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  This book is a comprehensive, case-based exploration of the major and most common life-threatening conditions faced by pediatric intensivists in daily clinical work. The selected topics reflect conditions that demand complex physiologic reasoning, multidisciplinary decision-making, and timely escalation of care. The chapters are built mostly around fictionalized clinical cases that were developed on the basis of authentic patient encounters and, in many instances, integrate elements from more than one real case into a single narrative in order to represent clinical complexity. Complications and management challenges were intentionally embedded throughout the chapters, allowing the book as a whole to address a wide range of diagnostic dilemmas, therapeutic decisions, and adverse events that pediatric intensivists must be prepared to manage. Topics that are introduced briefly in one chapter may be expanded upon in greater depth in others, reflecting a deliberate pedagogical approach that emphasizes cumulative learning, cross-referencing, and conceptual integration across disease categories. The book is organized into thematically linked sections encompassing major domains of pediatric intensive care, including congenital and acquired cardiac disease, neurocritical care, respiratory failure, shock, trauma, complex infectious syndromes, metabolic and toxicologic emergencies, renal failure, and advanced airway management. Clinical trajectories typically follow patients from initial presentation through intensive care management, the development of complications, advanced organ support, and longer-term outcomes. Each chapter integrates pathophysiologic explanation with evidence-informed diagnostic and therapeutic reasoning, allowing readers to follow the dynamic evolution of critical illness in a clinically authentic manner. Figures and dedicated boxes are used to reinforce key concepts and to highlight essential mechanisms, common pitfalls, and areas of ongoing uncertainty. This book is intended for pediatric intensivists, fellows in pediatric critical care and related subspecialties, emergency physicians, anesthesiologists, surgeons, and advanced practice providers involved in the care of critically ill children. It is designed not as a protocol manual, but as a case-driven educational and clinical companion that mirrors real-world reasoning, evolving physiology, and the complexity of decision-making in the pediatric intensive care unit. Through its structured yet flexible approach, the book aims to support both advanced training and reflective clinical practice in pediatric critical care.

• Tuotetiedot

  • Kustantaja / Valmistaja Springer Verlag, Singapore
  • ISBN 9789819236688
  • Tuotekoodi 9789819236688
  • Alanimike Volume 1 – Cardiac Intensive Care and Trauma
  • Kirjoittajat Attias Ori
  • Kieli Englanti
  • Thema-luokitus Pediatria (lastentaudit); Tehohoitolääketiede; Kirurgia
  • Ilmestymispäivä 13.10.2026
  • Vuosi 2026
  • Tuoteryhmä Ulk terveys (lääket, eläinlääk)
  • Tuotepääryhmä Ulkomaiset tietokirjat
  • Tuotelinja Kirjat
  • Sivumäärä 550
  • Pituus (mm) 235
  • Leveys (mm) 155
  • Tuotemuoto Kovakantinen
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  • ALV 13,5%

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