Chapter 3 Cardiac Emergencies Irfan Warsy and Michael H. Gewitz Arrhythmias Pediatric arrhythmias are increasing in prevalence secondary to improved patient survival following cardiac surgery, more extensive use of ECG…
Chapter 6 Ear, Nose, and Throat Emergencies Daran Kaufman and Jeffrey Keller Acute Otitis Media Acute otitis media (AOM) is a suppurative infection of the middle ear caused by bacteria…
Chapter 5 Dermatologic Emergencies Alexandra D. McCollum and Joshua M. Sherman Dermatology is a visual specialty, and an accurate description of a “rash” makes it more likely that the practitioner…
Chapter 4 Dental Emergencies Farhad Yeroshalmi Children frequently present to the emergency department (ED) complaining of oral problems, primarily due to oral trauma or related to dental caries. Many of…
Chapter 1 Resuscitation Waseem Hafeez , Michele Fagan , and Theresa Maldonado Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Overview Cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children is rarely a sudden event. The usual progression of…
Chapter 2 Allergic Emergencies Stephanie Jennings Anaphylaxis Anaphylaxis is a potentially life-threatening multisystem allergic reaction that can be triggered by a variety of agents (Table 2.1). The mechanism may be…
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Nerve Blocks Michele Curatolo Nikolai Bogduk Local anesthetic blocks are procedures in which a local anesthetic agent is deliberately injected onto a peripheral nerve in order to…
Pain Management in the Emergency Department James R. Miner The specialties of both emergency medicine and pain medicine are relatively new members of the modern house of medicine. The first…
The Surgical Management of Trigeminal Neuralgia Matthew K. Mian Sarah K. Bick Pratik A. Talati Emad N. Eskandar Trigeminal neuralgia (TN), formerly known as tic douloureux, is a chronic pain…
Surgery of the Peripheral Nervous System as a Treatment for Pain James Michael Mossner Parag G. Patil In this chapter, we consider ablative and decompressive surgical approaches to pain that…
