Central Campus Pediatric Critical Care Ward

The Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine of Shandong Provincial Hospital was established in 2010. It is one of the first centers for the treatment of critically ill children in Shandong Province; an institution with a member on the Standing Committee of the Pediatric Critical Care Physicians Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association; the leading institution of the Emergency Care Group of the Pediatrics Branch of the Shandong Medical Association; and the institution of the chairpersons of the Pediatric Critical Care Physicians Branches of the Shandong Medical Doctor Association and the Shandong Maternal and Child Health Association. PICU has 20 permanently available monitoring beds and is mainly responsible for the emergency resuscitation of critically ill children, intensive care, postoperative life support, and the diagnosis and treatment of various difficult and critical illnesses. It admits children and adolescents from 29 days after birth to 18 years of age, successfully treats nearly 1,000 pediatric patients with acute and critical illnesses annually, and has a treatment success rate above 95%. It currently has 1 Taishan Scholar Young Expert and 1 Qilu Health and Wellness Leading Talent. The department has a total of 50 medical and nursing staff, including 2 chief physicians, 4 deputy chief physicians, 3 attending physicians, and 1 deputy chief nurse; 4 hold doctoral degrees; there are 1 doctoral supervisor and 2 master's supervisors.

PICU has advanced instruments and equipment as well as a highly skilled and experienced medical and nursing team. It is proficient in pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation(ECMO), bedside continuous blood purification, non-biological artificial liver support, invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation, bedside critical care ultrasound, brain function monitoring, deep venous catheterization (femoral vein, internal jugular vein), radial artery catheterization, invasive blood pressure monitoring, non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring, enteral and parenteral nutrition, nasojejunal tube placement, sedation and analgesia, and other specialized techniques. The survival rate of children with fulminant myocarditis receiving ECMO support reaches 73.5%, ranking among the highest in China. The department specializes in treating children with sepsis, septic shock, severe encephalitis, status epilepticus, fulminant myocarditis, liver failure, renal failure, heart failure, respiratory failure, multiple organ failure, various poisonings, and other acute and critical illnesses. In addition, it works closely with surgical specialties and admits pediatric patients undergoing various difficult, complex, and major operations, including organ transplantation, such as children with multiple severe combined injuries, the youngest pediatric recipient of a living-donor liver transplant in the province, and the world's first neonate to undergo an allogeneic upper-arm transplant. The department has accumulated extensive experience in postoperative monitoring, treatment, and nursing, and its treatment standards are leading in the province and advanced nationally.

In recent years, the department has continued to deepen the integration of clinical practice and scientific research. It has established a big-data platform for pediatric critical illness that enables dynamic, all-dimensional tracking of patients' vital signs, laboratory and other examination results, medication interventions, and more. The department undertakes more than 10 projects at the national, provincial, and departmental/bureau levels; has received 2 second prizes in the Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Awards and 2 third prizes in the Shandong Medical Science and Technology Progress Awards; and has published more than 70 articles.

The department is open for family visits every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, demonstrating humanistic warmth alongside precise treatment. The hospital has specially established a treatment fund for critically ill children to provide practical assistance to families in difficulty and warmly support every critically ill child on the road to recovery.