Tag: pediatrics

Advanced Knowledge Assessment: Pediatric - MOC
Enhance your learning experience by purchasing the Multiprofessional Critical Care Review Bundle: Pediatric, Continuing Knowledge, which includes the Self-Directed Multiprofessional Critical Care Board Review Course: Pediatric and all question sets of the Advanced Knowledge Assessment in Pediatric Critical Care.

Education, Pediatric Critical Care Review, Pediatrics

Are there any differences in standards of care between adult patients and pediatric or adolescent patients?
Questions from social media, blogs and the various discussion forums, including the new SCCM COVID-19 Discussion Group, were answered. This microlearning content was taken from the COVID-19 Critical Care for Non-ICU Clinicians: Expert Panel Series held on July 8th, 2020.

coronavirus, COVID-19, Pediatrics

AfterPICU.com
AfterPICU.com offers resources for children and families following a critical illness.

Pediatrics, PICS, THRIVE

Board Exam Dates: Pediatric
Pediatric Critical Care Board Exam Dates

Education, Pediatric Critical Care Review, Pediatrics

Can you discuss pediatric inflammatory conditions?
Questions from social media, blogs and the various discussion forums, including the new SCCM COVID-19 Discussion Group, were answered. This microlearning content was taken from the COVID-19 Critical Care for Non-ICU Clinicians: Expert Panel Series held on May 13th, 2020.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pediatrics

Pediatric Post-Intensive Care Syndrome and the Family
Children may experience post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) after a stay in the intensive care unit.

pediatrics, PICS, THRIVE

Comprehensive Critical Care: Pediatric
Enhance your learning experience by purchasing the Multiprofessional Critical Care Review Bundle: Pediatric, Primary Knowledge, which includes the Comprehensive Critical Care: Pediatric book and both versions of the self-assessment (book and interactive).

Education, Online Course, Pediatric Critical Care Review, Pediatrics

Clinical Features of Critical Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Children
From Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. In this study, the authors observed a greater proportion of hospitalized children requiring mechanical ventilation than has been reported to date; they state that older children, African-American or Hispanic children, and males may be at greater risk for severe illness requiring hospitalization.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, pediatrics

Pediatric Sepsis Alert Checklist - Wesley Healthcare
Colleagues share the tools they have developed in their own institutions as they implement the Surviving Sepsis Campaign. The Sepsis Alert Checklist is from Wesley Healthcare.

pediatrics, Surviving Sepsis Campaign

Drs. Vidyasagar and Nagamani Dharmapuri Award
The Drs. Vidyasagar and Nagamani Dharmapuri Award for Excellence in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, sponsored by Drs. Vidyasagar and Nagamani Dharmapuri, is conferred annually to recognize an individual for sustained exemplary and pioneering achievement in the care of critically ill and injured infants and children.

Awards, pediatrics

Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Children: An Invisible Threat Which We Cannot Ignore
From Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Editorial in response to Ong et al. article ("A comprehensive narrative review on the impact and implications of COVID-19 in children"), focusing on the management of those most severely affected, as well as providing some practical suggestions for pediatric intensive care clinicians to prepare should COVID-19 become more virulent in children.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pediatrics

PICU Parent
The goal of PICUparent is to help parents understand their child's healthcare.  

Pediatrics, PICS, THRIVE

Journals
As the Society’s premier peer-reviewed publications, Critical Care Medicine and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine direct readers to articles aimed at improving the care of all critically ill and injured patients.

CCM, Journals, Membership, PCCM, Pediatrics, Research

Coronavirus Disease in Children
This presentation covers treating COVID-19 in pediatric patients. This is SCCM curated COVID-19 microlearning content.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pediatrics

PICU Passport
The PICU Passport from The University of Chicago Medicine's Comer Children's hospital helps patients and families document a stay in the pediatric ICU.

Pediatrics, THRIVE

Live Critical Care Ultrasound: Pediatric and Neonatal
Learn how to perform and interpret pediatric ultrasound imaging with SCCM’s comprehensive, two-day Critical Care Ultrasound: Pediatric and Neonatal course.

Education, Pediatrics, Ultrasound

COVID Toes and Other Rashes
This presentation cover dermatological conditions seen in COVID-19 patients. This is SCCM curated COVID-19 microlearning content.

Comorbidities, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pediatrics

SCCM Pod-399 Risk for Mortality in Critically Ill Children Needing Renal Replacement Therapy
Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Danny Hames, MD, on his article titled "Risk Factors for Mortality in Critically Ill Children Requiring Renal Replacement Therapy ," published in the November 2019 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (Hames D, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2019;20;1069-1077).

Pediatrics, RRT, Therapy

Live Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Pediatric
The Multiprofessional Critical Care Review Course: Pediatric (MCCRC) will provide the most comprehensive review in the diagnosis, monitoring,and management of critically ill patients.

