Infusion Devices
Infusion Devices Fernando Stein Jose C. Cortes A standard practice of pediatric intensive care is to give intravenous fluids and medication through an infusion device. These devices guarantee the constant…
Electrocardiographic and Respiratory Monitors
Electrocardiographic and Respiratory Monitors Carmen C. Cosio Thomas A. Vargo The monitoring of cardiorespiratory parameters is an integral part of the care of critically ill children. Life-threatening cardiopulmonary derangements occur…
Intensive Care: Physical Environment
Intensive Care: Physical Environment Nathan Rodgers Fernando Stein The pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) is only as good as the people who work in it. Although having excellent equipment is…
Henoch-Schönlein Syndrome
Henoch-Schönlein Syndrome Leslie M. Higuchi Robert P. Sundel Henoch-Schönlein syndrome (HSP) is the most common vasculitis in children, occurring in 20 children per 100,000 per year. It is a multisystem…
Skeletal Dysplasias
Skeletal Dysplasias Patricia G. Wheeler David D. Weaver Skeletal dysplasias are conditions presenting primary problems in growth resulting from defective formation of bone or cartilage. This category of diseases includes…
Amyloidosis
Amyloidosis Patricia Woo Amyloidosis is characterized by the deposition of a homogenous eosinophilic material in the parenchyma and around blood vessels. Amyloidosis was originally divided into two types: primary amyloidosis…
Combined Immunodeficiency Diseases
Combined Immunodeficiency Diseases Rebecca H. Buckley Genetic defects in T-cell function lead to an increased susceptibility to infections or to other clinical problems that are more serious than in those…
Functional Disorders of Granulocytes
Functional Disorders of Granulocytes C. Wayne Smith M. Michele Mariscalco Mobile blood granulocytes and monocytes and fixed phagocytic cells function as a first-line defense against invasion by bacterial or fungal…
Complement Deficiencies
Complement Deficiencies Jerry A. Winkelstein The complement system is composed of a series of plasma proteins and cellular receptors that, when functioning in an ordered and integrated fashion, serve as…
Disorders of Humoral Immunity
Disorders of Humoral Immunity Howard M. Lederman Antibodies play a critical role in the host’s defense against infection. Many of the protective functions of antibody, such as neutralization of viruses…
