Your children are always on the move, and keeping up with the best treatment for their bumps and scrapes, fevers and colds, is a challenge for even the most experienced parents. This book is an essential resource for parents and grandparents of all skill levels, addressing the most common pediatric questions in caring for children of all ages, from infant through teenage years. From feeding strategies that will help your baby sleep through the night, to the best treatment for quick recovery from mononucleosis, caretakers will find tried-and-true, practical tips to keeping their children healthy, safe, and thriving through childhood. In addition to information and treatments for various childhood illnesses, the following topics are also discussed: * Newborn care. * A feeding routine to get babies to sleep through the night. * A sensible approach to pediatric vaccinations. * Tricks for toilet training and taming tantrums. * Sun protection and tick and mosquito prevention. * Nutritious eating guidelines. * How to select the appropriate toy for a child. * Tips for selecting a daycare. * Information about acceptable screen time and gaming addiction. * Ways to eliminate ear infections including swimmer's ear and avoid ear tubes. * Occurrence and recovery from traumatic brain injuries/concussions. * Picking the right pet. * Recovery from mononucleosis and return to school in 7 to 10 days. * No more colds. Nasal spray that protects against URI's. * Hazards of e-cigarettes and vaping.

"Your children are always on the move, and keeping up with the best treatment for their bumps and scrapes, fevers and colds, is a challenge for even the most experienced parents. This book is an essential resource for parents and grandparents of all skill levels, addressing the most common pediatric questions in caring for children of all ages, from infant through teenage years. From feeding strategies that will help your baby sleep through the night, to the best treatment for quick recovery from mononucleosis, caretakers will find tried-and-true, practical tips to keeping their children healthy, safe, and thriving through childhood. In addition to information and treatment for various childhood illnesses, important childcare topics are also discussed: Newborn care. A feeding routine to get babies to sleep through the night. A sensible approach to pediatric vaccinations. Tricks for toilet training and taming tantrums. Sun protection and tick and mosquito prevention. Nutritious eating guidelines. How to select the appropriate toy for a child. Tips for selecting a daycare. Information about acceptable screen time and gaming addiction. Ways to eliminate ear infections including swimmer's ear and avoid ear tubes. Occurrence and recovery from traumatic brain injuries/concussions. Picking the right pet. Recovery from mononucleosis and return to school in 7 to 10 days. No more colds. Nasal spray that protects against URI's. Hazards of e-cigarettes and vaping. Safely play outdoors in cold weather"--

This practical handbook of pediatric critical care is written for all clinicians who care for children with acute illness. Specifically, chapters are written to provide helpful insights to all levels of pediatric providers including PICU nurses, Advanced Practice Nurses based in the PICU, medical students, pediatric residents, residents from other disciplines who rotate through PICU, hospitalists who may need to stabilize children prior to transfer to the PICU, and emergency physicians who may want to refer patients to the PICU. In addition to covering PICU-specific topics such as mechanical ventilation and procedural sedation, this handbook also includes guidance in the initial resuscitation, management and stabilization of critically ill children. Management of life-threatening situations that are specifically included in this book include respiratory failure, cardiovascular failure, electrolyte derangements, diabetic ketoacidosis, burn injuries, status epilepticus, status asthmaticus, toxic ingestions, and sepsis, among many others.This easy-to-read handbook covers basic and fundamental concepts of pediatric critical care medicine and makes for easy reading when on call, at the bedside, or when evaluating a child who may need critical care services. At the same time, Pediatric Critical Care: A Primer for All Clinicians provides a quick and practical reference with high-yield information for the clinician who finds themselves in an emergency situation in need of immediate guidance for stabilization and management. We hope that you enjoy this compendium and most of all our intent is that you will find it useful and practical in the everyday care that is provided to critically ill neonates, infants, children and adolescents with the wide array of critical illnesses that you encounter every single day.

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This book is a clinical guide in the practice of pediatric critical care and can serve as a roadmap for an introductory journey through this broad and challenging subspecialty. Key topics intrinsic to the practice of pediatric critical care are addressed from an organ-system and disease-specific perspective, and tailored to the needs of new learners. Comprehensive, practical and up-to-date information is provided in a user-friendly format that facilitates both learning and care implications. Each topic is analyzed and discussed in a custom-built section to provide both an overview and the necessary detail to help the reader participate in and contribute to patient care. Definitions, etiologies, physical findings, laboratory and radiologic data, differential diagnoses, management, suggested consultations and prognosis are condensed using easy-to-find boxes, bulleted lists, decision trees, tables and illustrations.