Fall 2020 Newsletter
Message from the President November 2020
Dear Colleagues, PCICS is now into its third decade of existence. The “purpose” statement of PCICS, which may be found on our website (https://pcics.org/about/history), was developed nearly two decades ago…
Read MoreChange is Good, Especially At The End Of A Year Like 2020
Nearly 4 years ago, as a PICU trainee still on the job hunt, I was “voluntold” that I would be in charge of creating a newsletter for PCICS. With literally…
Read MoreWe are there at the beginning, we can help in the middle
The impetus for home monitoring two decades ago was unrelenting interstage mortality despite marked improvement in survival following stage 1 Norwood palliation. Interstage home monitoring was designed to prevent death…
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Interstage Love in the Time of COVID:
Using telemedicine to bridge the social distance
Like many Interstage Single Ventricle Programs, our team at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago utilizes Interstage Home Monitoring (IHM) to provide an additional safety net for…
Read MoreSafe at Home
December 2020 marks the ten-year anniversary of Safe at Home (SAH), the interstage home monitoring program at Children’s Health Dallas’ Heart Center. Interstage is defined as the period between stage…
Read MoreProgram Committee November 2020 Update
PCICS is excited to have opened registration for the 16th Annual International meeting, to be held on December 9-11, 2020. We encourage your participation in our premier all-virtual conference. Though…
Read MoreInternational Committee November 2020 Update
Update on the Effects the COVID-19 Pandemic Brazil Bruna Cury Hospital da Criança e Maternidade (HCM), Sao Jose do Rio Preto Our service has had very few pediatric cases…
Read MoreEducation Committee November 2020 Update
Pushed by the realities of COVID-19, the PCICS Education Committee has entered a new era. Digital technology and increased adaption to virtual platforms have created the opportunities to utilize expertise…
Read MoreNursing Special Interest Group November 2020 Updates
As with all professional groups, the individual SIG groups met unique challenges during the last 9 months supporting their institutions, patients/families, and each other in reorganizing care for the COVID-19…
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