SELECTED PEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES


For a quick review; use this index to locate content on 19 pediatric emergencies that are covered in this book.

Emergency Page
AGE - dehydration 264, 266
Apnea of infancy 233
Appendicitis 252
Asthma 258
Bacterial meningitis 253
Diabetes: hypoglycemia, ketoacidosis 261
Pediatric respiratory infections: epiglottitis, bronchiolitis, croup, LTB 231-233
Febrile seizures 275
Intussusception 266
Poisoning: 254
    Acetaminophen poisoning 254
    Salicylate poisoning 255
Reye syndrome 240
Sickle cell anemia: splenic sequestration crisis 227
SIDS 237-238
Tracheoesophageal fistula 260-263