Chapter 13 The Process of Organ Donation and Pediatric Donor Management Thomas A. Nakagawa, Steven S. Mou Pearls • Involvement of critical care specialists, specifically in pediatrics, where there are…
Chapter 18 Critical Care in Public Health Emergencies Robert K. Kanter Pearls • All-hazard, as well as incident-specific, planning and preparedness for public health emergencies make a difference in patient…
Chapter 7 Safety and Quality Assessment in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Matthew C. Scanlon, Martin K. Wakeham Pearls • The six domains of quality in the pediatric intensive care…
Chapter 8 Information Technology in Critical Care Steven Pon, Barry Markovitz, Carl Weigle, Brian Jacobs Pearls • Information technology promises many benefits but is not without limitations and pitfalls. Physicians…
Chapter 17 Educating the Intensivist Mary W. Lieh-Lai, Denise M. Goodman, Melinda Fiedor Hamilton, Kevin M. Valentine Pearls • The principles of adult learning and how they relate to fellowship…
Chapter 12 Palliative Care Jeffrey Burns, Cynda H. Rushton Pearls • “Palliative care begins when illness is diagnosed, and continues irrespective of whether or not a child receives disease-directed treatment…providers…
Chapter 11 Ethical Issues in Death and Dying Norman Fost Pearls • It is not only permissible to discontinue treatments that are not serving the patient’s interest, it is obligatory….
Chapter 10 Ethics in Pediatric Intensive Care Joel E. Frader, Kelly Michelson Pearls Major Principles of Medical Ethics • Beneficence: Provide care that benefits patients • Nonmaleficence: Avoid harming patients…
Chapter 9 Family-Centered Care in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Debra Ann Ridling, Mithya Lewis-Newby, Daphne Lindsey Pearls • Using family-centered care principles to establish the parents as partners with…
Chapter 3 The Nurse in Pediatric Critical Care Patricia A. Moloney-Harmon, Martha A.Q. Curley Pearls • Nursing’s unique contribution to patients within the health care environment is that nurses create…
