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This channel is now the SCCM Podcast. This channel will no longer be updated. For more information and to subscribe to the SCCM Podcast, visit sccm.org/podcast. The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Podcast features in-depth interviews with leaders in critical care. Experts discuss hot topics in intensive care with perspectives from all members of the critical care team. Guests include authors from SCCM's peer-reviewed journals, Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, and Critical Care Explorations, as well as thought leaders within the field.

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    Latest episodes from iCritical Care: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

    SCCMPod-447 eSIMPLER: A Dynamic, Electronic Health Record-Integrated Checklist

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2021 29:19


    The increasing use of electronic health records (EHRs) has inspired the need for a more dynamic checklist. Geva et al conducted a before-after quality improvement study by replacing a static checklist with an updated dynamic checklist.

    SCCMPod-445 The Association of Workload and Outcomes in the Pediatric Cardiac ICU

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 15:35


    Healthcare workload has emerged as an important metric associated with poor outcomes. To measure workload, studies have used bed occupancy as a surrogate. However, few studies have examined frontline clinician workload and outcomes.

    SCCMPod-442 Continuous Prediction of Mortality in the PICU: A Recurrent Neural Network Model in a Single-Center Dataset

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 30:50


    As a proof of concept, a recurrent neural network (RNN) model was developed using electronic medical record (EMR) data capable of continuously assessing a child's risk of mortality throughout an ICU stay as a proxy measure of illness severity.

    SCCM Pod-435 Intracranial and Cerebral Perfusion Pressure Thresholds Associated with In-Hospital Mortality Across Pediatric Neurocritical Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 16:38


    Targets for treatment of raised intracranial pressure or decreased cerebral perfusion pressure in pediatric neurocritical care are not well defined.

    SCCM Pod-431 Hypertonic Saline in Children with Raised Intracranial Pressure

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 29:13


    Mannitol is a commonly used osmotherapy agent in raised intracranial pressure (ICP) but the side effects are significant.

    SCCM Pod-425 Outcomes in Cystic Fibrosis PICU Admissions

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 19:58


    Cystic fibrosis patient care has advanced greatly in recent years and the mortality rate has improved.

    SCCM Pod-412 COVID-19 in Critically Ill Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 39:09


    Gain valuable insight on the clinical management of COVID-19 and its relevance to the pediatric critical care provider with host Elizabeth H. Mack, MD, MS, FCCM, and Jacqueline Ong, MB BChir, MMed (Paeds), MRCPCH

    SCCM Pod-411 Clinical Moral Distress

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2020 32:01


    Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, and Christopher S. Parshuram, MBChB, PhD, discuss clinician moral distress in Canadian pediatric and neonatal intensive care units.

    SCCM Pod-406 Surviving Sepsis Campaign Children's Guidelines

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 17:56


    Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, and Scott L. Weiss, MD, FCCM, discuss the release of: Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Septic Shock and Sepsis-Associated Organ Dysfunction in Children

    SCCM Pod-404 Population-Based Epidemiology and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2020 20:02


    Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Rashid Alobaidi, MD, on his article titled Population-Based Epidemiology and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children published in the January 2020 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

    SCCM Pod-399 Risk for Mortality in Critically Ill Children Needing Renal Replacement Therapy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2019 22:46


    Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Danny Hames, MD, on his article titled: Risk Factors for Mortality in Critically Ill Children Requiring Renal Replacement Therapy, published in the November 2019 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

    SCCM Pod-394 Polyneuropathy in Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2019 19:57


    Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Rakesh Lodha, MD, on his article titled Polyneuropathy in Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Children: Experience from Tertiary Care Hospital in North India, published the September issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

    SCCM Pod-393 Updated Pediatric Admission, Discharge, and Triage and Levels of Care Guidance

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2019 18:17


    Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, and Lorry R. Frankel, MD, FCCM, discuss the updated pediatric critical care admission, discharge, and triage criteria and levels of care guidance published in the September issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

