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Pediatric Surgery

Diagnosis and Treatment

  • A practical bedside manual for use on the front lines of caring for children with surgical disease

  • A manual that provides a quick guide to care for an ill child and later serves as a board review text and study guide

  • Useful not only for surgical practitioners, but also to any provider who needs to decide when to refer a child to a surgeon and wants to prepare parents for what to expect when their child is cared for by a surgeon

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Table of contents (85 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
  2. Perioperative Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Fluids and Electrolytes

      • Alfred P. Kennedy Jr.
      Pages 3-7
    3. Nutrition

      • Alfred P. Kennedy Jr.
      Pages 9-12
    4. Pediatric Anesthesiology

      • Yohannes B. Getachew
      Pages 13-16
    5. Procedural Sedation

      • Richard L. Lambert
      Pages 17-26
    6. Postoperative Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Care

      • Edward A. Everett Jr., Frank A. Maffei
      Pages 27-34
    7. Disorders of Clotting

      • Michal A. Miller
      Pages 35-40
  3. Trauma

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
    2. Epidemiology of Trauma

      • Bryan S. Walters
      Pages 43-45
    3. Injury Prevention and Safety

      • Carol A. Hanson
      Pages 47-50
    4. Non-accidental Trauma

      • Nonette B. Clemens
      Pages 51-53
    5. Initial Trauma Assessment

      • Bryan S. Walters
      Pages 55-61
    6. Pathophysiology of Brain Injury

      • Konstantina A. Svokos, Amir Kershenovich
      Pages 63-68
    7. Algorithm of Treatment for Head Trauma

      • Bryan S. Walters
      Pages 69-75
    8. Thoracic Trauma

      • Bryan S. Walters
      Pages 77-82
    9. Abdominal Trauma

      • Bryan S. Walters
      Pages 83-92
    10. Traumatic Spinal Injury in Children

      • Konstantina A. Svokos, Amir Kershenovich
      Pages 93-99
    11. Burns

      • Alfred P. Kennedy Jr.
      Pages 101-105
    12. Pelvic Fractures

      • Louis C. Grandizio, Meagan M. Fernandez
      Pages 107-112

About this book

Just as children are not little adults, the discipline of paediatric surgery is not equivalent to surgery for adults. Differences in anatomy, diseases affecting children and the appropriate therapies make the surgical care of children confusing and tense. Even within paediatric care, the extensive changes children undergo as they develop from neonates to adolescents causes different care to be required at different stages. Full-size texts are available for comprehensive review of paediatric surgery when one has the luxury to sit and study at a desk, but no pocket-sized guide specific to paediatric surgery is available. This book will fulfil the need for rapid, clear, concise guidance in the immediate bedside evaluation and treatment of children suffering surgical disease. It will provide assistance to surgical and paediatric providers alike; anyone who has a hand in the urgent care of children requiring a surgeon. The book is also a convenient focused board review guide for trainees and active practitioners taking board examinations. The editors are busy paediatric surgeons at a teaching hospital, performing operations on children every day, as well as training students and residents. The contributors are drawn from the broad spectrum of paediatric specialists encompassing the disciplines necessary to staff a tertiary children’s hospital.

Reviews

From the book reviews:

“This is essentially an attempt at a handbook of pediatric surgery with very brief, outline format presentations of the standard, known and proven, information about the basic problems that require surgery in children. … a book to support the effort of emergency personnel, nurses, and physicians with less familiarity with children and their special surgical considerations. … it is a pleasant addition to anyone’s library of pediatric surgery books.” (Robert M. Arensman, Doody’s Book Reviews, August, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Janet Weis Children’s Hospital Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, USA

    Christopher P. Coppola, Alfred P. Kennedy, Jr., Ronald J. Scorpio

About the editors

Alfred Kennedy, Jr., FAAP FACS MD. Dr. Kennedy is board-certified in general surgery and pediatric surgery and he is a member of various professional societies including the American Pediatric Surgical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, Surgical Section. He received the 2008 Department of Surgery Faculty Teaching Award from the University of Tennessee and he was included on the Consumer's Research Council of America's Top Surgeon list in 2004-2005.

Christopher Coppola, MD. Dr. Coppola served in the United States Air Force Medical Corps and deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom where he treated soldiers, civilians and children injured in the war. While stationed in San Antonio, Texas, he was the surgical director of the only global Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) team in the world, rescuing babies from Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. He has published journal articles and chapters in pediatric surgery, critical care and trauma as well as the memoir “Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq”. He is currently president of the Keystone Chapter American College of Surgeons.

Ronald Scorpio, MD. Dr. Scorpio is the Director of the Department of Surgery and the Director of Pediatric Trauma at the Janet Weis Children’s Hospital at Geisinger Medical Center. He has travelled extensively and has practiced surgery in Canada and Australia as well as the United States. He is a native of Rhode Island and after college at the University of Virginia, his surgical training included time at Boston Children’s Hospital, The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and the University of Maryland. He also holds degrees in engineering and business.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pediatric Surgery

  • Book Subtitle: Diagnosis and Treatment

  • Editors: Christopher P. Coppola, Alfred P. Kennedy, Jr., Ronald J. Scorpio

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04340-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35006-6Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-04340-1Published: 30 May 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVIII, 482

  • Number of Illustrations: 43 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pediatric Surgery, Maternal and Child Health, Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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