Procedures in Infants and Children

This unique, easy-to-use new handbook provides detailed instructions on performing the majority of medical procedures used on neonates and children today. The book's co-editors, a neonatologist and a pediatric emergency medicine subspecialist, both have more than 25 years of clinical and teaching experience. Their background qualifies them to offer readers a wide range of valuable "tricks of the trade" for appropriate patient selection and effective procedure execution. An organization by procedure group - airway, vascular access, orthopedics, etc. - enables readers to easily move from each technique to a related approach. Hundreds of superb illustrations demonstrate anatomy, important symptoms, and key techniques. The inclusion of alternate approaches for various problems enables readers to compare various methods and choose the one that is best suited to a particular patient's needs. Introductory chapters discuss important fundamental topics such as informed consent and behavioral/pharmacologic methods for calming children. Each section uses consistent elements - indications contraindications equipment procedure complications and references - to make consultation simple and straightforward.