PRESENTATIONS 2012
Scientific Presentations of the Critical Care Canada Forum 2012
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
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Plenary RCT – The OSCILLATE Trial
| Moderators: | J. Laffey – A. Slutsky | Osgoode East |
| 8:00-8:15 | N. Ferguson & M. Meade | OSCILLATE Trial |
| 8:15-8:20 | A. Pesenti | Editorial Comment |
| 8:20-8:30 | Discussion |
Targeting and Monitoring Sedation
| Moderators: | J. Singh – L. Burry | Osgoode East |
| 8:30-8:50 | S. Carson | Sedation and delirium- drugs and clinical management |
| 8:50-9:10 | S. Mehta | Daily sedation interruption – is it necessary? |
| 9:10-9:30 | T. Walsh | Technology to monitor sedation during intensive care |
| 9:30-9:50 | B. Pun | 10 Key considerations when implementing sedation and agitation strategies |
| 9:50-10:00 | Discussion |
Infections – Focus on VAP
| Moderators: | T. Walsh – B. Cuthbertson | Osgoode West |
| 8:30-8:50 | T. Walsh | VAP diagnosis: a true quality indicator or game of chance? |
| 8:50-9:10 | J. Muscedere | New definitions for VAP |
| 9:10-9:30 | A. Morris | Why eliminating VAP hasn’t eliminated antimicrobials in the medical ICU |
| 9:30-9:50 | S. Reynolds | Procalcitonin – making sense of PCT- Why bother? |
| 9:50-10:00 | Discussion |
Technology in the ICU – monitoring the system & the patient
| Moderators: | A. Seely – S. Lapinsky | Sheraton Hall AB |
| 8:30-8:50 | J. Kahn | ICU telemedicine |
| 8:50-9:10 | R. Kleinpell | Using Telehealth in the ICU: results of a national survey of Tele-ICU nurses |
| 9:10-9:30 | P. Laussen | Predicting adverse events through monitoring |
| 9:30-9:50 | A. Seely | Multiorgan variability monitoring at the bedside |
| 9:50-10:00 | Discussion |
10:00-10:30 Break
Assessing and Preventing Delirium
| Moderators: | S. Carson – E. Fan | Osgoode East |
| 10:30-10:50 | L. Burry | Do benzos, opioids or strong anticholinergics cause delirium? |
| 10:50-11:10 | S. Mehta | Delirium in mechanically ventilated adults – results from the SLEAP trial |
| 11:10-11:30 | H. Wunsch | Targeting patients for use of dexmedetomidine |
| 11:30-11:50 | J. Singh | Assessing delirum in pts with acute brain injuries |
| 11:50-12:00 | Discussion |
Acute Kidney Injury
| Moderators: | S. Magder – J. Gibney | Osgoode West |
| 10:30-10:50 | S. Bagshaw | Scratching the surface: subclinical acute kidney injury |
| 10:50-11:10 | C. Guerin | Underuse of kidney biopsy for acute kidney injury in the ICU |
| 11:10-11:30 | N. Gibney | KDIGO guidelines for management of acute kidney injury |
| 11:30-11:50 | S. Lapinsky | Principles of continuous renal replacement therapy for AKI |
| 11:50-12:00 | Discussion |
Clinical Research II
| Moderators: | A. Amaral – J. Marshall | Sheraton Hall AB |
| 10:30-10:50 | M. Herridge | Democratization of research: the patient as co-investigator |
| 10:50-11:10 | L. Rose | Nurse attitudes towards conduct of research in ICU |
| 11:10-11:30 | R. Kleinpell | Promoting interdisciplinary research in the ICU |
| 11:30-11:50 | J. Marshall | Building global research collaboration in critical care |
| 11:50-12:00 | Discussion |
Plenary Address
| Moderators: | D. Scales – B. Kavanagh | Osgoode East |
| 12:00-12:20 | R. Riker | Evidence-based guidelines for sedation in 2012: are we there? |
| 12:20-12:30 | Discussion |
12:00 – 13:30 – Lunch
Antibiotics
| Moderators: | J. Muscedere – A. Kumar | Osgoode East |
| 13:30-13:50 | S. Kanji | Pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic principles of antimicrobial therapy in the ICU |
| 13:50-14:10 | B. Cuthbertson | What are we going to do about SDD? – Results of the SuDDICU study |
| 14:10-14:30 | A. Kumar | Why delays of antimicrobial therapy delivery occur and how to correct them |
| 14:30-14:50 | A. Morris | How to optimize antimicrobial stewardship in ICUs |
| 14:50-15:00 | Discussion |
Quality & Safety I – How do we measure it
| Moderators: | F. Lamontagne – M. Kho | Osgoode West |
| 13:30-13:50 | M. Curley | Nurse-sensitive quality outcomes |
| 13:50-14:10 | A. Amaral | In the midst of the night: how lack of information on handovers can impact patient care |
| 14:10-14:30 | E. Wilcox | MD staffing: a tool for quality improvement |
| 14:30-14:50 | J. Iwashyna | A user’s guide to hospital quality metrics |
| 14:50-15:00 | Discussion |
CCCF-CCCS Session – The Frank Rutledge Symposium
| Moderators: | J. Granton – R. Fowler | Sheraton Hall AB |
| 13:30-13:45 | Presentation of 2012 and 2011 Frank Rutledge Awards | |
| 13:45-14:15 | A. Peetes | Medical education in critical care medicine: the art and the science |
| 14:15-14:30 | Discussion |
15:00-15:30 – Break
Cardiology II
| Moderators: | L. Morrison – A. Guerguerian | Osgoode East |
| 15:30-15:50 | L. Morrison | In-hospital Cardiac Arrest : What is the standard of care? |
| 15:50-16:10 | A. Guerguerian | Pediatric resuscitation– what’s next? |
| 16:10-16:30 | J. Downar | Communication Training for ICU Physicians – being certified to TALK about ACLS |
| 16:30-16:50 | D. Scales | Post arrest care – beyond hypothermia |
| 16:50-17:00 | Discussion |
Quality & Safety II – Practical Applications
| Moderators: | E. Wilcox – J. Singh | Osgoode West |
| 15:30-15:50 | F. Lamontagne | Quality improvement: making vasopressors safer |
| 15:50-16:10 | M. Kho | Quality improvement: a case study of early rehabilitation |
| 16:10-16:30 | T. Piraino | Individualizing mechanical ventilation: patient vs. population |
| 16:30-16:50 | J. Singh | Wake up and breathe QI project |
| 16:50-17:00 | Discussion |