Pediatric Emergency Medicine, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America
- 1st Edition, Volume 39-3 - July 6, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Mimi Lu, Ilene Claudius, Christopher S. Amato
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 3 5 8 0 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 3 5 8 1 - 7
This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Mimi Lu, Ilene Claudius and Chris Amato, focuses on Pediatric Emergency Medicine. This is one of four issues each… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Mimi Lu, Ilene Claudius and Chris Amato, focuses on Pediatric Emergency Medicine. This is one of four issues each year selected by the series consulting editor, Dr. Amal Mattu. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: High-risk medicolegal issues in PEM: meningitis, appendicitis, fractures, Respiratory Emergencies: intubation, non-invasive, trach emergencies , supraglottic airways, Neck Trauma: cervical spine, seatbelt signs, penetrating palate injuries, Cardiac Emergencies, Fever and Tox: New Designer Drugs.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Foreword
- Preface
- Emerging and Re-emerging Infections in Children: COVID/ MIS-C, Zika, Ebola, Measles, Varicella, Pertussis ... Immunizations
- Key points
- Introduction
- COVID-19 in children
- Re-emerging vaccine preventable infections
- The public health role of emergency providers in vaccine-preventable illness
- Emerging and re-emerging infections to consider in the returning traveler
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Big Tests in Little People
- Key points
- Introduction
- Troponin
- Brain natriuretic peptide
- Prognostication
- Respiratory distress
- Lactate
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- High-Risk Medicolegal Conditions in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Key points
- Introduction
- Patient categories
- If it’s not in our differential, it won’t be in our diagnosis
- A 2-minute legal primer
- Common causes of pediatric emergency medicine malpractice
- A “deep dive” into acute appendicitis and testicular torsion litigation and opportunities for improvement
- Why do we miss serious disease?
- How much money is paid in pediatric medical malpractice and where does it go? The stats
- Pediatric medical malpractice impact on the provider
- Clinics care points: a top 10 list to decrease medical legal risk
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Just Breathe: Tips and Highlights for Managing Pediatric Respiratory Distress and Failure
- Key points
- Introduction
- Anatomic considerations
- Differences in physiology
- Approach to acute respiratory failure in pediatrics
- Noninvasive ventilatory support and high-flow nasal canula
- Decision to definitive airway
- Cuffed versus uncuffed
- Prediction of tube size
- The great debate: video versus direct laryngoscopy
- Bougie talk
- Supraglottic airways
- Early ventilator management
- Pharmacology
- Special populations
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Diagnostic Applications of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion of point-of-care ultrasound applications
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Procedural Applications of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Key points
- Soft tissue procedures
- Musculoskeletal and neurologic procedures
- Vascular access
- Critical care procedures
- Summary
- Clinic care points
- Disclosure
- Pediatric Hematologic and Oncologic Emergencies
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Disclosure
- Neck Trauma: Cervical Spine, Seatbelt Sign, and Penetrating Palate Injuries
- Key points
- Cervical spine injuries
- Pediatric blunt cerebrovascular injuries and the seatbelt sign
- Penetrating palate injuries
- Clinics care points
- Child Maltreatment and Neglect
- Key points
- Definitions
- Background
- History of presenting illness
- Physical examination
- Clinical evaluation
- Consultation
- Special considerations
- Sexual abuse
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Cardiac Emergencies in Kids
- Key points
- Introduction to children with surgical palliation of cardiac disease in the emergency department
- Staged surgical management of a single-ventricle physiology
- Kids will be kids, even if they have cardiac disease: other illnesses
- Approach to the resuscitation and stabilization for admission or transfer of children with postoperative congenital cardiac disease
- Introduction to ventricular assist devices
- Caring for a child with a ventricular assist device in the emergency department
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Pediatric Fever
- Key points
- Introduction
- Fever definition
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Technology-Dependent Children
- Key points
- Introduction
- Gastrostomy tubes
- Central nervous system shunts
- Cochlear implants
- Vagal nerve stimulators
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Supplementary data
- Ear, Nose, Throat: Beyond Pharyngitis: Retropharyngeal Abscess, Peritonsillar Abscess, Epiglottitis, Bacterial Tracheitis, and Postoperative Tonsillectomy
- Key points
- Introduction
- Retropharyngeal abscess
- Peritonsillar abscess
- Epiglottitis
- Bacterial tracheitis
- Post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage
- Summary
- Clinic care points
- New Designer Drugs
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 39-3
- Published: July 6, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323835800
- eBook ISBN: 9780323835817
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Mimi Lu
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San FranciscoIC
Ilene Claudius
Affiliations and expertise
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department Emergency Medicine, UCLA Emergency MedicineCA
Christopher S. Amato
Affiliations and expertise
Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Medical Director, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Atlantic, Attending Physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine,
Morristown Memorial Hospital /Goryeb Children's Hospital