This volume provides an overview of the most important current controversies in the field of pediatric intensive care.
The first edition has become a highly utilized text for pediatric critical care fellows. The second edition will prove even more valuable to the fellow in-training and indeed to any clinical pediatric intensivist.
Now completely revised and updated, this comprehensive text/reference covers all aspects of caring for the critically ill child.
This practical handbook of pediatric critical care is written for all clinicians who care for children with acute illness.
This issue of Critical Care Clinics edited by Dr. Margaret Parker on Pediatric Critical Care features topics such as:1.
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Pediatric Critical Care is reviewed in this issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. James Orlowski.
The first edition has become a highly utilized text for pediatric critical care fellows. The second edition will prove even more valuable to the fellow in-training and indeed to any clinical pediatric intensivist.
Includes new therapeutic approaches, giving current regimens for pediatric critical care illnesses and injuries. New chapters include perfluorocarbons, pediatric renal replacement therapy, and post-op liver transplantation care.
Management of life-threatening situations that are specifically included in this book include respiratory failure, cardiovascular failure, electrolyte derangements, diabetic ketoacidosis, burn injuries, status epilepticus, status ...