"This case study approach book will be the first book of its kind for pediatric acute care healthcare providers, focusing on developing the systematic approach to patient evaluation and management. The systematic approach to acutely ill children is critical in establishing accurate differential diagnoses, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment plans. Refining this essential skill is the foundation in providing comprehensive and accurate health care, maximizing patient outcomes. This resource allows students and novice pediatric health care providers to gain experience in developing differential diagnoses, evaluation, and management plans through real case studies. This skill allows students to converge the knowledge gained from didactic education into real life scenarios. Includes over 75 real life pediatric acute care cases Transforms the readers' knowledge into accurate diagnoses, evaluation, and management plans Will enable students and pediatric health care providers to gain experience in developing differential diagnoses, evaluation, and management plans Inclusion of radiographic images"-- Provided by publisher.

Complication of pneumonia --Infant with diaphoresis during feedings -- Hypotension in the operating room -- Toddler with vomiting and diarrhea -- Infant with fever and cold symptoms -- Toddler with pineoblastoma and bone marrow transplant -- A 5-year-old with altered mental status -- An 8-year-old with abdominal trauma -- Child with left eye swelling -- Billing and coding -- Language delay -- A 6-month-old infant with RSV and respiratory failure -- Adolescent abdominal pain after cardiac surgery -- Young infant with vomiting -- School-age child with bruising -- Infant with shunted hydrocephalus -- Newborn with poor oral intake and irritability -- An 8-week-old infant with a cough -- Desaturation in postoperative cardiac surgery infant -- Pre-school child with seizures -- Child with blood in stool -- Osteomyelitis case study -- A 2-year-old with liver transplant and fever -- Respiratory decompensation in trached infant -- Neonatal hypoglycemia -- Chronic otitis media -- Complex patient with recurrent lower respiratory tract infection -- Child with racing heart -- Teen with headache and seizure -- A 4-year-old with bloody diarrhea -- Child with persistent fever -- Quality improvement case study -- Newborn immediately post delivery -- A 5-year-old with poor weight gain and dehydration -- Toddler with complex chronic condition -- Pre-adolescent with knee pain -- Infant with increased fussiness and decreased oral intake -- Infant with prolonged jaundice -- Child with rash and drooling -- Child with fever and sore throat -- Teenager with sickle cell disease and fever -- Ethical case study -- Infant with neurologic changes and respiratory failure -- Acute hyperglycemia -- Infant with progressive lethargy and poor feeding -- Neonatal tachypnea -- Diplopia and esotropia -- Acetaminophen ingestion -- 1 3-year-old with sudden onset of breathing difficulty -- A 2-month-old with acute abdomen -- Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis -- Toddler with tachypnea and cool extremities -- Teen with intractable headache -- Seizures in school-age child -- An 18-year-old with upper respiratory symptoms, headache and fever -- Testicular torsion -- Teen with fever and rash -- Preterm infant unable to wean from mechanical ventilation -- Toddler with acute respiratory failure -- Adolescent with head injury -- Newborn with ambiguous genitalia -- Anemia in a toddler -- A 2-year-old with fever and cough -- Research review -- Toddler with fever and redness behind ear -- A 5-year-old with right-sided weakness -- Postoperative heart block -- Recognizing human trafficking -- A toddler with stridor -- Delirium in a 9-year-old boy -- Feeding challenge in a child with spinal muscular atrophy -- A 5-year-old with osteomyelitis, electrolyte disturbance and headaches -- Child with scald burn injury -- Parvovirus requiring blood transfusion -- A teen with high fever, rash and lethargy -- A 9-year-old with scoliosis -- An unresponsive infant -- A toddler with abdominal pain, diarrhea and lethargy -- Sore throat and shortness of breath -- Oral presentation and communication -- A 7-year-old with migratory joint pain -- Adolescent with murmur and chest flutter -- Outpatient management of asthma -- A newborn with abnormal movements -- Postoperative infant with tachycardia -- Brain death -- Postoperative spinal fusion with complications -- Orthopnea in a 10-year-old -- Complications of traumatic brain injury -- Newborn with hypothermia -- Back pain in an active teenager -- Teen with fever and abdominal pain -- Complication in a 6-year-old with a kidney transplant -- Acute hypertension and seizures in a 17-year-old male -- Jittery 2-week-old infant -- Child with leg and back pain -- Fussy, tired infant -- Tics and something more -- Lightheaded adolescent -- Infant with hypnoatremia -- Bone marrow transplant in sickle cell disease -- Child with respiratory failure and transaminitis -- Serious football injury -- Infant with generalized weakness -- A 3-day-old with irritability -- Child with fever and rash -- A teen with vomiting and diarrhea -- Acute jaundice in a 7-year-old child -- Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome -- School-age child with hives and lip swelling -- A 10-year-old with asthma in the PICU -- Skin wound in postoperative neonate -- Provider burnout and resiliency -- Kidney transplant complication -- Infant with Influenza A and new fever -- A 3-year-old with fever and painful urination.