Scientific Presentations of the Critical Care Canada Forum 2015
Tuesday, October 27, 2015

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Times
Sessions
Speakers
Location
PLENARY RCT
Moderators: S. Mehta R. Brower
Osgoode East
8:00-8:15
Non-invasive Ventilation for Immunocompromised Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure : I-VNICTUS study E. Azoulay
8:15-8:20
InVICTUS Trial: Editorial Comment N. Ferguson
8:20-8:30
Discussion
ECLS BASICS
Moderators: N. FergusonD. Brodie
Grand East
8:30-8:50
ECMO – Basic Concepts A. Guerguerian
8:50-9:10
ECCO2R for hypoxic respiratory failure D. McAuley
9:10-9:30
Predicting Success with VV ECMO E. Fan
9:30-9:50
Extra-corporeal Life Support: A Skeptic’s View R. Brower
9:50-10:00
Discussion
HOW MUCH FLUID?
Moderators: S. BagshawM. Parker
Grand Centre
8:30-8:50
CVP to guide Fluids – Myth R. Brower
8:50-9:10
CVP to guide Fluids – No Myth (my Friends) JL. Vincent
9:10-9:40
Fluids and Kids: What Now? K. Maitland
9:40-10:00
Discussion
ICU WEAKNESS & OUTCOMES
Moderators: M. Kho R. Fowler
Grand West
8:30-8:50
ICU Weakness – Clinical Manifestations M. Moss
8:50-9:10
ICU Weakness – Molecular Mechanisms C. dos Santos
9:10-9:30
Outcomes After ICU –  The BIG Picture R. Fowler
9:30-9:50
Morbidity after ICU – A Complex Matrix M. Herridge
9:50-10:00
Discussion
10:00-10:30
BREAK Served in the Exhibit Hall
WHICH FLUID?
Moderators: JL VincentR. Zarychanski
Osgoode East
10:30-10:50
I suggest ‘Abnormal’ Saline S. Bagshaw
10:50-11:10
I suggest Albumin in Shock J. Mira
11:10-11:30
Balanced Salt Solutions S. Magder
11:30-11:50
Impact of Fluids in Children with Acute Lung Injury A. Randolph
11:50-12:00
Discussion
ECLS FRONTIERS
Moderators: E. Fan – A. Guerguerian
Grand East
10:30-10:50
The ECMO retrieval team A. Combes
10:50-11:10
Newer techniques for extracorporeal lung support A. Pesenti
11:10-11:30
Mechanical Circulatory Support “Approach to the Patient in Shock” ECMO vs VAD V. Rao
11:30-11:50
Research in ECMO: A revolution is coming D. Brodie
11:50-12:00
Discussion
CLINICAL RESEARCH METHODS – NETWORKS TO CONSENT
Moderators: A. TurgeonD. Cook
Grand Centre
10:30-10:50
PETAL Network R. Brower
10:50-11:10
New Angles in Surrogate Consent – Adults K. Burns
11:10-11:30
New Angles in Deferred Consent – Kids M. Parker
11;30-11:50
Visual Research Methods in ICU C. Dale
11:50-12:00
Discussion
ICU REHAB AND RECOVERY
Moderators: M. MossM. Detsky
Grand West
10:30-10:55
Rehabilitation in the ICU: Timing it Right M. Kho
10:50-11:20
Barriers to Early Rehabilitation in Critically Ill Patients S. Goddard
11:10-11:45
ICU Practice Changes – Long-Term Impact M. Herridge
11:45-12:00
Discussion
PLENARY SESSION
Moderators: T. ThompsonS. Lapinsky
Osgoode East
12:00-12:30
Why I wish I’d Designed Studies of Personalized Medicine G. Bernard
12:30-12:40
Discussion
12:40-13:30
LUNCH Served in the Exhibit Hall
CRITICAL CARE SYSTEMS I – THE W.J. SIBBALD SYMPOSIUM
Moderators: R. Fowler A. Amaral
Osgoode East
13:30-13:50
ICU Discharge: An Improvement Target T. Stelfox
13:50-14:10
