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A practical hands-on tool for fast, accurate clinical diagnosis in pediatric emergencies Pediatric patients can represent as much as 35% of all emergency department visits. This atlas comes to the rescue of harried ED clinicians by providing a quick-access resource packed with visual clues to injuries and illnesses presenting in emergency situations from infancy through adolescence. Doctors Shah and Lucchesi have compiled an extraordinary collection of their best clinical photographs and imaging studies, and combined them with a practical, easily retrievable text. This combination promises to expedite diagnosis as well as guide the clinician to the appropriate management of pediatric trauma and disease. Atlas Of Pediatric Emergency Medicine puts at your fingertips: More than 550 top-quality color clinical photographs, and more than 250 imaging studies that include X-rays, CT scans and more -- making it the single most comprehensive visual compilation available for diagnosing pediatric emergenciesComprehensive coverage of disorders of all body systems, including trauma Authoritative, experienced guidance. The Atlas has been edited, compiled, and largely written by two distinguished experts -- one a physician peer-evaluated as one of the finest clinicians and teachers in Emergency Medicine today, the other the overseer of one of the largest, busiest EDs in the United States. Together they have more than 50 years of experience in emergency careConsistent formatting in an outline that provides immediate access to clinical features, differential diagnosis, consultation, treatment and disposition, complications, and clinical pearlsA superb preparation tool for board exams and subspecialty certificationAn unparalleled resource for every medical professional caring for children, from ED clinicians and physicians in family or pediatric practice to nurse practitioners and paramedics

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Overall, Atlas of Pediatric Emergency Medicine by Shah and Lucchesi is an excellent addition for any emergency department that has the privilege to care for children. It is particularly useful for the medical student and junior resident, with its comprehensive, easy to read, quick reference format. It will definitely help emergency physicians provide better care to children. --Annals of Emergency Medicine Annals of Emergency Medicine 20070101 This atlas provides a fantastic photographic commentary on the broad field of pediatric emergency medicine...The text is easy to read. The pictures are appropriate, thorough, and well done. The treatment options described are up to date. This is a nice addition to the library of pediatric emergency medicine as pictorial learning tool. --Doody's Review Service Doody's 20060908

""Overall, Atlas of Pediatric Emergency Medicine by Shah and Lucchesi is an excellent addition for any emergency department that has the privilege to care for children. It is particularly useful for the medical student and junior resident, with its comprehensive, easy to read, quick reference format. It will definitely help emergency physicians provide better care to children.""--Annals of Emergency Medicine Annals of Emergency Medicine 20070101 ""This atlas provides a fantastic photographic commentary on the broad field of pediatric emergency medicine...The text is easy to read. The pictures are appropriate, thorough, and well done. The treatment options described are up to date. This is a nice addition to the library of pediatric emergency medicine as pictorial learning tool.""--Doody's Review Service Doody's 20060908

Overall, Atlas of Pediatric Emergency Medicine by Shah and Lucchesi is an excellent addition for any emergency department that has the privilege to care for children. It is particularly useful for the medical student and junior resident, with its comprehensive, easy to read, quick reference format. It will definitely help emergency physicians provide better care to children. --Annals of Emergency Medicine Annals of Emergency Medicine 20070101 This atlas provides a fantastic photographic commentary on the broad field of pediatric emergency medicine...The text is easy to read. The pictures are appropriate, thorough, and well done. The treatment options described are up to date. This is a nice addition to the library of pediatric emergency medicine as pictorial learning tool. --Doody's Review Service Doody's 20060908

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Binita R. Shah, MD Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine Kings County Hospital Center, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn Brooklyn, New YorkProfessor of Clinical Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn Brooklyn, New York Michael Lucchesi, MD, Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Kings County Hospital Center, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York, and Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York As Chair of Emergency Medicine at Kings County Hospital, Dr. Lucchesi oversees one of the largest, busiest EDs in the US. Drs. Shah and Lucchesi will write the majority of the atlas themselves, with a small team of contributors (3-4) to assist them.

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