Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) KIMS Cuddles at KIMS Hospital, Mahadevapura, Bengaluru
A child admitted to intensive care is one of the most frightening situations a family can face. The equipment, the monitors, the clinical activity around the bedside, it can all feel overwhelming when what a parent wants most is simply for their child to be well.
The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at KIMS Cuddles at KIMS Hospital, Mahadevapura is built to provide exactly the level of care that critically ill children need, staffed by paediatric intensivists who are trained specifically in childhood critical illness and supported by a nursing team experienced in managing the most complex paediatric cases.
Our PICU serves children from infancy through to adolescence, providing round-the-clock specialist critical care for children who are too unwell to be managed safely on a general paediatric ward.
What the PICU Is and Why It Matters
The PICU is distinct from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The NICU cares for newborns, particularly premature babies and those with conditions arising in the immediate neonatal period. The PICU provides intensive care for older infants, children, and adolescents whose illness or injury requires continuous monitoring, organ support, and a level of clinical intervention that cannot be provided in a standard ward setting.
Children in intensive care have different physiology from adults at every age. Their responses to illness, their fluid and nutritional requirements, their drug dosing, and their vulnerability to specific complications all require a paediatric-specific approach. A paediatric intensivist is trained to manage these differences across the full age range, from a three-month-old infant in respiratory failure to a fifteen-year-old following complex surgery.
Conditions Managed in the PICU
Children are admitted to the PICU at KIMS Cuddles at KIMS Hospital, Mahadevapura for a wide range of serious conditions:
- Severe respiratory failure from conditions including bronchiolitis, pneumonia, asthma, and acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring ventilatory support
- Sepsis and septic shock where infection has led to organ dysfunction requiring aggressive fluid management, vasopressor support, and antibiotic therapy
- Post-operative care following complex surgery including cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, major abdominal procedures, and thoracic surgery
- Neurological emergencies including status epilepticus, encephalitis, meningitis, and traumatic brain injury requiring intracranial pressure monitoring
- Diabetic ketoacidosis and other metabolic emergencies requiring careful fluid and electrolyte management
- Cardiac conditions including severe arrhythmias, myocarditis, and post-cardiac surgery recovery
- Severe trauma including road traffic injuries, drowning, and major burns requiring multiorgan support
- Anaphylaxis and severe allergic reactions requiring emergency stabilisation
- Poisoning and toxic ingestion requiring monitoring and supportive management
- Haematological and oncological emergencies including tumour lysis syndrome, severe bone marrow suppression, and complications of chemotherapy
What the PICU at Mahadevapura Provides
Our PICU is equipped with the technology needed to monitor and support critically ill children continuously and precisely.
Each bed space has continuous monitoring of heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, and temperature. Invasive monitoring including arterial lines and central venous catheters allows beat-to-beat haemodynamic assessment in children who are haemodynamically unstable.
Ventilatory support is available across the full spectrum from high-flow nasal oxygen and non-invasive ventilation to invasive mechanical ventilation using paediatric-specific ventilators with modes appropriate for infants and small children. High-frequency oscillatory ventilation is available for infants with the most severe respiratory failure.
Renal replacement therapy for children in acute kidney failure, inotropic support for cardiovascular dysfunction, and total parenteral nutrition for children unable to tolerate enteral feeding are all available within the unit.
Our PICU also provides post-cardiac surgery intensive care in coordination with the paediatric cardiac surgery and cardiology teams at KIMS Cuddles at KIMS Hospital, Mahadevapura, including management of children following complex congenital heart surgery.
The Team Behind the PICU
The PICU is staffed by paediatric intensivists with specialist training in childhood critical care, present in the unit around the clock. The nursing team is trained specifically in paediatric intensive care, with each nurse responsible for a small number of patients to ensure close and continuous monitoring.
For children whose critical illness involves a specific specialty, our intensivists work directly with the relevant paediatric subspecialists at KIMS Cuddles at KIMS Hospital, Mahadevapura. A child with severe meningitis has neurology and infectious diseases input. A post-operative cardiac surgery patient is co-managed with the cardiac surgery and cardiology teams. A child with oncological complications has haematology and oncology involvement from the outset.
This integration is what makes care in our PICU genuinely comprehensive rather than fragmented.
Support for Families
Having a child in intensive care is exhausting, frightening, and disorienting. Our team at KIMS Cuddles at KIMS Hospital, Mahadevapura recognises that families need support alongside their child.
Parents receive clear, regular updates from the medical team in language they can understand. Our nurses make time for families at the bedside, answering questions and helping parents feel as involved in their child's care as possible given the clinical circumstances.
When a child is ready to step down from intensive care to the general paediatric ward, our team prepares families carefully, ensuring the transition is understood and that ongoing concerns are addressed.
Why Choose KIMS Cuddles at KIMS Hospital, Mahadevapura
A PICU is only as good as the hospital it sits within. At KIMS Cuddles at KIMS Hospital, Mahadevapura, our intensive care unit is backed by the full range of paediatric subspecialties, a 24-hour paediatric emergency department, dedicated paediatric anaesthesia, neonatal services, and the wider clinical infrastructure of KIMS Hospital.
For families across East Bengaluru, Whitefield, and Marathahalli, having a capable paediatric intensive care unit close to home means that in a critical emergency, the right level of care is accessible without the additional risk of a long transfer journey.
Contact Us
If your child has been referred for PICU admission or if you have questions about our paediatric critical care services at KIMS Cuddles at KIMS Hospital, Mahadevapura, our team is available around the clock. Contact us directly or book a consultation with our paediatric team online or by phone.
