Pediatric Critical Care Unit

SPECIALTY PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE

NICH has one of the largest 13 bedded Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in Pakistan where the critically ill pediatric patients are admitted and monitored there conditions with well-equipped PICU. Patients get appropriate treatment by our highly experts and trained pediatric critical care physicians under the supervision of well renowned Pediatric Intensivist Dr. Murtaza Ali Gowa.

PICU have highly expert team of Doctors, Nurses, and Respiratory Therapist, Physiotherapist, Dietitian, Clinical Pharmacist who are specially trained and experienced in Pediatric Intensive Care.

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit is fully accredited with College of Physician and Surgeon Pakistan for the Post-Fellowship Program in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM). We have a design curriculum of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine for the Postgraduates and Post-Fellows of PCCM.

Department of PICU also accredited with Society of Critical Care Medicine (USA). In collaboration with Pediatric Critical Care Consultant of United States of America we conduct on board meetings on regular basis to get up to the mark.

WHAT WE TREAT

As a sub-specialty in the field of Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine we provide comprehensive and advanced treatment to all critically ill infants, children, teenagers and young adults aged 0-15 regardless of any disease.

WE DO FOLLOWING PROCEDURES

– Mechanical Ventilation
– High flow nasal cannula
– C Pap
– Central Venous Pressure (CVP) Lines
– Pigtails
– Arterial Lines
– Plasma Pharisees
– Sustained low efficiency dialysis (SLED)
– Tracheostomy

WE TREAT FOLLOWING DISEASE AND CONDITIONS

– Sepsis
– Multi Organ Syndrome
– Shock (Hypovolemic, Septic, Distributive and Anaphylaxis)
– Cardiac Problems
– Respiratory Problems
– Neurological Critical Care Problems
– Oncological Critical Care Problems
– Gastroenterological and Hepatobiliary Diseases
– Post-Surgical Care
– Trauma
– Burns
– Inherited Metabolic Diseases
– Acute and Chronic Renal Failure
– Bleeding Disorder

PARENTAL EDUCATION

– Teach how to do Chest Physiotherapy?
– How to do the proper Suctioning?
– Genetic counseling

Location:

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit,
1st Floor Main Building, NICH

DR. MURTAZA ALI GOWA

Assistant Professor/ Section Head of Pediatric Critical Care

MBBS, FCPS (Peads Medicine), PCCM
Post Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

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