Critical Care
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Overview
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin has one of the best-equipped and largest pediatric critical care units in the country. The Al McGuire Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin is a regional referral center that provides the highest level of pediatric critical care, meeting Level I guidelines of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American Academy of Pediatrics. The PICU provides highly specialized acute and intermediate care to critically ill children up to the age of 18 via state-of-the-art technologies and a 24-hour staff including nurses, critical care physicians, anesthesiologists, surgeons, respiratory therapists, pharmacists and other pediatric specialists.
Specialty Highlights
- Support one of only a few PICUs in the region utilizing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) to assume the cardiopulmonary functions of children and enable their lungs and heart to rest and recover.
- Provide 24-hour physician coverage, with at least one pediatric residency trainee in each of the special care units and a pediatric critical care fellow stationed in the PICU.
 Eleven of the Critical Care specialists are listed in the 2007-2008 Best Doctors in America® database. Nationally fewer than 3 to 5 percent of all physicians are listed.
- Support and strive for a seamless service with many of the nationally recognized programs at Children's Hospital, including cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, neurology, neurosurgery and trauma.
- Offer access to a specialized transport team, available 24-hours and staffed by uniquely trained transport nurses, clinicians, pediatricians and respiratory therapists. Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Transport Services provides emergency transport to Children's Hospital via ambulance, airplane or helicopter and immediate physician consultation.
- Provide three years of training via a fellowship program that includes clinical work and research. Fellows work to complete three primary goals: first and foremost, excellent care of critically ill children; secondly, development as teachers; and thirdly, achieving competence in both basic and clinical research.
Research
- Outcomes research focusing on topics such as the long-term assessment of patients' clinical outcomes and quality of life.
- Uses of inhaled nitric oxide.
- Upper airway disorders.
- Management and outcomes of congenital heart surgery, in particular hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
- Pulmonary vascular reactivity and pulmonary hypertension.
- Techniques of mechanical ventilation.
Critical Care Team
Our Critical Care team consists of board-certified/board-eligible pediatric critical care specialists and advanced practice nurses, who are available to all areas of Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and every type of patient. Many of the specialists have additional training and certification in a variety of sub-specialties, including anesthesiology, cardiology and pulmonology. They use their special knowledge and skill to care for critically ill children requiring frequent assessment, monitoring and intervention.
- Click here to view a listing of our critical care specialists, including their specialties and bios.
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