The subspecialty of pediatric care of the critical patient in an intensive care unit forms most significant skills of pediatric disorders, This IAP specialty series book uses a problem based approach to help the practicing pediatricians and postgraduate students to learn pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment to interact effectively with pediatric patients around a variety of health issues and their care. The new growth in neonatology and the narrowing gap between the developed and developing world has necessitated to train the upcoming pediatricians with the latest technology in health care. This book covers all the aspects of critical care units with most standardized techniques and methods to be understood by students. Even in a rural background the pediatrician would benefit from this book to make arrangements for critical care as this book provides most comprehensive knowledge. It has the stamp of recognition from the Nation Board that it serves the intersivists in every manner.

Section 1 Basic and Advanced Life Support 1. Approach to a Sick Child 2. Choking 3. Approach to a Child with Respiratory Insufficiency 4. Airway Management 5. Rapid Sequence Intubation 6. Tachyarrhythmias 7. Bradycardia 8. Cardiac Arrest 9. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 10. Cardioversion and Defibrillation 11. Postresuscitation Management Section 2 Shock 12. Assessment of Shock in Children 13. Approach to Management of Shock in Child 14. Management of Septic Shock 15. Anaphylactic Shock in Children Section 3 Basic Mechanical Ventilation 16. Noninvasive Ventilation 17. High-flow Nasal Cannula 18. Disease-specific Mechanical Ventilation 19. Troubleshooting in Mechanical Ventilation 20. Weaning from Ventilation 21. Extubation in Children 22. Prone Positioning 23. Recruitment Maneuvers 24. Tracheostomy in Children Section 4 Advanced Ventilation 25. High Frequency Ventilation 26. Inhaled Nitric Oxide 27. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Section 5 Central Nervous System 28. Coma 29. Raised Intracranial Pressure 30. Pediatric Head Trauma 31. Status Epilepticus Section 6 Infections and Antimicrobials in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 32. Tropical Fever in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 33. Dengue 34. Malaria 35. Enteric Fever 36. Japanese Encephalitis 37. Leptospirosis 38. Antibiotics in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 39. Antifungals in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Section 7 Hospital-acquired Infections in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 40. New Fever in Intensive Care Unit 41. Ventilator-associated Pneumonia 42. Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) 43. Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Section 8 Metabolic and Endocrine System 44. Diabetic Ketoacidosis 45. Hypoglycemia 46. Acute Adrenal Insufficiency in Critically Ill Child 47. Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone and Cerebral Salt Wasting Syndrome 48. Metabolic Encephalopathies and Inborn Error of Metabolism 49. Hyperammonemia Section 9 Arterial Blood Gas 50. Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gas 51. Acidosis 52. Alkalosis Section 10 Fluids 53. Fluid Therapy in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Section 11 Electrolytes 54. Hyponatremia 55. Hypernatremia 56. Hypokalemia 57. Hyperkalemia 58. Hypocalcemia 59. Hypercalcemia 60. Hypomagnesemia Section 12 Hematology 61. Bleeding Child 62. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation 63. Transfusion Guidelines in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 64. Transfusion Reactions 65. Oncological Emergencies Section 13 Poisoning/Envenomation 66. Approach to a Child with Poisoning 67. Paracetamol Poisoning 68. Iron Poisoning Algorithm 69. Organophosphorus Poisoning 70. Salicylate Poisoning 71. Hydrocarbon Ingestion 72. Scorpion Sting Envenomation 73. Snake Bite Management 74. Mammalian Bites Section 14 Gastrointestinal Tract 75. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Children 76. Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Children 77. Acute Pancreatitis 78. Acute Liver Failure 79. Acute Surgical Abdomen Section 15 Renal System 80. Acute Kidney Injury 81. Renal Replacement Therapy Section 16 Cardiovascular System 82. Management of Acute Heart Failure 83. Management of Chronic Heart Failure 84. Approach to Pediatric Hypertension 85. Hypertensive Crisis in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 86. Cardiac Medi