Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PICU)
Akron Children's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) provides care to infants, children and teens who need advanced treatments, special monitoring and around-the-clock observation by specially trained critical care doctors, advanced practice providers, specialized subspecialty consultants, nurses, and other medical team members.
Learn more...Department: 330-543-8639
About Critical Care Medicine (PICU)
Equipped with advanced technology, we provide the highest level of care for a range of complex, and sometimes rapidly changing, medical problems. This includes after-surgery care for pediatric surgical procedures, including congenital heart surgery.
Our PICU team also cares for the non-medical concerns of the family. We have child life specialists to help kids understand and manage being in the hospital. Our social workers help families cope with the complexities of having a critically ill child, including arranging temporary housing through the Ronald McDonald House, assisting with insurance issues, or helping when your child is ready to go home.
Our ultimate goal is to help improve survival, speed recovery, minimize disability and relieve pain and suffering in a caring and respectful manner.
Critical Care Medicine
Akron Children's Pediatric Intensive CareMain Hospital Building
214 West Bowery Street
Level 4
Akron, Ohio 44308
Fax: 330-543-8136 (Office)
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Department: 330-543-8639
Ryan Nofziger, MD
Director of PICU Medical Education; Pediatric Intensivist; ECMO Provider; Researcher
Jonathan Pelletier, MD
Assistant Director of Clinical Informatics, Hospital Based Systems; Hospital Based Cluster Clinical Data Scientist; Pediatric Intensivist; ECMO Provider
John Pope, MD, FAAP, FCCM
Director, Medical Education; Director, Office of Pediatric Global Health; Pediatric Intensivist
Patricia Raimer, MD
Director, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; Medical Director, ECMO Program; Pediatric Intensivist; ECMO Provider
Open Clinical Studies
Genes that influence the way your body responds to infection
The purpose of this research study is to study whether it is possible to measure changes in thousands of genes that influence the way your body responds to an infection (germ), and to study whether these changes can predict the severity and course your illness, in addition to generating a database of gene expression patterns.
More about this studyRecovery after ECMO in children with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
This is a study to learn more about how children recover after their lungs are so sick they need the support of a lung machine called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). This information will be used to improve the healthcare for children receiving ECMO support.
More about this study
Our medical team meets every day, usually in the morning, to discuss each patient's case in detail; these discussions are known as rounds. You may see a group of doctors, nurses, and others walking from patient to patient, planning the medical care for each patient.
We encourage you to participate in your child's daily rounds. If you're unable to participate, the attending critical care doctor will inform you of the daily goals for your child by phone or in person.
Conditions and Treatments:
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Meningitis
