The Hospital for Sick Children manual of pediatric trauma
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The Hospital for Sick Children manual of pediatric trauma
Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008
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Manual of pediatric trauma
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Written by physicians from Toronto's internationally renowned Hospital for Sick Children, this manual presents practical, evidence-based guidelines on the evaluation and management of a wide range of traumatic injuries in children. The authors' recommendations are based on their extensive clinical experience and reviews of the most recent literature, and presented in a concise, accessible format.
Chapters are written in bulleted outline format and include boxed and highlighted "Trauma Pearls," as well as detailed and up-to-date algorithms and flow charts. Numerous illustrations and tables help the reader understand key points. Extensive reading lists appear at the end of each chapter.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Angelo Mikrogianakis
Primary Survey, Secondary Survey, and Adjuncts
Priscilla Chiu
Airway Management
Cengiz Karsli
Diagnostic Imaging of the Pediatric Trauma Patient
Stephen F. Miller
Head Trauma: Medical Management
James Hutchison and Anne-Marie Guerguerian
Surgical Management of Traumatic Brain Injury
Sandrine de Ribaupierre and Peter Dirks
Craniofacial Injury
Christopher R. Forrest
Neck and Airway Injury
Paolo Campisi
Pediatric Cervical Spine Injuries
Shauna Jain
Thoracic Trauma in Children
Patricio Herrera and Jacob C. Langer
Abdominal and Pelvic Trauma
Mohammed Zamakhshary and Paul W. Wales
Orthopaedic Trauma
Andrew Howard
Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Injuries
Andrew Jea and James M. Drake
Pediatric Thermal Injury
Laura Snell and Howard Clarke
Smoke Inhalation
Sanjay Mehta
Electrical Injury
Amina Lalani
Drowning and Submersion Injuries
Adam Cheng
Pain Management and Sedation
Rahim Valani
Non-Accidental Trauma
Michelle Shouldice
Injury Prevention
Allyson Hewitt
Trauma Procedures in the Emergency Department
Rahim Valani
Transport of the Pediatric Trauma Patient
Adam Cheng
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