PRESENTATIONS 2012
Scientific Presentations of the Critical Care Canada Forum 2012
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
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Plenary Session – The Michael Ward Lectureship
| Moderators: | J. Hutchision – J. Marshall | Osgoode East |
| 8:00-8:20 | M. Singer | De-stressing the distressed |
| 8:20-8:30 | Discussion |
Decision Making Near the End of Life – Part 1
| Moderators: | R. Fowler – Hon. S. Carstairs | Osgoode East |
| 8:30-8:45 | S. Carstairs | Opening Remarks |
| 8:45-9:05 | R. Fowler | When and how do patients die in Canada? |
| 9:05-9:25 | D. White | Improving use of advanced directives |
| 9:25-9:45 | S. Halpern | Is consideration of organ donation good practice in EOL care? |
| 9:45-10:05 | L. Priest | End of life care– a journalist’s perspective |
| 10:05-10:10 | Discussion |
Ventilation I – Monitoring and Spontaneous Breathing
| Moderators: | F. Laghi – E. Fan | Osgoode West |
| 8:30-8:50 | C. Guerin | EIT to deliver mechanical ventilation in ARDS patients |
| 8:50-9:10 | K. Bosma | Asynchrony during mechanical ventilation |
| 9:10-9:30 | L. Brochard | Spontaneous breathing in patients in ARDS |
| 9:30-9:50 | A. Pesenti | Tracking lung recruitment and regional tidal volume at the bedside |
| 9:50-10:00 | Discussion |
Cardiology I
| Moderators: | A. Denault – S. Shemie | Sheraton Hall AB |
| 8:30-8:50 | A. Combes | Fulminant myocarditis |
| 8:50-9:10 | A. Denault | Hemodynamic instability: an echo-hemodynamic approach |
| 9:10-9:30 | S. Kanji | Atrial fibrillation in the critically ill adult |
| 9:30-9:50 | S. Mehta | Troponin elevations in the critically ill – what do they mean? |
| 9:50-10:00 |
10:00-10:30 – Break
Decision Making Near the End of Life – Part 2
| Moderators: | R. Fowler – Hon. S. Carstairs | Osgoode East |
| 10:30-10:50 | D. White | Withdrawing & withholding – are the ethical issues similar? |
| 10:50-11:05 | M. Singer | Withdrawing & withholding – a clinician’s perspective from the UK |
| 11:05-11:20 | J. Granton | Withdrawing & withholding – a local clinician’s perspective |
| 11:20-11:40 | E. Azoulay | Creating a research agenda for end of life care |
| 11:40-12:00 | J. Downar | An end of life “Checklist”: don’t die without it! |
Ventilation II – Weaning and Non-invasive Ventilation
| Moderators: | D. McAuley – K. Bosma | Osgoode West |
| 10:30-10:50 | L. Brochard | Current use of non-invasive ventilation |
| 10:50-11:10 | F. Laghi | Respiratory muscle dysfunction and weaning |
| 11:10-11:30 | S. Carson | Prolonged mechanical ventilation |
| 11:30-11:50 | B. Blackwood | Weaning protocols – straight jacket or safety net? |
| 11:50-12:00 | Discussion |
Critical Care Potpourri
| Moderators: | S. Bagshaw – S. Lapinsky | Sheraton Hall AB |
| 10:30-10:50 | S. Bagshaw | Frailty in Critical Illness |
| 10:50-11:10 | M. Schultz | Intensive Insulin Therapy – What is the role in 2012? |
| 11:10-11:30 | A. Malhotra | Upper airway in critically ill – sleep apnea and perioperative risk, airway |
| 11:30-11:50 | J. Granton | Pulmonary hypertension |
| 11:50-12:00 | Discussion |
Plenary RCT
| Moderators: | L. Brochard – N. Ferguson | Osgoode East |
| 12:00-12:15 | C. Guerin | Prone positioning for ARDS |
| 12:15-12:20 | J. Laffey | Editorial comment |
| Questions & Discussion |
12:30-13:30 – Lunch
Caring for the Brain-Injured Patient I
| Moderators: | A. Baker – A. Turgeon | Osgoode East |
| 13:30-13:50 | J. Singh | Management of Intracranial emergencies |
| 13:50-14:10 | J. Laffey | Hypocapnia and the Injured Brain: More harm than benefit |
| 14:10-14:30 | J. Hutchison | Neuroprotection |
