The picu book : a primer for medical students, residents and acute care practitioners / editors, Ronald M. Perkin, Irma Fiordalisi, William E. Novotny.

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Singapore : World Scientific Pub. Company, 2012Description: 1 online resource (xxvii, 766 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9789814329613
9814329614
1280669365
9781280669361

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DDC classification:

618.920028 23

LOC classification:

R129 .P53 2012eb

NLM classification:

WS 39

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EBSCOhost (requires login)

Contents:

Ch. 1. Introduction / Christy Denius [and others] -- chapter 2. Care of the pediatric airway, breathing and respiratory system / Andora Bass [and others] -- chapter 3. Care of the circulation / David Fairbrother [and others] -- chapter 4. Heart disease, cardiac surgery and peri-operative care / Andora Bass [and others] -- chapter 5. Central nervous system / Irma Fiordalisi [and others] -- chapter 6. Fluids, electrolytes and metabolism / Irma Fiordalisi [and others] -- chapter 7. Renal disease / Irma Fiordalisi [and others] -- chapter 8. Gastrointestinal disorders and nutrition / Cassie A. Billings [and others] -- chapter 9. Hematology-oncology emergencies / Cathleen Cook, Beng Fuh and Melissa Rayburg -- chapter 10. Trauma and burns / Elaine Cabinum-Foeller [and others] -- chapter 11. Peri-operative pediatric surgical critical care / Kathryn Bass [and others] -- chapter 12. Environmental emergencies / Richard Cartie [and others] -- chapter 13. Bedside pharmacotherapy in the PICU / Cassie A. Billings [and others] -- chapter 14. Poisonings / David Eldridge [and others] -- chapter 15. Procedures, indications and complications / Irma Fiordalisi and William E. Novotny.

Summary: This book is a clinical guide in the practice of pediatric critical care and can serve as a roadmap for an introductory journey through this broad and challenging subspecialty. Key topics intrinsic to the practice of pediatric critical care are addressed from an organ-system and disease-specific perspective, and tailored to the needs of new learners. Comprehensive, practical and up-to-date information is provided in a user-friendly format that facilitates both learning and care implications. Each topic is analyzed and discussed in a custom-built section to provide both an overview and the necessary detail to help the reader participate in and contribute to patient care. Definitions, etiologies, physical findings, laboratory and radiologic data, differential diagnoses, management, suggested consultations and prognosis are condensed using easy-to-find boxes, bulleted lists, decision trees, tables and illustrations.

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Computer Files - cmm	TNU, Faculty of Nursing and Health Science Internet	Link to resource	Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book is a clinical guide in the practice of pediatric critical care and can serve as a roadmap for an introductory journey through this broad and challenging subspecialty. Key topics intrinsic to the practice of pediatric critical care are addressed from an organ-system and disease-specific perspective, and tailored to the needs of new learners. Comprehensive, practical and up-to-date information is provided in a user-friendly format that facilitates both learning and care implications. Each topic is analyzed and discussed in a custom-built section to provide both an overview and the necessary detail to help the reader participate in and contribute to patient care. Definitions, etiologies, physical findings, laboratory and radiologic data, differential diagnoses, management, suggested consultations and prognosis are condensed using easy-to-find boxes, bulleted lists, decision trees, tables and illustrations.