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About our Guest:
Dr. Philip C. Spinella is a professor in the Departments of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine and the Director of the Trauma and Transfusion Medicine Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh. He also co-founded the THOR network for trauma and hemostasis research, and has as been involved with multiple nationally-funded research programs.
References:
Use of whole blood in pediatric trauma: a narrative review - PubMed (nih.gov)
Fresh whole blood transfusions in coalition military, foreign national, and enemy combatant patients during Operation Iraqi Freedom at a U.S. combat support hospital - PubMed (nih.gov)
Consensus Recommendations for RBC Transfusion Practice in Critically Ill Children From the Pediatric Critical Care Transfusion and Anemia Expertise Initiative - PubMed (nih.gov)
Whole Blood Transfusion - PubMed (nih.gov)
Pediatric traumatic hemorrhagic shock consensus conference recommendations - PubMed (nih.gov)
Early Cold Stored Platelet Transfusion Following Severe Injury: A Randomized Clinical Trial - PubMed (nih.gov)
Precision Platelet Transfusion Medicine is Needed to Improve Outcomes - PubMed (nih.gov)
Just chill—it's worth it! (wiley.com)
Citation: Spinella P, Hodges Z, Shanklin A. From the Battlefield to the Bedside: The Past, Present, and Future of Blood Product Resuscitation. PedsCrit. Online Podcast. 02/2025. https://www.pedscrit.com/from-the-battlefield-to-the-bedside-the-past-present-and-future-of-blood-product-resuscitation-wi/
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Please remember that all content during this episode is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. It should not be used as medical advice. The views expressed during this episode by hosts and our guests are their own and do not reflect the official position of their institutions. If you have any comments, suggestions, or feedback-you can email us at [email protected]. You can also check out our website at http://www.pedscrit.com. Thank you for listening to this episode of PedsCrit!
Article:
Olson EM, Sanborn DM, Dyster TG, Kelm DJ, Murray SG, Santhosh L, DesJardin JT. Gender Disparities in Critical Care Procedure Training of Internal Medicine Residents. ATS Sch. 2023 Feb 13;4(2):164-176. doi: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2022-0025OC. PMID: 37538076; PMCID: PMC10394715.
About our Guests:
Dr. Emily Olson is a pulmonary and critical care medicine fellow at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. She attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. In addition to her work on gender disparities in procedural training, Dr. Olson is interested in clinical feedback and transitions in medical education.
Dr. Lekshmi Santhosh is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine and the Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF. She practices in the MICU, neuro ICU, on the Internal Medicine teaching wards, and at the Pulmonary Outpatient Faculty Practice at UCSF. Dr. Santhosh serves as the Curriculum APD for the Internal Medicine Residency and is an Associate Program Director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to:
References:
Citation: Santhosh L, Olson E, Hodges Z, Shanklin A. Gender Disparities in [Internal Medicine] Procedure Allocation. PedsCrit. Online Podcast. 02/2025. https://www.pedscrit.com/gender-disparities-in-internal-medicine-procedure-allocation-with-drs-emily-olson-and-lekshmi-san/
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Please remember that all content during this episode is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. It should not be used as medical advice. The views expressed during this episode by hosts and our guests are their own and do not reflect the official position of their institutions. If you have any comments, suggestions, or feedback-you can email us at [email protected]. You can also check out our website at http://www.pedscrit.com. Thank you for listening to this episode of PedsCrit!
Dr. Sapna Kudchadkar is the Anesthesiologist-in-Chief of the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and Vice Chair for Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Kudchadkar is also the lead PI for the "PICU Up!" study, a 10-site randomized trial of a multifaceted early mobility program for critically ill children.
In this episode, Dr. Kuchadkar shares her path from her general pediatrics residency at Hopkins to running a large multi-center trial as a dual-trained pediatric intensivist and anesthesiologist.
Citation: Kudchadkar S, Hodges Z, Shanklin A. Building a Research Career. PedsCrit. Online Podcast. 01/2025. https://www.pedscrit.com/building-a-research-career-with-dr-sapna-kudchadkar-part-2/
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Dr. Sapna Kudchadkar is the Anesthesiologist-in-Chief of the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and Vice Chair for Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed her training in pediatrics, pediatric intensive care, anesthesiology, and pediatric anesthesiology at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and the Johns Hopkins Hospital, during which she also received her Ph.D. in clinical investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Kudchadkar is now the lead PI for the "PICU Up!" study, a 10-site randomized trial of a multifaceted early mobility program for critically ill children.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to:
1. Discuss the best ways to prevent delirium in young children, including sedative medication selection and non-pharmacologic techniques.
2. Describe the optimal level of sedation for a child who requires invasive mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure and the staffing needed to achieve this safely.
