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A Practical Handbook on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Therapy

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Editors:
  1. Dietrich Klauwer

    1. Center for Paediatrics and Youth Health Singen, Singen, Germany

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  2. Christoph Neuhaeuser

    1. Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg, Paediatric Cardiac ICU and Heart Transplantation Program, Gießen, Germany

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  3. Josef Thul

    1. Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg, Paediatric Cardiac ICU and Heart Transplantation Program, Gießen, Germany

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  4. Rainer Zimmermann

    1. Global Medical Leader in Medical Affairs, Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Allschwil, Switzerland

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  • Offers a pragmatic guide, focusing on daily practice and bedside medicine

  • Straightforward, easy to implement, and results-oriented

  • Provides readers with a profound understanding of intensive care, with a specific focus on organ systems, their interactions and the effect of life support technologies

  • Shows how to manage complex problems in a pragmatic, concrete and experience-based way.

  • Provides valid tools not only for countries with established specialized medical care and management but also for threshold countries which need clear instructions tailored to specific clinical situations

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxi
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  2. General Considerations on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Medicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. O2 Supply, CO2, and Acid-Base Balance

      • Christoph Neuhaeuser, Dietrich Klauwer
      Pages 3-44

    3. Ventilation

      • Dietrich Klauwer
      Pages 45-77

    4. Cardiovascular Monitoring and Cardiovascular Drug Therapy

      • Dietrich Klauwer, Christoph Neuhaeuser
      Pages 79-101

    5. Renal Aspects of Cardiac Intensive Care

      • Christoph Neuhaeuser, Dietrich Klauwer
      Pages 103-136

    6. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Nutritional Management

      • Dietrich Klauwer
      Pages 137-149

    7. Analgosedation

      • Christoph Neuhaeuser, Dietrich Klauwer
      Pages 151-178

    8. Antibiotic Therapy

      • Christoph Neuhaeuser, Dietrich Klauwer
      Pages 179-205

    9. Coagulation System

      • Dietrich Klauwer
      Pages 207-230

    10. Pulmonary Hypertension

      • Rainer Zimmermann, Dietrich Klauwer
      Pages 231-250

    11. ECMO Therapy and the Heart-Lung Machine

      • Dietrich Klauwer
      Pages 251-272

    12. Cardiac Arrhythmias

      • Maria B. Gonzalez y Gonzalez
      Pages 273-302

    13. Resuscitation

      • Christoph Neuhaeuser, Dietrich Klauwer
      Pages 303-324

  3. Management of Specific Pediatric Cardiac Problems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 325-325
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    2. Preoperative Diagnostic Procedures

      • Dietrich Klauwer, Christian Jux
      Pages 327-394

    3. Considerations for Hemodynamics

      • Dietrich Klauwer, Christoph Neuhaeuser
      Pages 395-407

    4. Heart Defects with Indication for Neonatal Surgery

      • Dietrich Klauwer
      Pages 409-453

    5. Heart Defects with Therapy after the Neonatal Phase

      • Dietrich Klauwer
      Pages 455-472

    6. Heart Transplantation

      • Josef Thul, Dietrich Klauwer
      Pages 473-490
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About this book

This book combines valid physiology and treatment strategies with the institutional experience of one of the leading German pediatric heart centers. It is intended as a pragmatic guide, focusing on daily practice and bedside medicine: straightforward, easy to implement, and results-oriented. It offers readers a profound understanding of intensive care, with a specific focus on organ systems, their interactions, and the effect of life support technologies, pursuing a comprehensive approach to congenital heart defects and therapies, including pitfalls and solutions. The target group is extended towards pediatric cardiologists and anesthesiologists by integrating chapters on the systematic analysis of hemodynamics and anatomy, diagnostics and treatment of congenital heart defects, plus a chapter on modern anesthesiology during heart operations with a focus on early extubation that minimizes on-pump and medication trauma. As such, the book offers a pragmatic and clinically oriented guide for physicians with advanced experience and expertise in (cardiac) intensive and intermediate care, as well as beginners and junior physicians.

Reviews

“A Practical Handbook on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Therapy is recommended to health professionals with a strong interest in mastering the underlying principles that affect pediatric cardiac critical care management. The handbook could serve as an excellent resource for pediatric residents, fellows, and staff.” (Stefanie Smulski, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie, Vol. 66, 2019)

“The problem-oriented approach of this book is what a busy clinician is looking for. … If you are a busy clinician taking care of children or adults with congenital heart disease and if you have an open mind and are willing to ‘think beyond,’ … this book is for you.” (Elena Ashikhmina, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 129 (2), August, 2019)


Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Paediatrics and Youth Health Singen, Singen, Germany

    Dietrich Klauwer

  • Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg, Paediatric Cardiac ICU and Heart Transplantation Program, Gießen, Germany

    Christoph Neuhaeuser, Josef Thul

  • Global Medical Leader in Medical Affairs, Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Allschwil, Switzerland

    Rainer Zimmermann

About the editors

Dietrich Klauwer is a pediatrician, neonatologist, pediatric intensivist and pediatric cardiologist, who completed his training at Giessen University Children’s Hospital and Pediatric Heart Center as well as at Münster University Pediatric Heart Center.

Christoph Neuhaeuser worked as an anesthesiologist for nine years before becoming a pediatrician, neonatologist and pediatric intensivist. He was trained at the PICU at Giessen University Children’s Hospital. He is currently working as a consultant for pediatric intensive care in Giessen.

Josef Thul has been trained in neonatology, pediatric intensive care and pediatric cardiology. For more than a decade, he has been the head of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at the Children’s Heart Center at Giessen University Hospital, where he is also the responsible cardiologist for the pediatric heart transplant program.

Rainer Zimmermann was trained as a pediatrician and pediatric cardiologist in Mönchengladbach, the University Hospitals of London, Oxford and Würzburg, and the University of Giessen’s Pediatric Heart Center. He joined Actelion Pharmaceuticals in 2008 as a specialist for pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Practical Handbook on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Therapy

  • Editors: Dietrich Klauwer, Christoph Neuhaeuser, Josef Thul, Rainer Zimmermann

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92441-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-92440-3Published: 20 November 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-92441-0Published: 11 November 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXI, 560

  • Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 34 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Cardiology, Pediatrics, Anesthesiology

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