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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

Barry Markovitz, MD
PICU Medical Director
Meet Dr. Markovitz

As the pediatric hospital for Los Angeles, our hospital is a referral center for young patients requiring highly complicated and life-saving procedures.

The 24-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is the largest such unit on the West Coast. Nearly 1,400 critically ill patients – too sick to be treated on general inpatient floors – are admitted each year for specialized medical and nursing services.

Within the PICU, children from multiple surgical specialties including neurosurgery, orthopaedics and general pediatric surgery receive advanced level care.

When visiting the PICU, please follow the instructions provided here.
  

Critical Care Faculty in the PICU

The faculty consists of twelve board-certified pediatric intensivists, four of whom also attend in the CTICU. The group has just under 200 years of experience among them and nearly 200 publications (list of recent publications).

The faculty in the PICU facilitate and coordinate the complete care of all patients and have an active role in the education of residents and fellows as it relates to this medical and perioperative care. They also serve as consultants for the fellow-led, hospital-wide, Rapid Response Team.

 


PICU Wins 09-10 Beacon Award

Critical Care Staff in the PICU

Care of the patients in the PICU is guided by a multidisciplinary approach.  Nurses and Respiratory Care practitioners are dedicated to the PICU and are specifically in tune to the needs of the children under their care.  They are well versed in their ability to engage residents, fellows, and faculty alike in the evolving care of their patients.  They are supported educationally and clinically by four dedicated nurse managers as well as the fellows and faculty.  An air of “teamwork” is clearly seen in this unit. 

As with the CTICU staff, the PICU staff also have an expertise in the use of advances technologies such as inhaled nitric oxide, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, non-invasive ventilation, and modes of dialysis.