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On call pediatrics /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Elsevier Science (Firm)
Other Authors: Nocton, James J. (Editor), Gedeit, Rainer G. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Elsevier, [2019]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Series:On call series.
Subjects:
Pediatric emergencies > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Pediatrics.
Child.
Emergencies.
Infant.
Handbook.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • The diagnosis and management of on-call problems
  • Communicating with colleagues and families
  • Common mistakes
  • Remembering your ABCs
  • Teaching (and learning) while on call
  • Abdominal pain
  • Altered mental status
  • Analgesics and antipyretics
  • Bleeding
  • Chest pain
  • Constipation
  • Crying and the irritable infant
  • Cyanosis
  • Delivery room problems
  • Diarrhea and dehydration
  • Extremity pain
  • Eye problems and visual abnormalities
  • Fever
  • Gastrointestinal bleeding
  • Genitourinary problems
  • Headache
  • Heart rate and rhythm abnormalities
  • Hematuria
  • Hypertension
  • Hypotension and shock
  • Lines, tubes, and drains
  • Rashes
  • Respiratory distress
  • Seizures
  • Urine output abnormalities
  • Vomiting
  • Acidosis and alkalosis
  • Anemia, thrombocytopenia, and coagulation abnormalities
  • Electrolyte abnormalities
  • Glucose disorders
  • Hyperbilirubinemia
  • Pediatric procedures
  • Resuscitation calculations
  • Calculation of creatinine clearance
  • Calculation of alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient.