Beschreibung:
The field of critical care medicine is in the midst of a dramatic change. Technological and scientific advances during the last decade have resulted in a fundamental change in the way we view disease processes, such as sepsis, shock, acute lung injury, and traumatic brain injury. Pediatric intensivists have been both witness to and active participants in bringing about these changes and it is imperative that all physicians caring for critically ill children in this new era have a thorough understanding of the applicability of these modern developments to the care of patients at the bedside and to keep up with the rapidly evolving field of critical care medicine.
"This book provides comprehensive information on the respiratory tract in pediatric critical illness and injury in a repackaging of the relavent chapters from the popular Pediatric Critical Care Medicine edited by Wheeler, Shanley and Wong."
Respiratory Physiology, Disorders of the Pediatric Chest, Respiratory Monitoring, Bronchoscopy in the PICU, Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Mechanical Ventilation, Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury, Prone Positioning, High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation, Pulmonary Surfactant: Biology and Therapy , Nitric Oxide, Extracorporeal Life Support in Children with Acute Respiratory Failure, Diseases of the Upper Respiratory Tract,Congenital Airway and Respiratory Tract Anomalies, Status Asthmaticus, Bronchiolitis, Pneumonia and Empyema, Pediatric Lung Transplantation , Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure, Diseases of the Pulmonary Vascular System