Scientific Presentations of the Critical Care Canada Forum 2015
Monday, October 26, 2015

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Times
Sessions
Speakers
Location
OPENING PLENARY – PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED DEATH
Moderators: B. KavanaghN. Ferguson
Grand East
8:00-8:20
Physician Assisted Dying: Perspectives from the CMA J. Blackmer
8:20-8:35
Physician-Assisted Death, Organ Donation after Cardiac Death, and the ICU J. Downar
8:35-8:45
Discussion
ISF – PERSONALIZING SEPSIS MANAGEMENT
Moderators: D. Angus – K. Reinhart
Grand Centre
8:45-9:05
Immune Profiling of Children with Severe Influenza Infection A. Randolph
9:00-9:20
Biomarkers identifying sepsis phenotypes K. Reinhart
9:20-9:40
Genotype to target Therapy K. Walley
9:40-10:00
Discussion – Will theranostics require redefining sepsis?
DECEASED DONATION PERFORMANCE
Moderators: S. ShemieM. Meade
Grand East
8:45-8:55
Setting the Stage S. Shemie
8:55-9:10
Deceased Donation Performance Data S. Beed
9:10-9:25
Organ and Tissue Donation: Insights from Ontario K. Soliman
9:25-9:40
Deceased Donation – Why Data? D. Scales
9:40-10:00 Discussion
MECHANISMS OF VENTILATOR-INDUCED LUNG INJURY
Moderators: A. Pesenti – G. Curley
Grand West
8:45-9:05
VILI Mechanisms: Are Lung Regions Different? I. Douglas
9:05-9:25
Can Spontaneous Breathing Harm? M. Amato
9:25-9:45
ARDS – Do Molecules Matter? B. Kavanagh
9:45-10:00
Discussion
10:00-10:30
BREAK Served in the Exhibit Hall
FUNDAMENTALS OF DECEASED DONATION I
Moderators: J. KutsogiannisE. Malus
Grand East
10:30-10:50
Consent Leading Practise A. Robertson
10:50-11:20
Neurologic Determination of Death I. Ball
11:20-11:35
Ancillary Testing in Death M. Chassé
11:35-11:55
Experiences as a Donation Support Physician: Dead or not Dead? S. Dhanani
11:55-12:00
Discussion
ISF – NEXT GENERATION SEPSIS TRIALS
Moderators: A. RandolphJ. Marshall
Grand Centre
10:30-10:50
Staging Sepsis: How Far Have We Come? J. Marshall
10:50-11:20
Novel Methods to Test Precision (Personalized) Medicine G. Bernard
11:20-11:35
The Euphrates Trial P. Dellinger
11:35-11:50
mAb for Pan Drug-resistant pathogens: Time to rethink Immune Rx?  S. Opal
11:50-12:10
Strategies to accelerate novel drug discovery A. Edwards
12:10-12:30
Discussion – Can we design trials to evaluate precision medicine?
ARDS – NEW TREATMENTS
Moderators: G. BellaniE. Goligher
Grand West
10:30-10:50
Drugs are best? D. McAuley
10:50-11:20
Gases are Important J. Laffey
11:20-11:35
Cells are the Future G. Curley
11:35-11:50
Genotyping most Important C. dos Santos
11:50-12:00
Discussion
PLENARY ADDRESS
Moderators: G. IsacS. Dhanani
Osgoode East
12:00-12:15
Hypothermia after Neurologic Determination of Death to Preserve Organ Function D. Malinoski
12:15-12:20
Mild Therapeutic Hypothermia for Deceased Kidney Donors: Just do it? M. Meade
12:20-12:30
Discussion
12:30-13:30
LUNCH Served in the Exhibit Hall
SEPSIS – TREATMENTS AND BUNDLES
Moderators: E. Wilcox – K. Walley
Osgoode East
13:30-13:50
Early Antibiotics for Sepsis and Septic Shock: A Gold Standard A. Kumar
13:50-14:10
Early Antibiotics – A Bronze Standard M. Singer
14:10-14:30
Sepsis Treatment and Bundles – Mandated performance: good or bad? P. Dellinger
14:30-14:50
ICU Improves Pneumonia Outcomes C. Cooke
14:50-14:55 Oral Abstract – Convalescent Plasma Therapy for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Infection: Feasibility Study Y. Arabi
14:55-15:00
Discussion
FUNDAMENTALS OF DECEASED DONATION II
