Description
Book SynopsisThis book is a comprehensive guide to all aspects on paediatric intensive care.
The fourth edition has been fully revised to include the latest guidelines and advances in technology.
The extensive text of 1200 pages explains practical and surgical issues, with thorough coverage of respiratory and cardiac care.
Other conditions specific to different systems of the body are also discussed – endocrine, gastrointestinal, neurological and more.
Several chapters are dedicated to environmental injuries including burns, electric shock, heat disorders, near-drowning, and poisoning.
The book concludes with discussion on psychosocial issues, ethical and medicolegal aspects, training, research, quality improvement, and use of therapeutic drugs in paediatric intensive care.
The text is highly illustrated with clinical photographs, diagrams and flowcharts.
Key points
- Comprehensive guide to all aspects of paediatric intensive care
- Fully revised fourth edition featuring latest guidelines and technological advances
- Extensive text of 1200 pages further enhanced by clinical photographs, diagrams and flowcharts
- Previous edition (9789351527398) published in 2015
Table of ContentsAssessment and Initial Management
Pediatric Advanced Life
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Airway Management
Transport of Critically Ill Children
Consensus Guidelines for Pediatric Intensive Care Units in India
Hemodynamic Monitoring in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Intracranial Pressure Monitoring
Respiratory Monitoring in Pediatric Intensive Care
Nursing Care in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Procedures in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Flexible Bronchoscopy in Infants and Children
Pediatric Thoracoscopy
Ultrasound in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Respiratory Physiology
Oxygen Therapy in Pediatrics
Blood Gas and Acid-base Interpretation
Upper Airway Obstruction in Children
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome and Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of Newborn
Acute Respiratory Failure
Pediatric Tracheostomy
Acute Severe Asthma Management in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Viral Pneumonias: Common Pneumonias and Recent Advances
Persistent and Recurrent Pneumonias
Recent Advances in the Rapid Diagnosis of Respiratory Tract Infection
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease and Respiratory Infection in Children
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Children
Empyema Thoracis in Children
Air Leak Syndromes
Cystic Fibrosis: Clinical Manifestations and Treatment
Neonatal Congenital Lung Lesions
Bronchodilator Therapy in Mechanically Ventilated Children
Basic Mechanical Ventilation
Commonly Available Ventilators
Disease-specific Ventilation
Advanced Mechanical Ventilation
Ventilator Graphics and Clinical Applications
Care of the Ventilated Patient
Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
Complications of Mechanical Ventilation
Non-invasive Ventilation
High-frequency Ventilation
Inhaled Nitric Oxide
Neonatal Ventilation
Surfactant Therapy in Newborn
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Pediatric Heart and Lung Transplantation
Shock: Management in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Inotropes and Vasopressors in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Cardiogenic Shock
Pediatric Septic Shock
Multiorgan Failure in Critically Ill Children
Dengue with Shock
Role of Echocardiography in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Interventional Pediatric Cardiology: An Overview
Myocarditis in Children
Cardiac Arrhythmias in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Hypertension in Children
Common Congenital Heart Defects and Perioperative Issues
Postoperative Care of Cardiac Patients After Open Heart Surgery
Perioperative Management of Transposition of Great Arteries
Perioperative Management of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage
Perioperative Management Strategy of Univentricular Heart
Cardiac Pacing in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support
Heart Transplantation in Pediatrics
Pediatric Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator Therapy
Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Endocrine Emergencies in Critically Ill Children
Fluid and Electrolyte Abnormalities in the Critically Ill Children
Acute Kidney Injury in Children and Renal Replacement Therapy
Pediatric Renal Transplantation
Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Diagnosis and Management
Acute Liver Failure
Liver Transplantation
Liver Transplantation in Children: Indian Scenario
Nutrition in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Parenteral Nutrition for Critically Ill Child
Blood Transfusion in Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Methemoglobinemia
Malaria
Immunocompromised Child in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Pediatric Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections
Bone Marrow Transplantation in Children
Antibiotic Therapy in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Nosocomial Infections and Management
Multiple Trauma: Stabilization and Management in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Child Abuse and Shake Injuries
Perioperative Anesthetic and Surgical Issues
Poisoning and Bites
Thermal Burns
Heat Disorders
Electrical Shock
Near-drowning
Coma: Encephalitis and Cerebral Malaria
Bacterial, Viral and Fungal Meningitis
Hydrocephalus
Status Epilepticus Pediatric Head Injury
Pediatric Head Injury
Pediatric Brain Death Guidelines
Sedation, Analgesia and Neuromuscular Blockade
Intensive Care Unit-acquired Weakness
Care of Terminally Ill Children
Psychosocial Issues in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Ethical Issues Related to End-of-life
Issues in Intensive Care in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Simulation-based Training in Pediatric Intensive Care
Research in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Quality Improvement in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Drugs Used in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
