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Chapter 17 - Pediatric Trauma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 November 2019

By
Karla E.K. Wyatt
Edited by
Adam C. Adler ,
Arvind Chandrakantan  and
Ronald S. Litman
Adam C. Adler
Affiliation:
Texas Children's Hospital
Arvind Chandrakantan
Affiliation:
Texas Children's Hospital
Ronald S. Litman
Affiliation:
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Summary

This chapter, provides an overview of the care and evaluation of pediatric trauma patients. The author presents the classification and evaluation of the trauma patient through the primary and secondary surveys. The anesthetic management and consideration from airway to vascular access are discussed.

Keywords

pediatric traumaPALSpediatric emergency medicineunintentional injury
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Case Studies in Pediatric Anesthesia , pp. 76 - 80
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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Apfelbaum, JL, Hagberg, CA, Caplan, RA. Practice guidelines for management of the difficult airway: an updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Management of the Difficult Airway. Anesthesiology. 2013;118(2):251–70.Google ScholarPubMed
Avarello, JT, Cantor, RM. Pediatric major trauma: an approach to evaluation and management. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2007;25(3):803–36.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Densmore, JC, Lim, HJ, Oldham, KT, et al. Outcomes and delivery of care in pediatric injury. J Pediatr Surg. 2006;41:92–8.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Myers, SR, Branas, CC, French, B, Nance, ML, Carr, BG. A National Analysis of Pediatric Trauma Care Utilization and Outcomes in the United States. Pediatric Emergency Care 2019; 35(1):1–7.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Sperka, J, Hanson, S, Hoffmann, R, Dasgupta, M, Meyer, MT. The effects of pediatric advanced life support guidelines on pediatric trauma airway management. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2016;32(8):499–503.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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