iCritical Care: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Jeffrey P. Burns, MD, MPH, discusses an article from the March 2009 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, "Simulation at the Point-of-Care: Reduced cost, in-situ training via a mobile cart." Burns is chief of the division of critical care medicine at Children's Hospital in Boston as well as an associate professor at Harvard Medical School. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2009;10(2):176 Released: 5/21/09

Desmond Bohn, MC, BCH, discusses his editorial, "The Problem of Acute Hyponatremia in Hospitalized Children: The Solution is the Solution," which was published in the November 2008 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. The editorial was in response to an article by P. Alvarez-Montanana et al, published in the same issue titled, "The use of isotonic fluid as maintenance therapy prevents iatrogenic hyponatremia in pediatrics: A randomized, controlled open study." Dr. Bohn is Department of Critical Care Medicine Chief at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. (Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008;9[6]:658) Released: 12/1/08

Desmond Bohn, MC, BCH, discusses his editorial, "The Problem of Acute Hyponatremia in Hospitalized Children: The Solution is the Solution," which was published in the November 2008 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. The editorial was in response to an article by P. Alvarez-Montanana et al, published in the same issue titled, "The use of isotonic fluid as maintenance therapy prevents iatrogenic hyponatremia in pediatrics: A randomized, controlled open study." Dr. Bohn is Department of Critical Care Medicine Chief at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. (Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008;9[6]:658) Released: 12/1/08

James D. Fortenberry, MD, FCCM, discusses his editorial published in the September 2008 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, titled "8-Tracks, Betamax... Is the endotracheal tube next to go?" Fortenberry is a pediatric intensivist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta in Georgia, where he also is the medical director of the system's clinical research. Dr. Fortenberry also is director, division of critical care medicine in the department of pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. The editorial was in response to an article published in the same issue by Leticia J. Yanez et al., "A prospective, randomized, controlled trial of non-invasive ventilation in pediatric acute respiratory insufficiency." (Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008;9[5]:536) Released: 11/19/08

James D. Fortenberry, MD, FCCM, discusses his editorial published in the September 2008 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, titled "8-Tracks, Betamax... Is the endotracheal tube next to go?" Fortenberry is a pediatric intensivist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta in Georgia, where he also is the medical director of the system's clinical research. Dr. Fortenberry also is director, division of critical care medicine in the department of pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. The editorial was in response to an article published in the same issue by Leticia J. Yanez et al., "A prospective, randomized, controlled trial of non-invasive ventilation in pediatric acute respiratory insufficiency." (Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008;9[5]:536) Released: 11/19/08

Folafoluwa O. Odetola, MD, MPH, discusses an article published in the January 2008 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, "Do outcomes vary according to the source of admission to the pediatric intensive care unit?" Dr. Odetola is from Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, and from the Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. (Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008;9[1]:20)

Folafoluwa O. Odetola, MD, MPH, discusses an article published in the January 2008 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, "Do outcomes vary according to the source of admission to the pediatric intensive care unit?" Dr. Odetola is from Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, and from the Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. (Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008;9[1]:20)

Martha A.Q. Curley, RN, PhD, associate professor of nursing, anesthesia and critical care medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and nurse scientist at Children’s Hospital in Boston, discusses an article published in the May 2007 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, "Pediatric staff perspectives on organ donation after cardiac death in children." (Ped. Crit. Care Med. 2007;8[3]:212).

Martha A.Q. Curley, RN, PhD, associate professor of nursing, anesthesia and critical care medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and nurse scientist at Children’s Hospital in Boston, discusses an article published in the May 2007 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, "Pediatric staff perspectives on organ donation after cardiac death in children." (Ped. Crit. Care Med. 2007;8[3]:212).

Peter C. Laussen, MD, discusses an article published in the May 2007 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, titled "Pediatric Staff Perspectives on Organ Donation After Cardiac Death in Children." Dr. Laussen is director of the cardiac intensive care unit at Children's Hospital Boston. This is the first podcast in a two-part interview. Part two will feature an interview with lead author Martha A.Q. Curley, RN, PhD. (Ped. Crit. Care Med. 2007;8[3]:212).

Peter C. Laussen, MD, discusses an article published in the May 2007 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, titled "Pediatric Staff Perspectives on Organ Donation After Cardiac Death in Children." Dr. Laussen is director of the cardiac intensive care unit at Children's Hospital Boston. This is the first podcast in a two-part interview. Part two will feature an interview with lead author Martha A.Q. Curley, RN, PhD. (Ped. Crit. Care Med. 2007;8[3]:212).

Jerry Zimmerman, MD, PhD, FCCM, discusses an article published in the January 2007 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, titled "Adrenal Status in Children with Septic Shock Using Low Dose Stimulation Test." Dr. Zimmerman is professor of pediatric critical care medicine at the University of Utah. Dr. Zimmerman is director of pediatric critical care medicine at Children’s Hospital Regional Medicine Center in Seattle, Washington. (Sarthi M, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2007; 8:84)

Jerry Zimmerman, MD, PhD, FCCM, discusses an article published in the January 2007 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, titled "Adrenal Status in Children with Septic Shock Using Low Dose Stimulation Test." Dr. Zimmerman is professor of pediatric critical care medicine at the University of Utah. Dr. Zimmerman is director of pediatric critical care medicine at Children’s Hospital Regional Medicine Center in Seattle, Washington. (Sarthi M, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2007; 8:84)

Douglas Willson, MD, discusses an article he published in the July 2006 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, "The Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network." Dr. Willson is medical director of the pediatric intensive care unit at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center and the chairman of the Steering Committee for the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. (Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2006; 7:301)

Douglas Willson, MD, discusses an article he published in the July 2006 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, "The Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network." Dr. Willson is medical director of the pediatric intensive care unit at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center and the chairman of the Steering Committee for the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. (Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2006; 7:301)