SECTION I: CARDINAL PRESENTATIONS1. Approach to the Child in the Emergency Department, Valerie McDougall Kestner2. The Febrile- or Septic-Appearing Neonate, Robert A. Felter and Ron D. Waldrop3. The Febrile- or Septic-Appearing Infant or Child, Ron D. Waldrop and Robert A. Felter4. Respiratory Distress, Joanna Cohen and Kathleen M. Brown5. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Apparent Life-Threatening Event, Collin S. Goto and Sing-Yi-Feng6. Altered Mental Status and Coma, Susan Fuchs7. Seizures, Susan Fuchs8. Chest Pain, Wendy C. Matsuno9. Acute Abdominal Conditions, Jonathan Singer 10. Vomiting, Diarrhea, and Gastroenteritis, William R. Ahrens11. Feeding Disorders, William R. Ahrens12. Jaundice, Anjali Singh and William R. Ahrens13. The Crying Infant, Joan M. Mavrinac14. Limping Child, Isabel A. Barata15. Mild Head Injury in Children, Eustacia Su16. Approach to the Patient with Rash, Elizabeth Turner and Gregory Garra17. Neck Masses, Raemma Paredes Luck18. Neonatal Emergencies, Alfred Sacchetti19. The Transplant Patient in the ED, Neil A. Evans and Susan M. ScottSECTION II: SEDATION, ANALGESIA, AND IMAGING20. Procedural Sedation and Analgesia, Amy L. Baxter21. Pain Management, Amy L. Baxter and Lindsey L. Cohen22. Imaging, Wendy C. MatsunoSECTION III: RESUSCITATION23. Airway Management, Loren G. Yamamoto24. Respiratory Failure, Lynette L. Young25. Shock, Jonathan K. Marr26. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Alson S. Inaba27. Neonatal Resuscitation, Paul Jeremy EakinSECTION IV: TRAUMA28. Evaluation and Management of the Multiple Trauma Patient, Michael J. Gerardi29. Head Trauma, Kimberly S. Quayle30. Pediatric Cervical Spine Injury, Julie Leonard and Jeffrey Russell Leonard31. Thoracic Trauma, Karen O'Connell, Wendy Ann Lucid, and Todd Brian Taylor32. Abdominal Trauma, Shireen M. Atabaki, Wendy Ann Lucid, and Todd Brian Taylor33. Genitourinary Trauma, Joyce C. Arpilleda34. Maxillofacial Trauma, Joanna York and Stephen A. Colucciello35. Orthopedic Injuries, Greg Canty36. Pediatric Sports Injuries in the ED, Greg Canty37. Injuries of the Upper Extremities, Jim R. Harley38. Injuries of the Pelvis and Lower Extremities, Greg Canty39. Soft Tissue Injury and Wound Repair, D. Matthew SullivanSECTION V: RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES40. Upper Airway Emergencies, Richard M. Cantor and Linnea Wittick41. Asthma, Kathleen M. Brown42. Bronchiolitis, Kathleen M. Brown43. Pneumonia, Sharon E. Mace44. Pertussis, Sharon E. Mace45. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Madeline Matar Joseph46. Cystic Fibrosis, Sabah F. Iqbal, Kathleen M. Brown, and Bruce L. KleinSECTION VI: CARDIOVASCULAR EMERGENCIES47. Congenital Heart Disease, Timothy Horeczko and Kelly D. Young48. Congestive Heart Failure, Donna M. Moro-Sutherland, William C. Toepper, and Jollo Barbosa49. Inflammatory and Infectious Heart Disease, William T. Tsai50. Dysrhythmias in Children, Ghazala Q. Sharieff and Stephanie Donige51. Pediatric Hypertension, Emily C. MacNeill52. Thromboembolic Disease, Lee S. BenjaminSECTION VII: NEUROLOGIC EMERGENCIES53. Syncope, Susan Fuchs54. Ataxia, Susan Fuchs55. Weakness, Susan Fuchs56. Headache, Susan Fuchs57. Hydrocephalus, Susan Fuchs58. Cerebral Palsy, Susan Fuchs59. Cerebrovascular Syndromes, Susan FuchsSECTION VIII: INFECTIOUS EMERGENCIES60. Influenza, Karen C. Hayani and Arthur L. Frank61. Meningitis, Steven Lelyveld and Gary R. Strange62. Toxic Shock Syndrome, Shabnam Jain and Anthony Cooley63. Kawasaki Disease, Anthony Cooley and Shabnam Jain64. The Pediatric HIV Patient in the ED, John F. Marcinak65. Tick-Borne Infections, Scott A. Heinrich, Marcie Stosbak-Chavez, and Kennedy K. McQuillen66. Common Parasitic Infestations, Steven Lelyveld and Gary R. Strange67. Imported Diseases/Diseases in the Traveling Child, Thomas L. Hurt68. Bioterrorism: A Pediatric Perspective, Janet Lin and Timothy B. EricksonSECTION IX: IMMUNO
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