    SCCM Pod-391 Pediatric Nutritional Guidelines

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 31:39


    Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, and Elizabeth Emrath, MD, discuss Dr. Emrath's talk on the new pediatric nutritional guidelines from the 48th Critical Care Congress precourse Current Concepts in Pediatric Critical Care

    SCCM Pod-389 Infections on Extracorporeal Life Support

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2019 21:09


    Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, and Luregn Schlapbach, MD, FCICM, review a survey of international practice on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infections on extracorporeal life support in adults and children published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

    SCCM Pod-384 Updated Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Guidelines

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 21:48


    Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, and Patrick M. Kochanek, MD, MCCM, discuss the updated pediatric severe traumatic brain injury guidelines

    SCCM Pod-372 Nutrition Support Therapy in the Pediatric Critically Ill Patient

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2018 47:33


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Nilesh M. Mehta, MD, about the article, Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Pediatric Critically Ill Patient: Society of Critical Care Medicine and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, published in the July 2017 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

    SCCM Pod-369 Hospital Variation in Risk-Adjusted Pediatric Sepsis Mortality

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2018 14:25


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Stefanie G. Ames, MD, about the article Hospital Variation in Risk-Adjusted Pediatric Sepsis Mortality, published in the May 2018 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

    SCCM Pod-367 Variability in Antibiotic Use Across PICUs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2018 22:25


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Thomas V. Brogan, MD, about the article Variability in Antibiotic Use Across PICUs, published in the June 2018 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Dr.

    SCCM Pod-364 Characterization of Pediatric In-Hospital CPR Quality Metrics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2018 17:56


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Dana E. Niles, MS, about the article Characterization of Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality Metrics Across an International Resuscitation Collaborative, published in the May 2018 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

    SCCM Pod-362 Time of Admission to the PICU and Mortality

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2018 22:06


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Michael C. McCrory, MD, MS, about the article, Time of Admission to the PICU and Mortality, published in the October 2017 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

    SCCM Pod-355 The Epidemiology of Hospital Death Following Pediatric Severe Sepsis

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2017 18:49


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Scott L. Weiss, MD, MSCE, about the article, The Epidemiology of Hospital Death Following Pediatric Severe Sepsis: When, Why, and How Children With Sepsis Die, published in the September 2017 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

    SCCM Pod-349 Implementation of an ICU Bundle in the PICU

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2017 18:00


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Shari Simone, DNP, about the article, Implementation of an ICU Bundle: An Interprofessional Quality Improvement Project to Enhance Delirium Management and Monitor Delirium Prevalence in a Single PICU, published in the June 2017 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

    SCCM Pod-347 High-Quality Randomized Controlled Trials in Pediatric Critical Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2017 18:08


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks Mark Duffett, PhD, about the article, High-Quality Randomized Controlled Trials in Pediatric Critical Care: A Survey of Barriers and Facilitators, published in the May 2017 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

    SCCM Pod-345 International Survey of Critically Ill Children with Acute Neurological Insults

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2017 14:59


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Ericka L. Fink, MD, MS, about the PANGEA study (Prevalence of Acute Critical Neurological Disease in Children: A Global Epidemiological Assessment), published in the April 2017 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

    SCCM Pod-332 Dexmedetomidine Use in Critically-Ill Children with Acute Respiratory Failure

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2016 17:40


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Mary Jo C. Grant, APRN, PhD, about the article, Dexmedetomidine Use in Critically-Ill Children with Acute Respiratory Failure, published in the December 2016 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

    SCCM Pod-329 A Bedside Model for Mortality Risk in Pediatric Patients with ARDS

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2016 13:42


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Aaron C. Spicer, MD, MAS. Dr. Spicer completed a pediatric residency and critical care fellowship and now is a resident in the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

    SCCM Pod-327 Does Simulation Improve Recognition and Management of Pediatric Septic Shock?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2016 30:20


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Mark C. Dugan, MD, about the article: Does Simulation Improve Recognition and Management of Pediatric Septic Shock, and If One Simulation Is Good, Is More Simulation Better?

