Evolution of critical care nursing
Pearls • As part of the multiprofessional team of dedicated intensive care experts, nurses are pivotal in the care of children and families during critical illness. • Building a humanistic…
CRITICAL CARE
Professionalism in pediatric critical care
Pearls • The medical profession is largely self-regulated by a system composed of state medical licensing boards, subspecialty boards, and credentialing and accrediting bodies. This system confers many benefits on…
Critical communications in the pediatric intensive care unit
Pearls • Patient safety is paramount to outstanding healthcare, and effective communication is critical to sustaining a safe patient care environment. • Strategies and tools to promote situational awareness and…
High-reliability pediatric intensive care unit: Role of intensivist and team in obtaining optimal outcomes
Pearls • A modern pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is a complex system, operating in conjunction with other complex systems (inpatient units, operating rooms, and emergency departments) within and between…
History of pediatric critical care medicine
Pearls • The evolution of pediatric critical care medicine reflects long progress in anatomy, physiology, resuscitation and ventilation, anesthesiology, neonatology, pediatric general surgery, pediatric cardiac surgery, and pediatric cardiology. •…
Chapter 12 – Decompressive Craniectomy for Traumatic Brain Injury Patients
Abstract Mrs. Smith, a 24-year-old woman without prior past medical history, is admitted to the intensive care unit after a motor vehicle collision with ejection from the vehicle, during which…
Chapter 11 – Decompressive Craniectomy for Stroke Patients
Abstract Mr. Johnson is a 62-year-old man with no prior past medical history who is admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) after suffering a large cryptogenic stroke in the…
Chapter 13 – Severe Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Abstract A 43-year-old woman was an unrestrained passenger in a high-speed motor vehicle collision. She was found by emergency medical services to be poorly responsive, with hypotension, mild bradycardia, and…
Chapter 19 – Measuring and Evaluating Shared Decision-Making in the Intensive Care Unit
Abstract Shared experiences are inherently challenging to measure and evaluate, and shared decision-making (SDM) in the context of critical illness is no exception. The shared nature of a decision is…
Chapter 20 – Brain Death Discussions
Abstract In 1959, shortly after the invention of positive pressure ventilation, Pierre Mollaret and Maurice Goulon published the first description of what would eventually be referred to as “brain death”…
