Ebook: Challenging Cases in Pediatric Cardiology

Written 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…