Full Description
While critical care pharmacology and technology have become widely available, paediatricians and primary care physicians must frequently deal with critically ill children in understaffed hospitals. Those who represent the first line of care know that the first hours of treatment to a critically ill child have a significant impact on the outcome. This introductory overview of paediatric critical care is written for medical students, paediatric residents, and residents from other disciplines who rotate through paediatric ICU. In addition to covering PICU topics, this tome reviews the initial management and stabilization of critically ill children. Management of life-threatening situations to critically ill children that are also reviewed in this book include respiratory failure, cardiovascular collagse, status epilepticus, status asthmaticus, upper airway obstructions, toxic ingestions, and sepsis.
This easy-to-read manual outlines basic concepts of paediatric ICU and makes for easy reading in a night on call. while also satisfying the requirements for a quick reference text that can help the unsuspecting health care worker in an emergency, its engaging presentation motivates readiness for critical care.
Contents
Foreword. William A. Altemeier, MD.
Preface.
Joseph D. Tobias, MD.
Chapter 1. Airway Management.
Joseph D. Tobias, MD.
Chapter 2. Cardiovascular Physiology, Shock, Inotropic Agents, and Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring.
Joseph D. Tobias, MD.
Chapter 3. Croup, Upper Airway Obstruction, and Status Asthmaticus.
Joseph D. Tobias, MD and David G. Nichols, MD.
Chapter 4. Mechanical Ventilation, Respiratory Monitoring, and the Basics of Pulmonary Physiology.
Lynn Martin, MD.
Chapter 5. Alternative Modes of Respiratory Support.
Thomas V. Brogan, MD and Lynn D. Martin, MD.
Chapter 6. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Children.
J. Steven Hata, MD.
Chapter 7. Congenital Heart Diseases/Arrhythmias.
Marcus S. Schamberger, MD.
Chapter 8. Postoperative Cardiac Care.
Joseph D. Tobias, MD and William R. Wilson Jr., MD.
Chapter 9. Status Epilepticus.
Joseph E. Segeleon, MD and Steven E. Haun, MD.
Chapter 10. Increased Intracranial Pressure/Intracranial Pressure Monitoring.
Steven E. Haun, MD and Joseph E. Segeleon, MD.
Chapter 11. The Use of Sedative/Analgesic and Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in Children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
Joseph D. Tobias, MD.
Chapter 12. Traumatic Injury and Burns.
Joseph D. Tobias, MD.
Chapter 13. Fluid and Electrolyte Issues, Metabolic Disorders, Tumor Lysis Syndrome.
Rosaleah V. Bernardo MD, Joseph E. Segeleon MD, and Steven E. Haun, MD.
Chapter 14. Nutrition in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patient.
Adalberto Torres Jr, MD and Pat Wiggins, MS, RD, CS.
Chapter 15. Blood Product Administration and Coagulation Function.
Joseph D. Tobias, MD.
Chapter 16. Acute Renal Failure and Renal Replacement Therapy.
R. Blaine Easley, MD and Ted Groshong, MD.
Chapter 17. Diabetic Ketoacidosis.
Jessica Klekamp MD and Kevin B. Churchwell, MD.
Chapter 18. Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patient.
Ted D. Groshong, MD.
Chapter 19. Infectious Disease Issues in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patient.
Sayonara Pérez Mato, MD and Sara S. Viesman, MD.
Chapter 20. Poisonings and Toxic Ingestions.
R. Blaine Easley, MD and Joseph D. Tobias, MD.
Chapter 21. Gastrointestinal Tract Disorders in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patient.
Joseph D. Tobias, MD