3. Discuss how to obtain hospital resources to support early mobilization and motivate a team to accomplish these goals.
Selected References:
1. Traube, C., Silver, G., Gerber, L. M., Kaur, S., Mauer, E. A., Kerson, A., Joyce, C., & Greenwald, B. M. (2017). Delirium and Mortality in Critically Ill Children: Epidemiology and Outcomes of Pediatric Delirium*. Critical Care Medicine, 45(5), 891–898. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000002324
2. Traube, C., Silver, G., Kearney, J., Patel, A., Atkinson, T. M., Yoon, M. J., Halpert, S., Augenstein, J., Sickles, L. E., Li, C., & Greenwald, B. (2014). Cornell Assessment of Pediatric Delirium. Critical Care Medicine, 42(3), 656–663. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182a66b76
3. Wieczorek B, Ascenzi J, Kim Y, Lenker H, Potter C, Shata NJ, Mitchell L, Haut C, Berkowitz I, Pidcock F, Hoch J, Malamed C, Kravitz T, Kudchadkar SR. PICU Up!: Impact of a Quality Improvement Intervention to Promote Early Mobilization in Critically Ill Children. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2016 Dec;17(12):e559-e566. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000983. PMID: 27759596; PMCID: PMC5138131.
Citation: Kudchadkar S, Hodges Z, Shanklin A. An Expert Approach to Sedation and Early Mobility. PedsCrit. Online Podcast. 01/2025. https://www.pedscrit.com/an-expert-approach-to-sedation-and-early-mobility-with-dr-sapna-kudchadkar-part-1/
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Please remember that all content during this episode is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. It should not be used as medical advice. The views expressed during this episode by hosts and our guests are their own and do not reflect the official position of their institutions. If you have any comments, suggestions, or feedback-you can email us at [email protected]. You can also check out our website at http://www.pedscrit.com. Thank you for listening to this episode of PedsCrit!
Kristina Betters, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the division of Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University and a pediatric intensivist at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital. Dr. Betters' research interests are focused on early mobility, rehabilitation of the ICU patient, sedation, and delirium in critically ill children. She was an author of the 2022 SCCM PANDEM guidelines.
Brooke Light, MD is a pediatric resident physician at Prisma Health in Greenville, SC. Prior to residency, she completed her MD at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is (obviously) an aspiring pediatric intensivist, and we are so happy she reached out to coordinate this episode.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to discuss:
References:
Citation: Betters K, Light B, Shanklin A, Hodges Z. ICU Liberation. PedsCrit. Online Podcast. 12/2024. https://www.pedscrit.com/icu-liberation-with-dr-kristina-betters-dr-brooke-light-part-1/
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How to support PedsCrit:
Please complete our Listener Feedback Survey
Please rate and review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!
Donations are appreciated @PedsCrit on Venmo , you can also support us by becoming a patron on Patreon. 100% of funds go to supporting the show.
Please remember that all content during this episode is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. It should not be used as medical advice. The views expressed during this episode by hosts and our guests are their own and do not reflect the official position of their institutions. If you have any comments, suggestions, or feedback-you can email us at [email protected]. You can also check out our website at http://www.pedscrit.com. Thank you for listening to this episode of PedsCrit!
Kristina Betters, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the division of Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University and a pediatric intensivist at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital. Dr. Betters' research interests are focused on early mobility, rehabilitation of the ICU patient, sedation, and delirium in critically ill children. She was an author of the 2022 SCCM PANDEM guidelines.
Brooke Light, MD is a pediatric resident physician at Prisma Health in Greenville, SC. Prior to residency, she completed her MD at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is (obviously) an aspiring pediatric intensivist, and we are so happy she reached out to coordinate this episode.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to discuss:
References:
Citation: Betters K, Light B, Shanklin A, Hodges Z. ICU Liberation. PedsCrit. Online Podcast. 12/2024. https://www.pedscrit.com/icu-liberation-with-dr-kristina-betters-dr-brooke-light-part-1/
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How to support PedsCrit:
Please complete our Listener Feedback Survey
Please rate and review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!
Donations are appreciated @PedsCrit on Venmo , you can also support us by becoming a patron on Patreon. 100% of funds go to supporting the show.
Please remember that all content during this episode is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. It should not be used as medical advice. The views expressed during this episode by hosts and our guests are their own and do not reflect the official position of their institutions. If you have any comments, suggestions, or feedback-you can email us at [email protected]. You can also check out our website at http://www.pedscrit.com. Thank you for listening to this episode of PedsCrit!
Matthew A. Borgman, M.D. is a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care at the University of Texas Southwestern. Dr. Borgman graduated from Uniformed Services University (USU), he completed Pediatric Residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in 2007, followed by a fellowship in Critical Care at Boston Children’s Hospital. He is a prolific author in pediatric trauma management which has helped redefine the care of injured children. He is also the former national chair of the Pediatric Trauma Society Research Committee and has co-authored the 2022 Pediatric Traumatic Hemorrhagic Shock Consensus Conference Recommendations.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to:
References:
Citation: Borgman M, Shanklin A, Hodges Z. Hemorrhagic Shock. PedsCrit. Online Podcast. 11/2024. https://www.pedscrit.com/hemorrhagic-shock-with-dr-matthew-borgman/
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Please complete our Listener Feedback Survey
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Please remember that all content during this episode is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. It should not be used as medical advice. The views expressed during this episode by hosts and our guests are their own and do not reflect the official position of their institutions. If you have any comments, suggestions, or feedback-you can email us at [email protected]. You can also check out our website at http://www.pedscrit.com. Thank you for listening to this episode of PedsCrit!
