Fuhrman and Zimmerman's pediatric critical care

History of pediatric critical care medicine -- High-reliability pediatric intensive care unit: Role of intensivist and team in obtaining optimal outcomes -- Critical communications in the pediatric intensive care unit -- Professionalism in pediatric critical care -- Leading and managing change in the pediatric intensive care unit -- Evolution of critical care nursing -- Fostering a learning healthcare environment in the pediatric intensive care unit -- Challenges of pediatric critical care in resource-poor settings -- Public health emergencies and emergency mass critical care -- Lifelong learning in pediatric critical care -- Essential concepts in clinical trial design and statistical analysis -- Prediction of short-term outcomes during critical illness in children -- Pediatric critical care transport -- Pediatric vascular access and centeses -- Ultrasonography in the pediatric intensive care unit -- Patient- and family-centered care in the pediatric intensive care unit -- Pediatric critical care ethics -- Ethical issues around death and dying -- Palliative care in the pediatric intensive care unit -- Organ donation process and management of the organ donor -- Long-term outcomes following critical illness in children -- Burnout and resiliency -- Structure and function of the heart -- Regional peripheral circulation -- Endothelium and endotheliopathy -- Principles of invasive cardiovascular monitoring -- Assessment of cardiovascular function -- Cardiac failure and ventricular assist devices -- Echocardiographic imaging -- Diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac catheterization -- Pharmacology of the cardiovascular system -- Cardiopulmonary interactions -- Disorders of cardiac rhythm -- Shock states -- Pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass -- Critical care after surgery for congenital cardiac disease -- Cardiac transplantation -- Physiologic foundations of cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in infants and children -- Structure and development of the upper respiratory system -- Structure and development of the lower respiratory system -- Physiology of the respiratory system -- Noninvasive respiratory monitoring and assessment of gas exchange -- Overview of breathing failure -- Ventilation/perfusion inequality -- Mechanical dysfunction of the respiratory system -- Diseases of the upper respiratory tract -- Pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome and ventilator-associated lung injury -- Acute viral bronchiolitis -- Asthma -- Neonatal pulmonary disease -- Pneumonitis and interstitial disease -- Diseases of the pulmonary circulation -- Mechanical ventilation and respiratory care -- Noninvasive ventilation in the pediatric intensive care unit -- Extracorporeal life support -- Pediatric lung transplantation --;Structure, function, and development of the nervous system -- Critical care considerations for common neurosurgical conditions -- Neurologic assessment and monitoring -- Neuroimaging -- Coma and depressed sensorium -- Intracranial hypertension and monitoring -- Status epilepticus -- Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy -- Pediatric stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage -- Central nervous system infections and related conditions -- Acute neuromuscular disease and disorders -- Acute rehabilitation and early mobility in the pediatric intensive care unit -- Renal structure and function -- Fluid and electrolyte issues in pediatric critical illness -- Acid-base disorders -- Tests of kidney function in children -- Glomerulotubular dysfunction and acute kidney injury -- Pediatric renal replacement therapy in the intensive care unit -- Pediatric renal transplantation -- Renal pharmacology -- Acute severe hypertension -- Cellular respiration -- Biology of the stress response -- Inborn errors of metabolism -- Progress towards precision medicine in critical illness -- Molecular foundations of cellular injury -- Endocrine emergencies -- Diabetic ketoacidosis -- Structure and function of the hematopoietic organs -- The erythron -- Hemoglobinopathies -- Coagulation and coagulopathy -- Thrombosis in pediatric critical care -- Transfusion medicine -- Hematology and oncology problems -- Critical illness in children undergoing hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation -- Gastrointestinal structure and function -- Disorders and diseases of the gastrointestinal system -- Acute liver failure -- Hepatic transplantation -- Acute abdomen -- Nutrition of the critically ill child -- Innate immunity -- Adaptive immunity -- Critical illness and the microbiome -- Congenital immunodeficiency -- Acquired immune dysfunction -- Immune balance in critical illness -- Pediatric rheumatologic disease -- Bacterial and fungal infections -- Life-threatening viral diseases and their treatment -- Healthcare-associated infections -- Pediatric sepsis -- Multiple-organ dysfunction syndrome -- Bites and stings -- Hyperthermic injury -- Accidental hypothermia -- Drowning -- Burn and inhalation injury -- Evaluation, stabilization, and initial management after trauma -- Traumatic brain injury -- Pediatric thoracic trauma -- Pediatric abdominal trauma -- Child abuse -- Principles of drug disposition -- Molecular mechanisms of drug actions -- Adverse drug reactions and drug-drug interactions -- Principles of toxin assessment and screening -- Toxidromes and their treatment -- Airway management -- Anesthesia effects on organ systems -- Anesthesia principles and operating room anesthesia regimens -- Malignant hyperthermia -- Neuromuscular blocking agents -- Sedation and analgesia -- Tolerance, dependency, and withdrawal -- Pediatric delirium -- Procedural sedation for the pediatric intensivist -- Board review questions.