PICU Handbook

An innovative new survival guide for the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)The PICU Handbook is a unique, pocket-sized compilation of the data necessary for residents and fellows to navigate the modern Level 1 and Level 2 pediatric intensive care unit. Enhanced by numerous tables, formulas, algorithms, guidelines, checklists, rapid-sequence medication formularies, troubleshooting guides, and clinical pearls, this is a true must read for all junior clinicians and pediatric critical care nurses. Readers will find wide-ranging coverage of every critical issue they will encounter in the PICU, including airway clearance, respiratory mechanics and respiratory failure, endotracheal intubation, shock, brain death evaluation, and much more.The PICU Handbook is edited by the Associate Medical Director of Children s Memorial Hospital/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children s Hospital of Chicago, and features contributions from current and former pediatric residents and pediatric critical care fellows.