Ulf Mostad, Sigurd Fasting
BACKGROUND: Child physiology and disease is not the same as in adults, which implies different challenges within intensive care. The aim of this review article is to shed light on special diagnostic and therapeutic problems in paediatric intensive care. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The review is based on literature identified through a non-systematic search in PubMed, and on the authors' own clinical experience. RESULTS: Common causes for admitting children to intensive care units are head injuries; septic shock and respiratory failure...
January 14, 2010: Tidsskrift for Den Norske Lægeforening: Tidsskrift for Praktisk Medicin, Ny Række