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The World Federation of Pediatric Intensive & Critical Care Societies (WFPICCS), in collaboration with OPENPediatrics, recognizes World PICU Awareness Week 2025. This initiative aims to raise global awareness about the importance of PICUs and critical care wards worldwide, emphasizing how healthcare professionals in these units, regardless of resource setting, are driving change.

Discover how innovation is reshaping pediatric intensive care across Latin America. From telemedicine and AI to regional data networks, leading experts share practical solutions and powerful success stories.

HOST
Manuel Enrique Soriano Aguilar, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
StarMédica Hospital Infantil Privado & Centro Médico ABC
Past President of the Mexican Society of Pediatric Critical Care
SLACIP (Latin-American Association of Pediatric Critical Care) Representative to the World
Federation of Pediatric & Critical Care Societies (WFPICCS)
Mexico

GUESTS
Emmanuelle Dexeus Gabriel Fernández Vera,
Paediatric Critical Care Medicine/Big Data in Health
Intensive Care Hospital General de Acapulco
RENEO and PALS instructor, SLACIP social media spokesperson
Mexico

Ledis Maria Izquierdo Borrero, MD
Paediatrician specialising in Critical Care Medicine and Paediatric Intensive Care.
Master in Biomedical Engineering
Chief UCIP Hospital Militar Central
Associate Professor Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
Colombia

Alexandra Jimenez Chaves, MD
Specialist in Paediatric Intensive Care Mg(c) Artificial Intelligence
Support Services Coordinator at Colsubsidio Children's Clinic
Teacher Colegio Mayor Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Advanced Life Support in Paediatrics Instructor
Founding Member Aipocrates (Think Tank Innovation in Health)
Colombia

Maria del Pilar Arias, MD
Specialist in Paediatric Intensive Care - Master in Clinical Effectiveness - Master in Data Science and Knowledge Management
Staff physician
Intermediate Care Unit. Ricardo Gutierrez Children's Hospital
Buenos Aires. Argentina
Coordinator of the SATI-Q Quality Benchmarking Program (Argentinean Society of Intensive Care).

DATE
Initial publication date: May 4, 2025.

TRANSCRIPTS
English - cdn.bfldr.com/D6LGWP8S/as/89x7t8rcm3rbv32vnkxvjh6/WPAW-25_LATAM_Final_English
Spanish - cdn.bfldr.com/D6LGWP8S/at/px9wtttsw8q68w2h68r8qcpx/WPAW-25_LATAM_Final_Spanish.pdf
French - cdn.bfldr.com/D6LGWP8S/at/2pn95f94vc9vm9p633zq59/WPAW-25_LATAM_Final_French.pdf
Portuguese - cdn.bfldr.com/D6LGWP8S/at/z6v47859hk7tpn8vzkvkrbm/WPAW-25_LATAM_Final_Portuguese.pdf
Italian - cdn.bfldr.com/D6LGWP8S/at/gpqnjkkpth8g7ps84gfgkhr/WPAW-25_LATAM_Final_Italian.pdf
German - cdn.bfldr.com/D6LGWP8S/at/76n5cr66m6cq9474hwr986tq/WPAW-25_LATAM_Final_German.pdf
Arabic - cdn.bfldr.com/D6LGWP8S/at/785vh6cqkrsrr8mxf9xwtgkx/WPAW-25_LATAM_Final_Arabic.pdf

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