Confessions of PCICU Leaders: Tales From the Past, Lessons for the Future.

Background: The pediatric cardiac intensive care environment is challenging and unpredictable due to the heterogeneous patient population. Leadership within this complex environment is critical for optimal outcomes.

Methods: The 10th International Meeting of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society provided a forum for leaders to share their own practice and experience that concluded with take-home messages regarding quality, safety, clinical effectiveness, stewardship, and leadership.

Healthcare-associated infection in pediatric patients on extracorporeal life support: The role of multidisciplinary surveillance.

Objective: To describe the use of a multidisciplinary approach to sepsis surveillance and evaluate impact on outcome.

Design: Prospective clinical study or clinical audit cycle.

Setting: Tertiary pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) center.

The role of imaging during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pediatric respiratory failure.

Objective: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is increasingly widely used in pediatric respiratory failure. Despite playing a key part in patient management during ECMO, the role of radiology is not widely reported. We discuss the principles of ECMO support and the normal imaging appearances.