Education, Pediatric Critical Care Review, Pediatrics

COVID-19 Dashboard: North American Pediatric ICUs
This resource details a pediatric ICU dashboard sample for tracking COVID-19. This is a community developed COVID-19 microlearning resource.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pediatrics

SCCM Pod-404 Population-Based Epidemiology and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children
Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Rashid Alobaidi, MD, on his article titled "Population-Based Epidemiology and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children,"

AKI, Monitoring, Pediatrics

MCCKAP
Available in both adult and pediatric formats, the Multidisciplinary Critical Care Knowledge Assessment Program (MCCKAP) online examination can be used by program directors to assess their critical care fellowship programs.

MCCKAP, pediatrics

Critical Care for Coronavirus Disease 2019: Perspectives From the PICU to the Medical ICU
From Critical Care Medicine. The authors describe the unique perspective of pediatric intensivists caring for critically ill adults during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pediatrics

Surviving Sepsis Campaign Releases First Guidelines for Sepsis in Children
This article was originally published in the Spring 2020 Issue of Critical Conectionns. The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SCC) in February released its first guidelines for pediatric patients with sepsis, marking a new milestone in the initiative’s mission to improve sepsis care and save lives.

Guidelines, Pediatrics, Sepsis

Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Pediatric
Experience SCCM's complete spectrum of critical care review solutions, which can be customized to meet your goals, schedule and learning style. Benefit from high-quality educational programming and flexible, effective self-study options.

Education, Pediatric Critical Care Review, Pediatrics

Editorial: Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Tsunami of Data and a Plethora of Unanswered Questions
From Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. In this editorial, the author discusses issues emerging from the study by Bhumbra et al. (Clinical features of critical coronavirus disease 2019 in children) that are worthy of discussion and further exploration, including the predilection for racial minorities, similarities and differences to sepsis, wide expression of clinical disease, and the conundrum of providing family centered care.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, pediatrics, Sepsis

THRIVE: Pediatric Post-Intensive Care Syndrome
As children leave the pediatric intensive care unit, parents may notice changes. Some children may have additional needs after a stay in the PICU. This video aims to share stories and examples that exemplify challenges after a PICU stay. 

Pediatrics, PICS, THRIVE, Wellness

Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Pediatric Bundles
Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Pediatric Bundles

Education, Online Course, Pediatric Critical Care Review, Pediatrics

Editorial: Finding the Right Ethical Framework for PICU Resource Allocation During a Pandemic
From Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. An editorial in response to an article by Killien et al. on resource "Prediction of Pediatric Critical Care Resource Utilization for Disaster Triage," noting that, although uniform use of the version of PELOD-2 proposed by Killien et al. won’t eliminate all variation from resource allocation strategies, finding any common ground in resource triage schemes is an important first step.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pediatrics, Triage

THRIVE: Pediatric Post-Intensive Care Syndrome and the Family
Children may experience post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) after a stay in the intensive care unit. Symptoms include learning and attention difficulties, post-traumatic stress disorder, sadness and depression, difficulty sleeping, behavior changes, motor dysfunction, breathing problems, feeding problems and difficulty hearing and seeing. Families may also be impacted by PICS. Help prepare your whole family to identify and treat PICS. 

Pediatrics, PICS, THRIVE

Pediatric
Obtain the latest information on problems encountered in the pediatric patient.

Current Concepts, Education, Pediatrics

In the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, when pediatric ICUs were turned into medical ICUs, how did the pediatric intensive care community manage adult patients?
Questions from social media, blogs and the various discussion forums, including the new SCCM COVID-19 Discussion Group, were answered. This microlearning content was taken from the COVID-19 Critical Care for Non-ICU Clinicians: Expert Panel Series held on June 10th, 2020.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pediatrics

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) is the first scientific, peer-reviewed journal to focus exclusively on pediatric critical care and critical care neonatology.

Journals, Membership, PCCM, Pediatrics, Research

Letter to the Editor: Coronavirus Disease 2019: Understanding Immunopathogenesis Is the “Holy Grail” to Explain Why Children Have Less Severe Acute Disease
From Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. In this letter to the editor, the authors state that the understanding of the immunopathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection is important not only to understand the epidemiologic and age-related differences in COVID-19, but it is critical for the identification of appropriate treatment, as well as for the development of a highly immunogenic vaccine with low risk of antibody dependent enhancement.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, pediatrics, Statistics

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Podcasts
iCritical Care Pediatric Critical Care Medicine is a customized podcast feed that offers a portion of the iCritical Care podcasts, delivering only those related to the Society of Critical Care Medicine's leading pediatric journal.

