Dr. Watson attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, pediatrics residency and pediatric critical care fellowship at Seattle Children's Hospital, and received an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Washington School of Public Health. He on faculty of the University of Pittsburgh for 14 years before returning to the University of Washington in 2014. In addition caring for critically ill children and educating medical students, residents, and fellows, Dr. Watson conducts research to increase the understanding of the long-term effects of critical care on children and their families.Dr. Thompson received a BA from the University of Chicago and her MD from Tufts University School of Medicine. She completed residencies in Pediatrics and Anesthesiology at the Boston Floating Hospital, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and a fellowship in pediatric critical care at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She was division chief of Pediatric Critical Care at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh from 1981 to 2010 with a particular interest in and communication and ethics in the PICU and is currently Vice Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

• Contributors1. Resuscitation and Stabilization Vinay Nadkarni, Robert M. Sutton, Robert A. Berg2. Extracorporeal Life Support Heidi J. Dalton, Mark Davidson, and Peter P. Roeleveld3. Transport of the Critically Ill Child Kathryn Felmet and Richard Orr 4. Procedures S. Pascala, E. Ocal, Stephen M. Schexnayder5. Basic Pediatric Hemodynamic Monitoring Bradley P. Fuhrman and Jorge G. Sainz6. Respiratory Jan Hau Lee and Ira M. Cheifetz7. Cardiac Disease in Pediatric Intensive Care Vamsi V. Yarlagadda and Ravi R.Thiagarajan8. Pediatric Shock: Recognition and ManagementDiana Pang and Joseph A. Carcillo9. Neurocritical CareSteven L. Shein and Robert S. B. Clark10. Sedation and AnalgesiaLynn D. Martin and Iskra I. Ivanova11. Fluids and Electrolytes Desmond Bohn12. Diagnosis and Management of Renal Disorders in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Dana Y. Fuhrman and Michael L. Moritz13. Hematology / OncPhillip Spinella and Jeffrey Bednarski 14. Gastrointestinal and NutritionRenán A. Orellana and Jorge A. Coss Bu15. Infections in the Intensive Care Unit Samina Afreen, Hector R. Wong, and Marian G. Michaels16. Endocrine Disorders in Pediatric Critical CareCarmen Soto-Rivera, Michael Agus 17. Toxicological EmergenciesSandra D.W. Buttram and Anne-Michelle Ruha18. Pharmacology Athena Zuppa19. Trauma and Burns Joanna C. Lim, Catherine Goodhue, Elizabeth Cleek, Erik R. Barthel, Barbara Gaines, and Jeffrey S. Upperman20. Supportive and End-of-Life Care in the Pediatric Intensive Care UnitKelly N. Michelson and Joel E. Frader

The handbook provides to the needs of pediatric post graduates, practicing pediatricians working in PICU for a quick reference on evidence based management of critically ill children.