Critical Care of Children with Heart Disease

Ricardo Muñoz , MD, is chief of the Division of Cardiac Critical Medicine , Executive Director , Telemedicine , Co-Director , Childrens's National Heart Institute , Professor of Pediatrics , George Washington University School of Medicine , Children's National Health System. Dr. Muñoz is a fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics , fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine and fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Victor O. Morell, MD, is the Chief of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery and Surgeon-In-Chief of UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, and the Eugene S. Wiener Professor and Chair, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Morell received his medical degree from the Ponce School of Medicine in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1988. He completed his cardiothoracic residency at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and his pediatric cardiothoracic surgery training at Boston Children's Hospital and at the Great Ormond Hospital for Sick Children in London.

Transition from the fetal to the neonatal circulation.- Triage and Transport of Infants and Children with Cardiac Disease.- Airway control, mechanical ventilation and respiratory care.- Heart-Lung Interactions.- Cardiac Catheterization.- Echocardiography.- Cardiac Anesthesia.- A Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic review: focus on cardiac ICU meds.- Sedation and Analgesia.- Drugs in Cardiac Intensive Care.- Standard Drug Concentrations in the Cardiac Intensive Care unit.- Monitoring of the cardiac patient.- The effects of cardioplumonary bypass following pediatric cardiac surgery.- Nursing care of the pediatric cardiac patient.- Intensive Care for the Patient after Cardiac Catheterization.- Cardiac database and risk factor assessment outcomes analysis of congenital heart disease.- Patent ductus arteriosus.- Atrial Septal Defects.- Ventricular Septal defect.- Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defects.- Aortopulmonary Window.- Tetrology of Fallot.- Tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve.- Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia.- Pulmonary atresia with intact interventricular septum.- Pulmonary Stenosis.- Left Ventricular Outflow tract obstruction.- Coarctation of the Aorta.- Interrupted aortic arch.- Mitral Valve anomalies and related disorders.- Mitral Stenosis.- Prosthetic Valves.- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.- Single Ventricle, General Aspects.- Anomalous pulmonary veins.- Dextro-Transposition of the Great Arteries.- Congenitally corrected transposition of the Great Arteries (ccTGA or Levo-Transposition of the Great Arteries (l-TGA).- Truncus Arteriosus.- Double Outlet Right Ventricle.- Ebstein's Disease.- Anomalous Coronary Arteries.- Aortic Valve Regurgitation.- Vascular Rings and Pulmonary Sling.- Takaysu Arteritis.- Aortic Dissection.- Tracheal Reconstruction.- Acute Pulmonary Hypertension.- Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension.- Acute Myocarditis and cardiomyopathies.- Pericardial Diseases.- Infective Endocarditis.- Cardiac Failure.- Shock in the Cardiac Patient: A brief overview.- Mechanical circulatory support in pediatric cardiac surgery.- Ventricular Assist Devices.- Heart Transplantation.- Arrhythmias in the Intensive Care unit.- Pacemakers (temporary and permanent), Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy.- Quality Assessment in the Cardiac Intensive Care unit.- Discontinuation of Life: Ethical and Legal issues.- Respiratory complications: acute respiratory distress syndrome, chylothorax, diaphragmatic palsy, and functional respiratory physiotherapy.- Gastrointestinal Complications: Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Malrotation, and Protein Losing Enteropathy.- Malnutrition and Feeding Difficulties: Guideline for Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition.- Hematological Aspects: Anticoagulation, Heparin_Induced Thrombocytopenia, Plasma Exchange.- Renal Failure and Replacement Therapy.- Neurological Complications: Intracranial Bleeding, Stroke, and Seizures.-Infections in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.- Skin Protection.

"Thanks for the reader-friendly design, featuring an abundance of illustrations, photographs, tables as well as information boxes, the book enables the readers to visually grasp and retain difficult concepts. ... This extensively revised new edition ... comprehensively reviews the medical and surgical management of the acutely-ill child with congenital and acquired cardiac disease. We recommend!" (Richard Eyermann, Zeitschrift Deutsches Zentrum für herzkranke Kinder, Vol. 23 (2), 2021)

“Thanks for the reader-friendly design, featuring an abundance of illustrations, photographs, tables as well as information boxes, the book enables the readers to visually grasp and retain difficult concepts. … This extensively revised new edition … comprehensively reviews the medical and surgical management of the acutely-ill child with congenital and acquired cardiac disease. We recommend!” (Richard Eyermann, Zeitschrift Deutsches Zentrum für herzkranke Kinder, Vol. 23 (2), 2021)