The Hospital for Sick Children : manual of pediatric trauma / [edited by] Angelo Mikrogianakis, Rahim Valani, Adam Cheng.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mikrogianakis, Angelo.

Valani, Rahim.

Cheng, Adam.

Hospital for Sick Children.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Wounds and injuries--Treatment--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Manual of pediatric trauma

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Head trauma : surgical management / 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

Orthopedic 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 V. Mehta

Electrical injury / Amina Lalani

Drowning and submersion injuries / Adam Cheng

Pain management and sedation / Rahim Valani

Nonaccidental trauma / Michelle Shouldice

Injury prevention / Safe Kids Canada

Trauma procedures in the emergency department / Rahim Valani

Transport of the pediatric trauma patient / Adam Cheng.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4698-6598-X

1-4511-6737-7

OCLC:

908075686