Table of Contents

Preface; Rapid Assessment of the Critically Ill Pediatric Patient; Basic Concepts of Pediatric Transport; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Procedural Sedation; Invasive Vascular Access; Shock; Neonatal Cyanotic Heart Disease; Common Pediatric Arrhythmias; Hyper-Cyanotic Spells in Tetralogy of Fallot; Single Ventricle Physiology; Pediatric Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis; Acute Status Asthmaticus; Foreign Body Aspiration; Mechanical Ventilation; Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS); Pneumonia; Pediatric Tracheostomy; Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury; Anemia; Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation; Hemophilia; Pediatric Febrile Neutropenia; Complications of Sickle Cell Disease; Oncologic Emergencies; Anaphylaxis; Fever in the Immunocompromised Patient; Fungal Infections; Sepsis; Acute Abdominal Pain in Children; Gastrointestinal (GI) Bleeding; Bowel Obstruction; Refeeding Syndrome; Acute Liver Failure; Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) and Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Syndrome (HHS); Adrenal Crisis; Salt Syndromes; Hypoglycemia; Thyroid Emergencies; Hyperammonemia; Status Epilepticus; Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury; Coma in Children; Guillian Barre Syndrome and Other Neuropathologies; Acute Spinal Cord Injury; Evaluation & Management of New-Onset Seizures; Acute Paresis; Encephaliitis; Delirium and Psychosis; Analgesia and Sedation in Pediatric Critical Care; Acute Kidney Injury; Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS); Hypertensive Emergencies; Evaluation and Management of Dehydration; Electrolyte Derangements and Emergencies; Acute Acid Base Disorders; Hanging Injuries in Children; The Acute Pediatric Trauma Patient; Drowning and Submersion Injury; Toxidromes and Poisonings; Bites and Stings; Burns, Smoke Inhalation, Chemical and Electrical Injuries; Child Maltreatment; Pharmacology for Pediatric Patients.

About the Author

Section Chief of Pediatric Critical Care, Comer Childrens Hospital, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US