Congenital heart surgery at high altitude – Should we re-analyze the data?
There is not a single definition of high altitude. In High-Altitude or Mountain Medicine, ‘high altitude’ is defined as 1500 to 3500m above sea level, with ‘very high altitude’ defined…
Read MorePediatric Cardiac Surgery at Tahir Heart Institute
Pakistan is the fifth most populated country in the world with an estimated population of 220 million1. Currently, the country spends only 1.9% of its GDP on health. The estimated…
Read MorePresident’s Message
Summer has arrived here in DC and in just 6 months, we’ll be heading to Miami Beach for our PCICS Annual Meeting, December 14-18, 2022 (in person!). I remember feeling…
Read MoreProgram Committee Update
Co-Chairs: Christin Diller and Jason Buckley The Program Committee continues to work on finalizing the program and details for the 2022 annual meeting. Mark your calendars for December 14-18th, 2022…
Read MoreExecutive Message
The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of its Parts!! -Aristotle And just like that, it’s Spring!!! As I write this and look outside my window at the last vestiges…
Read MoreEditor’s Message
As we all settle into a phase of the COVID-19 pandemic with less social restrictions, we hold out hope that the pandemic is near its end. As such, PCICS is…
Read MoreAssessing Our Trainees in the CICU
In the United States, the delivery of critical care to cardiac patients is quite heterogeneous and the units in which these patients receive their care can vary from dedicated cardiac…
Read MoreGuest Editorial: Caring for Tiny Hearts! Training Physicians in Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care
Perspective from Mirjana Cvetkovic, MD, Training Director, Paediatric Intensive Care, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom. “What do you do?” “I am a Paediatric Cardiac Intensivist.” The question opens…
Read MoreAdvanced Practice Provider Special Interest Group (SIG) Update
The PCICS Advanced Practice Provider (APP) SIG continues to meet monthly, networking with APPs across the United States. We provide learning sessions on topics such as cardiopulmonary interactions, cardiopulmonary bypass and…
Read MoreEarly Career and Fellow Special Interest Group (SIG) Update
Dear PCICS family, The Early Career and Fellow Special Interest Group was formed in 2021 to provide support to its dynamic, enthusiastic, and motivated group of trainees in pediatric critical…
Read MoreQuality Improvement and Safety (QI-S) Committee Update
Our PCICS Quality Improvement and Safety (QI-S) Committee is looking forward to another productive year! Our committee is excited to welcome four new members, including Kim DiMaria, CPNP-AC (Children’s Hospital…
Read MoreResearch Committee Update
Current research committee leadership includes co-chairs: Jamie Penk and Anna Fisk. The sub-committee chairs are Jean Connor, Josh Cisco, Jamie Penk, Chris Mastropietro, Jennie Peterson, Catherine Krawczeski, Brad Marino, John…
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