Essentials of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Publisher
- Brush Education
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2018
- Category
- Pediatric Emergencies, Pediatrics
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781550596946
- Publish Date
- Sep 2018
- List Price
- $94.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781550596977
- Publish Date
- Sep 2018
- List Price
- $69.99
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Description
Provide the best care for young patients with this essential reference.
- Sharpen your practice with a guided approach to pathophysiology, history taking, physical examinations, diagnostic imaging, differential diagnoses, and treatment options.
- Keep a comprehensive review of common pediatric emergencies at your fingertips.
- Find what you need quickly and easily in clear, bulleted points.
- Sharpen your readiness for board exams with this valuable supplemental resource.
This high-yield resource provides residents and physicians with a powerful tool to help diagnose and treat the most common pediatric emergencies. Whether you’re a clinician staying current with the latest information or a resident studying for your board exams, Essentials of Pediatric Emergency Medicine will help you stay on top of your field.
Sections include: General Assessment and Management; Acute Presentations; Cardiac Emergencies; Neurologic Emergencies; Respiratory Emergencies; Musculoskeletal Emergencies; Endocrine Emergencies; Hematology/Oncology Emergencies; Rheumatological Emergencies; Infectious Disease Emergencies; Ophthalmology Emergencies; Dermatology Emergencies; Otorhinolaryngology Emergencies; Gastrointestinal Emergencies; Neonatal Emergencies; Genitourinary Emergencies; Renal Emergencies; Trauma; Toxicology; and Environmental Emergencies.
About the author
Dr. Rahim Valani is an Assistant Professor at McMaster University and a pediatric emergency physician at McMaster Children’s Hospital. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and completed his specialist training in Canada, the UK and Australia. He is trained in both adult and pediatric emergency medicine, and completed his Masters in Medical Education from the University of Dundee. Dr. Valani was recognized recently as a Global Scholar by the Peter A. Silverman Centre for International Health as a Co-Director of the International Pediatric Emergency Medicine Elective and other outreach programs. He has a strong interest in medical education, specifically in curriculum development, including inter-professional education, international medical education and development of educational plans.
Excerpt: Essentials of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (edited by Rahim Valani)
INTRODUCTION
Pediatric Emergency Medicine is a relatively new specialty with expanding competency requirements. Having an organized approach to managing patients that is consistent with best practices is essential. As clinicians, we are always looking to expand our knowledge and skills, and to use the best evidence to ensure excellent care for our patients. Essentials of Pediatric Emergency Medicine brings together the knowledge and expertise of clinicians from academic and community centres across Canada in a succinct format for easy reference.
This handbook is designed to provide the reader with a quick synopsis of the major topics in PEM. It is divided into 20 sections. The chapters in section 1 deal with undifferentiated acute presentations. This section also includes topics such as child life, non-accidental trauma and pain management which are important in the daily practice of emergency medicine. Despite the ongoing growth of knowledge and experience in these fields, there are currently few reference materials available on these topics and this guide will help to fill a significant void in pediatric emergency medicine resources. The remaining sections deal with specific pathologies and specific body systems. These chapters allow the reader to review the pathophysiology and management of specific diseases or medical conditions that are most common or life threatening.
One book, however, cannot cover everything, and for this reason several topics were also intentionally left out. Acute resuscitation is one of these subject areas. While resuscitation is the foundation of emergency medicine, there are excellent resources such as Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS) which are most up to date and provide an excellent reference.
As with any reference source, there are always opportunities to improve. I invite feedback so that this handbook can continue to evolve and provide a guide both for those newly entering into practice, as well as seasoned practitioners who manage pediatric emergencies.
