Critical heart disease in infants and children /
Nichols, David G.(David Gregory),1951-
Philadelphia, Pa. : Mosby Elsevier,
c2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The segmental approach to congenital heart disease -- Cardiovascular physiology and shock -- Regulation of pulmonary vascular resistance and blood flow -- Renal function and heart disease -- Splanchnic function and heart disease -- Cerebral function and heart disease -- Pharmacology of cardiovascular drugs -- Pediatric arrhythmias -- Pericardial effusion and tamponade -- Anesthesia for pediatric cardiac surgery -- Applied respiratory physiology -- Respiratory support for the child with critical heart disease -- Cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Coagulation disorders in congenital heart disease -- Nutrition and metabolism in the critically ill child with cardiac disease -- Heart and lung transplantation -- Noninvasive diagnosis of congenital and acquired pediatric heart disease -- Diagnostic and therapeutic catheterization -- Perioperative monitoring -- Cardiopulmonary bypass in infants and children -- Mechaincal circulatory support in infants and children -- Nursing care of the child with congenital heart disease -- Perioperative management of patients with congenital heart disease: a multidisciplinary approach -- Atrial septal defects and ventricular septal defects -- Atrioventricular septal defects -- Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction -- Coarctation of the aorta and interrupted aortic arch -- Mitral valve diseases -- Aortopulmonary septal defects and patent ductus arteriosus -- Anomalous origin of the coronary arteries -- Persistent truncus arteriosus -- Total anomalous pulmonary venous return -- Transposition of the great arteries and the arterial switch operation -- Double-outlet right ventricle and double-outlet left ventricle -- Tetralogy of fallot with and without pulmonary atresia -- Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum -- Ebstein's malformation -- Single-ventricle lesions -- Tricuspid atresia -- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome -- Separating the circulations: cavopulmonary connections (bidirectional glenn, hemi-fontan) and the modified fontan operation -- The critical appraisal and use of evidence about therapy -- Pulmonary hypertension -- Inflammatory heart disease -- Infective endocarditis -- Syndromes and congenital heart defects -- Heritable heart disease as part of multisystem illness -- Cardiomyopathy.
Pediatric cardiology.
Pediatric intensive care.