PICU
Children's critical care
PICU is the pediatric intensive care unit—a hospital ward providing critical care for infants, children, and adolescents.
Like the adult ICU, it handles the most severe cases requiring constant monitoring and life support: The baby was transferred to the PICU after the surgery.
Pronounced as initials (P-I-C-U) or sometimes as "pick-you."
Relating to child medicine
- intensiveConcentrated and thorough
- careAttentive regard for others
- wardProtected person; division
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
bed · monitor · ventilator · nurses · station · isolation · room · bay
Mechanical breathing apparatus
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
- IVVein-delivered medication method
- pumpFluid-moving machine
- ECMOArtificial blood oxygenation device
oscillator · CPAP · BiPAP · arterial · line · central · catheter · feeding
Mother and father
- bedsideNear the mattress
- vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
- waitingRemaining in expectation
- roomEnclosed interior area
update · visiting · hours · rooming · in · siblings · grandparents · consent
Physician for children
- nurseHealthcare provider, bedside
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
- therapistMental health practitioner
- fellowMan or companion
resident · charge · pharmacist · social · worker · chaplain · child · life
Related to breathing organs
- failureLack of success
- sepsisDangerous inflammatory infection response
- meningitisMembrane inflammation around brain
- drowningDeath by water inhalation
cardiac · arrest · seizure · trauma · poisoning · asthma · pneumonia · bronchiolitis
Very young child
- toddlerChild learning to walk
- childPerson before puberty
- neonateInfant under 28 days
- prematureOccurring before expected
critically · ill · sedated · intubated · recovering · stabilized · coded · septic
pediatric
Relating to child medicine
hospital · bed · monitor · ventilator · nurses · station · isolation · room · bay · admission
ventilator
Mechanical breathing apparatus
ECMO · oscillator · CPAP · BiPAP · arterial · line · central · catheter · feeding · tube
parents
Mother and father
room · update · visiting · hours · rooming · in · siblings · grandparents · consent · prognosis
pediatrician
Physician for children
- nurseHealthcare provider, bedside
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
- therapistMental health practitioner
fellow · resident · charge · pharmacist · social · worker · chaplain · child · life · specialist
respiratory
Related to breathing organs
- failureLack of success
- sepsisDangerous inflammatory infection response
- meningitisMembrane inflammation around brain
drowning · cardiac · arrest · seizure · trauma · poisoning · asthma · pneumonia · bronchiolitis · congenital
infant
Very young child
premature · critically · ill · sedated · intubated · recovering · stabilized · coded · septic · trauma
- Emergency MedicineEMT, emergency medicine, EMS, paramedic, paramedics
- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- pediatric hospitalschildren's hospitals, pediatric care, pediatric wards, pediatric ER, pediatric emergency
PICUwell-child visit
Preventive pediatric examination
home care · outpatient clinic · ambulatory care · routine checkup · home health