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Pediatric Critical Care Study Guide

by Lucking, Steven E.
Authors: Maffei, Frank A.%editor. | Tamburro, Robert F.%editor. | Thomas, Neal J.%editor. | SpringerLink (Online service) Physical details: XVIII, 952p. 246 illus., 78 illus. in color. online resource. ISBN: 0857299239 Subject(s): Medicine. | Critical care medicine. | Internal medicine. | Pediatrics. | Medicine & Public Health. | Intensive / Critical Care Medicine. | Pediatrics. | Internal Medicine.
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1.Fundamentals of Gas Exchange and the Assessment of Oxygenation and Ventilation -- 2.Oxygen Delivery and Oxygen Consumption in Pediatric Critical Care -- 3.Hemodynamics -- 4.Regional Circulations -- 5.Assessment of Cardiovascular Function 6.Overview, Structure and Function of the Nephron -- 7.Physiology of skeletal muscle and the neuromuscular junction -- 8.Assessment of Neurologic Function -- 9.Endothelial Interactions and Coagulation -- 10.The Inflammatory Response -- 11.Genetic Predisposition to Critical Illness in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit -- 12.Conventional Mechanical Ventilation -- 13.Non-Conventional Mechanical Ventilation -- 14.Mechanical and Electrical Myocardial Support -- 15.Renal Replacement Therapies and other Extracorporeal Therapies -- 16.Pharmacology -- 17.Cardiovascular Drug Therapy -- 18.Sedation and Analgesia -- 19.Neuromuscular Blockade -- 20.Use of Blood Products -- 21.Nutrition in Critical Illness -- 22.Upper Airway Obstruction -- 23.Severe Asthma.

Pediatric Critical Care Study Guide; Text and Review is an invaluable resource for pediatric critical care medicine (PCCM) practitioners.  Allowing for concise reading on specific topics this book acts as both text and study guide with the advanced physiology and pathophysiology required for the higher level PCCM practitioner. This Text and Review is physiologically based covering major pediatric critical care principles and specific disease entities commonly encountered by the PCCM practitioner. Pathophysiologic aspects unique to the pediatric patient are emphasized. The high number of illustrations and detailed coverage of each topic allow the reader to gain an insight into the normal physiology, abnormalities in the disease process, treatment strategies and case-orientated questions that will reinforce important ideas learned in the chapter. 

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