Practical Approach to Pediatric Intensive Care

Section 1:: Basic Practical Issues

• Recognition and Assessment of Critically Ill Child
• Pediatric Advance Life Support 2010 Guidelines
• CPR:: 2010 Guidelines
• Airway Management
• Transport of Sick Children
• Consensus Guidelines for Pediatric Intensive Care Units in India
• Hemodynamic Monitoring in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Intracranial Pressure Monitoring
• Respiratory Monitoring in PICU
• Nursing Care in the PICU
• Procedures in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Flexible Bronchoscopy in Infants and Children
• Pediatric Thoracoscopy
• Ultrasound in PICU

Section 2:: Respiratory System

• Respiratory Physiology
• Oxygen Therapy
• Blood Gas and Acid Base Interpretation
• Upper Airway Obstruction in Children
• Meconium Aspiration Syndrome and PPHN
• Acute Respiratory Failure
• Pediatric Tracheostomy
• Acute Severe Asthma Management in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Viral Pneumonias:: Common Pneumonias and Recent Advances
• Persistent and Recurrent Pneumonias
• Recent Advances in the Rapid Diagnosis of Respiratory Tract Infection
• HIV Disease and Respiratory Infection in Children
• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Children
• Empyema Thoracis
• Air Leak Syndromes
• Cystic Fibrosis:: Clinical Manifestations and Treatment
• Neonatal Congenital Lung Lesions
• Bronchodilator Therapy in Mechanically Ventilated Children
• Basic Mechanical Ventilation
• Commonly Available Ventilators
• Disease Specific Mechanical Ventilation
• Advanced Modes of Mechanical Ventilation
• Ventilator Graphics and Clinical Applications
• Care of the Ventilated Patient
• Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
• Complications of Mechanical Ventilation
• Non-invasive Ventilation
• High Frequency Ventilation
• Inhaled Nitric Oxide
• Neonatal Ventilation
• Surfactant Therapy in Newborn
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
• Pediatric Heart and Lung Transplantation

Section 3:: Circulatory System

• Shock:: Management of Shock in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Vasoactive and Inotropic Therapy in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Cardiogenic Shock
• Pediatric Septic Shock
• Multiorgan Failure in Critically Ill Children
• Dengue
• Role of Echocardiography in the Critically Ill Child
• Myocarditis in Children
• Cardiac Arrhythmias in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Hypertension in Children
• Common Congenital Heart Defects and Perioperative Issues
• Postoperative Care After Open Heart Surgery
• Perioperative Management of Transposition of Great Arteries
• Perioperative Management of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage
• Univentricular Heart Perioperative Management Strategy
• Cardiac Pacing in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support
• Heart Transplantation in Pediatrics
• Pediatric Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Therapy
• Interventional Pediatric Cardiology:: An Overview
• Fluids and Electrolytes in the Critically ill Child
• Inborn Errors of Metabolism
• Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• Acute Kidney Injury in Children and Renal Replacement Therapy
• Pediatric Renal Transplantation

Section 5:: Gastroenterological Issues

• Gastrointestinal Bleeding:: Diagnosis and Management
• Nutrition in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Parenteral Nutrition for the Pediatrician
• Acute Liver Failure
• Liver Transplantation
• Liver Transplantation in Children:: Indian Scenario

Section 6:: Hematological Issues

• Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
• Blood Transfusion in Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care

Section 7:: Pediatric Surgical Issues

• Postoperative Care in Pediatric Surgical Patients
• Multiple Trauma:: Stabilization and Management in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Child Abuse and Shake Injuries
• Pediatric Anesthesia-for the Pediatrician
• Poisoning in Children
• Methemoglobinemia
• Antibiotic Therapy in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Infection Control and Hospital-acquired Infections
• Immunological Problems and Critical Illness
• Pediatric HIV Infections

Section 10:: Neurological Issues

• Pediatric Head Injury
• Coma:: Encephalitis and Cerebral Malaria
• Bacterial, Viral and Fungal Meningitis
• Sedation, Analgesia and Neuromuscular Blockade
• Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness in Children:: Critical Illness Polyneuropathy and Myopathy
• Endocrine Emergencies in Critically Ill Children
• Hydrocephalus
• Status Epilepticus
• Near-drowning
• Pediatric Brain Death Guidelines
• Care of Terminally Ill Children
• Limitation of Life Support in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit:: Ethical Issues Relating to End-of-life Care
• Psychological Issues in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Section 11:: Environmental Injuries

• Thermal Burns
• Heat Disorders
• Electrical Shock

Section 12:: Miscellaneous

• Research in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Concept of Quality Improvement in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Simulation-based Training in Pediatric Intensive Care
• Medicolegal Aspects in Intensive Care
• Useful Information and Equations in the PICU
• Drugs in PICU
• Malaria