Transfusion Medicine
Chapter 82 Transfusion Medicine Jacques Lacroix, Marisa Tucci, Alan Tinmouth, France Gauvin, Oliver Karam Pearls • The decision to prescribe the transfusion of any blood product must be based on…
Burn and Inhalation Injuries
Chapter 111 Burn and Inhalation Injuries Kevin R. Kasten, Amy T. Makley, Richard J. Kagan Pearls • The accurate estimation of the extent and depth of burn injury is crucial…
Evaluation, Stabilization, and Initial Management After Multiple Trauma
Chapter 112 Evaluation, Stabilization, and Initial Management After Multiple Trauma Steven Elliott, Randall S. Burd Pearls • The primary survey, as defined by Advanced Trauma Life Support, is a prioritized…
Hemoglobinopathies
Chapter 84 Hemoglobinopathies M.A. Bender, Katie R. Nielsen Pearls • The pathophysiology of sickle cell disease is multifactorial, involving hemoglobin polymerization, oxidative damage to cell membrane proteins, white blood cell…
Pediatric Vascular Access and Centeses
Chapter 15 Pediatric Vascular Access and Centeses Stephen M. Schexnayder, Elizabeth A. Storm, Michael H. Stroud, Michele M. Moss, Ashley S. Ross, Richard T. Fiser, Muayyad Tailounie, Xiomara Garcia-Casal Pearls •…
Stroke and Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Chapter 63 Stroke and Intracerebral Hemorrhage Stuart Friess, Rebecca Ichord Pearls • Childhood stroke encompasses a wide spectrum of disease that can be categorized into three groups: arterial ischemic stroke,…
Thrombosis in Pediatric Intensive Care
Chapter 80 Thrombosis in Pediatric Intensive Care John Roy, Paul Monagle Pearls • Vascular access devices are the most common cause of thromboembolic disease in children, and every attempt should…
Status Epilepticus
Chapter 60 Status Epilepticus Cecil D. Hahn, Sam D. Shemie, Elizabeth J. Donner Pearls • Prolonged convulsive and nonconvulsive seizures cause neuronal injury by excitotoxic and hypoxic-ischemic mechanisms related to…
Renal Pharmacology
Chapter 70 Renal Pharmacology Douglas L. Blowey Pearls • For situations when the goal is the maintenance of a serum concentration close to the steady state level throughout the dosing…
