology-assisted children-acute care

    IV. Surgical Emergencies
    43. Dental/periodontal emergencies
    44. General surgery emergencies
    45. Neurosurgical emergencies
    46. Orthopedic emergencies
    47. Otorhinolaryngology emergencies
    48. Urologic emergencies

    V. Trauma
    49. Abdominal trauma
    50. Burns and smoke inhalation
    51. Child abuse
    52. Sexual assault
    53. Dental injuries
    54. Extremity injuries
    55. Eye injuries
    56. Head trauma
    57. Minor trauma
    58. Multiple trauma
    59. Neck and cervical spine trauma
    60. Pelvic trauma and genitourinary injury
    61.thoracic trauma

    VI. Environmental Emergencies
    62. Bites and stings
    63. Drowning
    64. Electrical and lightning injuries
    65. Hypothermia and hyperthermia
    66. High-altitude illness

    VII. Special Topics
    67. Chemical and biological terrorism
    68. Disaster preparedness
    69. Emergency medical services and transport medicine
    70. Patient safety and quality improvement
    71. Risk management and legal issues
    72. Sedation and analgesia
    73. Point-of-care ultrasound
  • Steven M. Selbst, MD, FAAP, FACEP, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Vice Chair for Education, Director, Pediatric Residency Program, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington Delaware, USA and Jillian S. Savage DO FAAP, DO, FAAP, Nemours Childrens Health, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
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