Rogers Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care

■ PREFACE

DONALD H. SHAFFNER This sixth edition of Rogers’ Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care comes 36 years after the first edition was published in 1987. Those of us in the field of pediatric critical care are for tunate that Dr Mark Rogers had the foresight to organize and produce this classic reference. As you will see in Chapter 1, Dr Rogers continues to contribute to this work. There have been changes to the textbook over the years. The number of chapters has grown from 42 to 120 and the au thors have changed from Hopkins faculty to global experts in pediatric intensive care. The past few years of the COVID-19 pandemic have been tough, some of the former authors have retired, and we have many new authors helping write chapters. I hope all the authors know how important their contributions are to our readers all over the world and to our readers’ pa tients. The authors should also know how appreciative we are for the effort they put into their chapters despite the burdens of their work, family life, and the stress of the pandemic. Other changes include the section editors and the book edi tors. We have 11 new and 16 returning section editors. The section editors are some of the greats in critical care and some of the up-and-coming stars. We have been blessed to work with them and learn from their expertise. I greatly miss working with my friend and mentor, Dr. David Nichols, on this edition. A true gentleman and scholar, he is enjoying a well-earned retirement with his wife. I have the im mense pleasure of introducing three new book editors. They include Dr. Elizabeth Hunt from Johns Hopkins, Dr. John McCloskey from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Dr. Robert Tasker of Boston Children’s Hospital and Selwyn College, Cambridge University. They have worked tirelessly despite work commitments and personal adversities to orga nize and refine their sections into this finished textbook. We are grateful for the help provided by our friends at Wolters Kluwer. Ashley Fischer and Vinoth Ezhumalai were a pleasure to work with and terrific at keeping us updated on the progress of the 120 chapters and kept our focus on what we needed to accomplish. I am grateful to my wife, Teresa, for her support and the time allowed for me to help complete this work. There is one new chapter, an important one, on diversity and inclusion. We considered a separate chapter on COVID-19 but decided to address it in the relevant chapters, as done for other diseases. All previous chapters have been updated with many new references. We have been impressed with the exper tise of the contributing authors and section editors and hope this reference continues to provide you with the information and guidance needed to provide the excellent care you strive for when caring for critically ill children.

JOHN J. MCCLOSKEY I was deeply honored when Hal Shaffner asked me to be an associate editor for the sixth edition of Rogers’ Textbook of Pediatric Intensive Care . Over 30 years ago, I had the oppor tunity as a fellow to be involved in the first edition, and now I am fortunate to be working on the sixth edition. Working with Hal, Robert Tasker, and Elizabeth “Betsy” Hunt on this proj ect was an especially unique pleasure since we are all former Hopkins fellows. What fantastic colleagues! Hal, Robert, and I were fellows at the same time under the tutelage of Dr Rogers and Nichols! Robert and I lived in the same apartment com plex and had some memorable commutes together on our way to work! Although the task was arduous at times, I appreciate the time I spent as an associate editor. In reviewing multiple chap ters in the book, it is utterly amazing to see how far we have come in the field of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine! I per sonally recommend Section III, Information Management, as required reading. The Clinical Informatics and Data Science chapters foretell the revolution of Information Management that will dramatically alter and improve how we care for our patients in the coming decades. Finally, I am deeply appreciative of my wife, Erin, and my sons, Seamus and Liam, for their support and for allowing me the time away from family to work on the book. I love you all deeply! ELIZABETH A. HUNT I am forever grateful to follow in the footsteps of Mark Rog ers, David Nichols, and Hal Shaffner as an editor of this important textbook, an unfathomable and humbling honor. Of note, being the first female editor of this textbook is an important milestone and coincides with the new chapter we have introduced on diversity and inclusion. It was fun to con nect across the globe during our Friday chats with my co editors Hal, Robert, and John, while inching our chapters along. Hearing that Robert had just finished his daily swim in the River Cam or Johns had been sailing that weekend lent humanity to our chats! I echo appreciation for the time and effort from all the authors and section editors—I appreciate you responding to our cheerleading with grace. On a broader scope, what led me to this point was the people—our patients and their families and the support from colleagues and my family. Specifically, to our fellows—watching you grow is one of my greatest joys and an inspiration for ensuring this book remains a valuable resource, to our PICU team—standing side-by-side with you during your darkest nights is a privilege, John J. McCloskey, MD Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Donald H. Shaffner, MD Baltimore, Maryland

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