Pediatric Critical Care

Chapter Title
1 History of Pediatric Critical Care
2 The Intensivist in the New Hospital Environment: Patient Care and Stewardship of Hospital Resources
3 The Nurse in Pediatric Critical Care
4 Research in Pediatric Critical Care
5 Proving the Point: Evidence-Based Medicine in Pediatric Critical Care
6 "Outcomes in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine:
Implications for Health Services Research and Patient Care
7 Safety and Quality Assessment in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
8 Information Technology in Critical Care
9 Family-Centered Care in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
10 Ethics in Pediatric Intensive Care
11 Ethical Issues in Death and Dying
12 Palliative Care
13 "The Process of Organ Donation and Pediatric Donor
Management
14 Pediatric Transport: Shifting the Paradigm to Improve Patient Outcome
15 Pediatric Vascular Access and Centeses
16 Pediatric Intensive Care in Developing Countries
17 Educating the intensivist
18 Critical Care in Public Health Emergencies
19 Structure and Function of the Heart
20 Regional Circulation
21 Principles of Invasive Monitoring
22 Assessment of Cardiovascular Function
23 Echocardiography and Noninvasive Cardiac Diagnostics
24 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiac Catheterization
25 Pharmacology of the Cardiovascular System
26 Cardiopulmonary Interactions
27 Myocardial Dysfunction, Ventricular Assist Devices and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
28 Disorders of Cardiac Rhythm
29 Shock States
30 Cardiac Bypass for Repair of Congenital Heart Disease in Infants and Children
31 Critical Care After Surgery for Congenital Cardiac Disease
32 Cardiac Transplantation
33 Physiologic Foundations of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
34 Performance of CPR in Infants and Children
35 Structure and Development of the Upper Respiratory System in Infants and Children
36 Structure of the Respiratory System - Lower Respiratory Tract

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