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Pediatric Emergency Medicine Secrets

  • 4th Edition - February 16, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Steven M. Selbst, Jillian S. Savage DO FAAP
  • Language: English

For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for qu… Read more

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For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and review. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Secrets, 4th Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style – making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

Key features

  • The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time – succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective
  • Fully revised and updated throughout, making it an excellent resource for understanding both common and unusual pediatric emergency conditions
  • New chapters on High Altitude Illness; Disaster Preparedness; Risk Management and Legal Issues; and Point-of-Care Ultrasound
  • Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and in your coursework
  • Bulleted lists, mnemonics, practical tips from global leaders in the field – all providing a concise overview of important content
  • Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime
  • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

Readership

Medical students; Pediatric residents; Emergency Medicine residents; Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) fellows

Table of contents

I. Advanced Life Support

1. Childhood resuscitation

2. Neonatal resuscitation

3. Respiratory failure

4. Shock

II. Chief Complaints

5. Abdominal pain

6. Altered mental status

7. Apnea, sudden infant death syndrome, and brief resolved unexplained events

8. Chest pain

9. Cough

10. Crying and irritability in the young child

11. Diarrhea

12. Ear pain

13. Fever

14. Foreign bodies in children

15. Headache

16. Hematuria and dysuria

17. Hypertension

18. Jaundice

19. Limp

20. Neck masses

21. Pediatric rashes

22. Scrotal pain

23. Sore throat

24. Stiff neck

25. Stridor

26. Syncope

27. Vaginal bleeding/discharge

28. Vomiting

III. Medical Emergencies

29. Anaphylaxis

30. Cardiac emergencies

31. Central nervous system emergencies

32. Endocrine disorders

33. Fluids and electrolytes

34. Gastrointestinal emergencies

35. Gynecologic emergencies

36. Hematologic and oncologic emergencies

37. Infectious disease emergencies

38. Ophthalmologic emergencies

39. Poisonings

40. Psychiatric emergencies

41. Respiratory emergencies

42. Technology-assisted children-acute care

IV. Surgical Emergencies

43. Dental/periodontal emergencies

44. General surgery emergencies

45. Neurosurgical emergencies

46. Orthopedic emergencies

47. Otorhinolaryngology emergencies

48. Urologic emergencies

V. Trauma

49. Abdominal trauma

50. Burns and smoke inhalation

51. Child abuse

52. Sexual assault

53. Dental injuries

54. Extremity injuries

55. Eye injuries

56. Head trauma

57. Minor trauma

58. Multiple trauma

59. Neck and cervical spine trauma

60. Pelvic trauma and genitourinary injury

61.thoracic trauma

VI. Environmental Emergencies

62. Bites and stings

63. Drowning

64. Electrical and lightning injuries

65. Hypothermia and hyperthermia

66. High-altitude illness

VII. Special Topics

67. Chemical and biological terrorism

68. Disaster preparedness

69. Emergency medical services and transport medicine

70. Patient safety and quality improvement

71. Risk management and legal issues

72. Sedation and analgesia

73. Point-of-care ultrasound

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 4, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

SS

Steven M. Selbst

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Vice Chair for Education, Director, Pediatric Residency Program, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington Delaware, USA

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Jillian S. Savage DO FAAP

Affiliations and expertise
Nemours Childrens Health, Wilmington, Delaware, USA