Main description:

An innovative new survival guide for the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)

The PICU Handbook is a unique, portable compilation of the information essential for residents and fellows to successfully navigate the modern Level 1 and Level 2 pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Enhanced by numerous tables, formulas, algorithms, guidelines, checklists, rapid-sequence medication formularies, troubleshooting guides, and clinical pearls this is a true must read for all residents and fellows in pediatrics, family medicine, emergency medicine, and critical care, as well as pediatric hospitalists, pediatric nurse practitioners and advance practice nurses, physician assistants, and medical students.

The Handbook is designed to be an easy-reference guide and is logically divided into two parts:

Part 1: General Pediatric Critical Care - covers important topics such as resuscitation and stabilization, surgical critical care procedures, and pharmacology

Part 2: Organ Systems - includes sections on respiratory, cardiovascular, neurology, renal/fluids & electrolytes, hematology/oncology, gastroenterology/nutrition/hepatology, environmental/toxicology emergencies, and allergy/immunology/genetics

The book reflects the fact that pediatric critical care medicine requires a true multidisciplinary approach, with expert chapter contributors who are physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and nutritionists.

Contents:

Part I: Critical Care Organ Systems

1. Respiratory

2. Cardiovascular

3. Neurologic

4. Renal

5. Hematology/Oncology

6. Endocrine

7. Gastrointestinal

8. Immunologic/Infectious disease

Part II : Emergency Care and Acute Management

9. Environmental/Toxicologic Crises

10. Monitoring

11. Sedation and Analgesia

12. Perioperative Pediatric Surgical Critical Care

13. Organ Transplantation

Appendices (Formulary, Common Formulas, Normal vitals signs, temperature conversion, fluids)