Pediatric Critical Care The Essentials

Name: Pediatric Critical Care The Essentials
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ISBN: 9780879934286

ISBN-10: 087993428X

ISBN-13: 9780879934286

Edition: 2002

Authors: Joseph Tobias

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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…

Book details

List price: $156.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/17/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 3.94" wide x 9.84" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 2.684
Language: English



Contributors


Foreword



Preface



Airway Management




Cardiovascular Physiology, Shock, Inotropic Agents, and Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring




Croup, Upper Airway Obstruction, and Status Asthmaticus




Mechanical Ventilation, Respiratory Monitoring, and the Basics of Pulmonary Physiology




Alternative Modes of Respiratory Support




Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Children




Congenital Heart Diseases/Arrhythmias




Postoperative Cardiac Care




Status Epilepticus




Increased Intracranial Pressure/Intracranial Pressure Monitoring




The Use of Sedative/Analgesic and Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in Children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit




Traumatic Injury and Burns




Fluid and Electrolyte Issues, Metabolic Disorders, Tumor Lysis Syndrome




Nutrition in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patient




Blood Product Administration and Coagulation Function




Acute Renal Failure and Renal Replacement Therapy




Diabetic Ketoacidosis




Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patient




Infectious Disease Issues in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patient




Poisonings and Toxic Ingestions




Gastrointestinal Tract Disorders in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patient



Index