Description
Book SynopsisWritten in a case-based format, this valuable resource helps primary care physicians in diagnosing and treating children with common and uncommon cardiac conditions. Cases are grouped by treating location: office, nursery, emergency department, and pediatric intensive care unit.
Following the case presentation, each chapter follows the steps of: differential diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, and discussion. Valuable pearls of information are included, as well as "Practice Points," which is a quick refresher on the key issues presented in the case.
TOPICS INCLUDE
- Refractory Supraventricular Tachycardia and Hypotension
- Cyanosis Without a Murmur
- An Enlarged Cardiac Silhouette on Chest Radiograph
- A Loud Murmur in an Asymptomatic Infant
- Small Heart with "White Out" on Chest Radiograph
- Cardiac Arrest in an Adolescent
- Recurrent Seizures and a Family History of Sudden Death
- Wide QRS Tachycardia and Heart Failure
- Wheezing and Recurrent Pneumonia
- And more…
Table of Contents
- Part 1: Pediatric Cardiology in the Office
- 1 Refractory Supraventricular Tachycardia and Hypotension
- 2 Cyanosis Without a Murmur
- 3 An Enlarged Cardiac Silhouette on Chest Radiograph
- 4 Unexplained Tachycardia
- 5 An Adolescent with Stomach Pain
- 6 Family History of Sudden Death
- 7 Tachypnea in a 6-week-old Infant
- 8 Cyanosis in a 4-year-old Male
- 9 Fainting in an Adolescent at School
- 10 A New Murmur and Rash
- 11 Chest Pain with Exercise
- 12 An Athlete with a Murmur
- 13 Syncope During a Basketball Game
- 14 Sports Participation in a Child after Heart Surgery
- 15 An Abnormal Echocardiogram in an Athlete
- Part 2: Pediatric Cardiology in the Nursery
- 16 Cyanosis in a Newborn
- 17 A Loud Murmur in an Asymptomatic Infant
- 18 Cardiogenic Shock in a 2-day-old
- 19 Tachycardia with Fetal Hydrops
- 20 Small Heart with 'White Out' on Chest Radiograph
- 21 Tachypnea and Poor Pulses
- Part 3: Pediatric Cardiology in the Emergency Department
- 22 Cardiac Arrest in an Adolescent
- 23 Syncope in an Adolescent
- 24 Recurrent Seizures and a Family History of Sudden Death
- 25 Increasing Shortness of Breath with Exercise
- 26 Cardiac Failure and Abnormal ECG in an Infant
- 27 Syncope and Exercise Intolerance in an Adolescent Female
- 28 Fainting and Bradycardia
- 29 A Toddler with Failure to Thrive, Hypotonia and Murmur
- Part 4: Pediatric Cardiology in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- 30 Hemiplegia in a 17-Year-Old Athlete
- 31 Dysmorphic Infant with Stridor
- 32 Wide QRS Tachycardia and Heart Failure
- 33 Fever and Acute Onset of Shortness of Breath
- 34 Failure to Thrive in Infant with No Murmur
- 35 Wheezing and Recurrent Pneumonia
