The definitive text on the state-of-the-art in pediatric trauma care, this reference offers detailed descriptions of procedures in system design, pediatric resuscitation, supportive care, diagnostic imaging, pain management, and transfusion therapy by experts with hands-on experience in the field. Providing evidence-based recommendations, as well as current articles on rehabilitation, long-term outcomes, and infection control, this guide is invaluable for all professionals focusing on the needs of children with life and limb threatening injuries.
Author(s): Denis D. Bensard, David Wesson, Arthur Cooper, L.R. Tres Scherer III, Steven Stylianos, David W. Tuggle
Edition: 1
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 448
Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
ISBN 082474117X......Page 4
Preface......Page 5
2. Organizing the Community for Pediatric Trauma......Page 7
7. Fetal Trauma......Page 8
12. Anesthesia for Pediatric Trauma......Page 9
15. Treatment of Severe Pediatric Head Injury: Evidence-Based Practice......Page 10
18. Abdominal Trauma in Children......Page 11
22. Rehabilitation of the Child with Injuries......Page 12
Index......Page 13
Contributors......Page 15
1. Epidemiology of Pediatric Trauma......Page 19
2. Organizing the Community for Pediatric Trauma......Page 27
3. Organizing the Hospital for Pediatric Trauma Care......Page 51
4. The ABCs of Pediatric Trauma......Page 61
5. Clearance of the Cervical Spine in Children......Page 79
6. Trauma from Child Abuse......Page 91
7. Fetal Trauma......Page 101
8. Imaging the Injured Child......Page 115
9. Transfusion Therapy in Injured Children......Page 125
10. Pediatric ICU Management......Page 141
11. Nutritional Support for the Pediatric Trauma Patient......Page 153
12. Anesthesia for Pediatric Trauma......Page 165
13. Prevention and Treatment of Trauma-Related Infection in Children......Page 199
14. Pediatric Organ Failure......Page 215
15. Treatment of Severe Pediatric Head Injury: Evidence-Based Practice......Page 229
16. Pediatric Facial Trauma......Page 249
17. Pediatric Thoracic Trauma......Page 263
18. Abdominal Trauma in Children......Page 285
19. Pediatric Genitourinary Trauma......Page 321
20. Pediatric Orthopedic Trauma......Page 343
21. Pediatric Hand Trauma......Page 375
22. Rehabilitation of the Child with Injuries......Page 389
23. Long-Term Outcomes in Injured Children......Page 407
24. Communication with Families of Injured Children......Page 423
Index......Page 437
