Chapter 95 Respiratory Disorders in Cancer Survivors Matthew Schefft, DO, MSHA, FAAP, and H. Joel Schmidt, MD, FAAP, FCCP Introduction/Etiology/Epidemiology •With longer survival after pediatric cancer comes a greater likelihood of…
Chapter 83 Thoracic Tumors Saumini Srinivasan, MD, MS Introduction •Primary pulmonary tumors are rare in infants and children and may be either benign or malignant. •Metastatic tumor involvement is much…
Chapter 73 Pulmonary Aspiration: Foreign Bodies and Massive Aspiration John L. Colombo, MD, FAAP, and Paul H. Sammut, MB, BCh, FAAP, FCCP Introduction •Aspiration of materials that are foreign to the…
Chapter 111 Oxygen Therapy Sankaran Krishnan, MD, MPH Definitions •Hypoxemia: Decreased partial pressure of oxygen in the blood •Hypoxia: Decreased oxygen content in the tissues •Normobaric oxygen therapy: Administration of…
