Pediatric emergency medicine trisk 1188

neck abscesses
clinical recognition, 1327
diagnostic testing, 1327 –1328
discharge/admission, clinical indications, 1328
evidences, 1327
initial assessment, 1327
management, 1327 –1328
pre-vertebral swelling, 1326 f
treatment goals, 1327
triage considerations, 1327
otitis externa, 1329 –1330 , 1329 f–1330 f
otitis media, acute
clinical assessment, 1320
clinical recognition, 1320
evidences, 1319 –1320
external meatus, 1320 f
management, 1321 –1322
right tympanic membrane, 1321 f
treatment goals, 1319
treatment guidelines, 1321 t
triage considerations, 1320
peritonsillar abscess, 1323 –1325 , 1325 f
posttonsillectomy hemorrhage
clinical recognition, 1328
discharge/admission, clinical indication for, 1329
evidences, 1328
initial assessment, 1328
management/diagnostic testing, 1328 –1329
treatment goals, 1328
triage considerations, 1328
retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal infections

clinical recognition, 1325
discharge/admission, clinical indications, 1326
evidences, 1325
initial assessment, 1326
management/diagnostic testing, 1326
treatment goals, 1325


triage considerations, 1325 –1326
sinusitis
clinical recognition, 1323
discharge/admission, clinical indications, 1323
evidences, 1322 –1323
initial assessment, 1323
management/diagnostic testing, 1323
treatment goals, 1322
triage considerations, 1323
tonsillitis, 1323 –1325
clinical assessment, 1325
clinical recognition, 1324
disposition, 1325
evidences, 1324
management, 1325
treatment goals, 1323 –1324
triage considerations, 1324 –1325
trachea, 1331
vertigo, 1329
Enteric duplication cysts, 552
Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) infestations, 534
Enterovirus, 307

ENT trauma, 1112 –1120
ear, external, 1113
clinical recognition, 1113
evidences, 1113
initial assessment, 1113
management, 1113 –1114
triage, 1113
ear, inner
clinical recognition, 1114
evidences, 1114
initial assessment, 1115
triage, 1115
ear, middle
clinical recognition, 1114
evidences, 1114


initial assessment, 1114
management, 1114
triage, 1114
ear trauma, 1112 –1113
clinical recognition, 1112
CSF otorrhea, 1115
ear foreign body, 1112
evidences, 1112 –1113
initial assessment, 1113
management, 1113
temporal bone fractures, 1115
treatment goals, 1112
triage, 1112

emergency therapy, goals of, 1112
laryngeal and tracheal trauma
clinical recognition, 1119
evidences, 1119
initial assessment, 1120
thyroid cartilage, loss of, 1120 f
treatment goals, 1119
triage, 1119 –1120
larynx and trachea trauma
bronchial foreign body, 1119 f
clinical recognition, 1118
evidences, 1118
foreign bodies, 1118
initial assessment, 1119
management, 1119
triage, 1118 –1119
nose and sinuses trauma, 1115 –1117 . See also Sinus barotrauma
clinical recognition, 1116
evidences, 1116
foreign body. See Nasal foreign body
initial assessment, 1116
management, 1116 –1117
nasal bone deformity, 1117 f
treatment goal, 1116


triage, 1116
oral cavity and pharynx trauma, 1117 –1118
caustic injuries, 1118
clinical recognition, 1117

evidences, 1117
initial assessment, 1117
lateral neck radiograph, 1118 f
management, 1117 –1118
treatment goals, 1117
triage, 1117
pain analgesia, 1113
Environmental and exertional heat illness
clinical recognition, 688 –689
electrolyte depletion, 688
heat-sensitive centers, 688
indications for admission and discharge, 691
management and diagnostic studies
heat cramps, 689
heat exhaustion, 689
heat stroke, 688 , 690 , 690 t
physiologic disturbances, 690 t
treatment, goals of, 687
Eosinophilic esophagitis, 378
Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC), 171 f–172 f, 173
Epidermal inclusion cyst (EIC), 1345
Epidermoid cysts, 347
Epidermolysis bullosa (EB), 446 –448
Epididymitis, 410 –411 , 411 f, 415 , 1338
Epidural abscess, 556 , 1322 , 1376 , 1388
Epidural hematomas (EDH), 269 –270 , 325 , 1257 f
Epigastric hernias, 1310
Epigastric tenderness, 358
Epiglottitis, 379 , 478 –479 , 510 , 513 , 516
Epilepsia partialis continua, 885

Epilepsy, 520
Epinephrine, 55 t, 66 , 66 t, 80 t, 81
Epiploceles, 1310