Medical Spanish in Pediatrics: An Instant Translator » (1st Edition)

Nasr, Isam, MD, FACEP (Cook County Hospital); Cordero, Marco A., MD, FACEP (Palos Community Hospital)

This pocket-sized handbook facilitates communication effectively with Spanish-speaking pediatric patients and their caregivers. Spanish questions and phrases with phonetic pronunciations and English translations equip readers to take a patient history, perform a physical examination, and relay instructions.

• Anatomy
• Common Terms
• Triage Questions
• Pain
• Abdominal Pain
• Allergic Reaction
• Altered Gait
• Altered Level of Consciousness
• Ankle Pain/Trauma
• Arm Pain/Trauma
• Asthma
• Back Pain/Trauma
• Behavior Change
• Bites (human, animal, insects)
• Burns
• Chest pain
• Constipation
• Cough
• Cyanosis
• Dental pain
• Depression
• Diaper Rash
• Diarrhea
• Dysuria
• Earache
• Elbow Pain/Trauma
• Eye Redness
• Foot Pain/Trauma
• Hand Pain/Trauma
• Headache
• Hematuria
• Hip Pain/Trauma
• Irritability
• Jaundice
• Knee Pain/Trauma
• Laceration
• Lead Toxicity
• Lumphadenopathy
• Motor Vehicle Crash
• Milestones (different ages)
• Neck Mass
• Overdose
• Pallor
• Physical Abuse
• Rash
• Rectal Bleeding
• Respiratory Disease
• Sexual Abuse
• Shoulder Pain/Trauma
• Sore Throat
• Suicide
• Syncope
• Thigh Pain/Trauma
• Vaginal Bleeding
• Vaginal Discharge
• Vomiting