Science and Practice of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Wheeler, Derek S. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Wong, Hector R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Shanley, Thomas P. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Critical care medicine.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

The field of critical care medicine is in the midst of a dramatic change. Technological and scientific advances during the last decade have resulted in a fundamental change in the way we view disease processes, such as sepsis, shock, acute lung injury, and traumatic brain injury. Pediatric intensivi...

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• Epidemiology of Critical Illness
• Ethics in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• The Patient#x2019;s Family in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Scoring Systems in Critical Care
• Outcomes and Quality Definitions Assessment and Analysis
• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Administration
• Nursing Care in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• The Physician#x2013;Scientist in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Resident and Nurse Education in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Evidence-Based Medicine in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Patient Safety in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Pediatric Critical Care in Developing Countries
• The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of the Future:Technological Advances in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
• Molecular Biology in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Genetic Polymorphisms in Critical Care and Illness
• Signal Transduction Pathways in Critical Illness and Injury
• Proinflammatory and Antiinflammatory Mediators in Critical Illness
• Endogenous Cytoprotective Mechanisms
• Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.