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| For Information: |
(504) 899-9511 |
| The PICU Transport Team: |
1-800-299-9511, extension 4230 |
| Office Hours: |
24 Hours |
| Location: |
Children's Hospital, Main Campus |
Physicians:
Costa Dimitriades, MD, Medical Director
Amy Creel, MD
Bonnie C. Desselle, MD
Janet Rossi, MD |
When the children of Louisiana and the northern Gulf Coast face life-threatening injuries and illnesses, they can count on Children’s Hospital’s state-of-the-art Pediatric Intensive Care Unit to meet their critical care needs. Located on the top floor of the hospital’s west tower, the 9,456-square-foot PICU features 18 private patient rooms outfitted with cutting-edge technology that will assist the staff of four specialists and more than 30 nurses and residents in instantly providing the best available critical care for the children of the Gulf South and an avant-garde medical philosophy including stunning panoramic views of Greater New Orleans that will assist in each child’s recovery.
Each patient room is designed to allow medical staff to perform almost any procedure bedside. Ceiling-mounted surgical lights and boom arms that provide patients oxygen and medical gas have been upgraded from the previously standard wall-mounted design, allowing medical professionals 360-degree access to the child.
Patients receive care for a full spectrum of diseases and therapies, as well as postoperative heart and renal surgeries. The unit can also provide all ventilatory support, including ECMO.
One parent is allowed to stay in their child’s room at all times except during twice daily rounds. Each room has an oversized club chair that converts into a twin bed so a parent can stay overnight to calm their child when needed.
Since 2005, the PICU has averaged more than 650 admits a year. The unit had 691 admits last year, with patients staying an average of 7.4 days.
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Costa Dimitriades, MD
Pediatric Critical Care, Director of PICU, Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center
Professional School:
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Specialty Training:
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Special Interests:
Quality improvement, resuscitation education
In Area Since: 2005
In Practice Since: 2005 |
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Bonnie Desselle, MD
Pediatric Critical Care, Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Director Residency Training, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Professional School:
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Specialty Training:
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Special Interests:
Critical care, medical education
In Area Since: 1995
In Practice Since: 1995 |
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Amy Creel, MD
Professional School:
University School of Medicine, MS
Specialty Training:
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Janet Rossi, MD
Professional School:
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Specialty Training:
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago
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