Introduction SECTION 1: GENERAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT 1.1 Pediatric Triage 1.2 Pediatric Airway 1.3 Child Life: Developmental Considerations in the Emergency Department 1.4 Pain Management 1.5 Procedural Sedation 1.6 Technologically Dependent Children 1.7 Child Abuse 1.
8 Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) 1.9 Transporting the Pediatric Patient SECTION 2: ACUTE PRESENTATIONS 2.1 Anaphylaxis 2.2 Altered Level of Consciousness 2.3 Apnea in Newborns and Infants 2.4 Pediatric Fever 2.5 Chest Pain SECTION 3: CARDIAC EMERGENCIES 3.1 Cardiogenic Shock 3.
2 Supraventricular Tachycardia 3.3 Acute Pericarditis 3.4 Syncope and Breath-holding Episodes 3.5 Congenital Heart Disease SECTION 4: NEUROLOGIC EMERGENCIES 4.1 Seizures 4.2 Pediatric Stroke 4.3 Meningitis and Encephalitis 4.4 Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (Pseudotumor Cerebri) 4.
5 Ataxia 4.6 Migraine 4.7 Myasthenia Gravis 4.8 Guillain-Barré Syndrome SECTION 5: RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES 5.1 Stridor 5.2 Bronchiolitis 5.3 Asthma 5.4 Pneumonia 5.
5 Pulmonary Embolus 5.6 Pneumothorax 5.7 Cystic Fibrosis SECTION 6: MUSCULOSKELETAL EMERGENCIES 6.1 Compartment Syndrome 6.2 Necrotizing Fasciitis 6.3 Hand Infections 6.4 Hand Injuries 6.5 Approach to a Child with a Limp 6.
6 Joint Dislocations 6.7 Torticollis 6.8 Osteomyelitis 6.9 Septic (Bacterial) Arthritis SECTION 7: ENDOCRINE EMERGENCIES 7.1 Diabetic Ketoacidosis 7.2 Hypoglycemia 7.3 Water Balance 7.4 Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia 7.
5 Disorders of the Thyroid Gland SECTION 8: HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY EMERGENCIES 8.1 Febrile Neutropenia 8.2 Sickle Cell Disease 8.3 Hereditary Bleeding Disorders 8.4 Tumor Lysis Syndrome 8.5 Superior Vena Cava Syndrome 8.6 Hemolytic Anemia 8.7 Immune Thrombocytopenia Purpura SECTION 9: RHEUMATOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES 9.
1 Kawasaki Disease 9.2 Henoch-Schönlein Purpura SECTION 10: INFECTIOUS DISEASE EMERGENCIES 10.1 Fever in the Returning Traveler 10.2 Malaria 10.3 Pediatric Tuberculosis 10.4 Tetanus 10.5 HIV 10.6 Bites 10.
7 Rabies 10.8 Botulism 10.9 General Approach to Sexually Transmitted Infections 10.10 Cervical Lymphadenitis SECTION 11: OPHTHALMOLOGY EMERGENCIES 11.1 Conjunctivitis 11.2 Chalazion and Hordeolum 11.3 Hyphema 11.4 Orbital and Periorbital Cellulitis SECTION 12: DERMATOLOGY EMERGENCIES 12.
1 Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) 12.2 Common Pediatric Viral Exanthems 12.3 Impetigo 12.4 Pediatric Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis) 12.5 Neonatal Rashes SECTION 13: OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY EMERGENCIES 13.1 Epiglottitis 13.2 Epistaxis 13.3 Pharyngitis 13.
4 Otitis Media and Otitis Externa SECTION 14: GASTROINTESTINAL EMERGENCIES 14.1 Acute Gastroenteritis 14.2 Acute Peritonitis 14.3 Constipation 14.4 Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding 14.5 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) 14.6 Foreign Body Aspiration or Ingestion SECTION 15: NEONATAL EMERGENCIES 15.1 Jaundice in the Newborn Period 15.
2 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia SECTION 16: GENITOURINARY EMERGENCIES 16.1 Testicular Torsion 16.2 Priapism 16.3 Vulvovaginitis 16.4 Abnormal Uterine Bleeding and Dysmenorrhea 16.5 Amenorrhea 16.6 Penile Emergencies SECTION 17: RENAL EMERGENCIES 17.1 Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome 17.
2 Nephrotic Syndrome SECTION 18: TRAUMA 18.1 Head Injury 18.2 Cervical Spine Injury 18.3 Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Injury 18.4 Chest Trauma 18.5 Abdominal Trauma 18.6 Musculoskeletal Trauma I: Introduction and Upper Limbs 18.7 Musculoskeletal Trauma II: Lower Limbs 18.
8 Pediatric Burns 18.9 Genitourinary Trauma SECTION 19: TOXICOLOGY 19.1 General Approach to Poisoning 19.2 Acetaminophen Toxicity 19.3 Salicylates 19.4 Toxic Alcohols 19.5 Caustics 19.6 Opioid Overdose 19.
7 Street Drugs I: Cocaine, GHB, and Cannabis 19.8 Street Drugs II: Amphetamine Derivatives and Hallucinogens 19.9 Methemoglobinemia 19.10 Cyanide Toxicity 19.11 Digoxin Toxicity 19.12 Iron Overdose 19.13 Lead Poisoning 19.14 Organophosphate Toxicity 19.
15 Tricyclic Antidepressant Toxicity 19.16 Carbon Monoxide Toxicity 19.17 Adverse Drug Reactions SECTION 20: ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES 20.1 Hypothermia and Cold-Induced Injuries 20.2 Drowning 20.3 Heat Illness 20.4 Electrical Injuries Abbreviations SI Unit / Conventional Unit Conversion Table Contributors Index.