Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Nebraska

Did you know elephant ET tubes are cuffed?
Thanks Henry Doorly Zoo and Pediatric Midwest Cardiology Society for an interesting dinner.

Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Pulfer for his presentation on chest compression depth in infants at the Midwest Pediatric Cardiology Society Meeting. We may not have to push so hard to get a good blood pressure. Looking forward to the final results!
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Here are more amazing summer research students working with Dr.'s Mahapatra, Gradidge and Talukdar!

Congratulations to Dr. Beth Bleed who is help launching Schwartz Rounds at Children's helping to bring compassion to health care.

Congratulations to SURP student Payton Keller and her mentor Dr. Amanda Marshall. They studied adverse events during IPV in the #pedsICU and #pedsCICU.

Pediheart Podcast #348: Melody Valve Outcomes In The Atrioventricular Position In The Small Child Podcast Episode · Pediheart: Pediatric Cardiology Today · 07/11/2025 · 24m

Check out the amazing Dr. Gilg discussing the use of Melody Valves in pediatrics!
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#pedsICU has 4 students this summer and we are so happy they are finally here!

Reason #23 you should look at the whole x-ray in the ICU and not just the lungs.

hint: it's the NG

Congratulations to the Cardiac Care Unit for the shout out at the SPS meeting in Chicago!
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Extra special delivery in the hospital mailroom.

American Heart Association Heart Walk The Heart Walk is the American Heart Association's premiere event for raising funds to save lives from USA's #1 and #5 killers - heart disease and stroke.

Please join me in donating to the American Heart Association - a relentless force for improving lives by providing community education about heart and vascular health and supporting lifesaving biomedical research. Click on the link below to donate!

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When the Cardiac Care Unit receives one of the highest patient satisfaction scores in the country we eat cake for breakfast.

Congratulations to Dr. Ortmann for her inspiring talk about cardiac surgery in patients with Trisomy 18 at the PC4 meeting this week.

Sorry not a single person commented on your R2D2 dress or took pictures.

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It was you!

I as going to teach the residents outside today to enjoy the spring weather but aggressive hospital goose said no.

We don't remember who was posting the saga of the stairwell gummy bear, but here is ours.

There isn't much #pedsICU action here yet, so our feed is filled with pictures of mushrooms and foxes and we think that's beautiful.

When the EMR isn't up to the task.
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Adverse Tracheal Intubation Events in Critically Ill... : Pediatric Critical Care Medicine ) and/or severe peri-intubation hypoxemia (pulse oximetry oxygen saturation < 80%) in critically ill children. DESIGN/SETTING: Retrospective cohort using the National Emergency Airway for Children ...

The National Emergency Airway register collects data on intubations. Check out this paper using the registry with our own Dr. Andrea Talukdar.
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Child Life's Berlin Unicorn.
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Extubation Failure in Neonates Following Congenital Cardiac ... : Pediatric Critical Care Medicine nates at high risk for EF. We aimed to evaluate the association of two physiologic risk analytics algorithms evaluating the probability of inadequate delivery of oxygen index (IDo2) and inadequate ven...

Congratulations to Dr. Marshall and Dr. Hames who used the Etiometry to explore extubation failure in the #pedsCICU.

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Expanded-access use of elamipretide in a newborn with Barth syndrome: a case report AbstractBackground. Barth syndrome (BTHS) is a rare genetic disease, with no approved curative therapies, characterized by abnormally developed cardiolipin

Barth syndrome is a rare X-linked disease that can cause cardiomyopathy and death in infancy. Read about the first use of a novel therapy elamipretide at Children's Nebraska.

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Is it spring yet?
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Amazing job Dr. Gradidge!

Roving gang in the hospital parking lot.

Assessing Clinical Improvement of Infants Hospitalized for Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Related Critical Illness The Clinical Progression Scale for Pediatrics (CPS-Ped) can capture a range of disease severity and track clinical improvement in infants who develop respi

Check out the latest from our Dr. Melissa Cullimore and friends about the use of the Clinical Progression Scale Pediatrics in infants hospitalized with RSV.
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YouTube video by DrOrtmannCICU Heart vs. the kidneys

Want a quick primary on the RAAS system in heart failure and why the nephrologist and cardiologist don't get along. Check out the latest video from DrOrtmannCICU.
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Team Jack Foundation has been instrumental in funding brain tumor research, including research within our division. The Hoffman family's advocacy has been impactful and far-reaching. This is heart-breaking news and we will always be thankful for their contributions to improve the lives of children.

When you work in that medium sized Midwest city where everyone's connected.

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