Managing the Critically Ill Child

Managing the Critically Ill Child

Author: Richard Skone

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-03-07

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1107652324

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A practical, user-friendly guide to the management of sick children, written by experienced paediatric emergency physicians and anaesthetists.


Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing

Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing

Author: Carol Williams (RSCN.)

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 9780443055287

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A comprehensive textbook on caring for the infant and child in pediatric intensive care, this new source examines a full range of specific disorders including discussions of their anatomy and physiology, medical management, and nursing care.


Problems of Intracranial Pressure in Childhood

Problems of Intracranial Pressure in Childhood

Author: Robert A. Minns

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 9780521412728

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This book deals with intracranial dynamic issues, which is an emerging sub-specialty of pediatric neurointensive care. It concentrates on encephalopathies and hydrocephalus from the newborn through childhood, and covers basic clinical and pathophysiological aspects of raised intracranial pressure and the methodologies for measurement of cerebral blood flow and intracranial pressure. Further chapters deal with encephalopathies and infectious and parainfectious and nontraumatic coma. There follow chapters on hydrocephalus (treatment, techniques, reservoirs, and shunt infections stressing the Edinburgh strategy), and the last two chapters deal with benign intracranial hypertension and biochemical parameters of brain damage.


Neurologic Emergencies in Infancy and Childhood

Neurologic Emergencies in Infancy and Childhood

Author: John M. Pellock

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Medical

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 9780750694193

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This second edition of Neurologic Emergencies in Infancy and Childhood is written in response to colleagues who have requested an updated version of the book because of numerous advances in child neurology and medicine in general since the first offering. The chapters were designed for easy use in emergency and general medical situations and all chapters have been revised, rewritten, or replaced. This book is organized into 21 chapters written by 31 contributors. A separate section on spinal cord disorders has greatly expanded the previous chapter on myelomeningocele and it includes a discussi ...


Pediatric Hydrocephalus

Pediatric Hydrocephalus

Author: G. Cinalli

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 455

ISBN-13: 8847021219

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In the last ten years the pediatric neurosurgeon has witnessed a real revolution in the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric hydrocephalus, the most frequently encountered condition in everyday clinical practice. The evolution of MRI and the advent of neuroendoscopic surgery have resuscitated the interest in the classification, etiology and pathophysiology of hydrocephalus. The book offers an updated overview on the recent progress in this field, and a new approach to hydrocephalus: the reader will find in it a modern and new presentation of an old disease, where genetics, endoscopy, cost-effectiveness analyses and many other aspects of the various therapies are extensively discussed. The volume will be useful not only for neurosurgeons, but for all specialists interested in the various aspects of hydrocephalus: pediatricians, radiologists, endocrinologists, pathologists and geneticists.


Neurotology

Neurotology

Author: Darius Kohan

Publisher: What Do I Do Now

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 0199843988

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This text is easy to read yet comprehensive and a very useful guide to state of the art treatment of common conditions encountered by neurologists, otolaryngologists, and general practitioners. Common but challenging pathologies are discussed in detail in respect to etiology, diagnosis, and current management. Appropriate illustrations and tables are utilized to enhance comprehension.


Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children

Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 9241548371

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The Pocket Book is for use by doctors nurses and other health workers who are responsible for the care of young children at the first level referral hospitals. This second edition is based on evidence from several WHO updated and published clinical guidelines. It is for use in both inpatient and outpatient care in small hospitals with basic laboratory facilities and essential medicines. In some settings these guidelines can be used in any facilities where sick children are admitted for inpatient care. The Pocket Book is one of a series of documents and tools that support the Integrated Managem.


Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury

Author: Nikolai Gorbunov

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-05-09

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1789231167

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) syndrome has emerged as a serious health concern worldwide due to the severity of outcomes and growing socioeconomic impacts of the diseases, e.g., high cost of long-term medical care and loss of quality of life. This book focuses on the TBI pathobiology as well as on the recent developments in advanced diagnostics and acute management. The presented topics encompass personal experience and visions of the chapter contributors as well as an extensive analysis of the TBI literature. The book is addressed to a broad audience of readers from students to practicing clinicians.