Chapter 49 Mechanical Ventilation and Respiratory Care Shekhar T. Venkataraman Pearls • Modern pediatric respiratory care requires a major institutional commitment in resource allocation for the state-of-the-art management of the…
Chapter 42 Mechanical Dysfunction of the Respiratory System J. Julio Pérez Fontán, Joel B. Steinberg Pearls • The work done by the respiratory muscles and, by extension, the energy that…
Chapter 33 Physiologic Foundations of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Adnan M. Bakar, Kenneth E. Remy, Charles L. Schleien Pearls • Both the cardiac and thoracic pump mechanisms play a role in infants…
Chapter 56 Neuroimaging Paritosh C. Khanna, Dennis W.W. Shaw Pearls • Multiple imaging modalities are available for evaluation of the brain, head, neck, and spine of the critically ill child….
Chapter 26 Cardiopulmonary Interactions Bradley P. Fuhrman Pearls • Mechanical ventilation can alter right ventricular preload and ejection, pulmonary vascular resistance, left ventricular preload, and left ventricular afterload. • In…
Chapter 117 Molecular Mechanisms of Drug Actions From Receptors to Effectors Catherine Litalien, Pierre Beaulieu Pearls • Receptors play a central role in determining the nature of the pharmacologic effects…
Chapter 115 Abdominal Trauma in Pediatric Critical Care Christopher P. Coppola, James C. Gilbert Pearls • In the initial resuscitation of trauma victims, the first priority remains the ABCs of…
Chapter 74 Cellular Respiration Jerry J. Zimmerman, Amélie von Saint André-von Arnim, Jerry McLaughlin In every one of us there is a living process of combustion going on very similar…
Chapter 44 Specific Diseases of the Respiratory System Upper Airway David Jardine, Omar J. Bhutta, Andrew Inglis Pearls • Diseases leading to compromise of the airway are the most frequent…
Chapter 28 Disorders of Cardiac Rhythm Frank A. Fish, Prince J. Kannankeril, James A. Johns Pearls • Arrhythmias may result from ongoing therapies; ask, “What’s the DEAL?” — Drugs and…
