Pediatric Critical Care, An Issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America

1st Edition, Volume 69-3 - June 9, 2022
Editors: Mary Lieh-Lai, Katherine Cashen
Language: English
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In this issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Mary Lieh-Lai and Katherine Cashen bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Pediatric Critical Care. The most common indications for admission to the PICU include respiratory disease, cardiac disease, and neurologic disorders. In this issue, top experts in the field provide current clinical knowledge about these admissions as well as other important critical care admissions, including COVID-19.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
CME Accreditation Page
Contributors
Forthcoming Issues
Preface
Cardiovascular Critical Care in Children
Key points
Introduction
Care environment/location of care
Training pathways/staffing models
Outcomes
Summary
Clinics care points
Pediatric Neurocritical Care
Key points
Introduction
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Critically Ill Children
Key points
Introduction
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuitry
Modes of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support
Cannulation
Indications
Contraindications
Management during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Outcomes
Advances in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Future directions
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Hemostasis in Pediatric Extracorporeal Life Support: Overview and Challenges
Key points
Introduction
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Acute Liver Failure in Children
Key points
Introduction
Definition and Epidemiology of Pediatric Liver Failure
Clinical Presentation in the Intensive Care Unit
Management in the Intensive Care Unit
Liver Transplantation
Pediatric Acute Liver Failure Outcomes
Summary
Clinics Care Points
Setting up a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in a Community/Rural Setting
Key points
Introduction
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Supplementary data
PICU Pharmacology
Key points
Pharmacology in pediatric critical illness
Respiratory
Central nervous system
Hematology
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Analgesia, Sedation, Paralytics, Delirium, and Iatrogenic Withdrawal
Key points
Pharmacologic principles in critically ill children
Neuromuscular blocking agents
Reversal agents
Delirium
Withdrawal
Clinics Care Points
Disclosure
COVID-19 in Children
Key points
Introduction
United States experience
Progression and severity of disease
The Delta variant surge and children
Effect of community vaccination on pediatric coronavirus disease 2019
Pathogenesis
Coronavirus disease 2019 in critically ill children
Severe acute coronavirus disease 2019
Diagnosis
Severe acute coronavirus disease 2019 complications
Definition
Clinical features
Diagnosis
Management
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and Kawasaki disease
Unique pediatric intensive care unit care issues related to the pandemic
Public health concerns for children
Clinics care points
Clinical Informatics and Quality Improvement in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Key points
Introduction
The electronic health record and clinical decision support
Databases and registries
Patient portals
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning
Big data, clinical informatics, and the learning health system
Challenges and future directions
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Mechanical Ventilation and Respiratory Support in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Key points
Introduction
Noninvasive Respiratory Support
Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
Summary
Clinics care points
Conflict of interest statement
Research in Pediatric Intensive Care
Key points
Introduction
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Education in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Key points
Introduction
Strategies to improve diagnostic accuracy and clinical decision making
Other tools for teaching in the ICU
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure

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