RT Book, Section
A1 Bissonnette, Bruno
A1 Luginbuehl, Igor
A1 Engelhardt, Thomas
SR Print(0)
ID 1164057768
T1 Foreword 3: A Pediatrician’s Perspective
T2 Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259861789
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164057768
RD 2024/04/19
AB Because  of  advances  in  medical  technology  and  improvement  of  care,  pediatricians  are  more  and  more  often  faced  with  complex  chronic  conditions  or  diseases.  This  concerns  all  the  pediatric  subspecialists,  including  pediatric  intensivists.  In  fact,  children  with  chronic  conditions,  particularly  infants,  have  a  more  than  threefold  increased  rate  of  hospitalization  compared  with  the  general  pediatric  population.  Furthermore,  around  30  to  45%  of  children  admitted  to  the  pediatric  intensive  care  units  (PICU)  suffer  from  such  diseases.  The  syndromes  that  are  described  in  this  new  textbook  represent  a  large  part  of  these  diseases.  Finally,  chronic  conditions  of  congenital  origin  account  for  4%  of  total  deaths  and  for  15%  of  unscheduled  PICU  admissions.