PRESENTATIONS 2013
Scientific Presentations of the Critical Care Canada Forum 2013
Monday, November 11, 2013
Presentation titles in red can be clicked to view a PDF of the presentation.
Plenary RCT
Moderators: | S. Lapinsky – L. Gattinoni | Osgoode East |
8:00-8:15 | K. Puntillo | Relieving Thirst in ICU – An RCT Watch on YouTube |
8:15-8:20 | S. Halpern | Editorial Comment |
8:20-8:30 | Discussion |
End of Life (EOL) Care In ICU
Moderators: | D. Scales – N. Ferguson | Osgoode East |
8:30-8:50 | L. Kenny | Why EOL Care Causes Difficulty Watch on YouTube |
8:50-9:10 | S. Halpern | Variability in Decisions to Limit Life Support Watch on YouTube |
9:10-9:30 | R. Fowler | EOL Care in Ontario |
9:30-9:50 | E. Azoulay | EOL Care World-wide |
9:50-10:00 | Discussion |
ARDS – Defining and Refining
Moderators: | L. Brochard – E. Fan | Osgoode West |
8:30-8:50 | G. Rubenfeld | The Berlin Definition: Why Necessary? |
8:50-9:10 | J. Villar | ARDS vs. ARDS: Effect of Stratification |
9:10-9:30 | M. Amato | Ventilator Settings: New ‘Safe’ Limits |
9:30-9:50 | L. Gattinoni | Dissecting VILI from ARDS |
9:50-10:00 | Discussion |
Cutting Edge Infections
Moderators: | T. Stewart – R. Zarychanski | Sheraton Hall AB |
8:30-8:50 | K. Walley | Inflammatory Pathways in Sepsis |
8:50-9:10 | A. Kumar | Assessing Immune Defects and Infection Risk |
9:10-9:30 | M. Antonelli | Endotoxin Removal in Gram Negative Sepsis |
9:30-9:50 | B. Cuthbertson | Antibiotics: The Interests of Many vs. the Few |
9:50-10:00 | Discussion |
10:00-10:30 – Break – Served in the Exhibit Hall
End of Life 2
Moderators: | A. Baker – S. Bagshaw | Osgoode East Watch on YouTube |
10:30-10:50 | S. Bagshaw | Approaching EOL in the Elderly |
10:50-11:10 | J. Downar | Protocolized Withdrawal of Life Support |
11:10-11:30 | J. Kahn | Measuring the Quality of EOL |
11:30-11:50 | G. Rubenfeld | EOL and The Media |
11:50-12:00 | Discussion |
ARDS – New Therapies
Moderators: | J. Villar – C. dos Santos | Osgoode West |
10:30-10:50 | L. Gattinoni | What Now for Prone Positioning? |
10:50-11:10 | E. Fan | Severe ARDS: Prone, Paralysis and ECMO? |
11:10-11:30 | A. Combes | Severe ARDS: ECCO2R and Ultraprotective Ventilation |
11:30-11:50 | J. Laffey | Stem Cells for ALI/ARDS: Promise and Pitfalls |
11:50-12:00 | Discussion |
International Critical Care
Moderators: | T. Stewart – Y. Shehabi | Sheraton Hall AB |
10:30-10:50 | J-L. Vincent | Sepsis – Global Insights from ICON |
10:50-11:10 | S. Bhagwanjee | Sepsis in Low-Middle Income Countries |
11:10-11:30 | C. Gomersall | Care of the Critically Ill – Global Perspective |
11:30-11:50 | N. Adhikari | Quality Improvement in Low-Resource Settings |
11:50-12:00 | Discussion |
Leadership & Education
Moderators: | C. Martin – J. Marshall | Sheraton Hall C |
10:30-10:50 | C. Gomersall | Re-thinking ICU education |
10:50-11:10 | B. Cuthbertson | Leadership: What’s Different about ICU? |
11:10-11:30 | S. Dev | Multimedia in ICU Education |
11:30-11:50 | S. Moffatt | Rutledge Award (Excellence in Critical Care Teaching) |
11:50-12:00 | Discussion |
Plenary RCT
Moderators: | J. Laffey – E. Fan | Osgoode East |
12:00 – 12:05 | Introduction of Dr Laurant Brochard, University of Toronto Director of Critical Care Medicine | |
12:05-12:15 | Y. Shehabi | Procalcitonin in Severe Sepsis – An RCT Watch on YouTube |
12:15-12:20 | L. Brochard | Editorial Comment |
12:20-12:30 | Discussion |
12:30-13:30 – Lunch – Served in the Exhibit Hall
AC Bryan Physiology Symposium
Moderators: | P. Cox – K. Walley | Osgoode East Watch on YouTube |
13:30-13:50 | M. Amato | Interactions: Ventilation Among Lung Zones |
13:50-14:10 | L. Brochard | Interactions: Patients vs. Ventilators |
14:10-14:30 | L. Shekerdemian | Interactions: Heart vs. Lungs |
14:30-14:50 | S. Magder | Interactions: Ventilator vs. Cardiovascular |
14:50-15:00 | Discussion |
Knowledge Translation & Implementation
Moderators: | T. Stewart – J. Singh | Osgoode West |
13:30-13:50 | A. Amaral | Implementation: EBM in ICU |
