Approach to Pediatric Emergency

Indian pediatric academic Choudhury (Institute of Child Health, West Bengal) and senior consultant pediatrician Bandyopadhyay's text is practical, approach-based, and algorithmic, making it a valuable resource for emergency physicians, emergency fellows, trainees, and pediatric postgraduates, as well as practicing pediatricians. Eighty-seven chapters are organized into 22 sections covering general emergency; resuscitation; sedation, analgesia, and intubation procedures; neonatal, respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, renal, neurological, hematological, and endocrinal emergencies; environmental problems, including animal and snake bites, near drownings, burns, hyperthermia and hypothermia; poisoning; foreign bodies; psychiatric behavior and social issues; ophthalmological, otolaryngological, and dermatological emergencies; infections; and medicolegal issues. Ten additional academics and practitioners from West Bengal, India, also contributed materials to some 30 chapters of the text. The volume is illustrated with b&w photographs and color plates. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)