Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, A Podcast Dedicated to Current and Aspiring Intensivists. I'm Pradip Kamat and I'm Rahul Damania. We are coming to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory University School of Medicine. Welcome to our Episode a 15 mo F with respiratory distress and runny nose. Here's the case: A 15 mo F presents to the ED with cough, runny nose, and increased work of breathing. Her mother states that the patient has had these symptoms for the past three days, however, the w...
Jan 30, 2022•17 min•Ep. 42
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, A Podcast Dedicated to Current and Aspiring Intensivists. I'm Pradip Kamat and I'm Rahul Damania. We are coming to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory University School of Medicine. Welcome to our discussion today on airway clearance in the critically-ill patient in the PICU. We will focus on the use of pharmacological as well as non-pharmacological techniques in critically ill children admitted to the ICU. This episode will be a general overview as spe...
Jan 23, 2022•28 min•Ep. 41
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, A Podcast Dedicated to Current and Aspiring Intensivists. I'm Pradip Kamat and I'm Rahul Damania. We are coming to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory University School of Medicine. Welcome to our episode of a three-year-old girl presenting with a cough and difficulty breathing Here's the case presented by Rahul: A previously healthy 3-year-old girl presented to the OSH for difficulty breathing. She had a two-day h/o of cough (worse at night) and conges...
Jan 16, 2022•31 min•Ep. 40
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, A Podcast Dedicated to Current and Aspiring Intensivists. I'm Pradip Kamat and I'm Rahul Damania. We are coming to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory University School of Medicine. Welcome to our Episode an 8-year-old admitted for PRESS syndrome with altered mental status secondary to seizures. Here's the case presented by Rahul: Our patient today is an eight-year-old who was admitted to the floor with a diagnosis of MIS-C. On his initial echo, his EF ...
Jan 09, 2022•18 min•Ep. 39
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, A Podcast Dedicated to Current and Aspiring Intensivists. I'm Pradip Kamat and I'm Rahul Damania, and we are coming to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory University School of Medicine. Welcome to our Episode a 24-month-old girl with increased seizure frequency. Here's the case: A 24-month old girl presents to the ED with h/o shaking/jerking episodes in her sleep. The patient was in the care of her aunt when this acute episode occurred. When the father ...
Jan 02, 2022•31 min•Ep. 38
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, A Podcast Dedicated to Current and Aspiring Intensivists. I'm Pradip Kamat and I'm Rahul Damania. We are coming to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory University School of Medicine. Welcome to our episode, A Three-Year-Old with recent cough and leg weakness. Here's the case presented by Rahul. A 3-year-old previously healthy female presented to the hospital with a 2-week history of productive cough and congestion and the new 1-day onset of bilateral wea...
Dec 05, 2021•28 min•Ep. 37
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, a podcast dedicated to current and aspiring intensivists. My name is Pradip Kamat. And my name is Rahul Damania, we come to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory University School of Medicine. Today's episode is dedicated to Noninvasive and Invasive ventilation in children post-hematopoietic cell transplantation. We are delighted to be joined by Dr. Courtney Rowan, MD, MSCR, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, and the Director of the Pediatric Critical care ...
Nov 21, 2021•28 min•Ep. 36
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, A Podcast Dedicated to Current and Aspiring Intensivists. I'm Pradip Kamat and I'm Rahul Damania and we are coming to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory University School of Medicine. Welcome to our episode of a 14-year-old girl with sudden acute outbursts of aggression and severe agitation. Here's the case presented by Dr. Damania: A 14-year-old previously healthy teenager with no significant past h/o presents to the PICU with a three-day h/o of aggre...
Nov 14, 2021•24 min•Ep. 35
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, A Podcast Dedicated to Current and Aspiring Intensivists. I'm Pradip Kamatand I'm Rahul Damania. We are coming to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory University School of Medicine. Welcome to our Episode of a 19 month old female with bloody stool, petechiae and no urine output Here's the case presented by Rahul: A 19 month old previously healthy female was brought to the pediatric emergency department for blood in her stool. Patient was at daycare the p...
Oct 31, 2021•26 min•Ep. 34
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, a podcast dedicated to current and aspiring intensivists. My name is Pradip Kamat My name is Rahul Damania, a current 2nd year pediatric critical care fellow. We come to you from Emory University,School of Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA. Today's episode is dedicated to O2 delivery in the PICU. We would like to highlight in this episode Stanford University School of Medicine Pediatric Critical Care's LearnPICU website. The LearnPICU.com websit...
