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 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 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 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…
Chapter 2 The Intensivist in the New Hospital Environment Patient Care and Stewardship of Hospital Resources Margaret M. Parker Pearls • Effective teamwork is essential for optimal care of the…
Chapter 34 Respiratory monitoring Andrew D. Bersten Clinical examination and the trend of vital signs such as respiratory rate (f), and quantity and nature of sputum are extremely important in…
Chapter 24 Oxygen therapy Adrian T J. Wagstaff In mammals energy is provided by both anaerobic and aerobic respiration, the former being inadequate to provide adequate energy alone, so oxygen…
