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Critical Care Services

   
Location: Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
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Clinic/Suite: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
   
Mailing Address: 725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
   
Contact Phone: (650) 723-5495
   
Fax Number: (650) 725-8343
   
Days and Hours:
7 days a week  24 hours a day
  

Services Overview

  • Clinical resources: PICU of 12 beds (8 isolation rooms and 4 four-bed areas)

  • Collaboration with specialists in all medical and surgical specialties to provide state-of-the-art care for critically ill children, including those who have life-threatening conditions, who are post-transplant, who require unusual forms of mechanical ventilation (e.g., high frequency ventilation, ECMO) or who require unusual forms of therapy only available at tertiary care facilities.

  • Consultation on 24-hour basis by calling (800) 995-5724 (LPCH).

  • Daily discussion available between primary attending physician in PICU and patient's referring physician, who may contact the PICU by calling (650) 497-8850.

  • Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopies performed by pediatric intensivists for outpatients and inpatients

  • Inter-facility transport services provided for critically ill patients

  • Critical Care Services are part of the the Center of Excellence for Cystic Fibrosis and Pulmonary Diseases

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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is located in Palo Alto, adjacent to Stanford University Hospital, approximately 20 miles north of San Jose, CA and 40 miles south of San Francisco.


Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 497-8000


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