Pediatric critical care

Still the #1 resource for today's pediatric ICU teams, Pediatric Critical Care, 5th Edition covers the entire field, from basic science to cutting-edge clinical applications. Drs. Bradley P. Fuhrman and Jerry J. Zimmerman, accompanied by an expert team of editors and contributors from around the world, bring you today's best information on the current and future landscape of pediatric critical care so you can consistently deliver optimum care to your young patients.

Pediatric critical care / [edited by] Bradley P. Fuhrman [and others]. 4th ed. ©2011.

History of pediatric critical care medicine -- High-reliability pediatric intensive care unit : role of intensivist and team in obtaining optimal outcomes -- Subspecialization within pediatric critical care medicine -- Critical communication in the pediatric intensive care unit -- Professionalism in pediatric critical care -- Nurses in pediatric critical care -- Research in pediatric critical care -- Proving the point : evidence-based medicine in pediatric critical care -- Prediction tools for short-term outcomes following critical illness in children -- Long-term outcomes following critical illness in children -- Safety and quality assessment in the pediatric intensive care unit -- Information technology in critical care -- Building partnerships : patient- and family-centered care in the pediatric intensive care unit -- Ethics in pediatric intensive care -- Ethical issues in death and dying -- Palliative care in the pediatric intensive care unit -- Process of organ donation and pediatric donor management -- Pediatric transport : shifting the paradigm to improve patient outcome -- Pediatric vascular access and centeses -- Emerging role of ultrasonography in the pediatric intensive…