In this World Shared Practice Forum podcast, Dr. Robert Tasker discusses trends in research over the past year from his position as Editor-in-Chief of the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Journal. Dr. Tasker shares his views on some of the most active areas of research in the field of pediatric critical care medicine in 2022 and provides an insider's look at many metrics relating to the PCCM Journal itself, including impact factors, subscribership numbers, and Altmetric scores.

Upon listening to this presentation, learners should be able to:
-Identify diverse areas of active research interest within the field of pediatric critical care medicine
-Describe the reach and impact of the journal Pediatric Critical Care Medicine within the field of pediatrics, and within medicine more generally
-Interpret Altmetric scores to better understand the global reach of a published work

Publication date: November 18, 2022.

Citation: Tasker R, Daniel D, Burns JP. Research Trends in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Editor's Perspective. 11/2022. Online Podcast. OPENPediatrics. https://youtu.be/EnOz15CTiEI.

Articles referenced:
Jonat B, Gorelik M, Boneparth A, et al. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Associated With Coronavirus Disease 2019 in a Children's Hospital in New York City: Patient Characteristics and an Institutional Protocol for Evaluation, Management, and Follow-Up. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2021;22(3):e178-e191. (11:39)
Capasso L, De Bernardo M, Vitiello L, Rosa N. Ultrasound Options for Measuring Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter in Children. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2021;22(5):e329-e330. (12:40)
Staveski SL, Pickler RH, Khoury PR, et al. Prevalence of ICU Delirium in Postoperative Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patients. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2021;22(1):68-78. (13:42)
Ozment CP, Scott BL, Bembea MM, Spinella PC; Pediatric ECMO (PediECMO) subgroup of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network and the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO). Anticoagulation and Transfusion Management During Neonatal and Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Survey of Medical Directors in the United States. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2021;22(6):530-541 (14:05)
Rimensberger PC, Kneyber MCJ, Deep A, et al. Caring for Critically Ill Children With Suspected or Proven Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection: Recommendations by the Scientific Sections' Collaborative of the European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2021;22(1):56-67. (14:47)

Additional references:
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine journal: https://journals.lww.com/pccmjournal (06:42)
Pediatric Critical Care section of Frontiers in Pediatrics journal: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pediatrics/sections/pediatric-critical-care (06:59)
Journal of Pediatric Critical Care: https://www.jpcc.org.in (07:06)
Critical Care Medicine journal: https://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/pages/default.aspx (07:20)
Pediatric Pulmonology journal: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10990496 (07:28)
Atlmetric: https://www.altmetric.com/ (16:42)

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