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.
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- New chapters on High Altitude Illness; Disaster Preparedness; Risk Management and Legal Issues; and Point-of-Care Ultrasound.
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Elsevier HealthScience EN
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978-0-323-93078-9 (9780323930789)
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I Advanced Life SupportCHAPTER 1 CHILDHOOD RESUSCITATIONCHAPTER 2 NEONATAL RESUSCITATIONCHAPTER 3 RESPIRATORY FAILURECHAPTER 4 SHOCKII Chief ComplaintsCHAPTER 5 ABDOMINAL PAINCHAPTER 6 ALTERED MENTAL STATUSCHAPTER 7 APNEA, SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME, AND BRIEF RESOLVED UNEXPLAINED EVENTSCHAPTER 8 CHEST PAINCHAPTER 9 COUGHCHAPTER 10 CRYING AND IRRITABILITY IN THE YOUNG CHILDCHAPTER 11 DIARRHEACHAPTER 12 EAR PAINCHAPTER 13 FEVERCHAPTER 14 FOREIGN BODIES IN CHILDRENCHAPTER 15 HEADACHECHAPTER 16 HEMATURIA AND DYSURIACHAPTER 17 HYPERTENSIONCHAPTER 18 JAUNDICECHAPTER 19 LIMPCHAPTER 20 NECK MASSESCHAPTER 21 PEDIATRIC RASHESCHAPTER 22 SCROTAL PAINCHAPTER 23 SORE THROATCHAPTER 24 STIFF NECKCHAPTER 25 STRIDORCHAPTER 26 SYNCOPECHAPTER 27 VAGINAL BLEEDING/DISCHARGECHAPTER 28 VOMITINGIII Medical EmergenciesCHAPTER 29 ANAPHYLAXISCHAPTER 30 CARDIAC EMERGENCIESCHAPTER 31 CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM EMERGENCIESCHAPTER 32 ENDOCRINE DISORDERSCHAPTER 33 FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTESCHAPTER 34 GASTROINTESTINAL EMERGENCIESCHAPTER 35 GYNECOLOGIC EMERGENCIESCHAPTER 36 HEMATOLOGIC AND ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIESCHAPTER 37 INFECTIOUS DISEASE EMERGENCIESCHAPTER 38 OPHTHALMOLOGIC EMERGENCIESCHAPTER 39 POISONINGSCHAPTER 40 PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIESCHAPTER 41 RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIESCHAPTER 42 TECHNOLOGY-ASSISTED CHILDREN-ACUTE CAREIV Surgical EmergenciesCHAPTER 43 DENTAL/PERIODONTAL EMERGENCIESCHAPTER 44 GENERAL SURGERY EMERGENCIESCHAPTER 45 NEUROSURGICAL EMERGENCIESCHAPTER 46 ORTHOPEDIC EMERGENCIESCHAPTER 47 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY EMERGENCIESCHAPTER 48 UROLOGIC EMERGENCIESV TraumaCHAPTER 49 ABDOMINAL TRAUMACHAPTER 50 BURNS AND SMOKE INHALATIONCHAPTER 51 CHILD ABUSECHAPTER 52 SEXUAL ASSAULTCHAPTER 53 DENTAL INJURIESCHAPTER 54 EXTREMITY INJURIESCHAPTER 55 EYE INJURIESCHAPTER 56 HEAD TRAUMACHAPTER 57 MINOR TRAUMACHAPTER 58 MULTIPLE TRAUMACHAPTER 59 NECK AND CERVICAL SPINE TRAUMACHAPTER 60 PELVIC TRAUMA AND GENITOURINARY INJURYCHAPTER 61 THORACIC TRAUMAVI Environmental EmergenciesCHAPTER 62 BITES AND STINGSCHAPTER 63 DROWNINGCHAPTER 64 ELECTRICAL AND LIGHTNING INJURIESCHAPTER 65 HYPOTHERMIA AND HYPERTHERMIACHAPTER 66 HIGH-ALTITUDE ILLNESSVII Special TopicsCHAPTER 67 CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL TERRORISMCHAPTER 68 DISASTER PREPAREDNESSCHAPTER 69 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND TRANSPORT MEDICINECHAPTER 70 PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENTCHAPTER 71 RISK MANAGEMENT AND LEGAL ISSUESCHAPTER 72 SEDATION AND ANALGESIACHAPTER 73 POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUNDINDEX