Textbook of Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Description:

This leading text is essential reading for all those working in the paediatric emergency medicine setting who require concise, highly practical guidance that incorporates the latest best practice and evidence-based guidelines.

The Textbook of Paediatric Emergency Medicine provides clear, concise and comprehensive information to support clinicians in what can be a challenging area to provide care. It not only covers diagnosis and management of all common presentations, but it also includes practical tips on communicating with both patients and their families.

As a companion book to Cameron’s Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine, this volume is specifically tailored to the educational needs of emergency medicine trainees, but is also expected to benefit others working in the emergency setting including paramedics and emergency nurse specialists.

Features:

• Concise chapters and key point boxes allow for the quick and easy retrieval of information
• Comprehensive coverage of all major topics that present within paediatric emergency care
• Practical tips on communicating with patients and their families
• All key topics updated to include latest available evidence
• New section on COVID-19 and Infection control

• Expanded and enhanced coverage of the use of ultrasound in emergency care
• An enhanced digital version is included with purchase. The digital allows you to access all the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customise your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

Table Of Contents:

SECTION 1 Approach to the Paediatric Patient

1. 1 Approach to the paediatric patient

1. 2 Common chronic paediatric conditions

SECTION 2 Resuscitation

2. 1 Paediatric cardiopulmonary arrest

2. 2 Paediatric basic life support

2. 3 Paediatric advanced life support

2. 4 Paediatric resuscitation in specific circumstances

2. 5 Shock

2. 6 Sepsis recognition and initial management

Section 3: Analgesia and sedation

3. 1 Analgesia

3. 2 Procedural sedation

Section 4: Neonatal emergencies

4. 1 The normal neonate

4. 2 The crying infant

4. 3 Neonatal dermatology

4. 4 Acute neonatal emergencies

4. 5 Neonatal resuscitation

Section 5: Cardiology

5. 1 Cardiovascular assessment and murmurs

5. 2 Chest pain

5. 3 Syncope

5. 4 Cyanotic heart disease and tetralogy of Fallot spells

5. 5 Heart failure

5. 6 Congenital heart disease

5. 7 Acute rheumatic fever

5. 8 Infective endocarditis

5. 9 Kawasaki disease

5. 10 Cardiac arrhythmias

Section 6: Respiratory

6. 1 Stridor and noisy breathing

6. 2 Upper respiratory tract infections

6. 3 Inhaled foreign body

6. 4 Croup

6. 5 Acute asthma

6. 6 Pertussis

6. 7 Community-acquired pneumonia

6. 8 Bronchiolitis

Section 7: Gastroenterology and hepatology

7. 1 Abdominal pain

7. 2 Vomiting

7. 3 Gastrointestinal bleeding

7. 4 Gastro-oesophageal reflux

7. 5 Pyloric stenosis

7. 6 Ingested foreign bodies

7. 7 Acute liver failure

7. 8 Diarrhoea

7. 9 Management of acute hepatitis in children presenting to the emergency department

