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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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Critical Content

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.

Members of the Pediatrics Section receive these short videos as a monthly member benefit, helping you deliver the highest-quality care to all critically ill and injured patients.

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Audio Summaries

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PCCM Audio Summary – October 2024

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The October 2024 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) features diverse articles, including delirium screening in critically ill children, the evolution of PCCM physician clinical and academic profiles by gender, intensity of medical interventions at the end of life, and analysis of ethnicity’s role in measuring oxygen saturations. Clinical investigations examined a simulation-based trial and clinician outcomes using an aerosol box to reduce healthcare worker contamination during procedures, the optimal chest compression point during pediatric CPR, pancreatic stone protein as a sepsis biomarker, association of new morbidities and pediatric intensive care unit readmission, and extracorporeal CPR use among children with heart disease. Brief reports focused on perspectives of parents with critically ill children. The PCCM narrative this month is one we can all relate to when experiencing the death of a patient.


 
SCCM Pod-525 PCCM: Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Outcomes in Pediatric Patients

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SCCM Pod-525 PCCM: Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Outcomes in Pediatric Patients

Host Marilyn N. Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, is joined by Catherine Beni, MD, PhD, to discuss a study aimed at determining outcomes of extracorporeal CPR (ECPR) in pediatric patients without congenita...

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 ...

SCCM Pod-522 PCCM: Early Adrenaline Infusion Versus Standard Fluid Resuscitation in Children With Septic Shock

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SCCM Pod-522 PCCM: Early Adrenaline Infusion Versus Standard Fluid Resuscitation in Children With 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 In...

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Robert C. Tasker, MA, MBBS, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH

Robert C. Tasker, MA, MBBS, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Editor-in-Chief

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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The SCCM Reviewer Academy contains a series of five educational modules to teach, standardize, and ultimately improve the quality of reviews of manuscripts submitted to SCCM journals. Developed with the editors of SCCM journals, this course creates a structured curriculum for trainees and junior faculty to introduce review processes, develops skills required for high-quality reviews, and better defines a path to incorporate this voluntary academic work into a wider variety of professional roles.

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