PCCM, Pediatrics, Podcasts

Letter to the Editor: The Role of Lung Ultrasound in Diagnosis and Follow-Up of Children With Coronavirus Disease 2019
From Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. In this letter to the editor, the authors respond to an article by Ong et al. and recommend lung ultrasound in children with COVID-19 as a means of improving outcomes.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pediatrics, Ultrasound

Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support

FCCS, Fundamentals, Pediatrics

Letter to the Editor: The Role of the Pediatric Intensivist in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
From Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine. In this letter to the editor, the authors explore the role of pediatric intensivists, as highly-skilled professionals, in the care of critically ill adults. With adequate guidance by professional societies and adult intensivists, pediatric critical care physicians can provide valuable assistance in the current pandemic and in potential COVID-19 epidemic waves to come.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pediatrics

Pediatrics Section
The Pediatrics Section exists to foster the care of critically ill or injured children and to ensure that these patients and their healthcare providers have a voice within the Society.

pediatrics, Specialty Sections

Pediatric Case Presentation
This presentation is a COVID-19 pediatric case from the front-lines. This is SCCM curated COVID-19 microlearning content.

Case Presentations, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pediatrics

Self-Assessment: Pediatric
Enhance your learning experience by purchasing the Multiprofessional Critical Care Review Bundle: Pediatric, Primary Knowledge, which includes the Comprehensive Critical Care: Pediatric book and both versions of the self-assessment (book and interactive).

Education, Online Course, Pediatric Critical Care Review, Pediatrics

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine in the COVID-19 Pandemic
From Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. A foreword from the editors of PCCM about COVID-19 and the journal.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pediatrics

Self-Directed Board Review: Pediatric
Enhance your learning experience by purchasing the Multiprofessional Critical Care Review Bundle: Pediatric, Continuing Knowledge.

Education, Online Course, Pediatric Critical Care Review, Pediatrics

Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome
Questions from social media, blogs and the various discussion forums, including the new SCCM COVID-19 Discussion Group, were answered. This microlearning content was taken from the COVID-19 Critical Care for Non-ICU Clinicians: Expert Panel Series held on May 13, 2020.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pediatrics

VCCR: Pediatric
Virtual Critical Care Rounds (VCCR): Pediatric is designed to better prepare students, residents, and fellows to contribute to the diagnosis and management of the critically ill pediatric patient during their pediatric intensive care unit rounds.

Pediatrics, VCCR, VCCR Pediatric, VCCR Podcast

Pediatric Resuscitation Practices During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
From Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. The authors conducted a survey and found that most U.S. pediatric institutions rapidly adapted their resuscitation systems and practices in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, pediatrics, Supportive Care

Young Professionals
Critical care presents exciting healthcare opportunities and challenges as each critical care team member brings knowledge and skills specific to the chosen discipline.

Education, Pediatrics, VCCR, VCCR Pediatric

Perspective of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign on the Management of Pediatric Sepsis in the Era of Coronavirus Disease 2019
From Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. In this article, the authors discuss the Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Septic Shock and Sepsis-associated Organ Dysfunction in Children as they relate to COVID-19.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pediatrics, Sepsis

Prediction of Pediatric Critical Care Resource Utilization for Disaster Triage
From Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. The authors sought to determine whether currently available pediatric illness severity scores can predict duration of critical care resource use.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pediatrics, Statistics, Triage

SCCM Pod-412 COVID-19 in Critically Ill Children
Gain valuable insight on the clinical management of COVID-19 and its relevance to the pediatric critical care provider (Ong J, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020 Apr 7; Epub ahead of print) with host Elizabeth H. Mack, MD, MS, FCCM, and Jacqueline Ong, MB BChir, MMed (Paeds), MRCPCH.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, Diagnosis and Testing, Disaster Preparedness, Pediatrics

SCCM Pod-418 COVID-19 Learning: Conversion of a Children's Hospital to an Adult Hospital
Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York, USA, quickly converted a children's hospital to an adult COVID-19 hospital. Hear Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, talk with H. Michael Ushay, MD, PhD, FAAP, FCCM, about the process, challenges with staffing and personal protective equipment, and more.

coronavirus, COVID-19, Disaster Preparedness, Pediatrics, PPE, Resource Allocation

The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on U.S. and Canadian PICUs
From Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. This study found that patients with coronavirus disease 2019 have a high frequency of comorbidities, require longer stays, more ventilatory support than usual PICU admissions, suggesting several avenues for further exploration.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pediatrics

Well-Being During Coronavirus Disease 2019: A PICU Practical Perspective
From Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. The authors outline an approach to practically initiating supportive strategies within the PICU using a well-being approach to improving baseline resilience alongside an acute rescue strategy utilising a peer-support network.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pediatrics

What is the prevalence of the Kawasaki-like severe multiple inflammatory syndrome in children aged 4 to 6 years old with COVID-19 versus in the general population?
Questions from social media, blogs and the various discussion forums, including the new SCCM COVID-19 Discussion Group, were answered. This microlearning content was taken from the COVID-19 Critical Care for Non-ICU Clinicians: Expert Panel Series held on June 10th, 2020.

Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pediatrics