Practical Considerations in Pediatric Surgery

Abstract

The care of pediatric patients requires special considerations that are often not addressed in the literature. Relatively straightforward tasks such as clinical evaluation, antibiotic use, splinting, wound closure, and care of simple burns become complicated in the pediatric population for several reasons. The authors seek to demystify some of these topics using the senior author's years of clinical experience treating pediatric patients by giving practical advice and general considerations when treating children.

Keywords

practical considerations - pediatric surgery - burns - splints - suture - antibiotics - clinical evaluation

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