![]() ![]() He is the founder of the Working Group on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care of the Association for the European Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC), Past-Chair and founder of the Section on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Intensive Care & Mechanical Circulatory Support of the European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC), member of the Society of Pediatric Research (SPR) and of multiple other international Societies. He has delivered close to 300 international lectures, published 80 book chapters and close to 100 manuscripts, and is a reviewer for 26 peer-reviewed journals, and the Editor or Co-Editor of seven CICU and Cardiology textbooks. He holds the title of Tenured Full Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology & Intensive Care. da Cruz MD is the Associate Medical Director of the Heart Institute, Head of the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Program and Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Section and Inpatient Services at Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine. He completed his cardiothoracic residency at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and his pediatric cardiothoracic surgery training at Boston Children’s Hospital and at the Great Ormond Hospital for Sick Children in London.Įduardo M. Morell received his medical degree from the Ponce School of Medicine in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1988. Wiener Professor and Chair, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. ![]() Morell, MD, is the Chief of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery and Surgeon-In-Chief of UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, and the Eugene S. Muñoz is a fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics, fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine and fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Ricardo Muñoz , MD, is chief of the Division of Cardiac Critical Medicine, Executive Director, Telemedicine, Co-Director, Childrens’s National Heart Institute, Professor of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, Children’s National Health System. It represents a timely and valuable textbook reference for students and practising healthcare professionals alike seeking to learn or further their understanding of the latest advances in this discipline. Practically relevant guidelines are also included for cardiovascular nurses.Ĭritical Care of Children with Heart Disease presents a thorough review of the practical concepts, available treatment techniques, and the challenges associated with managing these patients in the critical care unit. New topics covered include the use of pharmaceuticals in cardiac intensive care, the implications of interventional cardiology in pediatric intensive care and ventricular assist devices. Extensively revised chapters cover the management of cardiac patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, hemofiltration, and plasma exchange. It enables the reader to gain a thorough understanding of basic and practical concepts of anatomy, pathophysiology, surgical techniques and peri-operative management in this group of patients. This extensively revised new edition comprehensively reviews the medical and surgical management of the acutely-ill child with congenital and acquired cardiac disease.
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