Advancing Cardiac Critical Care: A Call for Training, Collaboration, and Family Engagement

Mary E McBride; Alejandro Floh; Ganga Krishnamurthy; Paul Checchia; Darren Klugman

doi:10.1177/2150135115623962

Advancing Cardiac Critical Care: A Call for Training, Collaboration, and Family Engagement

World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2016 Mar;7(2):135-8. doi: 10.1177/2150135115623962.

Authors

Mary E McBride¹, Alejandro Floh², Ganga Krishnamurthy³, Paul Checchia⁴, Darren Klugman⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology & Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL,USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Kids, Toronto, ON, Canada Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Section of Critical Care Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
⁵ Divisions of Critical Care Medicine & Cardiology, Children's National Health System, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA dklugman@childrensnational.org.

PMID: 26957394
DOI: 10.1177/2150135115623962

Abstract

The evolution and development of pediatric cardiac critical care as a distinct subspecialty have occurred rapidly over the past 20 years. As the field has grown, models for education, training, and care delivery have changed as well. This review will highlight the current state of education, training, and parental involvement in care delivery for pediatric cardiac critical care as initially.

Keywords: cardiac intensive care; congenital heart disease; education; neonate; pediatric.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cardiology / education*
Child
Child, Preschool
Community Participation
Cooperative Behavior
Critical Care*
Family
Heart Defects, Congenital
Humans
Infant
Medicine
Parents
Pediatrics / education*