Table Of ContentEditors
David G. Nichols MD, MBA
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Medicine and Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
(on leave)
Baltimore, Maryland
President and CEO
The American Board of Pediatrics
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Donald H. Shaffner MD
Associate Professor
Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
and Pediatrics
Director
Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Section Editors
Andrew C. Argent, MBBCh, MMed, MD, FCPaeds
John H. Arnold, MD
Katherine V. Biagas, MD
Desmond Bohn, MB, FRCPC
Jeffrey P. Burns, MD, MPH
Joseph A. Carcillo, MD, FCCM
Paul A. Checchia, MD, FCCM, FACC
Heidi J. Dalton, MD
Steve Davis, MD, MMM
Jennifer G. Duncan, MD
Mark W. Hall, MD
Niranjan “Tex” Kissoon, MD, FRCP(C), FAAP, FCCM, FACPE
Patrick M. Kochanek, MD, MCCM
Jacques Lacroix, MD, FRCPC
Graeme MacLaren, MBBS, FCICM, FCCM
Nilesh M. Mehta, MD
Vinay M. Nadkarni, MD, MS
Charles L. Schleien, MD, MBA
Sunit C. Singhi, MBBS, MD, FIAP, FAMS, FISCCM, FICCM, FCCM
Bo Sun, MD
Robert C. Tasker, MA, MD, MBBS, DCH, FRCPCH, FRCP, FHEA, AM, MD
Joseph D. Tobias, MD
Hans-Dieter Volk, MD
Randall C. Weitzel, MBBS, MBM, FRCS, LRCP, FAAP, FCCM
Hector R. Wong, MD
Myron Yaster, MD
Contributors
Nicholas S. Abend, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
and Pediatrics
Department of Neurology and
Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Perelman School of Medicine at the
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mateo Aboy, PhD
Professor
Department of Electronics Engineering
and Technology
Oregon Institute of Technology
Portland, Oregon
Alice D. Ackerman, MD, MBA, FAAP, FCCM
Professor and Chair
Department of Pediatrics
Virginia Tech Carilion School of
Medicine
Chair and Chief Pediatric Officer
Carilion Clinic Children's Hospital
Roanoke, Virigina
Iki Adachi, MD
Associate Surgeon
Congenital Heart Surgery
Co-Director
Mechanical Support
Texas Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor
Michael E. DeBakey
Department of Surgery and Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
P. David Adelson, MD, FACS, FAAP
Director
Diane and Bruce Halle Endowed Chair
in Pediatric Neurosciences
Chief
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Barrow Neurological Institute at
Phoenix Children's Hospital
Professor and Chief Neurological
Surgery
Department of Child Health
University of Arizona College of
Medicine-Phoenix
Adjunct Professor
Ira A. Fulton School of Biological and
Health Systems Engineering
Arizona State University
Phoenix, Arizona
Rachel S. Agbeko, FRCPCH, PhD
Consultant Paediatric Intensivist
Great North Children's Hospital
at the Royal Victoria Infirmary
London, United Kingdom
Jeffrey B. Anderson, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Chief Quality Officer
The Heart Center
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
Linda Aponte-Patel, MD, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Columbia University Medical
Center
Division of Pediatric Critical Care
Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons
New York, New York
Andrew C. Argent, MBBCh, MMed (Paediatrics), MD, FCPaeds (SA)
Professor
Medical Director Paediatric
Intensive Care
University of Cape Town and Red
Cross War Memorial Children's
Hospital
Cape Town, South Africa
John H. Arnold, MD
Professor
Department of Anesthesia (Pediatrics)
Harvard Medical School
Senior Associate
Anesthesia and Critical Care
Medical Director
Respiratory Care/ECMO
Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Stephen Ashwal, MD
Distinguished Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Loma Linda University School of
Medicine
Attending Physician
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Child Neurology
Loma Linda Children's Hospital
Loma Linda, California
Swapnil S. Bagade, MD
Fellow
Mallinkrodt Institute of Radiology
Washington University
Fellow
Department of Pediatric Radiology
St. Louis Children's Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri
John Scott Baird, MS, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Columbia University Medical Center
Columbia University
New York, New York
Adnan M. Bakar, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Section Head
Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
Cohen Children's Medical Center of
New York
New Hyde Park, New York
Kenneth J. Banasiak, MD, MS
Pediatrician
Division of Pediatric Critical Care
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Hartford, Connecticut
Arun Bansal, MD, MRCPCH, MAMS
Additional Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Advance Pediatric Centre
Postgraduate Institute of Medical
Education & Research
Chandigarh, India
Aarti Bavare, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Hülya Bayir, MD
Professor
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Department of Environmental and
Occupational Health
Director of Research
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Associate Director
Center for Free Radical and
Antioxidant Health
Safar Center for Resuscitation
Research
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Michael J. Bell, MD
Professor
Critical Care Medicine
Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics
Director
Pediatric Neurotrauma Center
Director
Pediatric Neurocritical Care
Associate Director
Safar Center for Resuscitation
Research
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Kimberly S. Bennett, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Pediatric Critical Care
University of Colorado School of
Medicine
Aurora Colorado
Robert A. Berg, MD, FAAP, FCCM, FAHA
Russell Raphaely Endowed Chair
Division Chief
Critical Care Medicine
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Professor of Anesthesia and Critical
Care Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine at the
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rachel P. Berger, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Associate Director
Safar Center for Resuscitation
Research
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine
Division Chief
Child Advocacy Center
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ivor D. Berkowitz, MBBCh, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and
Critical Care Medicine
Clinical Director
Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Monica Bhatia, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Columbia University Medical Center
Director
Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation
Program
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York
Katherine V. Biagas, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York
Michael T. Bigham, MD, FAAP, FCCM
Medical Director of Critical Care
Transport
Assistant Director of Patient Safety
Division of Pediatric Critical Care
Akron Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Akron, Ohio
Clifford W. Bogue, MD
Professor and Interim Chair
Department of Pediatrics
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Christopher P. Bonafide, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine at the
University of Pennsylvania
Division of General Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Geoffrey J. Bond, MBBS
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
University of Pittsburgh
Pediatric Transplant Surgery/Pediatric
General Thoracic Surgery
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh at
UPMC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Desmond Bohn, MB, FRCPC
Department of Critical Care Medicine
The Hospital for Sick Children
Professor of Anesthesia and Pediatrics
The University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Glendaliz Bosques, MD, FAAPMR
Department of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Chair
Pediatric and Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Texas-Health Science
Center at Houston
Houston, Texas
Rebecca Hulett Bowling, MD
Assistant Professor
Mallinkrodt Institute of Radiology
Washington University
Staff Radiologist
Department of Pediatric Radiology
St. Louis Children's Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri
Kenneth M. Brady, MD
Associate Professor
Departments of Anesthesiology and
Pediatrics
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas
Patrick W. Brady, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of Cincinnati College of
Medicine
Attending Physician
Division of Hospital Medicine
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical
Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
Richard J. Brilli, MD, FAAP, FCCM
Professor
Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Critical Care
Medicine
The Ohio State University College of
Medicine
Chief Medical Officer
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, Ohio
Ronald A. Bronicki, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Associate Medical Director
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Department of Pediatrics
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas
Kate L. Brown, MRCPCH, MPH
Consultant
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Great Ormond Street Hospital for
Children