Book Description
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.
About the author
David G. Nichols, MD, Division of Pediatric Anesthesia & Critical Care; and Duke E. Cameron, MD, FACS, The James T. Dresher, Sr. Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Chief of Pediatric Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
