Medical Emergencies in Children

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Front Cover Half Title Page Title Page Copyrgiht Preface to the Sixth Edition Preface to the First Edition Contributors Acknowledgements Contents Section 1. Organization, Resuscitation and Stabilization 1. Organization of a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 2. Ethical Issues, Dilemmas and Legal Aspects of Critically Sick Children 3. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 4. Anaphylaxis 5. Fluids, Electrolytes and AcidñBase Disorders 6. Shock 7. The Child with Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome 8. Supportive Care of Critically Sick Children 9. Medico-legal Issues in the Emergency Department 10. Transport of Sick Children Section 2. Symptom-Related Emergencies 11. The Crying Infant and Toddler 12. Acute Abdomen 13. Acute Fever without a Focus 14. Acute Fever with a Skin Rash 15. Hyperpyrexia, Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke 16. Acute Respiratory Distress and Respiratory Failure 17. The Comatose Child 18. Raised Intracranial Pressure 19. Severe Acute Malnutrition Section 3. Neonatal Emergencies 20. Neonatal Emergencies in the Delivery Room 21. Respiratory Distress in Newborn Babies 22. Neonatal Jaundice 23. The Bleeding Neonate 24. Neonatal Seizures 25. Neonatal Sepsis 26. Cardiac Emergencies in Newborn Babies Section 4. Emergencies in Children and Adolescents 27. Acute Gastroenteritis 28. Serious Bacterial Infections 29. Cerebral and other Forms of Severe Malaria 30. Dengue Fever and Severe Dengue Infection 31. Acute Severe Asthma 32. Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress 33. Congestive Heart Failure 34. Cardiac Arrhythmias 35. Acute Kidney Injury 36. Acute Liver Failure 37. Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding 38. Encephalitis and Encephalopathies 39. Status Epilepticus 40. Acute Flaccid Paralysis 41. Endocrinal Emergencies 42. Diabetic Ketoacidosis 43. Hematologic Emergencies 44. Emergencies due toPediatric Rheumatology Disorders 45. Oncological Emergencies 46. Emergencies due to Inborn Errors of Metabolism 47. Otolaryngological Emergencies 48. Dermatological Emergencies 49. Ophthalmic Emergencies Section 5. Accidents and Poisonings 50. Foreign Bodies in the Aero-digestive Tract 51. Drowning 52. Burns 53. Electrocution and Lightning 54. Animal and Insect Bites 55. The Child with Polytrauma 56. Head Injury 57. Poisoning in Children Section 6. Emergency Proceduresand Medications 58. Pain Relief and Sedation 59. Assisted Ventilation 60. Emergency Procedures 61. Compendium of Emergency Drugs Appendices Index Back Cover