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2023 in Review
2023 in Review
Another volume of the Journal closes, and we thank all those involved in making 2023 yet another important year at Pediatr...
Sedation, Relaxation, and a Tube in the Nose: Which Are Associated With Longer Mechanical Ventilation Woes? Early Management Strategies and Outcomes in Critical Bronchiolitis*
Sedation, Relaxation, and a Tube in the Nose: Which Are Associated With Longer Mechanical Ventilation Woes? Early Management Strategies and Outcomes in Critical Bronchiolitis*
Both authors: Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. *See ...
Championing the Spirit of O’hana in the PICU*
Championing the Spirit of O’hana in the PICU*
1 Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. 2 Division of Crit...
Mitigating Post-Intensive Care Syndrome: Time to Consider Embedded Pediatric Psychologists in PICUs*
Mitigating Post-Intensive Care Syndrome: Time to Consider Embedded Pediatric Psychologists in PICUs*
1 Department of Pediatrics, Ochsner Hospital for Children, Jefferson, LA. 2 Department of Anesthesiology and ...
To Reconstruct or Ligate, That Is the Question!*
To Reconstruct or Ligate, That Is the Question!*
1 Department of Pediatrics, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2 The Hospital for Sick Chil...
Online Erratum
Online Erratum
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Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Cardiac Critical Care Research
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Cardiac Critical Care Research
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. – Albert Einstein The practic...
Implementation Science Research in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Implementation Science Research in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
OBJECTIVES: Delay or failure to consistently adopt evidence-based or consensus-based best practic
If Not Now, When? Taking Action to Improve Mental Health Outcomes for Families of Children With Heart Disease*
If Not Now, When? Taking Action to Improve Mental Health Outcomes for Families of Children With Heart Disease*
Despite increasing focus on the quality of life of children with critical congenital heart disease (CHD), relatively minim...
The Path to Durable Access in Critically Ill Children; Not a Straight Line*
The Path to Durable Access in Critically Ill Children; Not a Straight Line*
In the middle of the last century the pursuit of arterial angiography for diagnosis and treatment of vascular and other an...
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Epinephrine, and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Finding the Right Balance*
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Epinephrine, and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Finding the Right Balance*
The goal of resuscitation of a patient with a cardiac arrest (CA) is to re-establish blood flow and oxygen delivery to all...
The Fontan Circulation Holds Water: The Impact of Arginine Vasopressin on the Fontan Circulation*
The Fontan Circulation Holds Water: The Impact of Arginine Vasopressin on the Fontan Circulation*
The Fontan operation, the final stage of palliation for a univentricular circulation, places in series the systemic and pu...
Follow-Up After PICU Discharge for Patients With Acquired Brain Injury: The Role of an Abbreviated Neuropsychological Evaluation and a Return-to-School Program*
Follow-Up After PICU Discharge for Patients With Acquired Brain Injury: The Role of an Abbreviated Neuropsychological Evaluation and a Return-to-School Program*
OBJECTIVES: To present the results of an abbreviated testing protocol used to screen for neurocog
Continuity Strategies for Long-Stay PICU Patients: Consensus Statements From the Lucile Packard Foundation PICU Continuity Panel
Continuity Strategies for Long-Stay PICU Patients: Consensus Statements From the Lucile Packard Foundation PICU Continuity Panel
OBJECTIVES: To develop consensus statements on continuity strategies using primary intensivists,
Writing for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Engaging With Citations to References in the Chatbot Generative Pre-Trained Transformer Era
Writing for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Engaging With Citations to References in the Chatbot Generative Pre-Trained Transformer Era
Writing a clinical research article for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) involves reproducing for readers the seque...
Unmasking Critical Illness: Using Machine Learning and Biomarkers to See What Lies Beneath*
Unmasking Critical Illness: Using Machine Learning and Biomarkers to See What Lies Beneath*
For the past several decades, critical illness has been defined by overlapping clinical syndromes such as sepsis, acute re...
Plasma Exchange in Pediatric Acute Liver Failure—More Questions Than Answers*
Plasma Exchange in Pediatric Acute Liver Failure—More Questions Than Answers*
Pediatric acute liver failure (PALF) is a rare but life-threatening condition which can lead to multisystem organ failure ...
Building Bridges: Integration of PICU Follow-Up With Aftercare in the Community*
Building Bridges: Integration of PICU Follow-Up With Aftercare in the Community*
Needham et al (1) have called for a “paradigm shift” in relation to the management of long-term patient outcomes in their ...
Let Us Put More Energy Into Measuring Energy Expenditure: The Next Phase of Indirect Calorimetry*
Let Us Put More Energy Into Measuring Energy Expenditure: The Next Phase of Indirect Calorimetry*
Profiling the metabolic response to traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been reported for decades. In 1984, Clifton et al (1)...
Beyond Survival: Insights From the Phenotyping Sepsis-Induced Multiple Organ Failure Study on the Neurological Impact of Pediatric Sepsis*
Beyond Survival: Insights From the Phenotyping Sepsis-Induced Multiple Organ Failure Study on the Neurological Impact of Pediatric Sepsis*
In the ICU, it is crucial to evaluate the neurological status of pediatric patients effectively. Severe sepsis often leads...
On the Road to Understanding: Using Qualitative Research to Shape Trauma-Informed Pediatric Critical Care*
On the Road to Understanding: Using Qualitative Research to Shape Trauma-Informed Pediatric Critical Care*
Critical illness in pediatrics can be a traumatic experience for patients and their families. Approximately 15% of parents...
The Lactate-Albumin Ratio Predicts Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome and Death, But Is It Ready to Use?*
The Lactate-Albumin Ratio Predicts Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome and Death, But Is It Ready to Use?*
1 Intensive Care Unit, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 2 Department of Critical Care, F...
Noninvasive Ventilation in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: “Another Dogma Bites the Dust”*
Noninvasive Ventilation in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: “Another Dogma Bites the Dust”*
Less dogma, less arguments, less arguments, less misfortunes. —Voltaire, Treaty on Tolerance, 1763. ...
Anticipating Pediatric Post-Extubation Risk: Calling All (North) Stars*
Anticipating Pediatric Post-Extubation Risk: Calling All (North) Stars*
1 Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital ...
Family-Centered Consenting for Co-Enrollment
Family-Centered Consenting for Co-Enrollment
1 Section of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Children’...
Why Do Families Reject the Diagnosis of Brain Death, and How Should We Respond?*
Why Do Families Reject the Diagnosis of Brain Death, and How Should We Respond?*
In this issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Paquette et al (1) provide important new information about physician pe...
ICU Liberation Bundles and The Legend of Three Arrows*
ICU Liberation Bundles and The Legend of Three Arrows*
In Japan, there is an old legend called “The Three Arrows”: An ageing Samurai passed each of his three sons an arrow and a...
Can We Change the Culture Around Fever in the PICU?*
Can We Change the Culture Around Fever in the PICU?*
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are common in critically ill children and are frequently associated with indwellin...
Repeat Tracheal Aspirate Cultures: A Port in the Storm or a Sinking Ship?*
Repeat Tracheal Aspirate Cultures: A Port in the Storm or a Sinking Ship?*
1 U.S. Medical Affairs, bioMérieux, Salt Lake City, UT. 2 Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hosp...
Unplanned Extubations in the Cardiac ICU: Are We Missing the Beat?*
Unplanned Extubations in the Cardiac ICU: Are We Missing the Beat?*
Critically ill children requiring tracheal intubation and invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) have increased potential r...
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