Overview

This comprehensive textbook covers all aspects in the management of the critically ill infant or child. Adopting a practical approach throughout, the book takes the reader through the intensive care management of common paediatric emergencies, including cardiorespiratory arrest, shock, coma, respiratory distress, cardiac failure, renal, hepatic and multiorgan failure, poisoning, multiple trauma, heat and electrical injuries and life-threatening infections. Frequently performed emergency procedures such as endotracheal intubation, intraosseous line placement, arterial and central venous line placement, chest tube insertion, bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy and pericardial drainage are discussed in detail. The book also considers all aspects of assisted ventilation, central to critical care, including the care of the ventilated patient, non-invasive ventilation, nitric oxide and surfactant therapies and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Guidelines for running existing, and setting up, new pediatric intensive care facilities, admission and discharge criteria, quality issues, infection control, sedation, transport of critically ill children, end of life care, training and basic research complete the comprehensive coverage. The text is supported throughout with explanatory line diagrams and photographs.

Full Product Details

Author:   Praveen Khilnani ,  Jo Koster
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Hodder Arnold
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 4.80cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   2.193kg
ISBN:  

9780340905821

ISBN 10:   0340905824
Pages:   826
Publication Date:   29 July 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Basic Practical Issues Managing a pediatric emergency CPR Pediatric advanced life support Pediatric resuscitation Transport of the critically ill child Consensus guidelines for PICUs in India Monitoring Capnography Orders and rounds Nursing issues Procedures Fiberoptic bronchoscopy Thoracoscopy Radiology for the pediatric intensivist Respiratory System Respiratory physiology Oxygen therapy Blood gas and acid base interpretation Airway obstruction and difficult intubation Upper airway obstruction Acute respiratory failure Tracheostomy Acute severe asthma management Viral pneumonias Rapid diagnosis of respiratory tract infection HIV disease and respiratory infection ARDS Empyema thoracic Respiratory failure associated with neuromuscular disease Cystic fibrosis Congenital pulmonary lesions Bronchodilator therapy in mechanically ventilated children Basic mechanical ventilation Circulatory System Metabolic renal issues Gastroenterological issues Hematological issues Pediatric surgical issues Toxic ingestion Infections and infection control Neurological issues Environmental injuries Miscellaneous

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Praveen Khilnani MD FAAP FCCM(USA), Senior Consultant, Pediatric Intensivist and Pulmonologist, Apollo Centre for Advanced Pediatrics, IP Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India

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