PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE. VOLUME 3: GASTROENTEROLOGICAL, ENDOCRINE, RENAL, HEMATOLOGIC, ONCOLOGIC AND IMMUNE SYSTEMS. 2ND EDITION

1. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
2. Liver Failure in Infants and Children
3. Acute Pancreatitis
4. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Children
5. Obesity in Critical Illness
6. Nutrition in the PICU
7. Diabetic Ketoacidosis
8. Hyperglycemia, Dysglycemia and Glycemic Control in Pediatric Critical Care
9. Hypoglycemia
10. The Adrenal Glands in Critical Illness and Injury
11. Thyroid and Growth Hormone Axes Alteration in the Critically Ill Child
12. Applied Renal Physiology in the PICU
13. Electrolyte Disorders in the PICU
14. Acid-Base Disorders in the PICU
15. Acute Kidney Injury
16. Kidney Disorders in the PICU: Thrombotic Microangiopathies and Glomerulonephritis
17. Kidney Pharmacology
18. Renal Replacement Therapy
19. Transfusion Medicine
20. Hematologic Emergencies in the PICU
21. Coagulation Disorders in the PICU
22. Therapeutic Apheresis in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
23. Thromboembolic Disorders in the PICU
24. Care of the Oncology Patient in the PICU
25. Critical Illness as a Result of Anti-Neoplastic Therapy
26. Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Syndromes
27. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in the PICU
28. The Immune System in Critical Illness and Injury
29. Primary and Secondary Immunodeficiencies
30. Sepsis
31. Thrombocytopenia-Associated Multiple Organ Failure Syndrome
32. Toxic Shock Syndrome in Children
33. Hospital-Acquired Infections and the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
34. Anaphylaxis
35. Rheumatologic Disorders in the PICU
36. Infectious Disease-Associated Syndromes in the PICU
37. Life Threatening Tropical Infections

The second edition of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine spans three volumes, with major sections dedicated to specific organ systems. Each major section consists of separate chapters dedicated to reviewing the specific disease processes affecting each organ system. Each chapter concludes with a comprehensive list of references, with brief, concise remarks denoting references of ‘special interest’ and ‘of interest’. Consequently, the books are unique in their comprehensive coverage of pediatric critical care and their ease of use and will be of value to those studying towards pediatric critical care examinations and those who are already qualified.

Features
• A new edition of the most comprehensive textbook of pediatric critical care medicine
• First ostensibly evidence-based pediatric critical care textbook
• Relevant for those studying towards pediatric critical care examinations and those who are already qualified

Authors
• Derek S. Wheeler, MD is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He is the Associate Medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, as well as an attending physician in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He has published extensively in pediatric critical care medicine and has contributed to numerous textbooks in the past.
• Hector R. Wong, MD is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Director of the Division of Critical Care Medicine at the Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati. He is on the editorial board of the journal, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and has edited one book (with Dr Thomas Shanley) for KAP on the Molecular Biology of Acute Lung Injury, while contributing to numerous books, journals and supplements.
• Thomas P. Shanley, MD is the Ferrantino Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases at the University of Michigan Medical Center. Dr Shanley is the Director of the Division of Critical Care Medicine, as well as the Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. He has published extensively in pediatric critical care medicine and has previously edited one book (with Dr Wong) for KAP on the Molecular Biology of Acute Lung Injury.