The
Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine strives for excellence in
patient
care,
research, and
fellowship
training. Our division provides comprehensive services for a wide variety of critically
ill medical and surgical patients with acute, life-threatening disease and
injury. Our division includes the 16-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
(PICU), and the 13-bed Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU), which are
state-of-the-art critical care units designed to meet the needs of our patients
and families. Care is also provided in a nine-bed Pediatric Progressive Care Unit.
Medical and surgical subspecialists from all disciplines are immediately
available in the PICU and PCICU. Areas of subspecialty expertise include
congenital heart disease, cardiovascular surgery, respiratory failure,
neurosurgery, stem cell transplantation, immunodeficiencies, hematologic and
oncologic emergencies, sepsis, and multiorgan system dysfunction. Available advanced treatment modalities include Extracorporeal Life Support (neonatal,
pediatric, and cardiac ECMO), high frequency ventilation, nitric oxide therapy,
non-invasive ventilation, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Twenty-four-hour-a-day critical care consultation is available.