This is the enhanced edition of the book "Pediatric Guide." The individual chapters, written by faculty members of the 1st Pediatric Clinic of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), NHS doctors of the Hippocrates General Hospital of Thessaloniki, as well as university scientific collaborators, include the most commonly used therapeutic regimens applied in the Clinic.
The aim is to present to both the trainee and the specialist pediatrician a series of common therapeutic approaches and algorithms, provided in a practical manner and supported by current literature. In the thirty-three parts/chapters, the reader will find all up-to-date practical management and treatment methods for the most common diseases of childhood.
Specifically, the following are examined: acute epiglottitis and laryngotracheobronchitis (Croup), otitis media, bronchiolitis, bronchial asthma and community-acquired pneumonia, gastrointestinal, bone and joint infections, cardiological problems, hypertensive crisis, shock and anaphylaxis-anaphylactic shock, acute hemorrhagic events, acute complications of sickle cell disease, blood product transfusion, dehydration, adrenal insufficiency, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), urinary tract infection, acute kidney injury in children, nephrotic syndrome, meningitis-encephalitis, management of Status Epilepticus, idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), coma, inherited metabolic diseases, airway obstruction by foreign body, foreign body ingestion, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, poisonings, immunomodulatory therapies, administration of common gamma globulin, and systemic corticosteroid administration.
