Pearls • A modern pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) faces constant pressures to implement new clinical care practices, introduce new equipment, or assimilate new systems in response to rapidly evolving…
Pearls • As part of the multiprofessional team of dedicated intensive care experts, nurses are pivotal in the care of children and families during critical illness. • Building a humanistic…
Pearls • The medical profession is largely self-regulated by a system composed of state medical licensing boards, subspecialty boards, and credentialing and accrediting bodies. This system confers many benefits on…
Pearls • Patient safety is paramount to outstanding healthcare, and effective communication is critical to sustaining a safe patient care environment. • Strategies and tools to promote situational awareness and…
Pearls • A modern pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is a complex system, operating in conjunction with other complex systems (inpatient units, operating rooms, and emergency departments) within and between…
Pearls • The evolution of pediatric critical care medicine reflects long progress in anatomy, physiology, resuscitation and ventilation, anesthesiology, neonatology, pediatric general surgery, pediatric cardiac surgery, and pediatric cardiology. •…
Abstract Mrs. Smith, a 24-year-old woman without prior past medical history, is admitted to the intensive care unit after a motor vehicle collision with ejection from the vehicle, during which…
Abstract Mr. Johnson is a 62-year-old man with no prior past medical history who is admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) after suffering a large cryptogenic stroke in the…
Abstract A 43-year-old woman was an unrestrained passenger in a high-speed motor vehicle collision. She was found by emergency medical services to be poorly responsive, with hypotension, mild bradycardia, and…
Abstract Shared experiences are inherently challenging to measure and evaluate, and shared decision-making (SDM) in the context of critical illness is no exception. The shared nature of a decision is…
