Main description:

This book provides clinicians and trainees with the latest advances and procedures in the management of paediatric and neonatal emergencies.

Divided into 16 sections, the text begins with discussion on the concept of intensive care, resuscitation, and diagnosis of an acutely sick child.

The following chapters cover the treatment of emergency scenarios in different systems of the body - respiratory, cardiovascular, nervous, endocrine, renal and gastrointestinal.

The book concludes with sections on infectious diseases, oncology, accidents and poisoning, and neonatology. A chapter on drug dosages is also included.

Topics are presented in a step by step, systematic approach, further enhanced by photographs, diagrams, flowcharts and tables to assist learning.

Key points

Comprehensive guide to latest advances in management of paediatric and neonatal emergencies
Covers emergency scenarios in all anatomical systems
Includes section on paediatric drug dosages
Highly illustrated with photographs, diagrams, flowcharts and tables

Contents:

SECTION 1: CONCEPT OF INTENSIVE CARE
SECTION 2: RESUSCITATION
SECTION 3: DETECTION OF THE ACUTELY ILL CHILD
SECTION 4: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
SECTION 5: CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
SECTION 6: NERVOUS SYSTEM
SECTION 7: ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC EMERGENCIES
SECTION 8: RENAL SYSTEM
SECTION 9: GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
SECTION 10: INFECTIOUS DISEASES
SECTION 11: CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS
SECTION 12: HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY
SECTION 13: ACCIDENTS, POISONING, AND ENVENOMATION
SECTION 14: NEONATOLOGY
SECTION 15: PROCEDURES
SECTION 16: PEDIATRIC DRUG FORMULARY

Index