Cases in Pediatric Acute Care

Cases in Pediatric Acute Care presents over 100 real-world pediatric acute care cases, each including a brief patient history, a detailed history of present illness, presenting signs and symptoms, vital signs, and physical examination findings. Ideal for developing a systematic approach to diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment, this resource provides students and advanced practitioners with the tools required to deliver comprehensive care to acute, chronic and critically ill children. The cases encompass a wide range of body systems, medical scenarios, professional issues and general pediatric concerns, and feature laboratory data, radiographic images and information on case study progression and resolution.

• Develops the essential skills necessary to provide the best possible pediatric acute care

• Discusses the most appropriate differential diagnoses, diagnostic evaluation, and management plans for each case

• Presents cases related to pulmonary, cardiac, neurologic, endocrine, metabolic, musculoskeletal, and other body systems

• Highlights key points in each case to quickly identify critical information

Cases in Pediatric Acute Care is an excellent resource for advanced practice provider students and pediatric healthcare providers managing acutely ill children.

Autorentext

ANDREA KLINE-TILFORD, PHD, CPNP-AC/PC, FCCM, FAAN is the Nurse Practitioner Manager at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. CATHERINE M. HAUT, DNP, CPNP-AC/PC, FAANP, CCRN is the Coordinator of Research and Evidence-Based Practice at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA; also practices in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, employed by Mednax Pediatrix Medical Group, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Klappentext
CASES IN PEDIATRIC ACUTE CARE Cases in Pediatric Acute Care presents over 100 real-world pediatric acute care cases, each including a brief patient history, a detailed history of present illness, presenting signs and symptoms, vital signs, and physical examination findings. Ideal for developing a systematic approach to diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment, this resource provides students and advanced practitioners with the tools required to deliver comprehensive care to acute, chronic and critically ill children. The cases encompass a wide range of body systems, medical scenarios, professional issues and general pediatric concerns, and feature laboratory data, radiographic images and information on case study progression and resolution.

• Develops the essential skills necessary to provide the best possible pediatric acute care
• Discusses the most appropriate differential diagnoses, diagnostic evaluation, and management plans for each case
• Presents cases related to pulmonary, cardiac, neurologic, endocrine, metabolic, musculoskeletal, and other body systems
• Highlights key points in each case to quickly identify critical information Cases in Pediatric Acute Care is an excellent resource for advanced practice provider students and pediatric healthcare providers managing acutely ill children.

Zusammenfassung
Cases in Pediatric Acute Care presents over 100 real-world pediatric acute care cases, each including a brief patient history, a detailed history of present illness, presenting signs and symptoms, vital signs, and physical examination findings. Ideal for developing a systematic approach to diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment, this resource provides students and advanced practitioners with the tools required to deliver comprehensive care to acute, chronic and critically ill children. The cases encompass a wide range of body systems, medical scenarios, professional issues and general pediatric concerns, and feature laboratory data, radiographic images and information on case study progression and resolution.

• Develops the essential skills necessary to provide the best possible pediatric acute care
• Discusses the most appropriate differential diagnoses, diagnostic evaluation, and management plans for each case
• Presents cases related to pulmonary, cardiac, neurologic, endocrine, metabolic, musculoskeletal, and other body systems
• Highlights key points in each case to quickly identify critical information
  Cases in Pediatric Acute Care is an excellent resource for advanced practice provider students and pediatric healthcare providers managing acutely ill children.

Inhalt

Preface xi

List of Contributors xiii

1 Complication of Pneumonia 1
Ji-Yeon Kim

2 Infant with Diaphoresis during Feedings 5
Kristen Brown and Kristen Nelson McMillan

3 Hypotension in the Operating Room 7
Ann Marie Felauer

4 Toddler with Vomiting and Diarrhea 11
Kimberly L. DiMaria

5 Infant with Fever and Cold Symptoms 15
Cheryl Bartke

6 Toddler with Pineoblastoma and Bone Marrow Transplant 19
Cathryn Freeman

7 A 5-Year-Old with Altered Mental Status 23
Yu-shan Tseng and Richard Garcia

8 An 8-Year-Old with Abdominal Trauma 29
Julie Resler

9 Child with Left Eye Swelling 33
Amy Graf

10 Billing and Coding 37
Dawn M. Silverman

11 Language Delay 47
Jolene Dickerson

12 A 6-Month-Old Infant with RSV and Respiratory Failure 51
Catherine M. Haut

13 Adolescent Abdominal Pain after Cardiac Surgery 55
Cathy Woodward

14 Young Infant with Vomiting 57
Sarah Martin

15 School-age Child with Bruising 61
Lisa Hovingh and Candie Ritsema

16 Infant with Shunted Hydrocephalus 65
Mark Weber

17 Newborn with Poor Oral Intake and Irritability 69
Elaine Geary

18 An 8-Week-Old Infant with a Cough 73
Sarah Jane Garraty

19 Desaturation in Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Infant 77
Lisa Kohr

20 Pre-school Child with Seizures 81
Heather Herrera and Rachel Luthen

21 Child with Blood in Stool 85
Brittany Cook and Darby Tozer

22 Osteomyelitis Case Study 89
Kim Steanson

23 A 2-Year-Old with Liver Transplant and Fever 93
Louise Flynn

24 Respiratory Decompensation in Trached Infant 97
Jennifer Helman

25 Neonatal Hypoglycemia 101
Janice L. Wilson

26 Chronic Otitis Media 105
Kimberly Young-Conner

27 Complex Patient with Recurrent Lower Respiratory Tract Infection 109
Ann Marie Ramsey

28 Child with Racing Heart 115
Bradley Goettl

29 Teen with Headache and Seizure 119
Valarie Eichler

30 A 4-Year-Old with Bloody Diarrhea 125
Tamara Hill

31 Child with Persistent Fever 129
Misty Ellis

32 Quality Improvement Case Study 133
Peggy Dorr

33 Newborn Immediately Post Delivery 139
Heather Schniepp

34 A 5-Year-Old with Poor Weight Gain and Dehydration 143
Kimberly Young-Conner

35 Toddler with Complex Chronic Condition 147
Jennifer Wright

36 Pre-adolescent with Knee Pain 151
Katelyn Hamann and Shannon Konieczki

37 Infant with Increased Fussiness and Decreased Oral Intake 155
Stephanie Haughey

38 Infant with Prolonged Jaundice 161
Aimee Bucci

39 Child with Rash and Drooling 165
Mark Weber

40 Child with Fever and Sore Throat 169
Stephanie Robell and Danielle Van Damme

41 Teenager with Sickle Cell Disease and Fever 173
Shannon Konieczki and Katelyn Hamann

42 Ethical Case Study 177
Jamie Tumulty

43 Infant with Neurologic Changes and Respiratory Failure 183
Blythe Pollack and Stacey Sears

44 Acute Hyperglycemia 191
Jeanne Little 45 Infant with Progressive Lethargy and Poor Feeding 195
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