Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

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Indications Print Section Listen • Meconium aspiration syndrome. • Congenital diaphragmatic hernia. • Idiopathic pulmonary hypertension. • Severe, reversible respiratory failure. • Cardiac disease. Contraindications Print Section Listen • Preterm…

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Electroencephalography

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Indications Print Section Listen • Suspected epilepsy. • Suspected ongoing seizures or subclinical status epilepticus. • Epilepsy characterization. • Unexplained encephalopathy or coma. • Monitoring medication-induced coma. • Paralyzed patients…

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Renal Replacement Therapy

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Peritoneal Dialysis Print Section Listen Indications • End-stage renal disease. • Acute kidney failure accompanied by 1 or more of the following: • Oliguria or anuria. • Uremia (azotemia accompanied…

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Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy

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Indications Print Section Listen • Pancytopenia. • Unexplained anemia, leukopenia, or thrombocytopenia (aspiration only). • Acute or chronic leukemia (aspiration only). • Myelodysplasia. • Myeloproliferative disease. • Non-Hodgkin or Hodgkin…

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Colonoscopy

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Indications Print Section Listen • Chronic diarrhea. • Lower gastrointestinal bleeding. • Abdominal pain. • Evaluation of radiographic abnormalities. • Ulcerations. • Filling defects. • Strictures. • Initial diagnosis and…

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Esophagogastroduodenoscopy

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Indications Print Section Listen • Vomiting. • Hematemesis. • Melena. • Chronic diarrhea. • Failure to thrive. • Abdominal pain. • Dysphagia, odynophagia. • Foreign body. • Caustic ingestion. •…

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Exchange Transfusion of the Newborn

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Indications Print Section Listen • Prevent neurotoxicity induced by hyperbilirubinemia. • Jaundice and intermediate to advanced stages of acute bilirubin encephalopathy are present even if the serum bilirubin level does…

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Catheter Ablation

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Indications Print Section Listen • Treatment of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). • Life-threatening arrhythmia unresponsive to medications. • Younger children with arrhythmia refractory to antiarrhythmic medications. • Older children with recurrent…

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Percutaneous Kidney Biopsy

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Indications Print Section Listen • Persistent or recurrent gross hematuria of glomerular origin (ie, not related to urinary infection or bladder abnormalities). • Persistent, nonorthostatic proteinuria. • Nephrotic syndrome. •…

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Reduction and Splinting Techniques

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Shoulder Reduction Print Section Listen Indications • Any dislocated shoulder (ie, the humeral head is not in concentric relationship within the glenoid fossa). | Download (.pdf) | Print • An…

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