www.picudoctor.org

1. Introduction – PICUDoctor.org is a medical reference e-book that covers
the evolving knowledge in physiology and pathophysiology of pediatric
cardiac critical care. From preoperative, perioperative and
postoperative management through specific topics in critical care
treatment, anaesthesia and analgesia, pharmacokinetics and
pharmacodynamics, heart failure, circulatory mechanical assist and
ECMO, the electronic format of PICUDoctor.org incorporates and allows
implementation of up to date knowledge with multimedia.
Methods – PICUDoctor.org was first developed in 2011 with
contributions from authors around the world. Further edits and the
transition to an online e-book followed in 2013 and 2014. Initially a
bedside tool, it evolved into a full reference e-textbook with multiple
multi-media functions as well as links to PubMed® articles to further
support the users’ education. PICUDoctor.org is a not peer reviewed,
but open source. To limit costs for publication and distribution,
PICUdoctor.org is available in portable document format, iTunes and
Google Play with advertisements on social media sites.
Pediatric Cardiac
Critical Care Book
www.picudoctor.org
Editor: Marc M. Anders, MD
Results – PICUDoctor.org is a free online resource and e-textbook,
which has been downloaded more than 20,000 times since its first
publications. More than 500 users use it daily as a bedside reference
and supplemental teaching tool all around the world. To further
facilitate its international distribution, a translation into Chinese is
currently transcribed. PICUDoctor.org provides a user friendly bedside
reference, to simplify learning and to advance expertise caring for
patients with congenital heart disease.
Sample pages
Worldwide distribution: Source iTunes Total Google user downloads: Source Google Play