Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. One: Critical care integration -- Sect. I: Introduction to the practice of pediatric critical care -- Sect. II: Professionalism, leadership, and systems-based practice -- Sect. III: Information management -- Sect. IV: Ethical and palliative concerns in the care of the critically ill -- Sect. V: Basic science concepts of pediatric critical care -- Pt. Two: Emergency care and acute management -- Sect. I: Initial stabilization -- Sect. II: Environmental crises -- Sect. III: Life-support technologies -- Pt. Three: Critical care organ systems -- Sect. I: Respiratory disease -- Sect. II: Neuromuscular disease -- Sect. III: Neurologic disease -- Sect. IV: Cardiovascular disease -- Sect. V: Immunologic diseases -- Sect. VI: Infectious diseases -- Sect. VII: Nutritional and gastrointestinal disorders -- Sect. VIII: Renal, endocrine, and metabolic disorders -- Sect. IX: Oncologic and hematologic disorders.