Essentials of Paediatric Intensive Care

This is an essential handbook for all those involved in the care of critically ill children.

C. Stack (Author), P. Dobbs (Author)

9780521687973, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 1 January 2004

184 pages
18.7 x 12.4 x 1.4 cm, 0.274 kg

This is an essential handbook for all those involved in the care of critically ill children. It covers all of the key aspects of paediatric intensive care and also features a comprehensive 'list' of drugs commonly used in paediatric anaesthesia and intensive care, including those used for premedication, anaesthesia, local anaesthesia, analgesia, cardiac anaesthesia, antibiotics, emergency and resuscitation drugs, inotropes, 'new' drugs (e.g. calcium infusions, epoprostenal).

Part I. Basic Principles of PICU: 1. Differences between the child and neonate from the adult
2. Neonatal problems in the PICU
3. Resuscitation
4. The structured approach to the seriously injured child
5. Airway and ventilation
6. Circulation and rhythm disturbances
7. Sedation and analgesia in PICU
8. Fluids, electrolytes and nutrition
9. Transport of the critically ill child
10. Death on the PICU
Part II. Specific PICU problems: 11. Respiratory disease
12. Cardiac disease on the PICU
13. Monica Stokes - Birmingham Children's Hospital
14. Dysrhythmias and myocardial disease
15. Neurological and neuromuscular disease
16. Gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders
17. Renal disease
18. Haematology and oncology
19. Endocrine disorders
20. Inborn errors of metabolism
21. Infection and related illness
22. Trauma
23. Poisoning
24. Neonatal and other surgical patients in PICU.

Subject Areas: Anaesthetics [MMB]