PRESENTATIONS 2012
Scientific Presentations of the Critical Care Canada Forum 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
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Plenary RCT
Moderators: | B. Kavanagh – D. Scales | Osgoode East |
8:00-8:15 | J. Myburgh | The CHEST Trial |
8:15-8:20 | JL. Vincent | Editorial Comment |
8:20-8:30 | Questions & Discussion from the floor |
ARDS – New Treatments
Moderators: | J. Laffey – O. Gajic | Osgoode East |
8:30-8:50 | A. Pesenti | NAVA in ARDS patients |
8:50-9:10 | D. McAuley | Novel pharmacotherapy in ARDS |
9:10-9:30 | J. Laffey | Mesenchymal stem cells for ARDS: promise and pitfalls |
9:30-9:50 | A. Combes | VV-ECMO for refractory ARDS |
9:50-10:00 | Discussion |
Sepsis & Multi-Organ Failure I – Pathogenesis
Moderators: | J. Marshall – JL Vincent | Osgoode West |
8:30-8:50 | K. Walley | Molecular mechanisms of sepsis: TLRs and innate immunity |
8:50-9:10 | M. Terblanche | Identifying modifiable risk factors for acute organ failure |
9:10-9:30 | M. Singer | Immunomodulation is a busted flush, we need to focus downstream (at mitochondria)! |
9:30-9:50 | J. Marshall | Neutrophils in the pathogenesis of sepsis |
9:50-10:00 | Discussion |
ICU Rehabilitation & Recovery
Moderators: | M. Herridge – H. Wunsch | Sheraton Hall AB |
8:30-8:50 | E. Fan | ICU acquired weakness in survivors of critical illness |
8:50-9:10 | K. Koo | Facilitators and barriers to acute rehabilitation in the critically ill |
9:10-9:30 | N. Adhikari | Targeting depression after lung injury |
9:30-9:50 | M. Herridge | Do lung Injured patients need a special rehabilitation program? |
9:50-10:00 | Discussion |
10:00-10:30 – Break
ARDS – Diagnosis and Prevention
Moderators: | A. Pesenti – M. Schultz | Osgoode East |
10:30-10:50 | C. Guerin | Open lung biopsy in ARDS patients |
10:50-11:10 | O. Gajic | Prediction and prevention of acute lung injury |
11:10-11:30 | M. Schultz | Lung Protective Mechanical Ventilation |
11:30-11:50 | N. Ferguson | Exploring the Berlin Definition of ARDS |
11:50-12:00 | Discussion |
Sepsis II – Therapies
Moderators: | A. Kumar – M. Terblanche | Osgoode West |
10:30-10:50 | J. Myburgh | Development of a definitive RCT of steroids |
10:50-11:10 | A. Kumar | The role of rapid source control in management of septic shock |
11:10-11:30 | JL. Vincent | Vasopressor therapy today: the best choice |
11:30-11:50 | M. Singer | Statins in sepsis – the fat lady can sing |
11:50-12:00 | Discussion |
ICU Long-term Outcomes
Moderators: | A. Adhikari – D. Zygun | Sheraton Hall AB |
10:30-10:50 | B. Cuthbertson | Critical Illness – a new co-morbidity? |
10:50-11:10 | J. Iwashyna | Fixing other people’s problems: treatment of pre-existing conditions |
11:10-11:30 | S. Carson | Predicting Outcomes |
11:30-11:50 | H. Wunsch | Long-term mortality after critical illness |
11:50-12:00 | Discussion |
Plenary Address
Moderators: | N. Ferguson – A. Slutsky | Osgoode East |
12:00-12:30 | J. Drazen | Two hundred years of medical advances |
12:30-12:40 | Questions and Panel Discussion |
12:00-13:30 – Lunch
Fluids
Moderators: | JL Vincent – B. Cuthbertson | Osgoode East |
13:30-13:50 | S. Bagshaw | Fluid accumulation in critical illness: less is more |
13:50-14:10 | L. McIntyre | Hydroxyethyl starch for fluid resuscitation |
14:10-14:30 | J. Myburgh | Fluid resuscitation in specific patient populations: sepsis and traumatic brain injury |
14:30-14:50 | B. Cuthbertson | Fluid management during surgery- full, empty or just right? |
14:50-15:00 | Discussion |
WJ Sibbald Symposium – Critical Care Capacity
Moderators: | R. Fowler – D. Scales | Osgoode West |
13:30-13:50 | J. Kahn | ICU bed capacity – how does supply affect utilization? |
13:50-14:10 | N. Gibney | Critical care unit capacity in Canada-have we failed to advocate adequately? |
14:10-14:30 | H. Wunsch | The role of intermediate care for critically ill patients |
14:30-14:50 | O. Gajic | Hospital of the Future |
14:50-15:00 | Discussion |
Critical Care Haematology
