Pediatric Emergency Medicine, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America

• Author(s): Prashant Mahajan,
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
• Pages: 225
• ISBN_10: 0323643132
  ISBN_13: 9780323643139
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / Pediatrics , Medical / Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine ,

Description:... Clinical decision making in the emergency department; Recent advances in the recognition, evaluation and management of pediatric sepsis; Evaluation and management of the adult patient presenting to a pediatric ED; Critical care in the pediatric ED; Point of care testing in the ED: Implications, impact and future directions; Child abuse and conditions that mimic them; Indications and interpretation of common investigations/tests in the ED; Recent advances in pediatric concussion and mild traumatic brain injury; Pediatric emergency care: Impact on healthcare and implications for policy; Clinical decision rules in the pediatric ED; Pediatric urgent care: The good, the bad and the ugly; Advances in medical education and implications for the pediatric ED workforce; Quality and safety in pediatric ED; Optimizing resources and impact of lean processes on ED operations; Pediatric readiness and disaster management; Recent advances in technology and its applications to pediatric emergency care