Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) - Patient Care and Treatment
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) - Patient Care and Treatment
The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Penn State Children’s Hospital offers advanced life-saving and support to critically ill children and teens.
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800-233-4082Life-saving and life-support care
Penn State Children’s Hospital Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) cares for children - infants to teens. Our expert team uses the most advanced life-saving and life-support techniques, including:
- Mechanical ventilation (breathing machine)
- Hemodynamic monitoring and support (measures blood flow, pressure and oxygen in the heart, veins and arteries)
- Renal dialysis (machines that work for the kidneys)
- Pre- and post-surgery support for brain trauma patients
- Invasive and noninvasive neurointensive monitoring (such as checking oxygen levels in the brain) for brain injury treatment
- Pre and post-surgery support for infants and children with heart disease, organ transplants and toxicological emergencies (poisoning or medicine overdose)
- High frequency ventilation (breathing machines that ventilate many times faster than normal machines, and may help lower the risk of lung injury)
- Nitric oxide therapy (treats life-threatening lung problems)
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (life support that works for a child’s heart and lungs)
Ventilator programs