Pediatric Emergencies

Pediatric Emergencies

This book covers the following topics: Pediatric Fever Without a Source, Sepsis and Septic Shock, Pain Management, Head Injury, Pediatric Procedural Sedation, Orthopedic Injuries, Pocus Nerve Blocks, Abdominal Pain and Appendicitis, Gastroenteritis, Constipation and Obstruction, Bronchiolitis, Asthma, Lung Pocus, Pediatric Syncope.

Author(s): Anton Helman and Taryn Lloyd

307 Pages

Recommendations for Management of Common Childhood Conditions

This book provides a summary of evidence and assessment using the grade process, and recommendations on the management of common causes of childhood illnesses. Topics covered include: prevention and antiretroviral treatment in children with HIV, feeding of HIV-exposed children, treatment of tuberculosis (TB), malaria, and convulsions in children, management of chronic pain and an update of the essential medicine list for children.

Author(s): World Health Organization

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The Mother and Her Child

This book is divided into three principal parts: Part I, dealing with the experience of pregnancy from the beginning of expectancy to the convalescence of labor: Part II, dealing with the infant from its first day of life up to the weaning time; Part III, taking up the problems of the nursery from the weaning to the important period of adolescence.

Author(s): William S. Sadler and Lena K. Sadler

NA Pages

Sudden Infant and Early Childhood Death

This volume covers aspects of sudden infant and early childhood death, ranging from issues with parental grief, to the most recent theories of brainstem neurotransmitters. It also deals with the changes that have occurred over time with the definitions of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), SUDI (sudden unexpected death in infancy) and SUDIC (sudden unexpected death in childhood).

Author(s): Jhodie R Duncan and Roger W Byard

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