Hospital for Sick Children Manual of Pediatric Trauma.

Intro -- MANUAL OF PEDIATRIC TRAUMA -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Primary Survey, Secondary Survey, and Adjuncts -- Airway Management -- Diagnostic Imaging of the Pediatric Trauma Patient -- Head Trauma: Medical Management -- Head Trauma: Surgical Management -- Craniofacial Injury -- Neck and Airway Injury -- Pediatric Cervical Spine Injuries -- Thoracic Trauma in Children -- Abdominal and Pelvic Trauma -- Orthopedic Trauma -- Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Injuries -- Pediatric Thermal Injury -- Smoke Inhalation -- Electrical Injury -- Drowning and Submersion Injuries -- Pain Management and Sedation -- Nonaccidental Trauma -- Injury Prevention -- Trauma Procedures in the Emergency Department -- Transport of the Pediatric Trauma Patient -- Index.

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.

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