Cardiovascular Pediatric Critical Illness and Injury

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Shanley, Thomas P. (Editor), Wong, Hector R. (Editor), Wheeler, Derek S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Critical care medicine.; Cardiology.; 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...