Guidelines
Key consensus and society guidelines distilled for quick clinical reference.
Pediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines
Discover pediatric clinical practice guidelines that support effective child healthcare, accurate diagnosis, and proper treatment. Understand evidence-based standards used by modern medical professionals to improve pediatric patient care.
1. Section: CNS
- Topic: SCCM PANDEM Clinical Practice Guidelines (2022)
- Objective: Emphasizes systematic pain, agitation, and delirium assessment integrated into comprehensive PICU care
2. Section: Sepsis
- 2024 International Consensus Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock (Phoenix Criteria)
- Objective: Updated consensus definitions for pediatric sepsis and septic shock to replace SIRS-based criteria and align with modern understanding of organ dysfunction.
3. Section: Respiratory
- 2025 AARC and PALISI Clinical Practice Guideline: Pediatric Critical Asthma
- Objective: Evidence-based recommendations for the management of severe, life-threatening asthma in pediatric patients, applicable in PICU settings, including respiratory support strategies, pharmacologic therapies, monitoring, escalation to mechanical ventilation, and supportive care
4. Section: CVS
- 2025 ISHLT Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Heart Failure
- Objective: Covers pathophysiology, clinical assessment, risk stratification, medical management (inotropes, afterload reduction), and timing of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) such as ECMO or VAD.
- 2025 American Heart Association and American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
- Objective: Evidence-based recommendations for the management of severe, life-threatening asthma in pediatric patients, applicable in PICU settings, including respiratory support strategies, pharmacologic therapies, monitoring, escalation to mechanical ventilation, and supportive care
5. Section: GI System
- PODIUM Consensus: Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Criteria in Critically Ill Children
- Objective: Provides objective criteria for defining gastrointestinal dysfunction as part of pediatric multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) in critical illness.