Front Cover.
Other Frontmatter.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Introduction.
Contributors.
Preface.
Contents.
A Selected Glossary of Abbreviations.
Critical Care Integration.
1: Introduction to the Practice of Pediatric Critical Care.
2: Pediatric Intensive Care: A Global Perspective.
3: Impact of Pediatric Critical Care on the Family, Community, and Society.
4: Professionalism, Leadership, and Systems-Based Practice.
5: Professionalism and Leadership in Pediatric Critical Care.
6: Simulation Training and Team Dynamics.
7: PICU Organization and Physical Design.
8: Practice Management: The Business of Pediatric Critical Care.
9: Research Design and Statistical Analysis.
10: Evidence-Based Medicine.
11: Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, and Medical Error.
12: Information Management.
13: Severity-of-Illness Measurement: Foundations, Principles, And Applications.
14: Communication and Information Technology in the PICU.
15: Learning from the Data—Discovery Informatics for Critically Ill Children.
16: Ethical and Palliative Concerns in the Care of The Critically Ill.
17: Integrating Palliative Care and Critical Care.
18: Pain and Sedation Management.
19: Ethics.
20: Organ Donation.
21: Rehabilitation.
22: Basic Science Concepts of Pediatric Critical Care.
23: Omics and Critical Care.
24: Innate Immunity and Inflammation.
25: Cellular Adaptations to Stress.
26: Shock, Ischemia, and Reperfusion Injury.
27: Pharmacology.
28: Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome.
Emergency Care and Acute Management.
29: Initial Stabilization.
30: Airway Management.
31: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
32: Stabilization and Transport.
33: Invasive Procedures.
34: Recognition and Initial Management of Shock.
35: Rapid Response Systems.
36: Environmental Crises.
37: Multiple Trauma.
38: Drowning.
39: Burns and Smoke Inhalation.
40: Injury From Chemical, Biologic, Radiologic, and Nuclear Agents.
41: Mass Casualty Events.
42: Poisoning.
43: Thermoregulation.
44: Envenomation Syndromes.
45: Life-Support Technologies.
46: Mechanical Ventilation.
47: Inhaled Gases and Noninvasive Ventilation.
48: Extracorporeal Life Support.
49: Extracorporeal Organ Support Therapy.
50: Blood Products and Transfusion Therapy.
Critical Care Organ Systems.
51: Respiratory Disease.
52: Respiratory Physiology.
53: The Molecular Biology of Acute Lung Injury.
54: Respiratory Monitoring.
55: Status Asthmaticus.
56: Neonatal Respiratory Failure.
57: Pneumonia and Bronchiolitis.
58: Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
59: Chronic Respiratory Failure.
60: Sleep and Breathing.
61: Neuromuscular Disease.
62: Electrodiagnostic Techniques in Neuromuscular Disease.
63: Acute Neuromuscular Disease.
64: Chronic Neuromuscular Disease.
65: Neurologic Disease.
66: Developmental Neurobiology, Neurophysiology, And The Picu.
67: Molecular Biology of Brain Injury.
68: Evaluation of the Comatose Child.
69: Neurologic Monitoring.
70: Neurologic Imaging.
71: Neurosurgical and Neuroradiological Critical Care.
72: Head and Spinal Cord Trauma.
73: Abusive Head Trauma.
74: Status Epilepticus.
75: Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke.
76: Hypoxic–Ischemic Encephalopathy.
77: Metabolic Encephalopathies in Children.
78: The Determination of Brain Death.
79: Cardiovascular Disease.
80: Cardiac Anatomy.
81: Cardiovascular Physiology.
82: Cardiorespiratory Interactions in Children with Heart Disease.
83: Hemodynamic Monitoring.
84: Heart Failure: Etiology, Pathophysiology, and Diagnosis.
85: Cardiomyopathy, Myocarditis, and Mechanical Circulatory Support.
86: Treatment of Heart Failure: Medical Management.
87: Treatment of Heart Failure: Mechanical Support.
88: Thoracic Transplantation.
89: Cardiac Conduction, Dysrhythmias, and Pacing.
90: Preoperative Care of the Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Patient.
91: Postoperative Care of the Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Patient.
92: Pulmonary Hypertension.
93: Immunologic Diseases.
94: The Immune System.
95: Neurohormonal Control in the Immune System.
96: The Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte in Critical Illness.
97: The Immune System and Viral Illness.
98: Immune Modulation and Immunotherapy in Critical Illness.
99: Immune Deficiency Disorders.
100: Infectious Diseases.
101: Bacterial Sepsis.
102: Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy.
103: Dengue and Other Hemorrhagic Viral Infections.
104: Critical Viral Infections.
105: Central Nervous System Infections.
106: Nosocomial Infections in the Picu.
107: International and Emerging Infections.
108: Toxin-Related Diseases.
109: Opportunistic Infections.
110: Nutritional and Gastrointestinal Disorders.
111: Principles of Gastrointestinal Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism.
112: Nutritional Support.
113: Secretory and Motility Issues of the Gastrointestinal Tract.
114: Gastrointestinal Bleeding.
115: Abdominal Compartment Syndrome.
116: The Acute Abdomen.
117: Diagnostic Imaging of the Abdomen.
118: Acute Liver Failure and Liver Transplantation.
119: Pediatric Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplantations.
120: Renal, Endocrine, and Metabolic Disorders.
121: Adrenal Dysfunction.
122: Disorders Of Glucose Homeostasis.
123: Disorders of Water, Sodium, and Potassium Homeostasis.
124: Disorders of Calcium, Magnesium, and Phosphate.
125: Thyroid Disease.
126: Acute Kidney Injury.
127: Chronic Kidney Disease, Dialysis, and Renal Transplantation.
128: Hypertensive Crisis.
129: Inborn Errors of Metabolism.
130: Oncologic and Hematologic Disorders.
131: Cancer Therapy: Mechanisms and Toxicity.
132: Oncologic Emergencies and Complications.
133: Hematologic Emergencies.
134: Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.
135: Coagulation Issues in the Picu.
136: Sickle Cell Disease.
Common Equations Used in Pediatric Critical Care.