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Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volume 2: Respiratory, Cardiovascular and Central Nervous Systems

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Derek S. Wheeler

    1. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA

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  2. Hector R. Wong

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

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  3. Thomas P. Shanley

    1. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA

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  • 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 (43 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. The Respiratory System in Critical Illness and Injury

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Applied Respiratory Physiology

      • J. Grant McFadyen, Douglas R. Thompson, Lynn D. Martin
      Pages 3-18

    3. Life-Threatening Diseases of the Upper Respiratory Tract

      • Derek S. Wheeler
      Pages 19-39

    4. Congenital Airway Anomalies

      • Michael J. Rutter, Matthew J. Provenzano
      Pages 41-48

    5. Status Asthmaticus

      • Derek S. Wheeler, Riad Lutfi
      Pages 49-73

    6. Bronchiolitis

      • Kentigern Thorburn, Paul Stephen McNamara
      Pages 75-85

    7. Pneumonia

      • Carrie I. Morgan, Samir S. Shah
      Pages 87-100

    8. Acute Lung Injury (ALI) and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

      • Waseem Ostwani, Thomas P. Shanley
      Pages 101-126

    9. Mechanical Ventilation

      • Alik Kornecki, Derek S. Wheeler
      Pages 127-161

    10. Therapeutic Gases in the Pediatric ICU

      • Brian M. Varisco
      Pages 163-173

    11. High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation

      • Kathleen M. Ventre, John H. Arnold
      Pages 175-193

    12. Surfactant Therapy

      • Neal J. Thomas, Robert F. Tamburro Jr., Douglas F. Willson, Robert H. Notter
      Pages 195-213

    13. Extracorporeal Life Support

      • Richard T. Fiser
      Pages 215-236

    14. Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury

      • Shinya Tsuchida, Brian P. Kavanagh
      Pages 237-248

    15. Neonatal Lung Diseases

      • Thordur Thorkelsson, Gunnlaugur Sigfusson
      Pages 249-262

    16. Pulmonary Hypertension

      • Peter Oishi, Sanjeev A. Datar, Jeffrey R. Fineman
      Pages 263-281

    17. Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure

      • R. Paul Boesch, Hemant Sawnani
      Pages 283-300

  3. The Cardiovascular System in Critical Illness and Injury

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 301-301
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    2. Applied Cardiovascular Physiology in the PICU

      • Katja M. Gist, Neil Spenceley, Bennett J. Sheridan, Graeme MacLaren, Derek S. Wheeler
      Pages 303-321
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA

    Derek S. Wheeler

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

    Hector R. Wong

  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA

    Thomas P. Shanley

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 2: Respiratory, Cardiovascular and Central Nervous Systems

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

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6356-5

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6355-8Published: 05 June 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-7101-0Published: 03 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-6356-5Published: 22 May 2014

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 737

  • Number of Illustrations: 182 b/w illustrations, 81 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics

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