Neonatal and Infant Emergencies

Ghazala Q. Sharieff, MD, is Medical Director of the Emergency Care Center at Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, California, and Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine for the Palomar-Pomerado Health System/ California Emergency Physicians. Maureen McCollough, MD, is Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and Director of the Pediatric Emergency and the Emergency Departments at Los Angeles County – USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

Part I. Principles: 1. The newborn examination Merlin C. Lowe, Jr. and Dale Woolridge; 2. The premature and technology dependent infant Nadeem Qureshi, Stephen Gletsu and Mohammed Al Mogbil; 3. Pain and sedation Ghazala Q. Sharieff and P. Jamil Madati; 4. Airway management Maureen McCollough and Ghazala Q. Sharieff; 5. Resuscitation Stephanie J. Doniger; 6. Death of a child Phyllis L. Hendry; Part II. Chief Complaints: 7. Apnea and apparent life-threatening events Tonia J. Brousseau; 8. The crying infant Martin I. Herman and Audrey Le; 9. Ear pain Melissa A. Vitale and Noel S. Zuckerbraun; 10. Failure to thrive Robert Sapien; 11. Fever Paul Ishimine; 12. Head and neck masses Joyce C. Arpilleda; 13. Jaundice Dale Woolridge and James Colletti; 14. Seizures Michelle D. Blumstein and Marla J. Friedman; Part III. Specific Systems: 15. Cardiac emergencies Linton Yee; 16. Dermatology Maureen McCollough; 17. Environmental injuries: near drowning and burns Jim Harley; 18. Gastrointestinal emergencies Christiana R. Rajasingham; 19. Genitourinary emergencies Christy A. Meade and John T. Kanegaye; 20A. Hematologic emergencies: bleeding dyscrasias Emily Rose; 20B. Hematologic emergencies: sickle cell disease Nadeem Qureshi, Stephen Gletsu and Mohammed Al Mogbil; 21. Metabolic and endocrine emergencies Kenneth T. Kwon and Virginia W. Tsai; 22. Respiratory emergencies Seema Shah and Ghazala Q. Sharieff; 23. Toxicologic emergencies Raemma Paredes Luck and Adam Barouh; 24A. Trauma: child abuse Sharon E. Mace; 24B. Trauma: minor head injuries Sharon E. Mace; 24C. Trauma: orthopedic emergencies Jamie G. Lien and Ghazala Sharieff; Appendices: Basic formulas Ghazala Q. Sharieff and Maureen McCollough; Immunizations Marla J. Friedman; Procedures Ghazala Q. Sharieff and Maureen McCollough.