A Practical Handbook on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Therapy

A Practical Handbook on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Therapy
Author: Dietrich Klauwer
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 581
Release: 2018-11-11
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319924419

This book combines valid physiology and treatment strategies with the institutional experience of one of the leading German pediatric heart centers. It is intended as a pragmatic guide, focusing on daily practice and bedside medicine: straightforward, easy to implement, and results-oriented. It offers readers a profound understanding of intensive care, with a specific focus on organ systems, their interactions, and the effect of life support technologies, pursuing a comprehensive approach to congenital heart defects and therapies, including pitfalls and solutions. The target group is extended towards pediatric cardiologists and anesthesiologists by integrating chapters on the systematic analysis of hemodynamics and anatomy, diagnostics and treatment of congenital heart defects, plus a chapter on modern anesthesiology during heart operations with a focus on early extubation that minimizes on-pump and medication trauma. As such, the book offers a pragmatic and clinically oriented guide for physicians with advanced experience and expertise in (cardiac) intensive and intermediate care, as well as beginners and junior physicians.

Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care

Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care
Author: Anthony C. Chang
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 608
Release: 1998
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780683015089

A distinguished list of contributors from some of the major international centers covers this specialty like never before. With recent advances in ultrasound technology and pharmacology the expertise required to care for a critically ill child with heart disease takes an integrated approach with a multidisciplinary team and central focus. This resource provides comprehensive discussions of pertinent cardiac issues in the ICU setting with emphasis on perioperative care.

Manual of Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care

Manual of Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care
Author: Prashant Shah
Publisher: JP Medical Ltd
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2013-08-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9350906392

This manual is a practical guide to the care of children after cardiac surgery. Beginning with discussion on preparing for and receiving a paediatric patient from the operating theatre, the next chapter describes monitoring techniques. Each of the following sections discusses the management of different conditions that may arise after surgery, including mediastinal bleeding, arrhythmias, capillary leak syndrome, pulmonary, gastrointestinal and renal issues, and infection. Appendices include drugs administration and dosage, and guidelines for endotracheal suction. Key points Concise guide to the care of children after cardiac surgery Covers management of numerous conditions that may arise post-surgery Separate chapter dedicated to monitoring techniques Appendices include discussion on drug administration and endotracheal suction

Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Handbook

Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Handbook
Author: Melissa B. Jones
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015-02-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9780990995111

A handbook covering the surgery and intensive care treatment of children with congenital heart disease. Chapters cover routine postoperative problems, respiratory and cardiovascular support, specific lesions, and mechanical support.

Congenital Heart Disease

Congenital Heart Disease
Author: Serena Francesca Flocco
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2018-12-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319784234

This book provides the theoretical and practical basis of technical nursing in congenital heart disease; it is intended for nurses and nursing students, and for anyone involved in the treatment of these patients. The improvements in diagnosis and management of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) are due to the recent advances in cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology and have meant that an increasing number of infants are reaching adolescence and adulthood. This manual is a practical and easy-to-use guide, which promotes effective cooperation between health professionals. Congenital heart disease is a disorder that is present at birth, and studies show that the incidence is around eight cases per thousand live births. The heart is formed during the first four - ten weeks of gestation, and alterations to this process can affect normal development, leading to heart defects. There are various types of heart defects: abnormalities that affect a single part of the heart (for example a valve) but also, highly complex abnormalities where there is severe damage to the cardiac architecture. The seriousness of the disease and the effects on child health vary: some forms have no real impact on child health and allow a normal life, while others are incompatible with life.

Critical Heart Disease in Infants and Children E-Book

Critical Heart Disease in Infants and Children E-Book
Author: David G. Nichols
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 1041
Release: 2006-08-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323070078

Pediatric intensivists, cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and anesthesiologists from the leading centers around the world present the collaborative perspectives, concepts, and state-of-the-art knowledge required to care for children with congenital and acquired heart disease in the ICU. Their multidisciplinary approach encompasses every aspect of the relevant basic scientific principles, medical and pharmacologic treatments, and surgical techniques and equipment. From the extracardiac Fontan procedure, and the Ross procedure through new pharmacologic agents and the treatment of pulmonary hypertension to mechanical assist devices, heart and lung transplantation, and interventional cardiac catheterization—all of the developments that are affecting this rapidly advancing field are covered in depth. Employs well-documented tables, text boxes, and algorithms to make clinical information easy to access. Features chapters each written and reviewed by intensivists, surgeons, and cardiologists. Integrates the authors' extensive experiences with state-of-the-art knowledge from the literature. Offers four completely new chapters: Cardiac Trauma, Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult, Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries, and Outcome Evaluation. Describes the basic pharmacology and clinical applications of all of the new pharmacologic agents. Details important refinements and developments in surgical techniques, including the Ross pulmonary autograft replacement of the aortic valve, video-assisted fluoroscopy, and the extracardiac Fontan connection, and discusses their indications and potential complications. Explores the latest advances in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension, new developments in mechanical assist devices, heart and lung transplantation, and interventional cardiac catheterization. Examines issues affecting adults with congenital heart disease.

