NMCSD PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (PICU) ROTATION |
Welcome to your Pediatric Intensive Care Unity (PICU) rotation! We hope that you learn a lot both from the patients as well as from reading as you progress through the rotation. |
PICU Readings & Study List |
Access books, ebooks, and articles via NMCSD Library while on campus or using a command computer. If off campus, access eBooks and articles using your EZ remote login. Need remote access? See "How to access on and off-site." |
Abu-Sultaneh S, Iyer NP, Fernández A, et al. Executive Summary: International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pediatric Ventilator Liberation, A Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network Document. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 2023;207(1):17-28. doi:10.1164/rccm.202204-0795SO |
Emeriaud G, López-Fernández YM, Iyer NP, et al. Executive Summary of the Second International Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (PALICC-2). Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. 2023;24(2):143-168. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000003147 |
Fivez T, Kerklaan D, Mesotten D, et al. Early versus Late Parenteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Children. The New England journal of medicine. 2016;374(12):1111-1122. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1514762 |
Greer DM, Kirschen MP, Lewis A, et al. Pediatric and Adult Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria Consensus Guideline. Neurology. 2023;101(24):1112-1132. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000207740 |
Honarmand K, Sirimaturos M, Hirshberg EL, et al. Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Glycemic Control for Critically Ill Children and Adults 2024. Critical care medicine. 2024;52(4):e161-e181. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000006174 |
K SSNSP, Taksande A, Meshram RJ. Reviving Hope: A Comprehensive Review of Post-resuscitation Care in Pediatric ICUs After Cardiac Arrest. Cureus. 2023;15(12):e50565. doi:10.7759/cureus.50565 |
Kochanek PM, Tasker RC, Bell MJ, et al. Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: 2019 Consensus and Guidelines-Based Algorithm for First and Second Tier Therapies. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. 2019;20(3):269-279. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000001737 |
Kuppermann N, Fjelstad M, Ghetti S, et al. Clinical Trial of Fluid Infusion Rates for Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis. The New England journal of medicine. 2018;378(24):2275-2287. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1716816 |
Moler FW, Alten J, Silverstein FS, et al. Therapeutic Hypothermia after In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Children. The New England journal of medicine. 2017;376(4):318-329. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1610493 |
Moler FW, Silverstein FS, Holubkov R, et al. Therapeutic hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in children. The New England journal of medicine. 2015;372(20):1898-1908. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1411480 |
Newth CJL, Venkataraman S, Willson DF, et al. Weaning and extubation readiness in pediatric patients. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. 2009;10(1):1-11. doi:10.1097/PCC.0b013e318193724d |
Schlapbach LJ, Watson RS, Sorce LR, et al. International Consensus Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock. JAMA. 2024;331(8):665-674. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0179 |
Smith HAB, Besunder JB, Betters KA, et al. 2022 Society of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guidelines on Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation, Neuromuscular Blockade, and Delirium in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients With Consideration of the ICU Environment and Early Mobility. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. 2022;23(2):e74-e110. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000002873 |
Valentine SL, Bembea MM, Muszynski JA, et al. Consensus Recommendations for Red Blood Cell Transfusion Practice in Critically Ill Children from the Pediatric Critical Care Transfusion and Anemia Expertise Initiative. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. 2018;19(9):884-898. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000001613 |
Weiss SL, Peters MJ, Alhazzani W, et al. Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Septic Shock and Sepsis-Associated Organ Dysfunction in Children. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. 2020;21(2):e52-e106. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000002198 |
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