PCICS Podcast

We are excited to share another episode from our PCICS Advanced Trainee Journal Club with all our listeners. In this episode, Dr. Felicia Sifers from Children's of Alabama presents a discussion of "Sotalol versus Amiodarone for Postoperative Junctional Tachycardia after Congenital Heart Surgery". The article is linked below Host/Editor/Producer: David Werho, MD (UC San Diego). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.11.021

Supplemental materials are available to members only, free of charge. Registration is required to access the materials. https://pediatriccardiacintensivecaresociety.growthzoneapp.com/ap/Events/Register/xP2YQjvp?mode=Attendee

Luminary Interview with Paul Checchia, MD

During the 2020 PCICS conference, snips of an inaugural Luminary Interview series were shared between sessions. Listen to the full interview here with seminal leaders in pediatric cardiac intensive care reflecting on their careers of over 20 years. Special Guest: Paul Checchia, MD (Texas Children's Hospital) and Host: Mary McBride, MD (Lurie Children's Hospital) Editor: Lillian Su, MD (Phoenix Children's Hospital/University of Arizona College of Medicine). Producer: Deanna Tzanetos, MD, MSCI (Norton Children's Hospital/U of Louisville SOM)

Enjoy hearing the origin story of how Michigan’s Congenital Heart Center and why it’s collaborative culture has been a key to its success with special guest, pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Rick Ohye (C.S. Mott Children’s Hosp/Univ Michigan). Host Lillian Su, MD (Phoenix Children’s Hosp/Univ of Arizona College of Medicine). Co-Host/Editor/Producer: Saidie Rodriguez, MD (Children’s Healthcare of Atl/Emory Univ SOM).

Note: At the time of this recording (July 2021) Dr. Su was at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford and has since become medical director of the CVICU at Phoenix Children’s. This conversation pre-dates the 2022 STS-Congenital Heart Surgery Database changes.

Explore medicine of the future with two Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeons and pioneer researchers. Drs. Sunjay Kaushal (Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago) and Jolanda Kluin (Academic Medical Center; Amsterdam, Netherlands) discuss stem cell therapies for single ventricle patients, tissue engineering for heart values and a soft robotic heart. Co-Hosts: Deanna Tzanetos, MD (Norton Children’s Hospital) and Saidie Rodriguez, MD (Children’s Hospital of Atlanta). Editor and Producer: Saidie Rodriguez. Sponsored by Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

Join us for part 2 of a 3-part series on extracorporeal life support (ECMO). Part 2 will cover an overview of ECMO circuit components and management of patients supported on ECMO. This episode is directed to those who have some exposure to ECMO but not extensive experience. Special guests at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford include: Kate Ryan, MD; Director of Cardiac ECMO; Associate Medical Director of CVICU; Allen Shiu, MSN-Ed, RN, CCRN-P. ECMO Specialist, Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Educator, CVICU Educator; and Ozzie Jahadi, CCP Pediatric Perfusionist; ECMO Program Coordinator and Educator. Host/Editor: Elizabeth Price, PA and Allen Shiu, MSN-Ed, RN, CCRN-P (Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital/Stanford). Producer: David Werho, MD (UC San Diego).

Listen to this fascinating discussion and article review of “Workforce demographics and unit structure in pediatric cardiac critical care in the US” with first and senior authors Robin Horak (Children's Hospital Los Angeles) and Catherine Krawczeski (Nationwide Children’s Hospital). Hosted by Neha Purkey (Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital) and Saidie Rodriguez (Children’s Hospital of Atlanta). Editor: Neha Purkey, MD; Producer: Deanna Tzanetos (Norton Children’s Hospital) and David Werho, MD (UC San Diego).

Episode 58: PCICS Journal Club - Delirium in the CICU

We are excited to begin a new series of podcasts sharing our PCICS Advanced Trainee Journal Club with all our listeners. In this episode, Dr. Mike Mount from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta presents a discussion of "Delirium in a Tertiary Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: Risk Factors and Outcomes". The article is linked below and the slides can be accessed by PCICS members on our website PCICS.org/podcasts. Host/Editor/Producer: David Werho, MD (UC San Diego). https://doi.org/10.1177%2F08850666211066892

During the 2020 PCICS conference, snips of an inaugural Luminary Interview series were shared between sessions. Please listen for the full interview with seminal leaders in pediatric cardiac intensive care reflecting on their careers of over 20 years. Special Guest: Colleen Betzer, RN (Children’s National Hosp/George Washington Univ SOM) and Host Lillian Su, MD (Phoenix Children’s Hosp/Univ of Arizona College of Medicine). Editor: Lillian Su. Producer: Saidie Rodriguez, MD (Children’s Healthcare of Atl/Emory Univ SOM)

Join us for part 1 of a 3-part series on extracorporeal life support (ECMO). Part 1 will cover global indications of ECMO and the process of cannulation. This episode is directed to those who have some exposure to ECMO but not extensive experience.

Special guests at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford include: Kate Ryan, MD; Director of Cardiac ECMO; Associate Medical Director of CVICU; Allen Shiu, MSN-Ed, RN, CCRN-P. ECMO Specialist, Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Educator, CVICU Educator; and Ozzie Jahadi, CCP Pediatric Perfusionist; ECMO Program Coordinator and Educator.

Host/Editor: Elizabeth Price, PA and Allen Shiu, MSN-Ed, RN, CCRN-P (Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital/Stanford). Producer: Saidie Rodriguez, MD (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory Univ).

Join us to hear how to make it work in the real world between a CT Surgeon and cardiac intensivist. Special guests Alaa Aljiffry (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory Univ) and Subi Shashidharan (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory Univ) recorded after the 2020 PCICS virtual meeting. Host/Editor/Producer: Saidie Rodriguez (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory Univ).

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