New specialized guide for emergency departments features a chapter by two department members

Book coverA new book published by Springer in September 2024, and entitled, Children with Medical Complexity in the Emergency Department — A Case-Based Guide, includes a chapter written by two department of pediatrics faculty members. Jonathan Fliegel, MD, associate professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine and Complex Care, and Sara Liegel, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Developmental Pediatrics and Rehabilitation Medicine, collaborated on the chapter, “A Child with Medical Complexity and Worsening Irritability.”

Dr. Jonathan Fliegel

The guide is intended to provide information for physicians and other health care providers in the acute care of children with medical complexity. Because emergency medicine physicians are most often the first to care for these children when they are acutely ill, and local emergency departments are often outside of cities and may be in underserved areas, those physicians may not have received specific training about the care of these children. Children with medical complexity will likely be transferred to care in major medical centers, but the initial stabilizing care will often be performed by these physicians.

Dr. Sara Liegel

The book, edited by three board-certified pediatric hospitalists, comprises 22 chapters provided by contributors from the fields of pediatrics and emergency medicine. Authors include generalists and subspecialty experts in such areas as transplant medicine, gastroenterology, nephrology, and others, and addressing topics as diverse as cystic fibrosis, traumatic brain injury, tracheostomy, and many others.

Each chapter includes figures, tables, and illustrations as learning aids and concludes with a summary of three to five “Take-Away Pearls.” The book is available both as an eBook and as a softcover physical book through the Springer website.