Discipline Dynamics
In 2012, the department carried out the first case of pediatric blood purification in Jilin Province, which has filled the gap in Jilin Province. Since then, breakthroughs were made in “depth” (continuously breaking through the lower limit of small age and small weight) and “breadth” (all blood purification methods in the current industry can be carried out), and the blood purification technology has reached the domestic leading level. In the past decade, the PICU performed nearly 200 cases per year, the youngest of which are newborns (2.8Kg). With various new blood purification models in tune with the international practice, CRRT sub-specialty has successfully treated a variety of critical patients. Now it is the largest pediatric blood purification center in Jilin Province.
In 2017, the department carried out ECMO “life-saving artifact” technology, which achieved the first breakthrough in Jilin Province. In the past years, the department can routinely carry out different modes of ECMO techniques according to various indications, until now, no neurological complications caused by ECMO have been recorded. The PICU is the only unit in Jilin Province that has a nationally recognized Extracorporeal Life Support Program for children who need life-sustaining heart and lung support. With the development of advanced technologies, the mortality rate of fulminant myocarditis was reduced to less than 5%. All of these remarkable achievements mark the PICU is at the domestic advanced level and top level in Jilin Province.
In 2017, Dr. Lv Guoyue who is the Secretary of the Party Committee of The First Hospital of Jilin University, established the Pediatric Liver Transplantation Team and performed the first case of pediatric living donor liver transplantation in northeast China. The PICU is one of the important members of the Pediatric Liver Transplantation Team and is responsible for the perioperative management of liver transplantation. Currently, It is one of only two PICUs in China that can provide perioperative care for pediatric liver transplantation.
Meanwhile, the department took the lead in establishing the Jilin Province Children’s First Aid Alliance in 2017, which now covers 26 counties and 86 hospitals in Jilin Province and Inner Mongolia, and has established a pre-hospital first aid and transport cooperation network, which has realized the “integration of inter-hospital first aid and transfer”, and improved overall treatment level of children with critical illnesses in Jilin Province.