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Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volume 1: Care of the Critically Ill or Injured Child

  • A new edition of the most comprehensive textbook of pediatric critical care medicine

  • First ostensibly evidence-based pediatric critical care textbook

  • Relevant for those studying towards pediatric critical care examinations and those who are already qualified

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Table of contents (51 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
  2. The Practice of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Pediatric Critical Care: A Global View

      • Andrew C. Argent, Niranjan Kissoon
      Pages 3-9
    3. PICU Administration

      • Cortney B. Foster, David C. Stockwell
      Pages 33-40
    4. Nursing Care in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

      • Franco A. Carnevale, Maryse Dagenais
      Pages 41-46
    5. Scoring Systems in Critical Care

      • Sandra D. W. Buttram, Paul R. Bakerman, Murray M. Pollack
      Pages 47-54
    6. Pharmacology in the PICU

      • James B. Besunder, John Pope
      Pages 55-73
    7. Telemedicine in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

      • James P. Marcin, Madan Dharmar, Candace Sadorra
      Pages 75-82
    8. Quality Improvement Science in the PICU

      • Matthew F. Niedner
      Pages 83-99
    9. Patient Safety in the PICU

      • Matthew C. Scanlon
      Pages 101-106
    10. Outcomes Research in the PICU

      • Folafoluwa Olutobi Odetola
      Pages 107-116
    11. Resident and Nurse Education in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

      • Girish G. Deshpande, Gwen J. Lombard, Adalberto Torres Jr.
      Pages 117-124
    12. Epidemiology of Critical Illness

      • R. Scott Watson, Mary Elizabeth Hartman
      Pages 125-131
    13. Palliative Care in the PICU

      • Kelly Nicole Michelson, Linda B. Siegel
      Pages 141-148
    14. Evidence-based Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

      • Donald L. Boyer, Adrienne G. Randolph
      Pages 149-156
    15. Simulation Training in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

      • Catherine K. Allan, Ravi R. Thiagarajan, Peter H. Weinstock
      Pages 157-166
    16. Career Development in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

      • M. Michele Mariscalco
      Pages 167-173

About this book

The second edition of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine spans three volumes, with major sections dedicated to specific organ systems. Each major section consists of separate chapters dedicated to reviewing the specific disease processes affecting each organ system. Each chapter concludes with a comprehensive list of references, with brief, concise remarks denoting references of ‘special interest’ and ‘of interest’. Consequently, the books are unique in their comprehensive coverage of pediatric critical care and their ease of use and will be of value to those studying towards pediatric critical care examinations and those who are already qualified.

Reviews

From the book reviews:

“The purpose is to provide a comprehensive overview of the science and practice of caring for critically ill children. The audience includes senior trainees and practitioners. … the book draws relevant comparisons to adult critical care practice. Thus, intensivists caring for patients at all ages will find this work relevant. I highly commend the editors and authors of this magnificent work and recommend its inclusion in the libraries of committed institutions or senior practitioners in the field.” (David J. Dries, Doody’s Book Reviews, September, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Div. of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA

    Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong

  • University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA

    Thomas P. Shanley

About the editors

Derek S. Wheeler, MD is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He is the Associate Medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, as well as an attending physician in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He has published extensively in pediatric critical care medicine and has contributed to numerous textbooks in the past.

Hector R. Wong, MD is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Director of the Division of Critical Care Medicine at the Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati. He is on the editorial board of the journal, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and has edited one book (with Dr Thomas Shanley) for KAP on the Molecular Biology of Acute Lung Injury, while contributing to numerous books, journals and supplements.

Thomas P. Shanley, MD is the Ferrantino Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases at the University of Michigan Medical Center. Dr Shanley is the Director of the Division of Critical Care Medicine, as well as the Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. He has published extensively in pediatric critical care medicine and has previously edited one book (with Dr Wong) for KAP on the Molecular Biology of Acute Lung Injury.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 1: Care of the Critically Ill or Injured Child

  • Editors: Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, Thomas P. Shanley

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6362-6

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6361-9Published: 12 May 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6820-1Published: 03 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-6362-6Published: 26 April 2014

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 771

  • Number of Illustrations: 117 b/w illustrations, 91 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics

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Softcover Book USD 139.99
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