Moderators: J. LizeJ. Granton
Grand East
13:30-13:50
Donor Management – A Canadian Perspective A. Healey
13:50-14:10
Donor Management: US Perspective D. Malinoski
14:10-14:30
Ex-Vivo Organ Repair M. Cypel
14:30-14:50
Management of the Potential Cardiac Donor D. Grant / S. Keshavjee / V. Rao
14:50-15:00
Discussion
COMMUNICATING WITH FAMILIES
Moderators: M. MossO. Smith
Grand Centre
13:30-13:50
Listening to Family Members of ICU Patients E. Azoulay
13:50-14:10
Therapeutic Alliance: collaborating before conflict A. Amaral
14:10-14:30
ICU Predictions of Future Function: MDs vs. RNs M. Detsky
14:30-14:50
Prognosticating – Understanding and Overcoming Misconceptions D. White
14:50-15:00
Discussion
3 KEY PRESSURES IN ARDS
Moderators: A. SlutskyA. Goffi
Grand West
13:30-13:55
Key Pressures in ARDS: PEEP R. Brower
13:55-14:20
Driving Pressure M. Amato
14:20-14:45
Transpulmonary Pressure D. Talmor
14:45-15:00
Discussion
CLINICAL TRIALS 2.0
Moderators: K. BurnsT. Thompson
Sheraton AB
13:30-13:50
Randomized Trials in the ICU G. Bernard
13:50-14:10
Negative RCTs – Enough Already J. Vincent
14:10-14:30
“Negative” RCTs: Enriching and Improving T. Thompson
14:30-14:50
Fusing RCTs with EHR ‘Big Data’ D. Angus
14:50-15:00
Discussion
MEET THE PROFESSOR – INTIMATE & INTERACTIVE Exhibit Hall
13:30-14:10
Using bedside ultrasound in shock assessment A. Denault
14:10-14:15
Discussion
MEET THE PROFESSOR – INTIMATE & INTERACTIVE
14:15-14:55
Physiology and practicialities of fluid administration S. Magder
14:55-15:00
Discussion
15:00-15:30
BREAK Served in the Exhibit Hall
CPR
Moderators: A. CombesE. Golan
Osgoode East
15:30-15:50
New ACLS/Post Arrest Guidelines: For Everyone? L. Morrison
15:50-16:10
Post-Arrest Management: The Right Temperature D. Scales
16:10-16:30
CPR in Pregnancy: New Insights S. Lapinsky
16:30-16:50
ECMO to Rescue Refractory Cardiac Arrest A. Combes
16:50-17:00
Discussion
DONATION AFTER CARDIAC DEATH
Moderators: M. SharpeA. Baker
Grand East
15:30-15:50
Donation after Circulatory Death in Canada: Then & Now S. Shemie
15:50-16:10
Withdrawing Life Support in Potential DCD: Can we get the timing right? J. Shahin
16:10-16:30
1 Death 3 Mechanisms A. Baker
16:30-16:40
Organ Donation after Cardiac Death – A Standard of Care? ‘Yes’ B. Kavanagh
16:40-16:50
Donation After Cardiac Death: A Standard of Care? D. Zygun
16:50-17:00
Discussion
INTERPROFESSIONAL PROCESSES OF CARE
Moderators: M. HerridgeE. Azoulay
Grand Centre
15:30-15:50
Evidence-Informed ICU Rounds T. Stelfox
15:50-16:10
Family presence during CPR: Who Benefits? T. Thompson
16:10-16:30
Patient recall after intensive care I. Egerod
16:30-16:50
Life After Death: Bereavement and Complicated Grief J. Downar
16:50-17:00
Discussion
SEPSIS – BASIC IMPLICATIONS
Moderators: M.Singer – J. Man
Grand West
15:30-15:50
The Obesity Paradox K. Walley
15:50-16:10
EGDT after 3 Large Trials D. Angus
16:10-16:30
Host response: septic versus non-septic T. Van der Poll
16:30-16:50
Detecting and Removing Endotoxin in sepsis C. Ronco
16:50-17:00
Discussion
RED CELL TRANSFUSION
Moderators: P. HebertN. Adhikari
Sheraton AB
15:30-15:50
Red Cell Transfusion: Lessons From Trauma S. Rizoli
15:50-16:10
Transfusion: Issues in Africa K. Maitland
16:10-16:30
Red Cell Transfusion: We’re too liberal R. Zarychanski
16:30-16:50
We’re too Conservative J. Vincent
16:50-17:00
Discussion
PLENARY RCT
Moderators: M. HerridgeE. Fan
Osgoode East
17:00-17:15
The REVIVE study D. McAuley
17:15-17:20
Editorial Comment E. Fan
17:20-17:30
Discussion