Overview

Pediatric Intensive Care offers clinicians and trainees a concise, easy-to-carry resource on pediatric critical care medicine, designed for frequent and quick reference at the bedside, providing solutions to questions and situations encountered in practice. The book is sized to fit in a pocket and contains focused text, bulleted lists, tables, and figures. The book facilitates the delivery of critical care by a range of practitioners, from residents to generalists in settings where CCM expertise is not readily available, to intensivists.

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Author:   Scott Watson ,  Ann Thompson ,  R. Watson
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 12.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.324kg
ISBN:  

9780199918027

ISBN 10:   0199918023
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   14 March 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Contributors 1. Resuscitation and Stabilization Vinay Nadkarni, Robert M. Sutton, Robert A. Berg 2. Extracorporeal Life Support Heidi J. Dalton, Mark Davidson, and Peter P. Roeleveld 3. Transport of the Critically Ill Child Kathryn Felmet and Richard Orr 4. Procedures S. Pascala, E. Ocal, Stephen M. Schexnayder 5. Basic Pediatric Hemodynamic Monitoring Bradley P. Fuhrman and Jorge G. Sainz 6. Respiratory Jan Hau Lee and Ira M. Cheifetz 7. Cardiac Disease in Pediatric Intensive Care Vamsi V. Yarlagadda and Ravi R.Thiagarajan 8. Pediatric Shock: Recognition and Management Diana Pang and Joseph A. Carcillo 9. Neurocritical Care Steven L. Shein and Robert S. B. Clark 10. Sedation and Analgesia Lynn D. Martin and Iskra I. Ivanova 11. Fluids and Electrolytes Desmond Bohn 12. Diagnosis and Management of Renal Disorders in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Dana Y. Fuhrman and Michael L. Moritz 13. Hematology / Onc Phillip Spinella and Jeffrey Bednarski 14. Gastrointestinal and Nutrition Renan A. Orellana and Jorge A. Coss Bu 15. Infections in the Intensive Care Unit Samina Afreen, Hector R. Wong, and Marian G. Michaels 16. Endocrine Disorders in Pediatric Critical Care Carmen Soto-Rivera, Michael Agus 17. Toxicological Emergencies Sandra D.W. Buttram and Anne-Michelle Ruha 18. Pharmacology Athena Zuppa 19. Trauma and Burns Joanna C. Lim, Catherine Goodhue, Elizabeth Cleek, Erik R. Barthel, Barbara Gaines, and Jeffrey S. Upperman 20. Supportive and End-of-Life Care in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Kelly N. Michelson and Joel E. Frader

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The handbook provides to the needs of pediatric post graduates, practicing pediatricians working in PICU for a quick reference on evidence based management of critically ill children. * Rakesh Lodha, Indian Journal of Pediatrics *

The handbook provides to the needs of pediatric post graduates, practicing pediatricians working in PICU for a quick reference on evidence based management of critically ill children. -- Rakesh Lodha, Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Author Information

Dr. Watson attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, pediatrics residency and pediatric critical care fellowship at Seattle Children's Hospital, and received an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Washington School of Public Health. He on faculty of the University of Pittsburgh for 14 years before returning to the University of Washington in 2014. In addition caring for critically ill children and educating medical students, residents, and fellows, Dr. Watson conducts research to increase the understanding of the long-term effects of critical care on children and their families. Dr. Thompson received a BA from the University of Chicago and her MD from Tufts University School of Medicine. She completed residencies in Pediatrics and Anesthesiology at the Boston Floating Hospital, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and a fellowship in pediatric critical care at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She was division chief of Pediatric Critical Care at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh from 1981 to 2010 with a particular interest in and communication and ethics in the PICU and is currently Vice Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

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