Emergencies in pediatric surgery.
Primary care physicians are often required to initially manage the children with surgical emergencies. Many neonates with congenital malformations delivered without supervision may also be managed initially by the family physicians. The role of the primary care physician in such cases should be to diagnose the condition correctly, provide immediate care and then refer the newborn or child to higher centre for appropriate management.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Delhi, India, mohtaanup@hotmail.com.
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