Oct 24, 2021•30 min•Ep. 33
Acute pulmonary Hypertensive Crises. Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, A Podcast Dedicated to Current and Aspiring Intensivists. I'm Pradip Kamat and I'm Rahul Damania. We are coming to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory University School of Medicine. Welcome to our Episode a 7 month old boy ex-26 week premature infant with acute hypoxemia, bradycardia episodes, poor perfusion Here's the case: A 7 month old ex-26 week male was transferred from the outside hospital to our PICU for trach...
Oct 17, 2021•18 min•Ep. 32
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, a podcast dedicated to current and aspiring intensivists. My name is Pradip Kamat. My name is Rahul Damania, a current 3rd year pediatric critical care fellow. We come to you from Emory University School of Medicine-Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Today's episode is very special as we are going to be discussing 7 Habits of Highly Effective PICU fellows. As many trainees, both residents and fellows are settling into the year, We wanted to make a special podcast whic...
Oct 03, 2021•20 min•Ep. 31
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, A Podcast Dedicated to Current and Aspiring Intensivists. I'm Pradip Kamat and I'm Rahul Damania. We are coming to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory University School of Medicine. Welcome to our Episode with a 15 year old Male having hypotension and bradycardia. Here's the case presented by Rahul: A 15 year old M presents to the PICU after sustaining an acute trauma. The patient was brought to the ER by his family after being on a boat and lifting a h...
Sep 26, 2021•20 min•Ep. 30
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, A Podcast Dedicated to Current and Aspiring Intensivists. I'm Pradip Kamat and I'm Rahul Damania. We are coming to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory University School of Medicine. Welcome to our Episode of 17-year old with h/o of SLE and now acute liver failure. Here's the case presented by Rahul: A 17-year old teenage female year old presents to the PICU with acute liver failure. Important past h/o includes a diagnosis of SLE on therapy with predniso...
Sep 19, 2021•24 min•Ep. 29
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, A Podcast Dedicated to Current and Aspiring Intensivists. I'm Pradip Kamat and I'm Rahul Damania. We are coming to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory University School of Medicine. Welcome to our Episode of 17-year old with h/o of SLE and now acute liver failure. Here's the case presented by Rahul: A 17-year old teenage female year old presents to the PICU with acute liver failure. Important past h/o includes a diagnosis of SLE on therapy with predniso...
Sep 05, 2021•24 min•Ep. 28
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, A Podcast Dedicated to Current and Aspiring Intensivists. I'm Pradip Kamat and I'm Rahul Damania and we are coming to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA.Today we are going to present a case of a 3 year old presenting with bilateral hyper-flexed wrists. Here is Rahul with our case: A 3 yo previously healthy M presents to the emergency department after his mother noted his wrists becoming completely stiff and ...
Aug 29, 2021•28 min•Ep. 27
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, A Podcast Dedicated to Current and Aspiring Intensivists. I'm Pradip Kamat and I'm Rahul Damania and we are coming to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory University School of Medicine. Welcome to our Episode of a 16 year old with fever and a rash. Here's the case: A 16 year old F presents to the PICU with generalized weakness, fever and a diffuse rash**.** Three days prior to admission she stated that she was feeling lightheaded and the day after she st...
Aug 22, 2021•20 min•Ep. 26
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, A Podcast Dedicated to Current and Aspiring Intensivists. I'm Pradip Kamat and I'm Rahul Damania and we are coming to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory University School of Medicine. Welcome to our PICU Doc On Call Mini-Case series. In this episode, we present a 15 year old girl who is admitted for shock after returning from her recent travel to NIgeria. Here's the case: 13y F with no significant past medical history presents with 4 days of fever, hea...
Aug 15, 2021•24 min•Ep. 25
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, A Podcast Dedicated to Current and Aspiring Intensivists. I'm Pradip Kamat and I'm Rahul Damania and we are coming to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory University School of Medicine. Welcome to our Episode of a 9 year old girl with worsening seizures in the setting of an electrolyte abnormality. Here's the case: A 9 year old girl presents to the ED with increased frequency of seizures, dehydration and listlessness. She has h/o of global developmental ...
