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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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PCCM Audio Summary – September 2024

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The September 2024 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) features articles on the use of a noninvasive surrogate measurement of physiologic dead space, parental decision regret in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), social determinants of health and health-related quality of life after pediatric septic shock, and health-related quality of life after pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (PARDS). Clinical investigations cover inequitable resource utilization for common pediatric PICU diagnoses in patients of color, delirium screening post-transplant, the use of driving pressure and its association with duration of mechanical ventilation and mortality, and the adjunctive use of transcutaneous carbon dioxide monitoring for ventilation in critically ill children. The PCCM trials highlight the absence of legal guardians as a barrier to enrolling PICU patients in research studies and outline the Protocol for the Prone and Oscillation Pediatric Clinical Trial (PROSpect). Lastly, the PCCM narrative this month is a raw account of life after cardiac arrest in a loved one.


 
SCCM Pod-524 PCCM: Impact of Neighborhood on Pediatric ICU Outcomes

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SCCM Pod-524 PCCM: Impact of Neighborhood on Pediatric ICU Outcomes

Host Maureen A. Madden, DNP, RN, CPNC-AC, CCRN, FCCM, is joined by Michael C. McCrory, MD, MS, FCCM, to discuss a multicenter retrospective study evaluating the impact of neighborhood, as categorized by the Child Opportunity Index, on...

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SCCM Pod-522 PCCM: Early Adrenaline vs. Standard Fluid in Pediatric Septic Shock

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SCCM Pod-522 PCCM: Early Adrenaline vs. Standard Fluid in Pediatric Septic Shock

Host Elizabeth H. Mack, MD, MS, FCCM, is joined by Luregn J. Schlapbach, MD, PhD, FCICM, to discuss the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine article, “Resuscitation With Early Adrenaline Infusion for Children With Septic Shock...

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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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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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