Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Chapter 78 Diabetic Ketoacidosis Catherine Pihoker, Ildiko H. Koves, Nicole S. Glaser Pearls • Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) results either from absolute insulin deficiency or from relative insulin deficiency in the…
Health Care–Associated Infection in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Epidemiology and Control—Keeping Patients Safe
Chapter 97 Health Care–Associated Infection in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Epidemiology and Control—Keeping Patients Safe Tracie Northway, Joanne M. Langley, Peter Skippen Pearls • Handwashing is the most important…
Life-Threatening Viral Diseases and Their Treatment
Chapter 95 Life-Threatening Viral Diseases and Their Treatment Nicole H. Tobin, Angela J.P. Campbell, Danielle M. Zerr, Ann J. Melvin Pearls • Obtain serum to store for future serologic testing…
Acute Liver Failure, Liver Transplantation, and Extracorporeal Liver Support
Chapter 88 Acute Liver Failure, Liver Transplantation, and Extracorporeal Liver Support David M. Steinhorn, Estella M. Alonso, Timothy E. Bunchman Pearls • Pediatric liver failure represents a large number of…
Child Abuse and Neglect
Chapter 113 Child Abuse and Neglect Paula M. Mazur, James J. Woytash, Lynn J. Hernan Pearls • Accidental trauma differs from nonaccidental trauma in presentation, workup, treatment, and outcome. In…
Hematology and Oncology Problems in the Intensive Care Unit
Chapter 81 Hematology and Oncology Problems in the Intensive Care Unit Francois P. Aspesberro, Joan S. Roberts, Thomas V. Brogan Pearls • Proactive treatment measures for tumor lysis syndrome include…
Proving the Point: Evidence-Based Medicine in Pediatric Critical Care
Chapter 5 Proving the Point Evidence-Based Medicine in Pediatric Critical Care R. Scott Watson, Mary E. Hartman, Derek C. Angus “Not all clinicians need to appraise evidence from scratch, but…
Heat Injury
Chapter 108 Heat Injury Ofer Yanay, E.l.i. Gilad Pearls • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from 1979 to 1999, 6864 deaths were attributable to excessive heat…
Control of Breathing and Acute Respiratory Failure
Chapter 38 Control of Breathing and Acute Respiratory Failure Robert K. Kanter Pearls • Powerful neural regulation of breathing maintains a constant supply of oxygen to the tissue, despite wide…
Pediatric Transport: Shifting the Paradigm to Improve Patient Outcome
Chapter 14 Pediatric Transport Shifting the Paradigm to Improve Patient Outcome Kate Felmet, Richard A. Orr, Yong Y. Han, Kimberly R. Roth Pearls • In transport, patients are subjected to…
