CONTENTS
About Us
Management Bios
Prior Coverage
Publications
Featured On
Videos
Digital Artwork
Contact Information
ABOUT US
The Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC⁴) aims to improve the quality of care to patients with critical pediatric and congenital cardiovascular disease in North America and abroad. Formed in 2009 with National Institutes of Health funding, PC⁴ is a unique collaborative of leaders in pediatric cardiac critical care, cardiac surgery, and cardiology representing a diverse group of over 60 children’s hospitals across the globe caring for these vulnerable patients. The core pillars of collaborative quality improvement serve as the foundation for PC⁴. Using these pillars, we have been able to improve a variety of outcomes in these children, including the prevention of complications, such as cardiac arrest, and saving hundreds of children’s lives in our member centers.
ABOUT OUR TEAM

PRIOR COVERAGE
Speeding Up Recovery for Children Undergoing Heart Surgery, Nov 18, 2019; Michigan Health News:
https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/rounds/speeding-up-recovery-for-children-undergoing-heart-surgery
Reducing Cardiac Arrests Among Pediatric Heart Patients, Nov 18, 2019; Michigan Health News:
https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/rounds/reducing-cardiac-arrests-among-pediatric-heart-patients
Critical Pediatric Heart Deaths Drop by 24% at Hospitals With Cardiac ICUs, Nov 25, 2019; Michigan Health News:
https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/rounds/critical-pediatric-heart-deaths-drop-by-24-at-hospitals-cardiac-icus
Breaking Down Barriers in the Fight Against Congenital Heart Disease, Sep 13, 2019;
https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/rounds/breaking-down-barriers-fight-against-congenital-heart-disease
Improving ECMO Strategies, Outcomes for Children with Critical Cardiac Disease, Mar 19, 2017;
https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/body-work/improving-ecmo-strategies-outcomes-for-children-critical-cardiac-disease
PUBLICATIONS
A handful of our most recent groundbreaking publications include:
Gaies M, Pasquali SK, Banerjee M, et al. Improvement in Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Outcomes Through Interhospital Collaboration. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Dec 3;74(22):2786-2795. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.09.046. PMID: 31779793; PMCID: PMC6981276. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31779793/
DeWitt AG, Rossano JW, Bailly, DK, et al. Predicting and Surviving Prolonged Critical Illness After Congenital Heart Surgery, Critical Care Medicine: July 2020 – Volume 48 – Issue 7 – p e557-e564 doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004354. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32574468/
Hart SA, Tanel RE, Kipps AK, et al. Intensive Care Unit and Acute Care Unit Length of Stay After Congenital Heart Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Oct;110(4):1396-1403. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.01.033. Epub 2020 Feb 28. PMID: 32114048. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32114048/
Lasa JJ, Gaies M, Bush L, et al. Epidemiology and Outcomes of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure in Children. Circ Heart Fail. 2020 Apr;13(4):e006101. doi: 10.1161/ CIRCHEARTFAILURE.119.006101. Epub 2020 Apr 17. PMID: 32301336; PMCID: PMC7169981. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32301336/
A full list of our publications can be found here: https://pc4quality.org/news-publications/
FEATURED ON
The PC⁴ Story – Past, Present, Future
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/episode-18-the-pc4-story-past-present-future/id1253068670?i=1000464916718
Interhospital Collaboration Improves Congenital Heart Surgical Outcomes
https://www.stitcher.com/show/pediheartpediatric-cardiology-today/episode/pediheart-podcast-96-interhospital-collaboration-improves-congenital-heart-surgical-outcomes-65825062
Our work has also been presented at nearly every national conference related to cardiology,
cardiac surgery, and critical care medicine over the last 6 years.
VIDEOS
PC⁴: Saving Lives in Cardiac Critical Care
https://youtu.be/YEkNI4OqGfI
Congenital Heart Disease Treatment: Breaking Down Barriers to Improve Care
https://youtu.be/jkAeYACBQj0
DIGITAL ARTWORK/LOGOS
Additional Images, Videos Available on Website or By Request
CONTACT
Website: pc4quality.org
Twitter: @pc4quality Facebook: facebook.com/pc4quality
Executive Director: Dr. Sarah Tabbutt
Project Manager: Kim Gonzalez
PR/Social Media: Dr. David Werho