Rogers' textbook of pediatric intensive care
By: editor, David G. Nichols ; section editors, Alice D. Ackerman ... [et al.].
Contributors: Nichols, David G. 1951-.; Rogers, Mark C.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1839
ISBN-13: 9780781782753
Subjects: Pediatric intensive care; Intensive Care; Child; Infant
Other titles: Textbook of pediatric intensive care.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Textbook of pediatric intensive care / editor, Mark C. Rogers ; associate editor, David G. Nichols ; section editors, Alice D. Ackerman ... [et al.]. 3rd ed. c1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The history of pediatic intensive care around the world; title: Pediatric intensive care: a global perspective; title: Impact of pediatric critical care on the family, community, and society; title: Professionalism, stimulation training, and leadership in pediatric critical care; title: Physical design and personnel organization of the PICU; title: Practice management: the business of pediatric critical care; title: Research design and statistical analysis; title: Evidence-based medicine; title: Severity-of-illness scoring systems; title: Quality improvement, patient safety, and medical error; title: Information technology in the PICU; title: Pain and sedation management in the critically ill child; title: Rehabilitation of children with critical illness; title: Ethics; title: Organ donation; title: Genomic medicine; title: Innate immunity and inflammation; title: Cellular adaptations to stress; title: Shock and reperfusion injury; title: Pharmacology; title: Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; title: Airway management; title: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; title: Transport; title: ^Invasive procedures; title: Recognition and initial management of shock; title: Multiple trauma; title: Drowning and near drowning: submersion injuries; title: Burns, electrical injuries, and smoke inhalation; title: Terrorism and mass casualty events; title: Poisoning; title: Thermoregulation; title: Envenomation syndromes; title: Mechanical ventilation; title: Inhaled gases; title: Extracorporeal life support; title: Renal replacement therapies; title: Blood products in the PICU; title: Plasmapheresis and transfusion therapy; title: The molecular biology of acute lung injury; title: Respiratory physiology; title: Respiratory monitoring; title: Status asthmaticus; title: Neonatal respirtatory failure; title: Bronchiolitis and pneumonia; title: Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome; title: Chronic respiratory failure; title: Sleep and breathing; title: Acute neuromuscular disease; title: Chronic neuromuscular disease; title: Developmental neurobiology, neurophysiology, and the PICU; title: Molecular biology of brain injury; title: Evaluation of the comatose child; title: Neurologic monitoring; title: ^Neurologic imaging; title: Head and spinal cord trauma; title: Status epilepticus; title: Cerebrovascular disease and stroke; title: Hypoxi-ischemic encephalopathy; title: Metabolic encephalopathies in children; title: Brain death; title: Cardiac anatomy; title: Cardiovascular physiology; title: Cardiorespiratory interactions in children with heart disease; title: Hemodyamic monitoring; title: Heart failure in infants and children: etiology, pathophysiology, and diagnosis of heart failure; title: Heart failure in infants and children: cardiomyopathy; title: Heart failure in infants and children: myocarditis; title: Treatment of heart failure in infants and children: medical management; title: Treatment of heart failure in infants and children: mechanical support; title: Treatment of heart failure in infants and children: cardiac transplantation; title: Cardiac conduction, dysrhythmias, and pacing; title: Preoperative care of the pediatric cardiac surgical patient; title: Postoperative care of the pediatric cardiac surgical patient: general considerations; title: Postoperative care of the pediatric cardiac surgical patient: lesion-specific management; title: ^Postoperative care of the pediatric cardiac surgical patient: effects of cardiopulmonary bypass; title: Neurohormonal control in the immune system; title: The immune system; title: The polymorphonuclear leukocyte in critical illness; title: The immune system and viral illness in the critically ill; title: Immune modulation and immunotherapy in critical illness; title: Immunology of cancer and primary immune deficiency syndromes; title: Principles of antimicrobial therapy; title: Bacterial sepsis and mechanisms of microbial pathogenesis; title: Critical viral infections; title: Central nervous system infections; title: Nosocomial infections in the PICU; title: International and emerging infections; title: Toxin-related diseases; title: Opportunistic infections; title: Principles of nutrition and metabolism; title: Nutritional support in the critically ill child; title: The acute abdomen; title: Fulminant hepatic failure and transplantation; title: Intestinal and multivisceral transplantation; title: Critical aspects of intestinal disorders; title: Adrenal dysfunction; title: ^Disorders of glucose homeostasis; title: Disorders of water, sodium, and potassium homeostasis; title: Disorders of calcium, magnesium, and phosphate; title: Thyroid disease; title: Acute renal failure and end-stage renal disease; title: Hypertensive crises; title: Inborn errors of metabolism; title: Cancer therapy: mechanisms, toxicity, and ethics in the PICU; title: Oncologic emergencies and complications; title: Hematologic emergencies; title: Bone marrow and stem cell transplantation; title: Coagulation issues in the PICU; title: Sickle cell disease.