If your child has an illness or injury that results in an unstable or critical condition, a hospital-based pediatric critical care specialist can be called on to provide the special care that your infant, child, or adolescent needs.
Our pediatric critical care specialist, also called a pediatric intensivist, care for critically ill children who originate at any of numerous smaller hospitals around the state. Children who are critically ill generally require meticulous monitoring in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).
Common conditions we treat
Some of the common conditions that we treat with pediatric hospital care include:
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Respiratory Illnesses (Asthma, Bronchiolitis, Pneumonia)
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Hyperbilirubinemia
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Infant Fever
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Abscesses/Cellulitis
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Gastroenteritis/Dehydration
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Diabetes
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Seizure Disorders
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Failure to Thrive/Poor Weight Gain
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Pediatric Critical Care Services
Our pediatric intensivists may provide any number of highly specialized interventions to deal with the consequences of severe illness or injury. These include:
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Diagnosis of children who have unstable or life-threatening conditions, including those with previously undiagnosed diseases
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Thorough monitoring, medication, and treatment of children in the Pediatric ICU (PICU)
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Supervision of children on ventilators (“breathing machines”)
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Medical treatment for children with severe heart and lung disease
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Placement of special catheters in the blood vessels and heart
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Management of medications and treatments for children with brain trauma
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Coordinated Expertise
Our pediatric intensivists coordinate their care with a specialized team of nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and other pediatric health care specialists. They use specialized medicines and/or treatments, many of which can only be offered in a PICU.
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