(eBook) A Practical Handbook on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Therapy by Klauwer

This is the PDF eBook version for A Practical Handbook on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Therapy by Dietrich Klauwer, Christoph Neuhaeuser, Josef Thul, Rainer Zimmermann

Table of Contents

Part I. General considerations on pediatric cardiac intensive care medicine.- O2 supply, CO2 and acid-base balance.- Ventilation.- Cardiovascular monitoring and cardiovascular drug therapy.- Renal dysfunction.- Fluid, electrolyte and nutritional management.- Analgosedation.- Antibiotic therapy.- Coagulation system.- Pulmonary hypertension.- ECMO therapy and the heart-lung machine.- Cardiac arrhythmias.- Resuscitation.- Part II. Management of specific pediatric cardiac problems.- Preoperative diagnostics.- Considerations for hemodynamics.- Heart defects with indication for neonatal surgery.- Heart defects with therapy post neonatal phase.- Heart transplantation.- Ultra fast tracking in pediatric cardiac surgery.- Drug list.