Patient Care

Children who have surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD) at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, or who have a life-threatening illness related to heart disease, will be cared for by experts in Cardiac Critical Care Medicine. In our Heart Center’s Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU), your child will receive round-the-clock attention from a team of specialists who focus on providing coordinated care for pediatric heart patients during times when they are critically ill.

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at St. Louis Children’s Hospital is known worldwide for the care we provide to critically ill children. The PICU is staffed with a specially trained healthcare team and state-of-art technology to deliver care to children and their families.

Your child has survived a critical illness or injury with the help of a stay in our pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). But time spent in the PICU can put your child at risk for physical, mental, educational and emotional issues that may slow their recovery. Our neurocritical care follow-up program (NCFP) is one of the few programs in the country dedicated to helping kids and families overcome these issues and get back to school, work and regular routines as soon as possible.

When your child has a neurological emergency, you want immediate help from a team of experts to get the best outcome possible. The PNCP at St. Louis Children’s Hospital provides timely, specialized care to critically ill children with neurological disorders, including head injury. We focus on providing interventions that have been proven through research to limit potential side effects of neurologic emergencies that can affect your child’s quality of life after recovery.