| 14:30-14:50 | D. Zygun | Glycemic control in neurocritical care patients |
| 14:50-15:00 | Discussion |
Ethics
| Moderators: | N. Lazar – E. Azoulay | Osgoode West |
| 13:30-13:50 | E. Azoulay | ICU conflicts |
| 13:50-14:10 | D. White | Giving recommendations to surrogates in ICUs: not whether, but how |
| 14:10-14:30 | J. Downar | Rapid response teams and end-of-life care |
| 14:30-14:50 | S. Halpern | How strong are patients’ preferences for end-of-life care? |
| 14:50-15:00 | Discussion |
Organ Donation
| Moderators: | S. Shemie – S. Dhanani | Sheraton Hall AB |
| 13:30-13:50 | R. Fowler | Does ICU capacity influence EOL decision making |
| 13:50-14:10 | R. Murugan | Intensivist-led organ donor care in the ICU |
| 14:10-14:30 | M. Sharpe | Growing DCD in Ontario |
| 14:30-14:50 | S. Wall | Evaluation of the NYC out-of-hospital uDCDD program |
| 14:50-15:00 | Discussion |
Basic Science
| Moderators: | J. Hutchison – W. Lee | Sheraton Hall C |
| 13:30-13:50 | C. Dos Santos | Mesenchymal stem cell treatment of experimental sepsis |
| 13:50-14:10 | W. Lee | The lung endothelium is an unrecognized target for infection |
| 14:10-14:30 | B. Kavanagh | Do circulating mediators cause VILI? |
| 14:30-14:50 | M. Singer | Modulating nitric oxide – where are we now? |
| 14:50-15:00 | Discussion |
15:00-15:30 – Break
Caring for the Brain-Injured Patient II
| Moderators: | J. Singh – J. Hutchison | Osgoode East |
| 15:30-15:50 | A. Baker | Understanding mild traumatic brain injury |
| 15:50-16:10 | A. Turgeon | Can serum biomarkers be useful for prognostication in TBI? |
| 16:10-16:30 | D. Zygun | Subspecialty neuro-critical care: has the time come? |
| 16:30-16:50 | A. Guerguerian | Traumatic brain injury trials – what’s next? |
| 16:50-17:00 | Discussion |
Extracorporeal Life Support
| Moderators: | M. Schultz – J. Granton | Osgoode West |
| 15:30-15:50 | A. Combes | Should we rescue out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with ECMO? |
| 15:50-16:10 | E. Fan | Mechanical ventilation for patients on ECMO – how, why, future studies |
| 16:10-16:30 | M. Cypel | ECLS – Bridge to lung transplantation |
| 16:30-16:50 | A. Pesenti | Ultra low flow CO2 removal: new techniques |
| 16:50-17:00 | Discussion |
Clinical Research I
| Moderators: | M. Terblanche – J. Iwashyna | Sheraton Hall AB |
| 15:30-15:50 | K. Burns | Recruitment in critical care research |
| 15:50-16:10 | A. Garland | Administrative database research – what it can and cannot do |
| 16:10-16:30 | S. Halpern | ICU length of stay: new approaches to a challenging outcome |
| 16:30-16:50 | J. Iwashyna | Disability, not quality of life, should be the outcome for RCTs |
| 16:50-17:00 | Discussion |
Translational Science
| Moderators: | J. Laffey – C. Dos Santos | Sheraton Hall C |
| 15:30-15:50 | J. Hutchison | Personalised medicine for children with TBI |
| 15:50-16:10 | F. Lamontagne | Translation of preclinical data to clinical research or clinical practice |
| 16:10-16:30 | D. McAuley | How can human models of ALI inform clinical trials |
| 16:30-16:50 | L. McIntyre | Mesenchymal cellular therapy for the critically ill: mechanisms and potential therapeutic uses |
| 16:50-17:00 | Discussion |
Plenary Debate – 24/7 Intensivist Staffing
| Moderators: | T. Stewart – S. Lapinsky | Osgoode East |
| 17:15-17:25 | N. Gibney | 24/7 Intensivist staffing – a bitter pill whose time has come |
| 17:25-17:35 | J. Kahn | 24/7 Intensivist staffing – a bitter pill not required |
| 17:35-17:40 | N. Gibney | Rebuttal |
| 17:40-17:45 | J. Kahn | Rebuttal |
| 17:45-18:00 | Discussion |