S Letha
Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics Government Medical College Kottayam,
Kerala India
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Management of Emergency Pediatrics Made Easy®
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To My beloved husband R Sadasivan who was my encouragement and inspiration throughout this endeavor6
7PREFACE
Prompt recognition and appropriate management of a critically ill child improves the quality of life. It prevents morbidity as well as mortality. To identify a critically ill child is the most important aspect of critical care management. After identifying the sick child, a protocol oriented management done by a team of trained personals is the next step in the management of such a child. This book is intended to help the young doctors in managing the common pediatric emergencies in a simple way. Lack of sophisticated instruments, costly equipments and drugs are often compensated to a great extent by the sincerity and dedication of the health personals and constant and careful personal monitoring.
I express my sincere gratitude to all my teachers and my students, my tiny patients and their parents who all inspired me for putting in such an effort.
My thanks are due to Mr KVVarkey, Royal DTPCentre, Gandhinagar, Kottayam for all the help he has rendered tome.
Lastly but of most importance, I would like to thank Mis Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi for their help extended to me for publishing this book.
S Letha