Rogers' Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care

Rogers' Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care, Fourth Edition continues the tradition of this classic text—detailed discussions of the scientific principles of pediatric critical care translated into practical clinical applications. This new edition has an international roster of over 250 contributors and emphasizes areas of collaboration between critical care physicians and nurses. Other highlights of this edition include a new section on basic concepts of critical care, including genetic medicine; a new section on PICU systems, organization, and management; chapters on worldwide threats to children's health; and sections on life support technologies and invasive procedures.


Table Of Contents
Contributors

Preface

Foreword

A Selected Glossary of Abbreviations

Part One: CRITICAL CARE INTEGRATION

SECTION I: INTRODUCTION TO THE PRACTICE OF PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE

Chapter 1 The History of Pediatric Intensive Care Around the World
Chapter 2 Pediatric Intensive Care: A Global Perspective
Chapter 3 Impact of Pediatric Critical Care on the Family,Community, and Society

SECTION II PROFESSIONALISM, LEADERSHIP, AND SYSTEMS-BASED PRACTICE

Chapter 4 Professionalism, Simulation Training, and Leadership in Pediatric Critical Care
Chapter 5 Physical Design and Personnel Organization of the PICU
Chapter 6 Practice Management: The Business of Pediatric Critical Care
Chapter 7 Research Design and Statistical Analysis
Chapter 8 Evidence-based Medicine
Chapter 9 Severity-of-Illness Scoring Systems
Chapter 10 Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, and Medical Error
Chapter 11 Information Technology in the PICU

SECTION III ETHICAL AND COMPASSIONATE CARE OF THE CRITICALLY ILL CHILD

Chapter 12 Pain and Sedation Management in the Critically Ill Child
Chapter 13 Rehabilitation of Children with Critical Illness
Chapter 14 Ethics

SECTION IV BASIC CONCEPTS OF PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE

Chapter 16 Genomic Medicine
Chapter 17 Innate Immunity and Inflammation
Chapter 18 Cellular Adaptations to Stress

PART TWO EMERGENCY CARE AND ACUTE MANAGEMENT

SECTION I INITIAL STABILIZATION

Chapter 22 Airway Management
Chapter 23 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Chapter 24 Transport

SECTION II ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES

Chapter 27 Multiple Trauma
Chapter 28 Drowning and Near Drowning: Submersion Injuries
Chapter 29 Burns, Electrical Injuries, and Smoke Inhalation

SECTION III LIFE-SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES

Chapter 34 Mechanical Ventilation
Chapter 35 Inhaled Gases
Chapter 36 Extracorporeal Life Support

PART THREE CRITICAL CARE ORGAN SYSTEMS

SECTION I RESPIRATORY DISEASE

Chapter 40 The Molecular Biology of Acute Lung Injury
Chapter 41 Respiratory Physiology
Chapter 42 Respiratory Monitoring

SECTION II NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE

Chapter 49 Acute Neuromuscular Disease
Chapter 50 Chronic Neuromuscular Disease

SECTION III NEUROLOGIC DISEASE

Chapter 51 Developmental Neurobiology, Neurophysiology,and the PICU
Chapter 52 Molecular Biology of Brain Injury
Chapter 53 Evaluation of the Comatose Child

SECTION IV CARDIAC DISEASE

Chapter 62 Cardiac Anatomy
Chapter 63 Cardiovascular Physiology
Chapter 64 Cardiorespiratory Interactions in Children with Heart Disease

SECTION V IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASES Chapter 71 Neurohormonal Control in the Immune System

Chapter 72 The Immune System
Chapter 73 The Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte in Critical Illness

SECTION VI INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Chapter 77 Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy
Chapter 78 Bacterial Sepsis and Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis
Chapter 79 Critical Viral Infections

SECTION VII NUTRITIONAL AND GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS

Chapter 85 Principles of Nutrition and Metabolism
Chapter 86 Nutritional Support in the Critically Ill Child
Chapter 87 The Acute Abdomen

SECTION VIII RENAL, ENDOCRINE, AND METABOLIC DISORDERS

Chapter 91 Adrenal Dysfunction
Chapter 92 Disorders of Glucose Homeostasis
Chapter 93 Disorders of Water, Sodium, and Potassium Homeostasis

SECTION IX ONCOLOGIC AND HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS

Chapter 99 Cancer Therapy: Mechanisms, Toxicity, and Ethics in the PICU
Chapter 100 Oncologic Emergencies and Complications

Index.