Pediatric clinics of North America
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The epidemiology of injuries resulting from submersion in water and their prevention are reviewed and the management of submersion injury is detailed.
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The authors provide the reader with the pharmacologic tools useful in managing chronic pain in children. The agents discussed include the analgesics, the psychotropics, and miscellaneous anticonvulsants, antihistamines, steroids, and skeletal muscle relaxants.
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The physician who is called upon to evaluate stridor in the infant or child must be familiar with common congenital lesions of the airway, the symptoms they produce, and methods for their diagnosis and treatment. The authors discuss some of the more common anomalies and review the guidelines for their diagnosis and treatment.
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The author discusses an extended list of the ophthalmic signs and symptoms of neurologic disease (some of which were once considered to be benign or isolated eye problems) under the general categories of vision problems, pupil signs, eye movement disorders, fundus abnormalities, and eyelid abnormalities.