This book describes the underlying mechanisms and pathophysiological processes which relate to various childhood injuries, and brings together experimental and empirical data which bear on the rational management of injury in childhood. It also deals with the wider issues of service organization and rehabilitation. The book describes the commonest causes and types of injury encountered in the young, including trauma, head injury, near drowning and burns. It also deals with essential aspects of effective management of injury in the hospital including trauma scoring, life support and nutritional…mehr
This book describes the underlying mechanisms and pathophysiological processes which relate to various childhood injuries, and brings together experimental and empirical data which bear on the rational management of injury in childhood. It also deals with the wider issues of service organization and rehabilitation. The book describes the commonest causes and types of injury encountered in the young, including trauma, head injury, near drowning and burns. It also deals with essential aspects of effective management of injury in the hospital including trauma scoring, life support and nutritional support. It is intended for trainees and consultants in paediatrics, paediatric surgery, accident and emergency, anaesthesia and intensive care, and it will also serve as a source book for medical and non-medical researchers.
List of contributors Editor's preface 1. The epidemiology of trauma involving children S. Jarvis and P. Edwards 2. Emergency room requirements for children B. M. Phillips 3. Child deaths in Accident and Emergency B. Wright 4. Immediate life support G. S. Samra and R. M. Bingham 5. Evaluation of injury in children B. M. Phillips 6. Injuries of the developing brain C. M. Bannister 7. Wound healing in children J. G. Andrew 8. The lung after injury in children J. Grigg 9. Metabolic and endocrine stress responses to surgery M. P. Ward Platt 10. Head injury in children P. M. Sharples 11. Near drowning D. Bohn 12. The acute response to burn injury in children C. Childs 13. Nutritional support of the severely burned child M. J. Muller and D. N. Herndon 14. Recovery, rehabilitation and the neuropsychological sequelae of head injury M. Crouchman 15. Children's rights and child protection J. Harris Index.
List of contributors Editor's preface 1. The epidemiology of trauma involving children S. Jarvis and P. Edwards 2. Emergency room requirements for children B. M. Phillips 3. Child deaths in Accident and Emergency B. Wright 4. Immediate life support G. S. Samra and R. M. Bingham 5. Evaluation of injury in children B. M. Phillips 6. Injuries of the developing brain C. M. Bannister 7. Wound healing in children J. G. Andrew 8. The lung after injury in children J. Grigg 9. Metabolic and endocrine stress responses to surgery M. P. Ward Platt 10. Head injury in children P. M. Sharples 11. Near drowning D. Bohn 12. The acute response to burn injury in children C. Childs 13. Nutritional support of the severely burned child M. J. Muller and D. N. Herndon 14. Recovery, rehabilitation and the neuropsychological sequelae of head injury M. Crouchman 15. Children's rights and child protection J. Harris Index.
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