Pediatric Subcommittee

Chair: 

Kenneth Shann, CCP         

Objectives:

The mission of the pediatric subcommittee is to develop, foster, and promote process improvement in the delivery of perfusion services for neonatal, infant and pediatric patients. The objectives of this committee include the development of pediatric practice guidelines and a registry specific to pediatric perfusion.  Additionally, the Committee has begun collaborating with other congenital heart disease societies such as the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease (http://www.wspchs.com) and the Pediatric Committee of AmSECT.   

Current Projects:

 The Pediatric Committee of the ICEBP has been invited to represent pediatric perfusionists on the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Database Taskforce and the Multi-Societal Database Committee for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease.  This relationship has led to the Pediatric Committee’s involvement and contribution to the development of a complete list of uniform and standard definitions for complications secondary to congenital heart surgery.  The Pediatric Committee has been asked to focus on the complications associated with cardiopulmonary bypass, extracorporeal life support, and ventricular assist devices.  These definitions will allow for a standardized technique for measuring operative and postoperative complications, and create the tools necessary to measure, study, and quantify morbidity secondary to congenital heart surgery.  The results of this project will be published and provide useful tools for multi-institutional research and outcomes analysis.

Subcommittee members: