PCCM Global Critical Care Article of the Month

December 2025

Return-to-Care After Discharge Directly Home From the PICU: A Propensity-Matched Cohort Study

Dervan, Leslie A. MD, MS; Heneghan, Julia A. MD, MS; Hall, Matt PhD; Choi, Daniel H. MD; Dziorny, Adam C. MD, PhD; Goodman, Denise M. MD, MS; Kane, Jason M. MD, MS; Kohne, Joseph G. MD, MSc; Rogerson, Colin M. MD, MPH11; Toomey, Vanessa MD, MBA; Garros, Daniel MD, FRCPC; Roumeliotis, Nadia MDCM, PhD

About the PCCM Global Critical Care Article of the month

The PCCM Global Critical Care Article of the month is an educational initiative led by experts in pediatric critical care from around the world. Each month, a group of specialists reviews recent publications from Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) — the Official Journal of WFPICCS — and selects one paper that offers significant insights or advances in the field.

Through this project, WFPICCS aims to promote continuous learning, encourage critical discussion, and highlight research that contributes to improving the care of critically ill children globally. A brief expert commentary accompanies each selected article to summarize its key messages and practical relevance for clinicians and researchers alike.

Aditya Kalluri
United States

Arun Bansal
India

Brenda Morrow
South Africa

Cintia Johnston
Brazil

Janet Mattson
Sweden

Kuban Naidoo
South Africa

Lokesh Tiwari
India

Natalia Henao
Colombia

Prathyusha Reddy
India

About the WFPICCS Official Journal - PCCM

The journal Pediatric Critical Care Medicine is the Federation’s official journal. The journal covers a full range of scientific content.   Additionally, the journal includes abstracts of selected articles published in Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish translations – making news of advances in the field available to pediatric and neonatal intensive and critical care practitioners worldwide.

Why subscribe to the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Journal?

We’ve got some short videos of PedsICU health professionals speaking in English, Arabic Korean, about why they subscribe to the PCCM. Have a listen and then head over to the PCCM website and subscribe yourself!