Moderators: | E. Azoulay – C. Parshuram | Sheraton Hall AB |
13:30-13:50 | T. Walsh | Red cell transfusion triggers for the sickest patients: are there unanswered questions? |
13:50-14:10 | R. Zarychanski | Implementation of massive transfusion protocols to guide practice in severe bleeding – is your institution ready? |
14:10-14:30 | E. Azoulay | Pulmonary involvement in hematology patients |
14:30-14:45 | Discussion |
Critical Care Nursing – Communicating with Families; Protecting Patients
Moderators: | O. Smith – C. Dale | Sheraton Hall C |
13:30-13:50 | D. White | Five Strategies to improve surrogate decision making in ICUs |
13:50-14:10 | S. Carson | Communication with surrogate decision makers |
14:10-14:30 | L. Rose | Restraint use in the ICU |
14:30-14:50 | M. Curley | Maintaining skin integrity |
14:50-15:00 | Discussion |
Meet the Professor – Intimate & Interactive
V.I.P. Room | ||
13:30-14:10 | S. Magder | Guyton at the Bedside |
14:10-14:15 | Discussion |
Meet the Professor – Intimate & Interactive
V.I.P. Room | ||
14:15-14:55 | F. Laghi | Patient-ventilator interactions & respiratory muscle function |
14:55-15:00 | Discussion |
15:00-15:30 – Break
FRSQ-CCCF Symposium
Moderators: | Y. Skrobik – M. Herridge | Osgoode East |
15:30-15:50 | Y. Skrobik | ICU Delirium and sedation: understanding their role in long-term patient outcomes |
15:50-16:10 | M. Kho | Just. Do. Something. Combating bedrest in the ICU through early rehab |
16:10-16:30 | A. Turgeon | Functional outcomes and quality of life after TBI in patients and their families |
16:30-16:50 | A. Denault | Cerebral saturation monitoring- what does it predict? |
16:50-17:00 | Discussion |
Critical Care Systems – Staffing & Quality
Moderators: | J. Kahn – H. Wunsch | Osgoode West |
15:30-15:50 | C. Parshuram | Enhancing communication on rounds |
15:50-16:10 | S. Halpern | ICU readmissions are not in the causal pathway to bad outcomes: emerging evidence |
16:10-16:30 | A. Taenzer | Reducing “rescue events” and ICU Transfers |
16:30-16:50 | A. Garland | Reassessing Disparities in ICU access |
16:50-17:00 | Discussion |
AC Bryan Physiology Symposium
Moderators: | J. Granton – F. Laghi | Sheraton Hall AB |
15:30-15:50 | J. Laffey | Buffering a permissive hypercapnia – the evidence |
15:50-16:10 | S. Magder | From P-V loop to starling curve |
16:10-16:30 | F. Laghi | Auto-PEEP in respiratory failure |
16:30-16:50 | A. Slutsky | Ventilation without breathing: physiological implications |
16:50-17:00 | Discussion |
CCCF-CCCS – Resident Oral Abstract Presentations
Moderators: | K. Burns – C. Dos Santos | Sheraton Hall C |
15:30-15:45 | L. Mardini | Impact of delayed critical care access on female mortality in the ICU |
15:45-16:00 | C. Barry | Omission of Essential Information in ICU Attending Physicians’ Handovers: An Observational Study |
16:00-16:15 | A. Tung | Comparing intubation times using Glidescope® videolaryngoscopy and a novel videolaryngoscope, the Glidescope® |
16:15-16:30 | S. Armstrong | Influenza Infects Lung Microvascular Endothelium Leading to Microvascular Leak: Role of Apoptosis and Claudin-5 |
16:30-16:45 | A. Mills | Retrospective review of the Modified Early Warning Score in critically ill surgical inpatients at a Canadian Hospital |
16:45-17:00 | A. Shibata | Characterization of glucocorticoid receptor expression in neutrophils and monocytes of critically ill children |
Meet the Professor – Intimate & Interactive
V.I.P. Room | ||
15:30-16:10 | O. Gajic | Approach to the critically ill patient with acute respiratory failure |
16:10-16:15 | Discussion |
Meet the Professor – Intimate & Interactive
V.I.P. Room | ||
16:15-16:55 | A. Combes | An ECMO Primer |
16:55-17:00 | Discussion |
Plenary Session – Defining Death
Moderators: | T. Stewart – JL Vincent | |
17:00-17:20 | S. Shemie | Concepts of death determination – a Canadian–WHO Consensus |
17:20-17:40 | S. Dhanani | A prospective study of physiology & vital signs after withdrawal of life support in the ICU |
17:40 – 17:50 | Questions and Panel Discussion |