Derek S. Wheeler • Hector R. Wong
Thomas P. Shanley
Editors

2014

Volume 2: Respiratory, Cardiovascular
and Central Nervous Systems

The specialty of pediatric critical care medicine continues to grow and evolve! The modern PICU of today is vastly different, even compared to as recently as 5 years ago. Technological innovations in the way we approach the diagnosis and treatment of critically ill children have seemingly changed overnight in some cases. Efforts at prevention and improvements in care of patients prior to coming to the PICU have led to better outcomes from critical illness. The outcomes of conditions that were, even less than a decade ago, almost uniformly fatal have greatly improved.