Editor’s Choice Articles for February

Editor’s Choice Articles for February

“…In the COVID-19 era, the authors were able to screen over 1,400 CICU admissions and recruited 58 patients to their pilot RCT about stress ulcer prophylaxis (i.e., histamine-2 receptor antagonist versus placebo) during CICU management in infants with congenital heart disease. The study adds to the catalogue of PCCM Trials content that I summarized in my end of 2023 review (12). Importantly, it follows an investigative approach using pragmatic trials to answer clinical questions in the CICU; for more information about pragmatic trials do review PCCM ’s content on such studies (13, 14).…”

Writing for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Editorials and Commentaries

“…The “when” is also a “why” question for the PCCM editorial team. Usually, the reviewer (often an Editorial Board member (5–7)) alerts the team that an article needs some additional clarification for readers. This advice commonly falls into one of five categories (8, 9), and for those wanting to learn about writing each of these formats is described here, along with good examples in PCCM .…”

“…The writers of PCCM ’s editorials are experts in the field who have reviewed for the Journal, have demonstrated in-depth knowledge, and are considered thought leaders, as the examples above will attest. Over the three years, 2021−2023, more than 500 individuals have reviewed for PCCM , and the editorial team selected 174 to lead the authorship of an editorial (5–7). Overall, the female-to-male ratio of reviewer’s gender-tagged names was 0.8:1, which was equivalent to the 0.8:1 ratio of PCCM ’s lead author editorial writers.…”

Editor’s Choice Articles for December

“…Finally, before moving through the rest of this issue of PCCM from our authors, reviewers, and editors, read the PCCM Narrative Essay called “Shared Vulnerabilities” (23). I have also written a foreword to the December 2023 issue that will give some insight into PCCM ’s processes and metrics this year (24).…”