Cardiac Catheterization in Congenital Heart Disease

Cardiac Catheterization in Congenital Heart Disease
Author: Charles E. Mullins
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 944
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0470986956

The rapidly growing population of adults surviving with congenital heart lesions along with the success of interventional cardiology in the child and adolescent has spawned an incredible interest in adapting the technology for the adult congenital patients. Dr. Mullins, a pioneer in this area, has written an outstanding reference which covers all aspects of performing diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac catheterization procedures on patients of all ages. This illustrated book details the equipment and techniques for performing safe and successful procedures, with a strong emphasis on avoiding complications. It also includes the requirements of a catheterization laboratory for congenital heart patients, as well as guidance for setting up and operating such a laboratory. Cardiac Catheterization in Congenital Heart Disease serves as an essential manual for pediatric and adult interventional cardiologists worldwide.

Anderson's Pediatric Cardiology E-Book

Anderson's Pediatric Cardiology E-Book
Author: Robert H. Anderson
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 1997
Release: 2019-04-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0702079243

As a leading reference on pediatric cardiology and congenital heart disease, Anderson's Pediatric Cardiology provides exhaustive coverage of potential pediatric cardiovascular anomalies, potential sequelae related to these anomalies, comorbidities and neurodevelopmental problems, and current methods for management and treatment. The fully revised 4th Edition addresses significant and ongoing changes in practice, including recent developments in fetal, neonatal, and adult congenital heart conditions as well as expanded content on intensive care, nursing issues, and societal implications. The outstanding illustration program provides superb visual guidance, and is now supplemented with a remarkable collection of more than 200 professionally curated, author-narrated videos. - Offers authoritative, long-term coverage of a broad spectrum of cardiology conditions, including congenital heart disease, adult congenital heart disease (ACHD), acquired heart disease, cardiomyopathies, and rhythm disturbances. - Features exquisite specimen images by Dr. Robert Anderson and Diane Spicer dissected in easily recognizable analogous imaging planes. These are included in the over 850 anatomic, photographic, imaging, and algorithmic figures, and incorporate new images using virtual dissections of 3D datasets obtained in living patients. - An extensive new section describing the non-cardiac consequences of congenital cardiac disease and other related issues Outside the Heart, including new chapters on quality improvement in congenital cardiac disease, models of care delivery, neurocognitive assessment and outcomes, psychosocial issues for patients and families, ethics, nursing implications, acute and chronic renal complications, and telemedicine. - Three entirely new, expanded sections on the Functionally Univentricular Heart, Fetal Congenital Cardiac Disease, and Heart Failure and Transplantation. - Provides a new focus on patient and family-centered care with expert advice on how to communicate difficult diagnoses to patients and families. - Features new integration of nursing content into all disease-specific chapters, as well as updated content on genetics, congenital heart disease and follow-up, and new imaging modalities. - Contains chapters on new and emerging topics such as MRI and Quantifying the Fetal Circulation in Congenital Cardiac Disease; Congenital Anomalies of the Coronary Arteries; and The Global Burden of Pediatric Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiac Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries - Shares the experience and knowledge of an international team of multidisciplinary experts in medicine and advanced practice nursing. - Expert ConsultTM eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, tables and figures from the book on a variety of devices.

Critical Heart Disease in Infants and Children E-Book

Critical Heart Disease in Infants and Children E-Book
Author: Ross M. Ungerleider
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 1195
Release: 2018-09-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1455751006

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Pediatric Surgery** Now in brilliant full color and reflecting recent significant changes in the field, Critical Heart Disease in Infants and Children, 3rd Edition, keeps you abreast of the skills and knowledge required to safely care for children with congenital and acquired heart disease in the ICU. Pediatric intensivists, cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and anesthesiologists from leading centers around the world provide a well-rounded perspective on basic scientific principles, medical and pharmacologic treatments, surgical techniques, and equipment. - Features comprehensive updates throughout the text, including indications, techniques, potential complications in perioperative management of patients, and surgical techniques for congenital heart disease. - Covers recent advances in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension, developments in mechanical assist devices, heart and lung transplantation, and interventional cardiac catheterization. - Features an all-new, full-color format that speeds navigation and helps clarify complex concepts. - Contains 27 new chapters with an emphasis on the team approach to patient care in the ICU including creating multidisciplinary teams, quality and performance improvement, training , and challenges and solutions to developing a cohesive team environment. - Includes a detailed chapter on bedside ultrasound, walking you through the techniques you're most likely to encounter in the ICU. - Employs well-documented tables, text boxes, and algorithms to make clinical information easy to access, and more than two dozen video clips provide a more complete understanding of echocardiography, imaging modalities, pulmonary hypertension, and more. - Describes the basic pharmacology and clinical applications of new pharmacologic agents. - Examines issues affecting adults with congenital heart disease. - Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices. - Offers four completely new chapters: Cardiac Trauma, Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult, Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries, and Outcome Evaluation. - Describes the basic pharmacology and clinical applications of all of the new pharmacologic agents. - Details important refinements and developments in surgical techniques, including the Ross pulmonary autograft replacement of the aortic valve, video-assisted fluoroscopy, and the extracardiac Fontan connection, and discusses their indications and potential complications. - Explores the latest advances in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension, new developments in mechanical assist devices, heart and lung transplantation, and interventional cardiac catheterization. - Examines issues affecting adults with congenital heart disease.