Aug 08, 2021•21 min•Ep. 24
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, a podcast dedicated to current and aspiring intensivists. My name is Pradip Kamat and my name is Rahul Damania and we come to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Emory University School of Medicine. Today's episode is dedicated to the rational use of antibiotics in the PICU We are delighted to be joined by two brilliant Pediatric clinical pharmacists Ms Whitney Moore and Ms. Stephanie Yasechko from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. I will turn it over to Rahul ...
Aug 01, 2021•22 min•Ep. 23
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, a podcast dedicated to current and aspiring intensivists. My name is Pradip Kamat My name is Rahul Damania, a current 2nd year pediatric critical care fellow. We come to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and the Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA Today's episode is dedicated to How to Read And Critically Review a Paper not only for the Journal club presentation at the fellows conferences but also for use in your clinical practice as a pediatric i...
Jul 25, 2021•24 min•Ep. 22
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, A Podcast Dedicated to Current and Aspiring Intensivists. I'm Pradip Kamat and I'm Rahul Damania and we are coming to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory University School of Medicine. Welcome to our PICU Mini-Series Episode a 10 month old who is intubated for acute respiratory failure secondary to RSV bronchiolitis. Here's the case: A 10-month-old full-term infant girl old is intubated for acute respiratory failure secondary to RSV bronchiolitis. Patie...
Jul 18, 2021•13 min•Ep. 21
Welcome to PICU Doc On Call, a podcast dedicated to current and aspiring intensivists. My name is Pradip Kamat and my name is Rahul Damania and we come to you from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Emory University School of Medicine. Today's episode is dedicated to optimizing your Pediatric Critical Care Knowledge and study skills by utilizing your medical librarian. We are delighted to be joined by Ms. Carrie Price a health Professions librarian. Carrie was formerly at the Welch Medical Library...
Jul 04, 2021•20 min•Ep. 20
Today’s episode focuses on salicylate toxicity, specifically in the case of a teenager with abdominal pain and emesis. Join us in this discussion of symptoms, patient history, diagnosis, management, and treatment. Show Highlights: Our case: A 15-year-old female is admitted to the PICU for intentionally ingesting a large amount of aspirin tablets. She had epigastric abdominal pain with some non-biliary, non-bloody emesis when she presented to the outside emergency department twelve hours post-ing...
Jun 27, 2021•18 min•Ep. 19
Today’s episode is dedicated to the approach to thyroid storm. It’s the first in our Mini-Case series. Show Highlights: Our case, symptoms, and diagnosis: A 12-year-old female presents to the PICU with chest discomfort. She was noted to be anxious by her parents over the past few days. They felt she was a bit "off," as she would constantly drop items and have a tremor. A few weeks prior to these symptoms, she was noted to have rhinorrhea, congestion, and progressive neck swelling. Her parents be...
Jun 20, 2021•13 min•Ep. 18
We've got an exciting new series for the show and we can't wait to share with you our PICU Doc On Call Mini Case Series. Coming this weekend!
Jun 17, 2021•2 min
Today's episode is dedicated to Critical Illness In Children With Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants. We are delighted to be joined by Dr. Muna Qayed, Associate Professor of Pediatrics Emory University School of Medicine , Atlanta, GA. She is also the Director of the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Our Case: A 10 year old female with refractory high-risk ALL s/p mismatched unrelated donor transplantation T+1...
Jun 13, 2021•33 min•Ep. 17
Today's episode is dedicated to the approach to the unstable neonate. Join us as we discuss the anatomic and physiological considerations for the neonate, initial investigations, and management framework on stabilizing a child. We are delighted to be joined by Dr. Michael Wolf, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine, and Associate Medical Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. The CICU at Children’s is one of the highest...
Jun 06, 2021•16 min•Ep. 16
Today’s episode is dedicated to venous/arterial thrombi, also known as catheter directed thrombolysis. We are delighted to be joined by Dr. Anne E. Gill, Assistant Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine. She is a pediatric interventional radiologist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Her areas of expertise include pediatric thromboembolic disease, vascular malformations, enteric feeding tube access, and interventional oncology. Dr. Gill is on Twitter...
May 30, 2021•31 min•Ep. 15
Today’s episode is dedicated to the differentiation and management of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS) We are delighted to be joined by Dr. Eric Felner. Dr. Felner is a Professor of Pediatrics/Pediatric Endocrinology at the Emory University School of Medicine and is an Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech. Show Highlights: Our case, symptoms, and diagnosis: A 15-year-old male presents with a one-week history of increased u...
May 23, 2021•41 min•Ep. 14
