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The Pediatric Surgical Abdomen

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

J Pediatr Surg 2014; 49:1619. 2014; 8(5):533-541. West J Emerg Med. 2014; 15(4):859-871. The Approach to Common Abdominal Diagnoses in Infants and Children. Essential Diagnosis of Abdominal Emergencies in the First Year of Life. Emerg Med Clin N Am. Emerg Med Clin N Am. 2007; 16:27-33.

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Pediatric Diarrhea with Dr. Jay Larmon

Downeast Emergency Medicine

In these patients, consider intra-abdominal emergencies (appendicitis, incarceration, etc). They will often require intravenous fluids and empiric antibiotics in addition labs (including blood cultures) and abdominal imaging. .: Pediatr Emerg Med Pract 2018, 15(2):1-25. New York: McGraw-Hill Education; 2014.