This two-volume manual covers the most relevant protocols in pediatric cardiac care to serve as a practical guide that matches and reflects the high level of accumulated knowledge and expertise in this clinical field. It includes 179 chapters and offers comprehensive, precise, and up-to-date practical tips with specific care protocols to provide the most efficient strategies for high-quality care in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD).
This book simplifies learning with many tables, flowcharts, graphs, and algorithms for easy access and fast action. Volume I covers many key sections, such as prenatal morphogenesis and physiology of the human heart, fetal cardiology, neonates and congenital heart disease, cardiac imaging, pediatric cardiac catheterization, pediatric cardiac electrophysiology, critical events and emergency procedures in pediatric cardiac care, management of specific cardiac conditions, general pediatric and subspecialty issues related to children with CHD, follow-up standards in pediatric outpatient cardiology clinic, prophylaxis in children with CHD, quality aspects, professional conduct and training in pediatric cardiac care.
This manual is a must-have resource for pediatricians, neonatologists, clinical pharmacy specialists, pediatric intensive care physicians, pediatric cardiologists, pediatric cardiac intensive care physicians, pediatric cardiac surgeons, and/or surgeons interested in pediatric cardiac surgery.
Section 1Non-Invasive Cardiac ImagingExamination, Image Optimization &
Knobology in EchocardiographyEchocardiographic Evaluation of Congenital
Heart DefectsEchocardiographic Analysis of Cardiac Function and
HemodynamicsRole of Echocardiography in Evaluation of Acquired Cardiac
Lesions and CardiomyopathiesFetal Cardiology and Echocardiography
ProtocolTransesophageal Echocardiography Protocol3-D Echocardiography
ProtocolPediatric Cardiac-CT ProtocolPediatric Cardiac MRI ProtocolSection
2Pediatric Cardiac CatheterizationGeneral Guidelines for Diagnostic and
Interventional CatheterizationProceduresHemodynamic Parameters and
Calculations in Cardiac CatheterizationCardiac Catheterization Planes and
Catheter TypesCardiac Catheterization based Interventional Cardiac
ProceduresSection 3Pediatric Cardiac ElectrophysiologyAcute Arrhythmia
Management ProtocolSyncope Management ProtocolChest Pain Management
ProtocolAmbulatory ECG MonitoringProvocative TestingPediatric Cardiac
Electrophysiology Study (EPS) and Catheter AblationProtocolPediatric
Pacemaker Implantation ProtocolSection 4Pediatric Cardiac Emergency
ProceduresBalloon Atrial SeptostomyPericardiocentesisSection 5Specific
Cardiac ConditionsManagement Protocoll for Pulseless Limbs Post-Cardiac
CatheterizationManagement of Hypercyanotic SpellsGuidelines for Diagnosis
and Management of Heart Failure in ChildrenPer- and Postoperative Management
of Cardiac Transplantation PatientsManagement and Care of Patients with
Pulmonary HypertensionManagement of Patients with Single Ventricle
CirculationPulmonary Atresia, Ventricular Septal Defect and Major
Aortopulmonary Collaterals (PA/VSD/MAPCAS) ProtocolManagement of Pacing
Wires and Chest Tubes after Pediatric Cardiac SurgeryManagement of
ChylothoraxManagement of Kawasaki DiseaseGuidelines on the Prevention,
Diagnosis and Treatment of Infective EndocarditisRheumatic Heart Disease
GuidelinesPropranolol Protocol for Patients with Infantile
HemangiomaGenetics Basis of CHD and Management Guide for Specific
TestsManagement of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)Goals of Care
and Ethical Consideration in Pediatric Cardiac PatientsSection 6General
Pediatric and Subspecialty Issues Related to Childrens with CHDPulse
oxymetry screening testManagement of PDA in the NICU SettingFeeding and
Swallowing Problems in Neonates with CHDManagement of Seizures and other
Neurology-Related Problems in Neonates with CHDPre, Intra, and
Post-Operative Nephrological Complications in Patients with CHDPre and
Postoperative Cardiac Exercise Testing and Cardiac RehabilitationSection
7Out-Patient Follow-Up RegulationsFirst Out-Patient Visit after Pediatric
Cardiac SurgeryOut-patient Follow-Up Post Surgery for Specific Cardiac
LesionsSection 8Prophylaxis in Childrens with CHDManagement of Patients with
Asplenia and ImmunodeficiencyGuideline for Flu Vaccination
(VAXIGRIP®)Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Prophylaxis (RSVP)
GuidelinesSection 9Pre- and Postoperative Surgical Management of CHDSimple
CHD LesionsComplex CHD LesionsPalliation Strategies for Univertricular
HeartsSurgical Protocol for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
(ECMO)Surgical Protocol for Assist Device Use, Bridging and Cardiac
TransplantationSection 10Pediatric Cardiac ICU GuidelinesAdmission of
Patients in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU)Insertion of
Arterial and Central LinesAccess & Expert Management of the
AirwayVentilation and Respiratory SupportPulmonary Hypertensive Crisis in
PCICUInhaled Nitric Oxide (iNO)Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
in PCICUManagement of Postoperative BleedingUse of Blood and Blood Products
in PCICUPostoperative Hemodynamic Assessment and Management in
PCICUSedation, Analgesia and Cerebral Protection after Cardiac SurgeryPost
Cardiac Surgery SeizuresCardiac Dysrhythmias in PCICUCapillary Leak
Syndrome after Cardiac SurgeryFluid, Electrolyte and Lactate Management
after Cardiac SurgeryPostoperative Renal FunctionInfections after Cardiac
Surgery in PCICUNutrition and Metabolism in PCICUPCICU Management of
Selected Surgical Procedures in CHDSpecific PCICU Management of Hypoplastic
Left Heart Syndrome Before and After Cardiac SurgeryGuidelines for Transport
of PCICU Patients within the HospitalSection 11Clinical Pharmacy
GuidelinesALPROSTADIL Use GuidePediatric Potassium Replacement
GuidePediatric Magnesium Replacement GuideACE Inhibitors Use
GuideCARVEDILOL Use GuideAMIODARONE Use GuideChloral hydrate Use for
Pre-Procedural SedationAnalgesia and Sedation in Pediatric Cardiology A
Bedside GuideNeonatal and Pediatric Anticoagulation GuideTherapeutic Drug
Monitoring (TDM) GuideNeonatal and Pediatric Parenteral Nutrition: A Bedside
Comprehensive Guide with Executive Summary
Editor-in-Chief:
Talât Mesud Yelbuz, MD, PhD, Cardiac Sciences Department, King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, Section of Pediatric Cardiology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Editors:
Mohammed A. Bin-Moallim, MBBS, CABP, King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, Section of Pediatric Cardiology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Wael Jasim Mohamed Husain, MBBS, CABP, Pediatric Department, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Governmental Hospitals, Manama, Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain,
Yousif Saleh Alakeel, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, Department of Pharmaceutical Care Services, King Abdulaziz Medical City; King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mohamed Salim Kabbani, MD, Cardiac Sciences Department, King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, Section of Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
Abdullah Ali Alghamdi, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Cardiac Sciences Department, King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, Section of Cardiac Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia