Show Notes
Join hosts Rambod Amirnovin (Miller Children’s, Elevance Health), and Melody Turner (HCA Healthcare), as they interview quality experts in the areas of sedation, withdrawal, and mobilization management. Guests Barbara-Jo Achuff, MD (Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital), Sean Barnes, MD (John’s Hopkins Children’s Center) and Bronwyn Crandall PharmD, BCPPS (C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital). We cover simple and high-tech methods to improve the neurologic status of children cared for in the CICU- optimizing sedation exposure, efficiently weaning drugs when ready, and minimizing delirium with mobilization practices.
Hosts: Rambod Amirnovin, MD (Elevance Health; Miller Children's Hospital); Melody Turner, MSN, MBA, RN (HCA Healthcare) Editor: Rambod Amirnovin, MD (Elevance Health; Miller Children's Hospital) Producer: Deanna Tzanetos, MD (University of Louisville)
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