Main description:

Accurate diagnosis of paediatric illness is, at times, more challenging than diagnosis of adult illness because children, especially those of a very young age, are often unable to describe or illustrate their symptoms.

This manual is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of children in intensive care.

Divided into 30 sections, the book covers numerous disorders, from respiratory failure and airway obstruction, pneumonia, and acute asthma, to liver failure, burns, abdominal trauma, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and many more.

Separate chapters are dedicated to ultrasound and echocardiography, and ventilators.

Each topic is presented in a step by step approach, explaining history, signs and symptoms, investigation and examination, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, and treatment options.

Key points

Comprehensive guide to diagnosis and management of paediatric intensive care
Covers numerous disorders and traumas, as well as imaging techniques
Each topic presented in a step by step approach to assist understanding
Includes clinical photographs and diagrams to enhance learning

Contents:

Dyselectrolytemia in PICU

Approach to Bleeding Child in ICU
Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Children
Management of Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Oxygen Therapy
Acute Respiratory Failure
Upper Airway Obstruction
Pneumonia
Basics of Mechanical Ventilation
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Health Care Associated Infections (HAI) in PICU
Arterial Blood Gases
Acute Exacerbation of Asthma: Update
Acute Liver Failure
Adrenal Dysfunction in Critical Illness
Anemia in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Management of Paediatric Burns
Diabetes Insipidus in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Diabetic Keto Acidosis
Ultrasound in Intensive Care
Dyselectrolytemia in PICU
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Children
Hydrocarbon Aspiration
Iron Poisoning
Management of Abdominal Trauma in Children
Neurocritical Care
Nutrition in Critically Ill Children
Probiotic in Critically Ill Children
Thyroid Function in Critical Illness
Acute Pancreatitis
Bedside Ultrasound & Echocardiography in PICU
Ventilator Graphics