Traumatic Brain Injury with Dr. Kristen Smith and Dr. Carly Schmidt (Part 2)

Dr. Kristen Smith is the PICU medical director, critical care fellowship program director, and director of the nurse practitioner program at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. She received her medical degree from the University of Toledo and completed her pediatric residency at Akron Children’s Hospital, followed by a critical care fellowship at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Smith’s research is focused on the long-term outcome of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) survivors.

Dr. Carly Schmidt is a critical care fellow at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. She received her medical degree from Case Western University and completed her pediatric residency at Brown University, where she also served as chief resident. Carly is interested in the intersection of the PICU and the community via transport medicine, advocacy, and outcomes. 

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to describe:

1. Neuroprotective measures that should be provided to all pediatric patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).
2. An expert, guideline-directed approach to managing a child with increased intracranial pressure due to severe TBI.

Reference:
Kochanek PM, Tasker RC, Bell MJ, Adelson PD, Carney N, Vavilala MS, Selden NR, Bratton SL, Grant GA, Kissoon N, Reuter-Rice KE, Wainwright MS. Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: 2019 Consensus and Guidelines-Based Algorithm for First and Second Tier Therapies. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2019 Mar;20(3):269-279.