Hospital for Children

Divisions/Specialties

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) provides acute care and stabilizes children prior to hospital admission. As part of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, PEM manages children with medical and surgical emergencies and general pediatric diseases.

Patient Conditions

General pediatric conditions, including:
pneumonia asthma near-SIDS failure to thrive malnutrition smoke inhalation	near drowning minor trauma intoxication/poisonings AIDS abuse
Medical conditions, including:
pulmonary immunology nephrology cardiology infectious diseases	adolescent medicine neurology gastroenterology endocrinology metabolic diseases
Surgical conditions, including:
pediatric surgery orthopaedics neurosurgery ENT ophthalmology	plastic surgery thoracic surgery oral surgery OB/GYN

Comprehensive Evaluations

CT scans
MRI
Ultrasonography

Specialized Treatments

Pediatric sexual abuse

Research Activities

Pediatric child abuse
Psychiatric emergencies
Telemedicine

Services to Physicians

Consultation on complicated cases
Second opinions
Evaluation of patient conditions
Special treatment procedures
Short-term and long-term management
Telemedicine

This page was last updated on: May 18, 2007.

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