This practical title presents 18 challenging cases in paediatric critical care, complete with case histories and evidence-based, up-to-date learning points and clinical tips. Each chapter has commentary from an expert who identifies and explains the key points and controversies of the case.

Dr Hari Krishnan is a Consultant Paediatric Intensivist at Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Dr Miriam R. Fine-Goulden is a Consultant at the Paediatric Intensive Care and South Thames Retrieval Service, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Dr Sainath Raman is a Senior Medical Officer, Paediatric Intensive Care at Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Dr Akash Deep is Director of the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, King's College Hospital, London, UK.

• 1: Sainath Raman and Mark J. Peters: Septic shock in children


• 2: Jon Lillie and Shane Tibby: The collapsed neonate


• 3: Crawford Fulton and Kentigern Thorburn: Bronchiolitis


• 4: Andrew J. Lautz, Ryan W. Morgan, and Vinay M. Nadkarni: Cardiac arrest


• 5: Andrew Nyman and Andrew Durward: Acute severe asthma


• 6: Christiane Eberhardt and Peter C. Rimensberger: Paediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome


• 7: Lisa A. DelSignore and Robert C. Tasker: Traumatic brain injury


• 8: Andrew Jones and Akash Deep: Acute liver failure


• 9: Reshma Bholah and Timothy E. Bunchman: Acute kidney injury


• 10: Elizabeth O'Donohoe, Thomas Breen, and Fiona Reynolds: Difficult airway in PICU


• 11: Omer Aziz and Rachel Agbeko: The Stem cell transplant patient in PICU


• 12: Samiran Ray, Miriam R. Fine-Goulden, and Joe Brierley: Ethical, legal and end-of-life decision-making


• 13: Arun Ghose and Adrian Plunkett: Low Cardiac Output State (LCOS) in a post-operative cardiac patient


• 14: Ryan P. Barbaro, Roxanne Kirsch, and Gail Annich: Extracorporeal life support


• 15: Justin Q. Y. Wang and Hari Krishnan: Status epilepticus in PICU


• 16: Thomas D. Jerrom and Padmanabhan Ramnarayan: Safeguarding children in paediatric intensive care


• 17: Dilanee Sangaran and Mike Champion: Managing children with inherited metabolic diseases in PICU


• 18: Ben D. Albert, Katelyn Ariagno, and Nilesh M. Mehta: Nutritional considerations