Opis 
                    A major postgraduate textbook in paediatric emergency medicine, covering all the major topics that present to the trainee doctor in the emergency department.
                
             
            
                
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        36740 
      
    
    
	  		
			EAN13  
			9780443073489 
		
	  
	  		
			ISBN  
			9780443073489 
		
	  
	  
		  	
  
  
  
      
  
      
  
    
      
    
  
    
      
    
					  
			Opis
			
			  				Rok wydania 
				2005 
			  				Numer wydania 
				1 
			  				Oprawa 
				miękka foliowana 
			  				Liczba stron 
				732 
			  				Wymiary (mm) 
				280 x 216 
			  				Waga (g) 
				2073 
			  			 
		   
			  
    
      
         
            
                            
                    General approach to the paediatric patient.  Paediatric cardiopulmonary arrest.  Basic life support.  Paediatric advanced life support (ALS).  Specific paediatric resuscitation.  Shock.  Neonatal resuscitation.  Introduction to paediatric trauma.  Paediatric neurotrauma.  Thoracic injuries in childhood.  Abdominal trauma.  Wound management.  Burns.  Cyanotic heart disease and tetralogy of Fallot spells.  Heart failure.  Syncope.  Congenital heart disease.  Acute rheumatic fever.  Infective endocarditis.  Kawasaki disease.  Paediatric arrhythmias.  Upper respiratory infections.  Inhaled foreign body.  Acute asthma.  Pertussis.  Community-acquired pneumonia.  Bronchiolitis.  Croup.  Abdominal pain.  Gastrointestinal bleeding.  Gastro-oesophageal reflux.  Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS).  Bilious vomiting.  Food intolerance.  Ingested foreign bodies.  Hepatic failure.  Diarrhoea and vomiting.  Hepatitis.  Intussusception.  Herniae.  Gastroenteritis.  Constipation.  CSF shunt complications.  Raised intracranial pressure.  Seizures and non-epileptic events.  Acute weakness.  Acute ataxia.  Headache.  CNS infections: meningitis and encephalitis.  Infectious diseases.  Metabolic emergencies.  Diabetic emergencies in children.  thyroid emergencies.  Adrenal crisis.  Disorders of fluids, electrolytes and acid-base.  The use of blood products in children  Anaemia.  Disorders of coagulation.  Platelet disorders.  Vasculitis.  Acute leukaemia.  Febrile neutropenia.  Dermatology.  Ophthalmological emergencies.  Congenital, developmental and neoplastic conditions.  Ocular trauma.  The ear.  The nose.  The mouth and throat.  Retropharyngeal abscess.  Foreign bodies and caustic ingestion.  Paediatric gyaecology.  Emergency contraception.  Acute renal failure.  Haematuria.  Hypertension.  Urinary tract infection in preschool children  Haemolytic uraemic syndrome.  Nephrotic syndrome.  Henoch-Schonlein purpura.  Paediatric psychiatric emergencies.  Sexual assault.  Child abuse.  Managing the death of a child in the emergency department: bereavement issues.  Forensic paediatric and the law.  Analgesia and sedation.  General approach to poisoning.  Specific poisons.  Envenomation.  Drowning.  Heat induced injury.  Cold injuries.  Anaphylaxis.  Electrical injuries.  Injury prevention in the emergency department.  Paediatric resuscitation tape.  Bag valve mask ventilation.  Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal airways.  Tracheal intubation.  Confirmation of intubation.  The surgical airway.  Needle thoracostomy.  Tube thoracostomy.  Removing and replacing a tracheostomy tube.  Central and peripheral intravenous lines.  Intra-osseous infusions.  Rectal diazepam administration.  Umbilical vessel cannulation.  Electrical countershock.  Pericardiocentesis.  Transurethral catheterisation and suprapubic bladder aspiration.  Penile zipper injury.  Lumbar puncture.  Orthopaedics and rheumatology.  Fractures and dislocations.  Spinal injury.  Risk management in acute paediatric orthopaedics.  The acute scrotum.  Acute problems of the penis and foreskin.  Acute neonatal emergencies.  Emergency medical transport and retrieval.