Here's the innovative new problem-based book which explains the practical guidelines on the management of the critically ill child, from presentation in the emergency room through to transfer to the pediatric intensive care unit. Written by experts, this user-friendly text has excellent features such as boxes of key points outlining common errors in management, tips on best practice, and even sections on controversial care. Also includes coverage of background physiology and epidemiology to assist the process of understanding and diagnosing the pathology of childhood critical illness and injury.
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Synopsis:
A problem-based text which provides and explains practical guidelines on the management of the critically ill child, from presentation in the emergency room through to transfer to the paediatric intensive care unit. It includes: definition, common presentation, uncommon presentation, immediate management, appropriate disposition; transport concerns and definitive intensive care. A chapter on the neonate is included to cover the representation of the neonate after discharge.
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- PublisherChurchill Livingstone
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0443053944
- ISBN 13 9780443053948
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages660