Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

Your child is your world, and making sure they’re healthy and safe is your top priority. At our PICU, you can rest easy knowing your child is in the care of people whose sole focus is helping them heal.

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Valleywise Health Medical Center provides 24/7 care for critically ill or injured children ranging from newborns to 18-year-olds. It also serves as a regional referral center for other hospitals and medical facilities.

Our PICU focuses on:

Stabilizing and monitoring trauma patients
Providing intensive care for hospitalized patients whose condition worsens
Providing intensive care for and monitoring patients who require hospitalization after an emergency room or doctor visit
Providing post-operation care for pediatric patients

To schedule an appointment,
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For all hospital general inquiries and main hospital switchboard,
please call:

If you are experiencing a medical emergency call 9-1-1.

Treatments

The main pediatric specialties we offer include:

Pediatric surgery
Neurosurgery
Gastroenterology
Ears, Nose, and Throat
Infectious disease
Neurology
Pulmonology
Endocrinology

Hernia repair
Hydrocoeles (fluid-filled sacs around the testicles)
Pyloric stenosis (a condition that causes swelling in a baby’s pylorus, which is the muscle between the stomach and the intestines)
Gastroesophageal reflux
Childhood cancer