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SCCMPod-562 PCCM: What Outcomes Matter Most to PICU Families?

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SCCMPod-562 PCCM: What Outcomes Matter Most to PICU Families?

In this episode of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Podcast, host Elizabeth H. Mack, MD, MS, FCCM, speaks with Nadi...

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President's Message: Mourning the Loss of ICU Nurse Alex Pretti

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President's Message: Mourning the Loss of ICU Nurse Alex Pretti

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) expresses heartbreak over the death of intensive care unit (ICU) nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis this past weekend. The Society extends its deepest condol...

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Functional Morbidity Following PICU Discharge

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Functional Morbidity Following PICU Discharge

This Concise Critical Appraisal explores a recent single-center study examining the prevalence and trajectory of an acquired dysfunction after a pediatric intensive care unit stay.

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Critical Care Congress

Critical Care Congress

Join world-renowned experts and your colleagues March 22-24, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois for an immersive educational experience.

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Fundamental Critical Care Support

Fundamental Critical Care Support

Provide critical care knowledge and training for healthcare professionals of all levels.

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Critical Care Ultrasound

Critical Care Ultrasound

Gain the realistic training needed to perform and interpret ultrasound imaging.

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Multiprofessional Critical Care Review

Multiprofessional Critical Care Review

Receive the most comprehensive review and update in the diagnosis, monitoring, and management of critically ill patients.

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Host a Course at Your Institution

Contact the SCCM Hosted Training Team to get more information about bringing training to your institution.

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SCCM Initiatives

A central component of the Society's mission is the support of quality-based improvement initiatives and resources to support the multiprofessional critical care team.

ICU Liberation

ICU Liberation

Liberate patients from the harmful effects of an ICU stay and improve their long-term outcomes.

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Surviving Sepsis Campaign

Surviving Sepsis Campaign

Be part of the international effort to reduce mortality and morbidity from sepsis and septic shock.

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Discovery

Discovery

Help expand research to improve outcomes for critically ill and injured patients.

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Global Health

Global Health

Support humanitarian programs worldwide that deliver free training, educational resources, supplies, medications, equipment, and volunteer clinicians to low-resourced and crisis-affected areas.

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Guidelines

Guidelines are developed in an effort to help ensure consistent, evidence-based care of critical care patients using the most up-to-date and relevant knowledge available. Access All Guidelines

Guidelines

Clinical Practice Guidelines on Adult End-of-Life Care in the ICU

Guidelines on Family-Centered Care for Adult ICUs: 2024

Guideline for the Treatment of Heat Stroke

Guidelines on Adult Critical Care Ultrasonography: Focused Update 2024

SCCM Journals

SCCM’s premier peer-reviewed journals provide articles to help readers stay ahead of the latest advances in critical care technology and research as new and innovative findings continually improve the practice of critical care. SCCM’s Professional and Select members receive Critical Care Medicine as part of their benefits, and members of the Pediatrics Section receive Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. SCCM also publishes the open access journal Critical Care Explorations.

Journals

Critical Care Medicine

Critical Care Medicine covers all aspects of acute and emergency care for the critically ill or injured patient, including the latest news on clinical breakthroughs and promising research.

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Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

As the official pediatric publication of SCCM and WFPICCS, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine is devoted to pediatric and neonatal intensive care medicine.

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Critical Care Explorations

Critical Care Explorations is a rapid-publication, open-access journal that publishes exploratory and timely studies.

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