About the Book
A problem-based text which provides and explains practical guidelines on the management of the critically ill child, from presentation in the emergency room through to transfer to the paediatric intensive care unit. It includes: definition, common presentation, uncommon presentation, immediate management, appropriate disposition; transport concerns and definitive intensive care. A chapter on the neonate is included to cover the representation of the neonate after discharge.
Table of Contents:
Part I: Introduction. Rationale for Paediatric Intensive Care, Jonathon . Special Needs of the Acutely Ill Child, Quen . Epidemiology of Paediatric Illness, Elizabeth Segedin. Prevention of Critical Injury, Simon Younginterfacility Transports, Andrew Macnab, Duncan, Macrae, Gordon Green. Part II: Organ System Failure. Respiratory Failure, Robert Henning Cardiac Arrest, Duncan Macrae. Shock, Michael Seear. Coma, Robert Tasker. Seizures, Robert Tasker . Trauma - Head, Spine & Multiple Trauma, Peter Skippen. Sepsis and Fever, Simon Dobson/Vas, Novelli. Bleeding, Stephen Keeley. Metabolic Failure, John Christodoulou. Renal Failure: Water, Electrolyte & Acid, Mike Dillon. Base Disorders, C. Goonasekera. Liver Failure, Julie Mceniery. Multiple Organ Failure, Micahel Seear. Part III: Organ System Disease. Respiratory System, David Wensley, Michael South, Anthony Slater, Michael Yung, Robert Henning. Cardiovascular System, Margrid . Central Nervous , Robert Tasker. Endocrine Disease, Glynis Price. Renal Disease, Mike Dillon, C. Goonasekera. Hematologic Problems, Stephen Keeley. Immunological Disease, Nigel Klein. Infectious Disease, Vas Novelli, Simon Dobson. Diseases of Very Early Life, David Field. Psychiatric & Psychological Effects Of, Michael Fairley. Critical Illness, Victoria Gilmore. Genetic and Metabolic Disease, John Christodoulou. Gastrointestinal Illness, Andrew Macnab. Part IV: Environmental Emergencies. Burns, Russell Taylor. Smoke Inhalation, Robert Henning. Trauma - Non-Accidental Injury, Arthur Cogswell. Trauma - Individual Systems, Andrew Macnab. Toxicology and Poisoning, Tom Grattan-Smith. Hypothermia and Cold Stress, Andrew Macnab. Hyperthermia and Heat Stress, Gregory Delbridge. Anaphylaxis/Envenomation, Bruce Lister. Near Drowning, Andrew Macnab. Part V: Therapeutic Principles & Practice Guidelines for Critical Care. Pharmacology Therapeutics and Drug , Neil Matthewsmonitoring Sedation/Analgesia, Ian James,Steven Scuplak. Nutritional Management in Critical Illness, Helen Anthon
