Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Oct 2024
Observational StudyEvolution of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physicians Clinical and Academic Profile by Gender.
To examine career trajectory and academic profile of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) physicians, with special focus on gender differences. ⋯ This is the first analysis of career and academic characteristics of practicing PCCM physicians, additionally studying the association of gender and career trajectory. Gender discrepancy was seen in employment hospital characteristics, h-indices, and academic rank. Additional studies are required to further explore the impact of gender on career trajectory.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Oct 2024
Feasibility and Acceptability of Mobile Phone-Based Surveys to Identify Mental Health Symptoms in Parents/Guardians of PICU Patients.
Parents experience psychologic distress during their child's admission to a PICU, but effective screening for parental mental health symptoms is not the standard of care. We aimed to test the feasibility and acceptability of a mobile phone-based mental health survey for parents/guardians of PICU patients to facilitate their support by the PICU team. ⋯ Mobile phone-based screening for parental mental health symptoms is acceptable and may offer the advantage of privacy and flexibility.
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Recently, we took care of a teenage boy in our PICU who had been struggling with a lifelong chronic illness and accompanied him and his parents during the last few days of his life. We had the privilege of getting to know him and his parents quite well during the last few years, as he required hospitalization several times during this time. We saw how extremely dedicated his parents had been to him and his care, how they left no stone unturned and sacrificed everything they could to help him have the best quality of life possible. ⋯ I also missed when his funeral took place. I wanted to reach out to his parents, to express how much his life and their love for him had meant to me, too, and to find some closure. So I wrote this short poem for them, and for all the other parents, who have to go through the most difficult time a parent can ever go through-as a pediatric intensivist, a Mom who has never been where they had to go, a fellow human being, and a grieving friend.