Book contents
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Reference Values
- 1 A Statement
- 2 Resuscitation
- 3 Breathing Complaints
- 4 Fever
- 5 Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Complaints
- 6 Extremity Complaints
- 7 Vomiting
- 8 Abdominal and Chest Pain
- 9 Altered Mental Status
- 10 Head and Neck Pain
- 11 Genitourinary Complaints
- 12 Skin Complaints
- Case Key
- Index
- References
4 - Fever
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Book contents
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Reference Values
- 1 A Statement
- 2 Resuscitation
- 3 Breathing Complaints
- 4 Fever
- 5 Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Complaints
- 6 Extremity Complaints
- 7 Vomiting
- 8 Abdominal and Chest Pain
- 9 Altered Mental Status
- 10 Head and Neck Pain
- 11 Genitourinary Complaints
- 12 Skin Complaints
- Case Key
- Index
- References
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