Dr. Bill Bortcosh received his Doctorate of Medicine from Albany Medical School, NY. He completed his pediatric residency at the University of Massachusetts Medical School followed by pediatric critical care fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this podcast series, listeners should be able to discuss:
Link to Acid/Base Handout
References
1. Carmody JB, Norwood VF. A clinical approach to paediatric acid-base disorders. Postgrad Med J. 2012;88(1037):143-51.
2. Carmody JB, Norwood VF. Paediatric acid-base disorders: A case-based review of procedures and pitfalls. Paediatr Child Health. 2013;18(1):29-32.
3. Emmett M. Approach to the Patient With a Negative Anion Gap. Am J Kidney Dis. 2016;67(1):143-50.
4. Luke RG, Galla JH. It is chloride depletion alkalosis, not contraction alkalosis. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012;23(2):204-7.
5. https://emcrit.org/ibcc/salicylates/
Citation: Bortcosh W, Shanklin A, Hodges Z. Acid-Base Diagnosis & Clinical Approach. PedsCrit Online Podcast. 10/2024. https://www.pedscrit.com/acid-base-diagnosis-clinical-approach-with-dr-bill-bortcosh-part-1/
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How to support PedsCrit:
Please complete our Listener Feedback Survey
Please rate and review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!
Donations are appreciated @PedsCrit on Venmo , you can also support us by becoming a patron on Patreon. 100% of funds go to supporting the show.
Please remember that all content during this episode is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. It should not be used as medical advice. The views expressed during this episode by hosts and our guests are their own and do not reflect the official position of their institutions. If you have any comments, suggestions, or feedback-you can email us at [email protected]. You can also check out our website at http://www.pedscrit.com. Thank you for listening to this episode of PedsCrit!
Dr. Bill Bortcosh received his Doctorate of Medicine from Albany Medical School, NY. He completed his pediatric residency at the University of Massachusetts Medical School followed by pediatric critical care fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this podcast series, listeners should be able to discuss:
Link to Acid/Base Handout
References
1. Carmody JB, Norwood VF. A clinical approach to paediatric acid-base disorders. Postgrad Med J. 2012;88(1037):143-51.
2. Carmody JB, Norwood VF. Paediatric acid-base disorders: A case-based review of procedures and pitfalls. Paediatr Child Health. 2013;18(1):29-32.
3. Emmett M. Approach to the Patient With a Negative Anion Gap. Am J Kidney Dis. 2016;67(1):143-50.
4. Luke RG, Galla JH. It is chloride depletion alkalosis, not contraction alkalosis. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012;23(2):204-7.
5. https://emcrit.org/ibcc/salicylates/
Citation: Bortcosh W, Shanklin A, Hodges Z. Acid-Base Diagnosis & Clinical Approach. PedsCrit Online Podcast. 10/2024. https://www.pedscrit.com/acid-base-diagnosis-clinical-approach-with-dr-bill-bortcosh-part-1/
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Please remember that all content during this episode is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. It should not be used as medical advice. The views expressed during this episode by hosts and our guests are their own and do not reflect the official position of their institutions. If you have any comments, suggestions, or feedback-you can email us at [email protected]. You can also check out our website at http://www.pedscrit.com. Thank you for listening to this episode of PedsCrit!
About our Guest:
Debra Regier, M.D., Ph.D., is the chief of Genetics and Metabolism at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC. Before transitioning to clinical medicine, Dr. Regier was a biochemist. She came to CNH as a combined pediatric genetics resident and later completed a metabolic fellowship at NIH and served as Children's National's medical genetics program director.
Dr. Regier’s current work in educational outcomes research has led to federal, industry, and philanthropic funding of almost two million dollars. She has received multiple awards for her impact on rare disease education across the country and is the president-elect of the Society of Inherited Metabolic Disorders.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to:
1. List the three main metabolic pathways and describe how they work together to make ATP
2. Describe the science behind the main diagnostic tests for inborn errors of metabolism
3. Explain the presenting symptoms and initial management of common, life-threatening inborn errors of metabolism.
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Welcome to PedsCrit! We are a collaborative educational PICU podcast working with pediatric critical care educators around the world to create high-yield podcast episodes on core PICU topics. Find…
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Each clinical episode is made in coordination with a pediatric intensivist or guest that is a clinical or scholarly leader on the topic being discussed. Podcasts do not receive formal peer review prior to publication but quality and accuracy is closely monitored by the producers throughout the creation process to ensure accuracy and clarity. If you have any comments, suggestions, or feedback-you can email us at [email protected]. You can also find us on twitter visit @critpeds and @pedscrit on instagram.
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