Summer 2020
PCICS Leadership
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PCICS 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 it has forced us to develop new ways to work and live. The disproportionate impact of the virus on minority and low-income communities has also…
Editorials
A 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, large but without significant untoward hemodynamic or respiratory effect. With 10,000 hours under my belt, this was a chip shot situation. For the trainee, this…
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 count, ACT, PT, PTT. However, several promising point of care (POC) coagulation diagnostic systems have been developed that may facilitate a tailored approach. Viscoelastic properties…
Steps and Stairs
It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs. – Vance Havner In May 2019, the New York Times published the first of several articles describing a dysfunctional congenital heart care program.1 Outcomes for children undergoing heart surgery at the hospital had…
Committees and SIGs
APP SIG Committee August 2020 Update
Over the last year the APP Special Interest Group has continued to work towards increasing…
Program Committee Update
Over the past few months, the PCICS Board of Directors and management team have considered…
Education Committee August 2020 Update
The PCICS Education Committee has been continuing to diligently work on providing educational materials to…
Research Committee August 2020 Update
Brad Marino and Jean Connor would like to recognize Anna Fisk and Catherine Krawczeski as…