Summer 2020 Newsletter
APP SIG Committee August 2020 Update
Over the last year the APP Special Interest Group has continued to work towards increasing involvement of APPs in PCICS while also providing a forum for networking and sharing of…
Read MoreProgram Committee Update
Over the past few months, the PCICS Board of Directors and management team have considered a number of different options for how to best approach our annual meeting scheduled for…
Read MoreEducation Committee August 2020 Update
The PCICS Education Committee has been continuing to diligently work on providing educational materials to PCICS members. The work of the Education Committee has aligned with the PCICS Board of…
Read MoreResearch Committee August 2020 Update
Brad Marino and Jean Connor would like to recognize Anna Fisk and Catherine Krawczeski as the current co-chairs of the Research Committees Scientific Review: Catherine Krawczeski, MD is Division Chief of…
Read MorePCICS Vice President’s Message August 2020
This year has certainly given us reason to pause and reflect; and to shift plans, expectations, and priorities. The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated families and communities around the world, and…
Read MorePCICS President’s Message August 2020
Dear Colleagues, I hope this issue of the PCICS Newsletter finds all of you, your families, and your colleagues well during these unprecedented times. Since the most recent newsletter in…
Read MoreA Note to My Future Self
This past weekend, I supervised a non-surgical trainee in the CVICU placing a thoracostomy pigtail catheter in a 6.8kg infant for pneumothorax. The patient was levocardic and the pneumo right-sided,…
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Role of point-of-care coagulation
diagnostic laboratory for pediatric intensive care units
Pediatric patients undergoing cardiac procedures are at risk for bleeding and thrombosis complications. Until recently, anticoagulation and blood product management has been guided by relatively arcane diagnostic tests – platelet…
Read MoreSteps and Stairs
It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs. – Vance Havner In May 2019, the New…
Read MoreDivided We Fall
“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.” – H.E. Luccock. As I pondered on how to summarize this editor’s note, I realized that…
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