Chapter 13 – Infectious Disease Emergencies
Chapter 13 Infectious Disease Emergencies Keri A. Cohn , Michael E. Russo , Carmelle Tsai , and Alexandra M. Vinograd Botulism Botulism is a neuroparalytic disease caused by a neurotoxin…
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Chapter 9 – Gastrointestinal Emergencies
Chapter 9 Gastrointestinal Emergencies Sari Kay , Michelle Tobin , and Sandra J. Cunningham Abdominal Pain Abdominal pain is a common complaint in children. The extensive differential diagnosis (Table 9.1)…
Chapter 11 – Gynecologic Emergencies
Chapter 11 Gynecologic Emergencies Dominic Hollman , Elizabeth Alderman , and Anthony J. Ciorciari Abnormal Uterine Bleeding The average age of menarche in the United States is 12.8 years, which…
Chapter 12 – Hematologic Emergencies
Chapter 12 Hematologic Emergencies Mark Weinblatt Anemia Red cell production is driven by oxygen availability to tissues and oxygen requirements, thus varying greatly with age, activity, and environmental circumstances, such…
Chapter 10 – Genitourinary Emergencies
Chapter 10 Genitourinary Emergencies Sandra J. Cunningham Balanoposthitis Balanitis is inflammation of the glans penis; posthitis is inflammation of the prepuce. Balanoposthitis, which is inflammation of both sites, occurs in…
Chapter 8 – Environmental Emergencies
Chapter 8 Environmental Emergencies Anthony J. Ciorciari , Haamid Chamdawala , and Katherine J. Chou Burns Each year, approximately 250,000 children in the United States are burned seriously enough to…
Chapter 7 – Endocrine Emergencies
Chapter 7 Endocrine Emergencies Aviva Sopher , Tamar G. Baer , Morri Markowitz , and Sandra J. Cunningham Adrenal Insufficiency The adrenal cortex is divided into three zones: the outermost…
Chapter 3 – Cardiac Emergencies
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
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
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…
