InhaltsangabeThe Fragile Balance Between Cells, Organisms and Environment.- Neonatology/Pediatric Surgery.- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn.- Free Radicals in Neonatal Intensive Care.- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Strategies for Therapeutic Intervention.- Adverse Effects of Dexamethasone Treatment in Preterm Neonates.- Neonatal Metabolism of Surfactant Phosphatidylcholine: Therapeutic Implications.- The Lung in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH).- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, a Defect beyond Surgical Repair.- Neonatal Intensive Care and Neurodevelopmental Outcome.- Organization.- Outcome Assessment and Quality Assurance in Pediatric Intensive Care.- Effectiveness and Efficiency in Pediatric Intensive Care.- Specialized Pediatric Interhospital Transfer.- The Nursing Mutual Participation Model of Care.- Neuroscience.- The Role of Leukocytes in Global and Focal Brain Ischemia.- Hypoxia and Acute Brain Insult.- Current Management of Seizures and Status Epilepticus in Children.- Nursing Aspect of Head-Injured Children.- Sepsis.- Neonatal Sepsis.- Definitions, Risk Factors, and Outcome of Sepsis in Children.- Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) in Pediatric Patients.- Septic Shock: Cardiovascular Function and Management.- Plasma Concentrations of Fibronectin in Critically Ill Children.- Pulmonary.- Mechanisms of Respiratory Failure and New Management Strategies.- High-Frequency Jet Ventilation or Oscillation?.- The Changing Pattern of Neonatal ECMO: Do we Really Need it ?.- Pediatric ECMO: Is there a Problem?.- Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy in Neonatal and Pediatric Cardiorespiratory Disease.- Airflow Obstruction in Asthma: There is More than Smooth Muscle.- Treatment of Severe Acute Asthma in the Child.- Treatment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis: Hope and Despair.- Pharmacology.- Fetal Pharmacology and Therapy.- Principles of Neonatal Pharmacology.- Drug Metabolism in the Neonate and Young Infant.- Pharmacology of Antimicrobial Agents in Preterm Infants.- Pulmonary Function.- Monitoring and Assessment of the Pulmonary Function in Ventilated Infants and Children.- Pulmonary Function Testing in Sick, Preterm Infants.- Cardiac Surgery.- Long-Term Outcome After Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease.- Curative Repair in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery is Increasingly Feasible.- Ethics.- Ethics.- "Good" Medicine: Ethics and Pediatric Critical Care.- Pain.- Developmental Neurobiology of Pain in Neonatal and Pediatric I.C.U. Patients.- Pain in Children: A State of the Art.- Perspectives on Pediatric Pain Control.- Emergency.- Management of Liver Failure Secondary to Mushroom Poisoning in Children.