    SCCM Pod-315 Pharmacological Therapies for Intracranial Hypertension in Children With Severe TBI

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2016 36:15


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Steven L. Shein, MD, about the article, Effectiveness of Pharmacological Therapies for Intracranial Hypertension in Children With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.

    SCCM Pod-310 Evidence-Based Pediatric Outcome Predictors to Guide the Allocation of Critical Care Resources in a Mass Casualty Event

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2016 38:43


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Philip Toltzis, MD. Dr. Toltzis is Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

    SCCM Pod-307 Transforming the Morbidity and Mortality Conference to Promote Safety and Quality in a PICU

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2016 32:31


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Christina L. Cifra, MD. Dr. Cifra is a Pediatric Intensivist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City, Iowa.

    SCCM Pod-300 Timing of Death in Children Referred for Intensive Care with Severe Sepsis

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2015 17:07


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Mirjana Cvetkovic, FRCA. Dr. Cvetkovic works as a Clinical Fellow at the Children's Acute Transport Service at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London and a Consultant Intensivist in Anesthesia at Leicester Hospital.

    SCCM Pod-297 Extubation Failure in the Pediatric Cardiac ICU: A Report From the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2015 28:34


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Michael Gaies, MD. Dr. Gaies is an Assistant Professor and works as a Cardiac Intensivist in the Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases at C.S. Mott Childrens Hospital and University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, MI.

    SCCM Pod-294 Practice Patterns in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2015 19:16


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Donald D. Vernon, MD, FAAP. Dr. Vernon is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.

    SCCM Pod-288 The Use of Pediatric Ventricular Assist Devices in Children's Hospitals

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2015 22:39


    SCCM Pod-281 A Survey on the Sequence of Medications for Treatment of Hyperkalemia in the PICU

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2015 19:52


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Nnenna O. Chime, MD, MPH

    SCCM Pod-280 Evolution of Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation Use in the PICU

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2015 17:49


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Andrea Wolfler, MD

    SCCM Pod-279 Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Consensus Recommendations From the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2015 26:52


    SCCM Pod-277 Respiratory Dysfunction Associated With Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Critically Ill Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2015 22:55


    SCCM Pod-276 Pediatric Delirium and Associated Risk Factors

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2015 20:14


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Chani Traube, MD.

    SCCM Pod-266 Autologous Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells Reduce Therapeutic Intensity for Severe TBI in Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2015 23:03


    SCCM Pod-265 Diagnostic Errors in the Pediatric and Neonatal ICU

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2015 27:01


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Jason W. Custer, MD

    SCCM Pod-258 Extubation During Pediatric ECMO: A Single-Center Experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2015 27:21


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with James Thomas, MD

    SCCM Pod-251 Pediatric Severe Sepsis in U.S. Childrens Hospitals

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2014 12:53


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Fran Balamuth, MD, PhD

    SCCM Pod-250 Reducing Blood Testing in Pediatric Patients After Heart Surgery: A Quality Improvement Project

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2014 17:40


    SCCM Pod-249 Risk Factors for Acquiring Functional and Cognitive Disabilities During Admission to a PICU

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2014 11:43


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Meredith F. Bone, MD, MSCI

    SCCM Pod-248 Achieving Nutrient Delivery Goals with a Stepwise Enteral Nutrition Algorithm

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2014 35:31


    SCCM Pod-245 Neonatal-Specific Consensus Definition for Sepsis

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2014 19:48


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with James L. Wynn, MD.

    SCCM Pod-239 Hypertension and Health Outcomes in the PICU

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2014 14:13


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Brett J. Ehrmann, MD, MS

    SCCM Pod-238 Internet-Based Knowledge Exchange Platform for Pediatric Critical Care Clinicians Worldwide

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2014 20:02


    SCCM Pod-237 Evaluation of a Pharmacist-Managed Methadone Taper in the PICU

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2014 22:17


    Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Katherine J. Steineck, PharmD, pediatric clinical pharmacist at the University of Minnesota Amplatz

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