Science and Practice of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
The field of critical care medicine is in the midst of a dramatic change. Technological and scientific advances during the last decade have resulted in a fundamental change in the way we view disease processes, such as sepsis, shock, acute lung injury, an
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Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, and Thomas P. Shanley (Eds.)
Science and Practice of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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Editors Derek S. Wheeler, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Division of Critical Care Medicine Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH, USA
Hector R. Wong, MD Professor of Pediatrics University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Director, Division of Critical Care Medicine Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH, USA
Thomas P. Shanley, MD Ferrantino Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases University of Michigan Medical Center Director, Division of Critical Care Medicine C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital Ann Arbor, MI, USA
ISBN 978-1-84800-920-2 DOI 10.1007/978-1-84800-921-9
e-ISBN 978-1-84800-921-9
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2008940129 © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2009 First published in 2007 as part of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, edited by Derek S. Wheeler, Hector R. Wong, and Thomas P. Shanley, ISBN 978-1-84628-463-2 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licenses issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. The use of registered names, trademarks, etc., in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publisher can give no guarantee for information about drug dosage and application thereof contained in this book. In every individual case the respective user must check its accuracy by consulting other pharmaceutical literature. Printed on acid-free paper Springer Science+Business Media springer.com
Preface
The field of critical care medicine is in the midst of a dramatic change. Technological and scientific advances during the last decade have resulted in a fundamental change in the way we view disease processes, such as sepsis, shock, acute lung injury, and traumatic brain injury. Pediatric intensivists have been both witness to and active participants in bringing about these changes. As the understanding of the pathogenesis of these diseases reaches the cellular and molecular levels, the gap between critical care medicine and molecular biology will disappear. It is imperative that all physicians caring for critically ill children in this new era have a thorough understanding of the applicability of molecular biology to the care of these patients at the bedside in
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