Pediatric Critical Care

A new edition of this important and field-defining text!Long considered the 'bible' of paediatric critical care this new edition is an essential purchase for all paediatricians and critical care specialists. Now completely revised and updated, this definitive, text guides you through all aspects of caring for the critically ill child.The logical organ-system approach addresses development, function, disease, and treatment for a full range of disease entities. Multidisciplinary in approach, the book addresses pharmacology, nursing, administration, ethics, and other areas of concern to the whole pediatric ICU team.Each chapter includes clinical 'Pearls' for quick reference and summary of key outcomes Designed to be easily accessible to students, residents and practitioners Scientific and clinical issues are closely integrated to better represent key developments Written for both ICU paediatricians and for clinicians who refer or consult on paediatric patients but are not critical care specialistsCompletely revised by dozens of new contributors Contains new chapters covering haemodynamic principles; diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac catheterization; congenital malformations of brain and spinal cord; gastrointestinal pharmacology; and a new section on Failure of Organ Systems Provides a more detailed and complete understanding of the scientific basis of critical care Delivers significantly updated chapters on critical care in developing countries; haematology and oncology problems in the ICU; gastrointestinal pharmacology; drug interactions and adverse drug effects; and much more