The care of the critically ill patient in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) has remained an important topic for those health care providers dealing with children. The purpose of this article is to introduce to the reader a summary of selected papers which we consider relevant to the care of the pediatric critically ill patient and that were published in the year 2006. These articles were selected on the basis of application to the PICU, overall importance and are not to be solely considered authoritative in their field. There are many other useful articles. We have attempted to choose those articles with scientific merit and rigorous methodology that we believe present interesting data in the field.
Genaro Valladolid, Joseph Varon, Pilar Acosta
