Posts Tagged ‘Guest Editorial’
Bedside Nursing Excellence Award Winner
While in nursing school, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to have my pediatric clinicals on a congenital heart unit. I was instantly drawn to the challenge of caring…
Read MoreLearner Development Through Simulation in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
Pediatric cardiac critical care has become increasingly complex, requiring highly trained, multi-disciplinary teams to provide comprehensive care for children with heart disease. Providers such as physicians, nurses, and advanced practice…
Read MoreUtilizing Simulation to its Full Potential in a Pediatric CVICU
The complexity of pediatric CVICU patients demands high-quality, tailored care, and effective team communication to prevent or reverse clinical decompensation (1). Simulation has been shown to enhance communication and team…
Read MoreVirtual Reality, Actual Learning: How VR can (and already has) added to medical training
“Today, I think we look at the internet. But I think in the future you’re going to be in the experiences” Mark Zuckerberg delivered this quote in October 2021 as…
Read MoreBorderless CICU
Until very recently, the exchange of experiences and knowledge between Cardiac Intensive Care Units (CICU) has been limited. While this has improved for many in wealthy countries, this type of…
Read MoreNursing Editorial: Development of the Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Program at PGIMER, Chandigarh, India – Sustained Advocacy, Teamwork, and Global Collaborations are Keys to Success
The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, is a government-funded tertiary care academic hospital in the Northern region of India. The specialty care services provided by the…
Read MoreCongenital 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 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 MoreGuest Editorial: The Road to Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care in the Netherlands
The Netherlands, also known as ‘Holland’ with its famous capital Amsterdam, is a small country in Western Europe which fits 231 times in the United States. It is however 12…
Read MoreGuest Editorial: Incremental Innovation in the Medical Education of Pediatric Cardiac Intensivists
Hector Wong, a passionate pioneer of pediatric critical care and a kind mentor to countless physicians including myself, suddenly and unexpectedly passed away at the start of this year1,2. While…
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