PCCM Audio Summary - November 2024
The November issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) starts with a foreword about the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive Care Societies (WFPICCS) which met in June 2024. WFPICCS has a separate supplement to this issue of PCCM that is not recorded but worth reading. The feature articles this month highlight point-of-care ultrasound in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), a comprehensive fever algorithm in patients with new fever or instability, validation of an updated acute kidney injury prediction model in pediatric septic shock, and measurement of proteins and fibrin thickness on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) circuits. Clinical investigations include evaluating outcomes in pediatric hematology and oncology patients on ECMO as well as severe pneumonia in PICU admissions. The online special article discusses the possibility of cohorting trauma and postoperative patients for fluid management strategies, and an online cardiac intensive care article evaluates outcomes of patients with and without airway anomalies undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease. Finally, there is an interesting small study in the online research letter that looks at using ethanol lock therapy in smaller peripherally inserted central catheters.
