Entries by Alexandra McKenna

Clinician Spotlight: Lori Brittingham, MSN, RN, APRN, ACCNS-N

Lori Brittingham is a Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist and Dandle•LION Clinical Consultant with over 30 years of NICU experience. Having spent over 25 years at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, she played a key role in developing neurodevelopmental care and small baby teams in the Level 4 NICU. With recent roles at Reading Hospital-Tower Health […]

Pediatric Cardiac Disease From A to Z

The aim of this presentation is to summarize the scope of congenital heart defects affecting children, the various approaches to their care, the various factors associated with complications following pediatric cardiac surgery, the outcome measures measured in pediatric cardiac surgery, and to aid in care of these babies by identify mechanisms of cardiac injury that may be faced by the caregivers.