13:50-14:10 | J. Kahn | Implementation: Prompting to Enhance Protocols |
14:10-14:30 | J. Muscedere | aCKTion Net: The Canadian Critical Care Knowledge Translation Network |
14:30-14:50 | R. Dhaliwal | ICU Nutrition: Knowledge and Translation World-Wide |
14:50-15:00 | Discussion |
Organ Donation
Moderators: | B. Cuthbertson – D. Cook | Sheraton Hall AB |
13:30-13:50 | S. Shemie | Donation Physician Specialists |
13:50-14:10 | D. Malinoski | Managing a Donor – New Insights |
14:10-14:30 | M. Cypel | Managing an Organ – New Therapies |
14:30-14:50 | S. Halpern | Managing the System – Improving Allocation |
14:50-15:00 | Discussion |
Cardiac II: Shock & Transfusion
Moderators: | S. Magder – R. Arora | Sheraton Hall C |
13:30-13:50 | A. Combes | Cardiogenic Shock: Add a Balloon Pump to VA-ECMO? |
13:50-14:10 | J. Granton | Cardiogenic Shock: Rehabilitating the RV |
14:10-14:30 | D. Mazer | CV Surgery: Transfusion and Blood Conservation |
14:30-14:50 | R. Zarychanski | CV Surgery: Treatment of Postop Bleeding |
14:50-15:00 | Discussion |
CCCF-CCCS Oral Abstracts and More – Part 1
Moderators: | K. Burns – C. dos Santos – L. Rose | Sheraton Hall E |
13:30-13:55 | D. Cook | The Expert: Building Clinical Research – VTE |
13:55-14:10 | M. Banoei | Using metabolomics for H1N1 pneumonia diagnosis and prognosis |
14:10-14:25 | E. Payne | Increased electrographic seizure burden among critically ill children is associated with a decline in neurologic function at hospital discharge |
14:25-14:40 | H. Amatullah | Targeted deletion of DJ-1 attenuates morbidity and mortality in experimental sepsis through improved bacterial clearance |
14:40-15:00 | C. dos Santos | The Expert: Building Translational Research – VILI |
15:00-15:30 – Break – Served in the Exhibit Hall
Critical Care Systems
Moderators: | T. Stelfox – R. Fowler | Osgoode East Watch on YouTube |
15:30-15:50 | C. Gomersall | Outcomes – Impact of Denied Admission |
15:50-16:10 | D. Zygun | Outcomes – Impact of ICU Queing |
16:10-16:30 | A. Amaral | Impact – Different Doctors Every Night |
16:30-16:50 | S. Halpern | Impact – Nighttime ICU Physician Staffing |
16:50-17:00 | Discussion |
Clinical Research & Trials
Moderators: | G. Rubenfeld – P. Hebert | Osgoode West |
15:30-15:50 | N. Adhikari | Do Physicians Assist Trial Recrutiment? |
15:50-16:10 | B. Kavanagh | Trial Registration Patterns in CCM |
16:10-16:30 | C. Munro | Interdisciplinary Research: Possibilities and Pitfalls |
16:30-16:50 | S. Bhagwanjee | Research during Disasters |
16:50-17:00 | Discussion |
The ‘Other’ Brain Injury
Moderators: | S. Dev – J. Singh | Sheraton Hall AB |
15:30-15:50 | S. Mehta | Delirium in ICU: Lessons from the SLEAP trial |
15:50-16:10 | M. Herridge | Neuropsychiatric Outcomes in Patients & Caregivers after ICU |
16:10-16:30 | L. Burry | Pharmacologic Treatment of Delirium |
16:30-16:50 | Y. Shehabi | Early Goal-Directed Sedation |
16:50-17:00 | Discussion |
ECLS
Moderators: | N. Ferguson – E. Azoulay | Sheraton Hall C |
15:30-15:50 | D. Brodie | ECMO: Extubating and Ambulating |
15:50-16:10 | L. Brochard | ECMO: The French Experience |
16:10-16:30 | E. Fan | Outcomes Following ECMO |
16:30-16:50 | A. Combes | Ventilation during ECMO |
16:50-17:00 | Discussion |
CCCF-CCCS Oral Abstracts and More – Part 2
Moderators: | K. Burns – C. dos Santos – L. Rose | Sheraton Hall E |
15:30-15:55 | K. Walley | The Expert: Genes and Outcomes in Sepsis |
15:55-16:10 | H. Prescott | Obesity and One-Year Outcomes in Older Americans with Severe Sepsis |
16:10-16:25 | A. Gunz | Identifying significant and relevant events during pediatric transport: A modified-Delphi study |
16:25-16:40 | D.Zhou | Informed target discovery for gene and stem cell therapy in acute lung injury |
16:40-17:00 | J. Marshall | The Expert: Career Planning as a Clinician-Scientist |
Plenary RCT
Moderators: | N. Adhikari – S. Bhagwanjee | Osgoode East Watch on YouTube |
17:00-17:15 | C. Parshuram | Resident Staffing Study |
17:15-17:20 | E. Azoulay | Editorial Comment |
17:20-17:30 | Discussion |