Main description:

A current state-of-the-art resource for pediatric residents, pediatricians and physicians involved in the management of neonatal and pediatric respiratory diseases.
Up-to-date coverage of respiratory physiology.
Acute conditions such as respiratory distress and acute respiratory failure detailed including airway management before and during mechanical ventilation.
Disease specific basic and advanced conventional ventilation, commonly used ventilators, high frequency ventilation discussed in detail.
Emphasizes the basic principles, so as to enable students to understand the complete concepts.
Explains the text with illustrations and tables.
Evidence-based information.

Contents:

Respiratory Physiology; Pulmonary Function Testing; Neonatal Congenital Lung Lesions; Hyaline Membrane Disease; Meconium Aspiration Syndrome; Neonatal Pneumonia; Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease; Congenital and Acquired Disorders of Airway; Croup, Bacterial Tracheitis, Epiglottitis; Bronchiolitis; Acute Severe Asthma; Extraesophageal Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD); Foreign Bodies in the Airway; Community-Acquired Pneumonia; Pleural Effusions in Children; Viral Pneumonias; Empyema Thoracic in Children; Persistent and Recurrent Pneumonias; Nosocomial Pneumonias; Aspiration Pneumonia in Children; Tuberculosis in Children; Suppurative Lung Diseases; Fungal Infections in Children; Parasitic Infections of the Lungs; Recent Advances in the Rapid Diagnosis of Respiratory Tract Infection; Cystic Fibrosis; Pediatric HIV Infections and Respiratory Involvement; Atelectasis in Children; Air Leak Syndromes; Wegener's Granulomatosis; Sarcoidosis; Interstitial Lung Diseases in Children; Acute Respiratory Failure; Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in Children; Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Noninvasive Ventilation in Children; Mechanical Ventilation and Respiratory Care; Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation; Arterial Blood Gas Analysis in Clinical Practice; Oxygen Therapy; Capnography; Ventilator Graphics and Clinical Applications; Noninvasive Ventilation; Airway Management; Pediatric Tracheostomy; Thoracentesis and Chest Tube Placement; Bronchodilator Therapy in Mechanically Ventilated Children; Pediatric Thoracoscopy; Rigid and Flexible Bronchoscopy; Bronchoalveolar Lavage and Transbronchial Biopsy; Indian Experience with Pediatric Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy; Pulmonary Edema; Congenital Heart Defects and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Neonates; Pediatric Heart-Lung Transplantation; Index.