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Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Journal

PCCM is the first scientific, peer-reviewed journal to focus exclusively on pediatric critical care and critical care neonatology.

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Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) is internationally recognized as a leading critical care journal. PCCM presents practitioners with clinical breakthroughs that lead to better patient care for critically ill and injured patients. Launched in July 2000, it is a growing publication that is distributed monthly. PCCM is an official publication of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies (WFPICCS).
 
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View critical content from the latest issue of PCCM! Editor-in-Chief Robert C. Tasker, MA, MBBS, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH, created this brief video to highlight the must-read articles in this month's issue.

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Audio Summaries

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PCCM Audio Summary – June 2024

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The June 2024 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) has a strong focus on healthcare resource utilization and peri-PICU hospitalization. Feature articles include post-acute care facilities for pediatric patients; strengths and areas of improvement for interfacility referral communication for PICU patient transfers; sepsis biomarkers in pediatric patients with hypoxemia, encephalopathy, and shock; and post-pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome healthcare burden and resource utilization. This month's PCCM trial shares the results of an early rehabilitation implementation program. Clinical investigations explore post-discharge health-related quality of life, utility of AI language models for generating differential diagnoses, and outcomes of pediatric oncology and hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients who undergo tracheostomy. The cardiac intensive care articles highlight cost analysis and efficacy of nitroprusside versus nicardipine, association of socioeconomic factors and length of stay after surgery for congenital heart disease, and efficacy of prophylactic peritoneal dialysis catheter placement prior to cardiac surgery. Listen for more details!


SCCM Pod-508 PCCM: Critical Care Revolution: Pediatric ICU Liberation

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SCCM Pod-508 PCCM: Critical Care Revolution: Pediatric ICU Liberation

Host Elizabeth H. Mack, MD, MS, FCCM, is joined by John Lin, MD, to discuss the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine article, "Caring for Critically Ill Children With the ICU Liberation Bundle (ABCDEF): Results of the Pediatric...

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SCCM Pod-507 PCCM: Pediatric Neurologic Challenges Unveiled

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SCCM Pod-507 PCCM: Pediatric Neurologic Challenges Unveiled

Host Maureen A. Madden, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN, FCCM, FAAN, is joined by Dr. Lakshmi Raman, MD, to explore critical insights into pediatric ECMO and other topics associate with the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine article "...

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SCCM Pod-506 PCCM: Exploring Adverse Events in Pediatric Apnea

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SCCM Pod-506 PCCM: Exploring Adverse Events in Pediatric Apnea

Host Maureen A. Madden, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN, FCCM, FAAN, is joined by William Sveen, MD, MA, to discuss the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine article “Adverse Events During Apnea Testing for the Determination of Death by...

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Robert C. Tasker, MA, MBBS, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Editor-in-Chief
Robert C. Tasker, MA, MBBS, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH
Dr. Tasker is a leader in pediatric critical care. He serves as the founding chair in neurocritical care and senior associate staff physician in the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. As a clinical academic, he is a professor of anesthesia (pediatrics) at Harvard Medical School, with a fellowship at Selwyn College, Cambridge (UK). He was selected to serve as editor-in-chief of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine because of his extensive editorial expertise and international experience. He has more than 20 years of experience as an editorial associate for other academic medical journals, including Intensive Care Medicine, Archives of Disease in Childhood, Critical Care, and Current Opinion in Pediatrics. He served as an associate editor and senior associate editor of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine before becoming editor-in-chief.

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