Because pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) improve survival for a range of acute diseases, attention has turned toward ensuring the best possible functional outcomes after critical illness. The neurocritical care…
Hematopoietic stem cell transplant (SCT) remains a curative option for a variety of malignant and non-malignant disorders in children. Following transplant a proportion of SCT recipients become critically ill and…
The concept and definition of acute kidney injury (AKI) in adults and children has undergone significant change in recent years. Biomarker assessment is aiding in description, defining and understanding timing…
Pediatric cardiac critical care has made, and continues to make, significant strides in improving outcomes. It is a measure of these successes that much of the discussion in this article…
Early recognition and treatment of pediatric shock, regardless of cause, decreases mortality and improves outcome. In addition to the conventional parameters (eg, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, urine output, and…
This article focuses on the respiratory management and monitoring of pediatric acute lung injury (ALI) as a specific cause for respiratory failure. Definitive, randomized, controlled trials in pediatrics to guide…
Advances in early recognition, effective response, and high-quality resuscitation before, during, and after cardiac arrest have resulted in improved survival for infants and children over the past 10 years. This…
All pediatric intensivists need a primer on ICU finance. The author describes potential alternate revenue sources for the division. Differentiating units by size or academic affiliation, the author describes drivers…
Telemedicine technologies involve real-time, live, interactive video and audio communication and allow pediatric critical care physicians to have a virtual presence at the bedside of any critically ill child. Telemedicine…
In health care, reliability is the measurable capability of a process, procedure, or health service to perform its intended function in the required time under actual or existing conditions (as…
