Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Chief Complaints and Differential Diagnosis

Pediatric patients are a unique subset of emergency patients, making up about one-quarter of all emergency department visits. Textbooks regarding the care of pediatric patients are almost universally organized by organ system, which does not facilitate an efficient diagnosis. Taking a case-based approach, Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Chief Complaints and Differential Diagnosis is arranged by chief complaint, using real patient scenarios to help the reader work through the inductive and deductive reasoning needed to assess, evaluate, treat, and disposition pediatric patients with urgent complaints. Cases are structured in the way in which they are presented during medical care, allowing practitioners to become comfortable with the general structure of case presentations: chief complaint, HPI, PMH, ROS, exam, and ancillary studies. This volume also discusses disease processes and their differentiations, providing in-depth knowledge regarding current standards of diagnosis and care.

Author: Rebecca Jeanmonod
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12/14/2017
Pages: 318
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.54lbs
Size: 9.95h x 7.58w x 0.59d
ISBN: 9781316608869

About the Author
Asher, Shellie L.: - Shellie L. Asher is Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Albany Medical College, New York.Jeanmonod, Rebecca: - Rebecca Jeanmonod is Professor of Emergency Medicine (Adjunct), Associate Residency Program Director, and Institutional Review Board Chairman, St. Luke's University Health Network, Department of Emergency Medicine, Pennsylvania.Spirko, Blake: - "Blake Spirko is Fellowship Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate, Springfield, Massachusetts."
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