Main 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.

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 eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook 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

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 Neonatal Emergencies
3.1 The normal neonate
3.2 The crying infant
3.3 Neonatal dermatology
3.4 Acute neonatal emergencies
3.5 Neonatal resuscitation
SECTION 4 Trauma in Children
4.1 Introduction to paediatric trauma
4.2 Paediatric neurotrauma
4.3 Spinal injury
4.4 Thoracic injuries in childhood
4.5 Abdominal and pelvic trauma
4.6 Burns
4.7 Children in a disaster response
4.8 Wound management
SECTION 5 Cardiovascular
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
SECTION 10 Metabolic Emergencies
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 Dermatology
12.1 Dermatology
SECTION 13 Eyes
13.1 Ophthalmological emergencies
13.2 Congenital, developmental and neoplastic conditions of the eye
13.3 Ocular trauma
SECTION 14 Ent and Dental
14.1 The ear
14.2 The nose
14.3 The mouth and throat
14.4 Retropharyngeal abscess
14.5 Foreign bodies and caustic ingestion
SECTION 15 Obstetrics and Gynaecology
15.1 Paediatric gynaecology
15.2 Emergency contraception
SECTION 16 Renal
16.1 Acute kidney injury
16.2 Haematuria
16.3 Hypertension
16.4 Urinary tract infection in pre-school children
16.5 Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
16.6 Idiopathic nephritic syndrome
16.7 Henoch-Schoenlein purpura
SECTION 17 Psychiatric
17.1 Paediatric psychiatric emergencies
17.2 The treatment of the behaviourally disturbed adolescent
17.3 Autism and behavioural disturbance in the pre-adolescent child
SECTION 18 Crisis Intervention
18.1 Sexual assault
18.2 Child at risk
SECTION 19 Administration In EMS
19.1 Managing the death of a child in the emergency department: Bereavement issues
SECTION 20 Analgesia and Sedation
20.1 Analgesia
20.2 Paediatric procedural sedation within the emergency department
SECTION 21 Poisoning
21.1 General approach to poisoning
21.2 Specific poisons
SECTION 22 Environmental
22.1 Envenomation
22.2 Drowning
22.3 Heat-induced illness
22.4 Cold injuries
22.5 Anaphylaxis
SECTION 23 Ultrasound
23.1 Ultrasound
23.2 Diagnostic ultrasound in paediatric emergency medicine
23.3 Ultrasound guidance for procedures
23.4 Incorporating ultrasound into paediatric resuscitation
SECTION 24 Common Procedures
24.1 Estimating the weight of infants and children
24.2 Basic airway management techniques
24.3 Non-Invasive Ventilation
24.4 Endotracheal intubation
24.5 The surgical airway
24.6 Chest procedures
24.7 Removing and replacing a tracheostomy tube
24.8 Central and peripheral intravenous lines
24.9 Intraosseous infusions
24.10 Umbilical vessel cannulation
24.11 Defibrillation
24.12 Transurethral catheterization and suprapubic bladder aspiration
24.13 Lumbar puncture
24.14 Reduction of paediatric inguinal hernias
24.15 Paraphimosis
24.16 Gastrostomies and other enteral feeding devices - trouble shooting in the emergency department
SECTION 25 Orthopaedics and Rheumatology
25.1 Orthopaedics and rheumatology
25.2 Child with a limp
25.3 Fractures and dislocations
25.4 Risk management in acute paediatric orthopaedics
SECTION 26 Male Genitalia
26.1 Male genitalia
SECTION 27 Transport and Retrieval
27.1 Paediatric emergency retrieval
27.2 Sick child in a rural hospital
SECTION 28 Teaching Paediatric Emergency Medicine
28.1 Availing web-based resources
28.2 Teaching paediatric emergency medicine
SECTION 29 Paediatric Research in the Emergency Department
29.1 Research in children in the emergency department
SECTION 30 Adolescent Medicine in the Emergency Department
30.1 Adolescent medicine in the emergency department
30.2 Eating disorders and anorexia