April 26, 2018

WSU pediatricians publish new book 'Cardiac Emergencies in Children'

A new book written and edited by a cadre of Wayne State University School of Medicine pediatricians, along with colleagues from other universities, has just been released.

"Cardiac Emergencies in Children: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management," is "primarily for pediatric and adult emergency room physicians, primary care providers, hospitalists, and nurses. It will also be useful for critical care specialists, cardiologists and trainees at all levels," the editors said.

The 394-page hardcover edition published by Springer Publishing Co. discusses the effects of surgery on hemodynamics and how to manage those effects, as well as the daily challenges faced by physicians, including identifying a child with heart disease, interpreting chest radiographs, electrocardiograms and laboratory findings, and beginning appropriate therapies.

"This text is unique in its targeted readership, scope of content, and level of detail," Bradley Fuhrman, M.D., physician-in-chief of El Paso's Children's Hospital, writes in the book's forward. "It is both archival and educational. It can be used both to launch further literature enquiry and to quickly inform in a crisis. It is both problem oriented and diagnostically categorized. It teaches both what to do and what not to do."

The books editors are:
Professor of Pediatrics Ashok Sarnaik, M.D., FAAP, FCCM, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Professor of Pediatrics Robert Ross, M.D., director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program and Pulmonary Hypertension Services, Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Professor of Pediatrics Steven Lipshultz, M.D., Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Professor of Surgery Henry Walters III, M.D., chief of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital of Michigan

Wayne State University authors include:
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Tageldin Ahmed, M.D., staff intensivist, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Shahnawaz Amdani, M.B.B.S., M.D., Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplant fellow, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, senior fellow, Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Harbir Arora, M.D., Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Professor of Pediatrics Basim Asmar, M.D., chief of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Neha Bansal, M.D., fellow, Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Christian Bauerfeld, M.D., staff intensivist, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Katherine Cashen, D.O., staff intensivist, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Monika Chauhan, M.D., staff intensivist, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Sriram Chenni, M.D., Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Associate Professor of Pediatrics Jeff Clark, M.D., director of the Fellowship Program, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Associate Professor of Surgery Ralph Delius, M.D., vice chief, Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Professor of Pediatrics Thomas Forbes, M.D., co-director of Children's Hospital of Michigan Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Division of Cardiology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics James Galas, M.D., Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Marjorie Gayanilo, M.D., Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Professor of Pediatrics Sabrina Heidemann, M.D., director of Intensive Care Unit, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Associate Professor of Patrick Hines, M.D., Ph.D., staff intensivist, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Radiology Aparna Joshi, M.D., chief of Pediatric Radiology, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and of Emergency Medicine Nirupama Kannikeswaran, M.D., staff physician, Division of Emergency Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics Peter Karpawich, MSc, M.D., FAAP, FACC, FAHA, FHRS, director of Cardiac Electrophysiology Services, Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Associate Professor of Pediatrics Daisuke Kobayashi, M.D., Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Deema Mahadin, M.D., Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Associate Professor of Pediatrics Eric McGrath, M.D., Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Professor of Pediatrics Kathleen Meert, M.D., chief of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Pediatrics Nurse Practioner Kristen Richards CPNP-AC, Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Professor of Pediatrics Robert Ross, M.D., director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program and Pulmonary Hypertension Services, Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Raya Safa, M.D., Divisions of Cardiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Yamuna Sanil, M.D., Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Associate Professor of Pediatrics Ajit Sarnaik, M.D., staff intensivist and fellowship director, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Professor of Pediatrics Ashok Sarnaik, M.D., FAAP, FCCM, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Syana Sarnaik, M.D., staff physician, Emergency Department, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Swati Sehgal, M.D., Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Associate Professor of Pediatrics Usha Sethuraman, M.D., fellowship director, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and of Emergency Medicine Curt Stankovic, M.D., medical director, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Bradley Tilford, M.D., staff intensivist, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Associate Professor of Pediatrics Daniel Turner, M.D., co-director Children's Hospital of Michigan Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Division of Cardiology
Professor of Surgery Henry Walters III, M.D., chief of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Celeste Williams, M.D., director of Heart Transplantation, Henry Ford Hospital

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