TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Foreword 3: A Pediatrician’s Perspective A1 - Bissonnette, Bruno A1 - Luginbuehl, Igor A1 - Engelhardt, Thomas Y1 - 2019 N1 - T2 - Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e AB - Because of advances in medical technology and improvement of care, pediatricians are more and more often faced with complex chronic conditions or diseases. This concerns all the pediatric subspecialists, including pediatric intensivists. In fact, children with chronic conditions, particularly infants, have a more than threefold increased rate of hospitalization compared with the general pediatric population. Furthermore, around 30 to 45% of children admitted to the pediatric intensive care units (PICU) suffer from such diseases. The syndromes that are described in this new textbook represent a large part of these diseases. Finally, chronic conditions of congenital origin account for 4% of total deaths and for 15% of unscheduled PICU admissions. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164057768 ER -