Main description:

This book is a comprehensive guide to all aspects on paediatric intensive care.

The fourth edition has been fully revised to include the latest guidelines and advances in technology.

The extensive text of 1200 pages explains practical and surgical issues, with thorough coverage of respiratory and cardiac care.

Other conditions specific to different systems of the body are also discussed - endocrine, gastrointestinal, neurological and more.

Several chapters are dedicated to environmental injuries including burns, electric shock, heat disorders, near-drowning, and poisoning.

The book concludes with discussion on psychosocial issues, ethical and medicolegal aspects, training, research, quality improvement, and use of therapeutic drugs in paediatric intensive care.

The text is highly illustrated with clinical photographs, diagrams and flowcharts.

Key points

Comprehensive guide to all aspects of paediatric intensive care
Fully revised fourth edition featuring latest guidelines and technological advances
Extensive text of 1200 pages further enhanced by clinical photographs, diagrams and flowcharts
Previous edition (9789351527398) published in 2015

Contents:

Assessment and Initial Management

Pediatric Advanced Life

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Airway Management

Transport of Critically Ill Children

Consensus Guidelines for Pediatric Intensive Care Units in India

Hemodynamic Monitoring in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Intracranial Pressure Monitoring

Respiratory Monitoring in Pediatric Intensive Care

Nursing Care in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Procedures in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Flexible Bronchoscopy in Infants and Children

Pediatric Thoracoscopy

Ultrasound in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Respiratory Physiology

Oxygen Therapy in Pediatrics

Blood Gas and Acid-base Interpretation

Upper Airway Obstruction in Children

Meconium Aspiration Syndrome and Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of Newborn

Acute Respiratory Failure

Pediatric Tracheostomy

Acute Severe Asthma Management in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Viral Pneumonias: Common Pneumonias and Recent Advances

Persistent and Recurrent Pneumonias

Recent Advances in the Rapid Diagnosis of Respiratory Tract Infection

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease and Respiratory Infection in Children

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Children

Empyema Thoracis in Children

Air Leak Syndromes

Cystic Fibrosis: Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

Neonatal Congenital Lung Lesions

Bronchodilator Therapy in Mechanically Ventilated Children

Basic Mechanical Ventilation

Commonly Available Ventilators

Disease-specific Ventilation

Advanced Mechanical Ventilation

Ventilator Graphics and Clinical Applications

Care of the Ventilated Patient

Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation

Complications of Mechanical Ventilation

Non-invasive Ventilation

High-frequency Ventilation

Inhaled Nitric Oxide

Neonatal Ventilation

Surfactant Therapy in Newborn

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Pediatric Heart and Lung Transplantation

Shock: Management in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Inotropes and Vasopressors in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Cardiogenic Shock

Pediatric Septic Shock

Multiorgan Failure in Critically Ill Children

Dengue with Shock

Role of Echocardiography in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Interventional Pediatric Cardiology: An Overview

Myocarditis in Children

Cardiac Arrhythmias in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Hypertension in Children

Common Congenital Heart Defects and Perioperative Issues

Postoperative Care of Cardiac Patients After Open Heart Surgery

Perioperative Management of Transposition of Great Arteries

Perioperative Management of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage

Perioperative Management Strategy of Univentricular Heart

Cardiac Pacing in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support

Heart Transplantation in Pediatrics

Pediatric Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator Therapy

Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Endocrine Emergencies in Critically Ill Children

Fluid and Electrolyte Abnormalities in the Critically Ill Children

Acute Kidney Injury in Children and Renal Replacement Therapy

Pediatric Renal Transplantation

Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Diagnosis and Management

Acute Liver Failure

Liver Transplantation

Liver Transplantation in Children: Indian Scenario

Nutrition in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Parenteral Nutrition for Critically Ill Child

Blood Transfusion in Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care

Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Methemoglobinemia

Malaria

Immunocompromised Child in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Pediatric Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections

Bone Marrow Transplantation in Children

Antibiotic Therapy in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Nosocomial Infections and Management

Multiple Trauma: Stabilization and Management in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Child Abuse and Shake Injuries

Perioperative Anesthetic and Surgical Issues

Poisoning and Bites

Thermal Burns

Heat Disorders

Electrical Shock

Near-drowning

Coma: Encephalitis and Cerebral Malaria

Bacterial, Viral and Fungal Meningitis

Hydrocephalus

Status Epilepticus Pediatric Head Injury

Pediatric Head Injury

Pediatric Brain Death Guidelines

Sedation, Analgesia and Neuromuscular Blockade

Intensive Care Unit-acquired Weakness

Care of Terminally Ill Children

Psychosocial Issues in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Ethical Issues Related to End-of-life

Issues in Intensive Care in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Simulation-based Training in Pediatric Intensive Care

Research in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Quality Improvement in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Drugs Used in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit