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Textbook of Paediatric Emergency Medicine

  • 3rd Edition - May 2, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Peter Cameron, Gary J. Browne, Biswadev Mitra, Stuart Dalziel, Simon Craig
  • Language: English

It is now more than ten years since the publication of the first edition of Textbook of Paediatric Emergency Medicine and interest in this specialty continues to grow at a local a… Read more

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It is now more than ten years since the publication of the first edition of Textbook of Paediatric Emergency Medicine and interest in this specialty continues to grow at a local and international level. Paediatric emergency medicine can be a challenging and difficult area for doctors. Children cannot always communicate their problems verbally, while parents are anxious and the possibility of a missed diagnosis is ever present. Although the principles in managing paediatric patients are the same as adults there are significant differences in patterns of illness and response. In addition, the therapies available vary widely between adult and paediatric practice.

Key features

  • Textbook of Paediatric Emergency Medicine provides clear, concise and comprehensive coverage of all the major topics that present within paediatric emergency medicine
  • It offers a consensus approach to diagnosis and treatment, drawing on the latest evidence available
  • Short chapters with key point boxes allow for the quick and easy retrieval of information, essential when time is short

Readership

The book is a standard text for trainees and residents in emergency medicine, but will also prove to be an invaluable, up-to-date resource for any doctor, nurse or paramedic involved in the provision of emergency care to children.

Table of contents

1. Approach to the paediatric patient

2. Resuscitation

3. Neonatal emergencies

4. Trauma in children

5. Cardiovascular

6. Respiratory

7. Gastroenterology and hepatology

8. Neurology

9. Infectious diseases

10. Metabolic emergencies

11. Haematology and oncology

12. Dermatology

13. Eyes

14. ENT and dental

15. Obstetrics and gynaecology

16. Renal

17. Psychiatric

18. Crisis intervention

19. Administration in EMS

20. Analgesia and sedation

21. Poisoning

22. Environmental

23. Ultrasound

24. Common procedures

25. Orthopaedics and rheumatology

26. Male genitalia

27. Transport and retrieval

28. Teaching paediatric emergency medicine

29. Paediatric research in the emergency department

30. Adolescent medicine in the emergency department

Review quotes

"This is a good reference text for anyone aspiring to a career in emergency medicine." Archives of Diseases in Childhood

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 2, 2018
  • Language: English

About the editors

PC

Peter Cameron

Affiliations and expertise
Emergency Physician, Alfred Health Emergency Service, Australia

GB

Gary J. Browne

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Emergency Medicine, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead; Chair of Discipline of Emergency Medicine, The University of Sydney; Head of Academic Emergency Medicine, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia

BM

Biswadev Mitra

Affiliations and expertise
Emergency Physician, Alfred Health Emergency Service, Australia

SD

Stuart Dalziel

Affiliations and expertise
Director of Emergency Medicine Research, The University of Auckland and Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

SC

Simon Craig

Affiliations and expertise
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Monash University; Emergency Physician, Monash Medical Centre, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia