Science and practice of pediatric critical care medicine
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Springer,
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Publisher Address: | London |
Publication Dates: | c2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-921-9 |
Carrier Form: | xii, 199 p.: ill. ; 28 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781848009202 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1848009208 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781848009219 (electronic bk.) 1848009216 (e-isbn) |
Index Number: | R720 |
CLC: | R720.597 |
Contents: |
Available to OhioLINK libraries. Includes bibliographical references and index. Development of pediatric critical care medicine: how did we get here and why? -- Epidemiology of critical illness -- Ethics in the pediatric intensive care unit -- The patient'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-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 anti-inflammatory mediators in critical illness -- Endogenous cytoprotective mechanisms -- Ischemia-reperfusion injury. |