From the reviews: "Pulmonary issues including mechanical ventilation and pediatric respiratory disease are the focus of this softcover book ... . Senior trainees and practitioners managing critical ill children are an appropriate audience for this work ... . This book provides an excellent review of critical care physiology in a discussion of mechanical ventilation and other therapies." (David J. Dries, Doody's Review Service, March, 2009)

• Respiratory Physiology.- Disorders of the Pediatric Chest.- Respiratory Monitoring.- Bronchoscopy in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.- Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.- Mechanical Ventilation.- Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury.- Prone Positioning.- High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation.- Pulmonary Surfactant: Biology and Therapy.- Nitric Oxide.- Extracorporeal Life Support for Children with Acute Respiratory Failure.- Diseases of the Upper Respiratory Tract.- Congenital Airway and Respiratory Tract Anomalies.- Status Asthmaticus.- Bronchiolitis.- Pneumonia and Empyema.- Pediatric Lung Transplantation.- Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure.- Diseases of the Pulmonary Vascular System.

From the reviews: "Pulmonary issues including mechanical ventilation and pediatric respiratory disease are the focus of this softcover book ... . Senior trainees and practitioners managing critical ill children are an appropriate audience for this work ... . This book provides an excellent review of critical care physiology in a discussion of mechanical ventilation and other therapies." (David J. Dries, Doody's Review Service, March, 2009)

• Respiratory Physiology.- Disorders of the Pediatric Chest.- Respiratory Monitoring.- Bronchoscopy in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.- Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.- Mechanical Ventilation.- Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury.- Prone Positioning.- High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation.- Pulmonary Surfactant: Biology and Therapy.- Nitric Oxide.- Extracorporeal Life Support for Children with Acute Respiratory Failure.- Diseases of the Upper Respiratory Tract.- Congenital Airway and Respiratory Tract Anomalies.- Status Asthmaticus.- Bronchiolitis.- Pneumonia and Empyema.- Pediatric Lung Transplantation.- Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure.- Diseases of the Pulmonary Vascular System.

From the reviews: "Pulmonary issues including mechanical ventilation and pediatric respiratory disease are the focus of this softcover book ... . Senior trainees and practitioners managing critical ill children are an appropriate audience for this work ... . This book provides an excellent review of critical care physiology in a discussion of mechanical ventilation and other therapies." (David J. Dries, Doody's Review Service, March, 2009)

• Respiratory Physiology.- Disorders of the Pediatric Chest.- Respiratory Monitoring.- Bronchoscopy in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.- Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.- Mechanical Ventilation.- Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury.- Prone Positioning.- High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation.- Pulmonary Surfactant: Biology and Therapy.- Nitric Oxide.- Extracorporeal Life Support for Children with Acute Respiratory Failure.- Diseases of the Upper Respiratory Tract.- Congenital Airway and Respiratory Tract Anomalies.- Status Asthmaticus.- Bronchiolitis.- Pneumonia and Empyema.- Pediatric Lung Transplantation.- Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure.- Diseases of the Pulmonary Vascular System.