Intensive Care in Childhood: A Challenge to the Future
Description
Intensive care in childhood is a relatively new field of medicine. Due to major differences in physiology, many disciplines are involved in the care of the critically ill child. Apart from specific disease patterns, morbidity in direct relation to the stay in the ICU or the underlying disease mainly determine long term morbidity. Today we understand that the treatment of the critically ill child can have a great impact on the quality of life in adulthood. This book covers the whole spectrum of intensive care in childhood. It is based on the experience of leading specialists from the various fields involved in the treatment of these children.
Keywords
PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CAREPEDIATRIC EMERGENCIES
1996Book
Author(s)Jean-Louis Vincent,Dick Tibboel
PublisherSpringer
ISBN9783540611301
LanguageEnglish
