Science and Practice of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Science and Practice of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

The field of critical care medicine is in the midst of a dramatic change. Technological and scientific advances during the last decade have resulted in a fundamental change in the way we view disease processes, such as sepsis,... read more

Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

This book provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (PARDS). The text reviews the emerging science behind the new PARDS definition; explores epidemiology, pathobiology,... read more

Pediatric Critical Care Study Guide: Text and Review

Pediatric Critical Care Study Guide: Text and Review

This is the first comprehensive study guide covering all aspects of pediatric critical care medicine. It fills a void that exists in learning resources currently available to pediatric critical care practitioners. The major... read more

Critical Care Pediatric Nephrology and Dialysis

Critical Care Pediatric Nephrology and Dialysis

This book covers all key aspects of critical care in pediatric nephrology, including acute dialysis in sick children. It also provides detailed protocols for managing fluid and electrolyte balance and dialysis in children... read more

The Harriet Lane Handbook: Mobile Medicine Series

The Harriet Lane Handbook: Mobile Medicine Series

Written "by residents, for residents" and reviewed by expert faculty at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Lauren Kahl, MD and Helen K. Hughes, MD, MPH, The Harriet Lane Handbook, 21st Edition, remains your #1 source of pediatric... read more

Systemic Corticosteroids for Inflammatory Disorders in Pediatrics

Systemic Corticosteroids for Inflammatory Disorders in Pediatrics

This comprehensive volume provides current state of the art of the use of corticosteroids in the pediatric patient. It consists of 14 chapters written by leading authors from different countries. The first chapters cover... read more

Critical Care Nephrology and Renal Replacement Therapy in Children

Critical Care Nephrology and Renal Replacement Therapy in Children

Pediatric critical care nephrology is a complex and highly specialized field, presenting challenges and management strategies that are often quite distinct from those seen in adult practice. Therefore, it is high time... read more

Haloperidol and Quetiapine for the Treatment of ICU-Associated Delirium in a Tertiary Pediatric ICU

Haloperidol and Quetiapine for the Treatment of ICU-Associated Delirium in a Tertiary Pediatric ICU

In our small, single-center study, patients treated with haloperidol or quetiapine showed no short-term improvement in delirium screening scores after starting treatment when compared with untreated, propensity score-matched... read more

Pediatric Liver Intensive Care

Pediatric Liver Intensive Care

Acute management of children with liver disease and liver transplantation has rapidly evolved over the last two decades due to worldwide availability of complex liver surgery and liver transplantation. This book edited... read more

Management of Neonates With Tetralogy of Fallot

Management of Neonates With Tetralogy of Fallot

What are the differences in outcomes between a strategy of staged repair (SR) (initial palliation [IP] and subsequent complete repair [CR]) as compared with primary repair (PR) for infants with symptomatic tetralogy of Fallot... read more

Physiological dead space and alveolar ventilation in ventilated infants

Physiological dead space and alveolar ventilation in ventilated infants

Prematurely born infants with pulmonary disease have a higher dead space than term controls, which may influence the optimum level during volume-targeted ventilation. A prospective study of mechanically ventilated infants... read more

Serum Amylase and Lipase for the Prediction of Pancreatic Injury in Critically Ill Children Admitted to the PICU

Serum Amylase and Lipase for the Prediction of Pancreatic Injury in Critically Ill Children Admitted to the PICU

Serum amylase and lipase could serve as independent biomarkers to predict pancreatic injury in critically ill children. A group of 79 children who died of different causes were investigated by autopsy. They were divided... read more

Management of Children With Fever at Risk for Pediatric Sepsis

Management of Children With Fever at Risk for Pediatric Sepsis

Many febrile children (41%) present with warning signs for sepsis, with only few of them undergoing investigations or treatment for true sepsis. Children with positive isolates in blood or CSF culture presented in a heterogeneous... read more

Synthesis and Systematic Review of Reported Neonatal COVID-19 Infections

Synthesis and Systematic Review of Reported Neonatal COVID-19 Infections

A number of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections have been reported in neonates. Here, we aim to clarify the transmission route, clinical features and outcomes of these infections. We present... read more