Manual Of Paediatric Emergencies and Critical Care 2nd/2010

Key Features :

• This manual presents practical, current, evidence-based guidelines on the evaluation and management of a wide range of pediatric emergencies, including those encountered in the tropics.
• You can hold in your hands the best available resource that will help in the step-by-step management of children encountered in critical care settings.
• Chapters, clearly summarizing advice on many common problems presenting in Emergency Rooms and the ICU, are written in an easy to follow bulleted outline format.
• The information provided is practical , concise and easily accessible. Each chapter includes highlighted boxes as well as detailed, up-to-date algorithms, illustrations and flowcharts.
• Where relevant, a brief description of pathophysiology is followed by protocols, guidelines, indications, contraindications, complications, necessary equipment, and recommendations for ongoing care for every aspect of ICU patient care.
• The text covers a broad spectrum of intensive care medicine with enough detail to eliminate the immediate need to refer to larger reference books.
• 21 important appendices provide comprehensive quick access to a wide variety of important information.