Principles of Drug Disposition in the Critically Ill Child
Chapter 116 Principles of Drug Disposition in the Critically Ill Child Jeffrey L. Blumer Pearls • Studies devoted to the disposition of drugs in critically ill patients and children are…
Airway Management
Chapter 119 Airway Management Ann E. Thompson, Rosanne Salonia Pearls • Safe management of the critically ill child’s airway requires an understanding of the anatomic and physiologic changes that occur…
Tests of Kidney Function in Children
Chapter 69 Tests of Kidney Function in Children Ayesa N. Mian, George J. Schwartz Pearls • As a marker of glomerular function, serum creatinine provides a crude assessment because it…
Sedation and Analgesia
Chapter 123 Sedation and Analgesia Christopher M.B. Heard, James E. Fletcher Pearls • A wide selection of sedation and analgesia options is available in the pediatric intensive care unit. •…
Regional Circulation
Chapter 20 Regional Circulation Peter Oishi, Julien I.E. Hoffman, Bradley P. Fuhrman, Jeffrey R. Fineman Pearls • When delivering critical care, one must understand the specific properties that characterize the…
Coma and Depressed Sensorium
Chapter 58 Coma and Depressed Sensorium Tony Pearson-Shaver, Renuka Mehta Pearls • A Glasgow Coma Scale score less than 15 in children should be taken seriously. • The ABCs (airway,…
Pharmacology of the Cardiovascular System
Chapter 25 Pharmacology of the Cardiovascular System Marc G. Sturgill, Michael Kelly, Daniel A. Notterman Pearls • Clinical acumen is needed to distinguish between the need for an inotropic agent,…
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiac Catheterization
Chapter 24 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiac Catheterization Peter C. Laussen, Joshua Salvin Pearls • The cardiac catheterization laboratory plays important diagnostic and therapeutic roles in the management of children in…
Common Endocrinopathies in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Chapter 77 Common Endocrinopathies in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Kalia P. Ulate, Jerry J. Zimmerman Pearls • During stress, the endocrine system interacts synergistically with the neurogenic and inflammatory…
Diseases of Pulmonary Circulation
Chapter 48 Diseases of Pulmonary Circulation Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Vasanth H. Kumar Pearls • The onset of breathing and lung inflation at birth with a resultant increase in oxygen tension decreases…