7. 10 Intussusception

7. 11 Herniae

7. 12 Gastroenteritis

7. 13 Constipation

7. 14 Inflammatory bowel disease

Section 8: Neurology

8. 1 Cerebrospinal fluid shunt complications

8. 2 Raised intracranial pressure

8. 3 Seizures and non-epileptic events

8. 4 Acute weakness

8. 5 Acute ataxia

8. 6 Headache

8. 7 Central nervous system infections: meningitis and encephalitis

Section 9: Infectious diseases

9. 1 Infectious Diseases, including fever

9. 2 SARS-CoV-2

Section 10: Endocrinology and metabolic

10. 1 Inborn errors of metabolism

10. 2 Hypoglycaemia in the non-diabetic child

10. 3 Diabetic emergencies in children

10. 4 Thyroid emergencies

10. 5 Adrenal emergencies

10. 6 Disorders of fluids, electrolytes and acid–base

Section 11: Haematology and oncology

11. 1 The use of blood products in children

11. 2 Anaemia

11. 3 Disorders of coagulation

11. 4 Platelet disorders

11. 5 Vasculitis

11. 6 Acute leukaemia

11. 7 Febrile neutropaenia

11. 8 Emergencies in paediatric oncology

Section 12: Renal

12. 1 Acute kidney injury

12. 2 Haematuria

12. 3 Hypertension

12. 4 Urinary tract infection in pre-school children

12. 5 Haemolytic uraemic syndrome

12. 6 Nephrotic syndrome

12. 7 IgA Vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein Purpura)

Section 13: Trauma in children

13. 1 Introduction to paediatric trauma

13. 2 Paediatric neurotrauma

13. 3 Spinal injury

13. 4 Thoracic injuries in childhood

13. 5 Abdominal and pelvic trauma

13. 6 Burns

13. 7 Children in a disaster response

13. 8 Wound management

Section 14: Orthopaedics and rheumatology

14. 1 Orthopaedics and rheumatology

14. 2 The child with a limp

14. 3 Fractures and dislocations

14. 4 Risk management in acute paediatric orthopaedics

Section 15: Dermatology

15. 1 Dermatology

Section 16: Ophthalmology

16. 1 Ophthalmological assessment and common emergencies

16. 2 Congenital, developmental and neoplastic conditions

16. 3 Ocular trauma

Section 17: ENT and dental

17. 1 The ear

17. 2 The nose

17. 3 The mouth and throat

17. 4 Retropharyngeal abscess

17. 5 Foreign bodies of Nose and Throat  plus caustic ingestion

Section 18: Obstetrics and gynaecology

18. 1 Paediatric Gynaecology

18. 2 Emergency contraception

Section 19: Male genitalia

19. 1 Male genitalia

Section 20: Adolescent medicine in the emergency department

20. 1 Adolescent medicine in the emergency department

20. 2 Eating disorders and anorexia

Section 21: Psychiatric

21. 1 Paediatric psychiatric emergencies

21. 2 Acute behavioural disturbance

Section 22: Crisis intervention

22. 1 Sexual assault

22. 2 Child at risk

Section 23: Poisoning

23. 1 General approach to poisoning

23. 2 Specific poisons

Section 24: Environmental

24. 1 Envenomation

24. 2 Drowning

24. 3 Heat-induced illness

24. 4 Cold injuries

24. 5 Anaphylaxis and food reactions

Section 25: Administration in EMS

25. 1 Managing the death of a child in the ED: Bereavement issues

Section 26: Transport and retrieval

26. 1 Emergency medical transport and retrieval

26. 2 Sick child in rural hospital

Section 27: Teaching paediatric emergency medicine

27. 1 Web-based resources

27. 2 Teaching paediatric emergency medicine

Section 28: Paediatric research in the emergency department

28. 1 Research in children in the emergency department

Section 29: Common procedures

29. 1 Estimating the weight of infants and children

29. 2 Basic Airway management techniques

29. 3 Non-Invasive Ventilation

29. 4 Endotracheal intubation

29. 5 The surgical airway

29. 6 Chest procedures

29. 7 Removing and replacing a tracheostomy tube

29. 8 Peripheral and Central intravenous lines

29. 9 Intraosseous access

29. 10 Umbilical vessel cannulation

29. 11 Defibrillation

29. 12 Transurethral catheterisation and suprapubic bladder aspiration

29. 13 Lumbar puncture

29. 14 Inguinal hernia reduction

29. 15 Paraphimosis reduction

29. 16 Gastrostomies and other enteral feeding devices– trouble shooting in the ED

Section 30: Ultrasound

30. 1 Ultrasound

30. 2 Diagnostic ultrasound in paediatric emergency medicine

30. 3 Ultrasound guidance for procedures

30. 4 Incorporating ultrasound into paediatric resuscitation