About

Paediatric Critical Care Manual is an useful bedside resource in the niche specialty of paediatric critical care. Primarily meant for paediatric fellows and postgraduates working predominantly inpaediatric ICU, this book would be equally useful for practicing paediatricians and physicians who face sick children in their day-to-day practice. This book has the potential to give confidence and competence to any physician taking care of critically ill children, as well as the postgraduates and fellows planning to take the exit level examinations, on their way to expertise in this field.

Key Features               

• Presentation of chapters in a simple, concise and sequential manner with emphasis on the basic sciences to understand the concepts applicable in various clinical situations.
• Includes recent advances in the field of  paediatric critical care.
• Algorithms for quick recapitulation of the topic.
• Topics of special interest include those on post-transplant care, mechanical ventilation in children (including disease-specific ventilation and physiologically difficult airway), monitoring in PICU (including use of USG in critical care), healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic resistance.
• A separate section on the commonly done procedures in PICU, with stepwise description and diagrams for better understanding.
  Commonly used formulae and charts presented in the Appendices at the end of the book as a ready reckoner.