BookDerek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, and Thomas P. Shanley, (eds.).
Summary: The care of critically ill and injured children needs to be safe, evidence-based, equitable, efficient, timely, and family-centered. "Science and Practice of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine" discusses these changes in the specialty in greater scope and detail, offering the reader fresh insight into not only where we came from, but also where we are going as a specialty. Thus, this book is designed for all involved in the management of the pediatric critically ill patient, from physicians, residents and fellows in critical care, pulmonology, cardiology and pediatricians to specialist.
Contents:
Development of pediatric critical care medicine: how did we get here and why?
Epidemiology of critical illness
Ethics in the pediatric intensive care unit
The patient's family in the pediatric intensive care unit
Scoring systems in critical care
Outcomes and quality definitions assessment and analysis
Pediatric intensive care unit administration
Nursing care in the pediatric intensive care unit
The physician-scientist in the pediatric intensive care unit
Resident and nurse education in the pediatric intensive care unit
Evidence-based medicine in the pediatric intensive care unit
Patient safety in the pediatric intensive care unit
Pediatric critical care in developing countries
The pediatric intensive care unit of the future: technological advances in pediatric critical care medicine
Molecular biology in the pediatric intensive care unit
Genetic polymorphisms in critical care and illness
Signal transduction pathways in critical illness and injury
Proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory mediators in critical illness
Endogenous cytoprotective mechanisms
Ischemia-reperfusion injury.