ICU Strain: Clinician Time & Decisions S. Halpern
14:10-14:30
ICU Strain: Perception of Health Care Providers S. Bagshaw
14:30-14:50
ICU Strain: Using Intermediate Care Beds H. Wunsch
14:50-14:55 Oral Abstract – CIHI Study on ICU capacity and utilization acrossCanada with focus on variations in quality of care measures M. Parker
14:55-15:00
Discussion
ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY
Moderators: N. AdhikariD. Karvellas
Grand East
13:30-13:50
Acute Kidney Injury: Bench to Bedside C. Ronco
13:50-14:10
Fluid Balance in Acute Kidney Injury Patients on Dialysis J. Friedrich
14:10-14:30
Timing of renal replacement therapy initiation in acute kidney injury R. Wald
14:30-14:50
Hepatorenal syndrome: Is it just AKI? D. Karvellas
14:50-15:00
Discussion
VENTILATION – MUSCLES & SYNCHRONY
Moderators: L. RoseD. Talmor
Grand Centre
13:30-13:50
Monitoring Neural Output C. Sinderby
13:50-14:10
Monitoring – Pressures G. Bellani
14:10-14:30
Monitoring Muscle (Diaphragm) Thickness E. Goligher
14:30-14:50
Muscles & Synchrony: Individualising Ventilation L. Brochard
14:50-15:00
Discussion
ETHICS & POLICY AT THE END OF LIFE
Moderators: A. AzoulayM. Meade
Grand West
13:30-13:55
Responding to Requests for Potentially Inappropriate Treatment D. White
13:55-14:20
Evolving Medical Decision-Making in Canada J. Downar
14:20-14:45
End of life in the ICU in NYC: A clinician’s perspective D. Brodie
14:45-15:00
Discussion
AC BRYAN PHYSIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
Moderators: B. KavanaghJ. Granton
Sheraton AB
13:30-13:50
Lung Perfusion at the Bedside M. Amato
13:50-14:10
Oxygen and Substrate Metabolism M. Singer
14:10-14:30
Heart-Lung Interactions: Insights from Pleural Pressure S. Magder
14:30-14:50
Physiology to Improve RCTs B. Kavanagh
14:50-15:00
Discussion
15:00-15:30
BREAK Served in the Exhibit Hall
THE RIGHT VENTRICLE IN CRITICAL CARE
Moderators: R. Arora – B. Kavanagh
Osgoode East
15:30-15:45
Acute pulmonary embolism J. Granton
15:45-16:00
RV Infarction: Review of Physiology and Management C. Overgaard
16:00-16:15
Support of the RV R. Arora
16:15-16:30
Support of the RV – Pharmacologic Assist S. Schwartz
16:30-16:45
Inhaled Nitric Oxide or Prostacyclin  in Acute Respiratory Failure: Efficacy, Safety, and Cost R. Kallet
16:45-17:00
Discussion
CRITICAL CARE SYSTEMS II
Moderators: A. GarlandS. Goddard
Grand East
15:30-15:50
Alberta Strategic Clinical Networks –  Progress Report D. Zygun
15:50-16:10
Electronic health records: underused in the ICU? C. Seymour
16:10-16:30
Crystal Ball or Waste of Time?  ICU Prediction Tools I. Ball
16:30-16:50
Clinical Decision Support for ME/ADE Prevention S. Kane-Gill
16:50-17:00
Discussion
QUALITY ROUNDS
Moderators: C. ParshuramL. Rose
Grand Centre
15:30-15:50
10 rules for effective bedside rounds J. Vincent
15:50-16:10
It’s Not Me, It’s You: You Can Give Quality Feedback Busy Clinical Environment S. Dev
16:10-16:30
No so sure about all this quality… M. Singer
16:30-16:50
Quality of care: use of quality indicators P. Hebert
16:50-17:00
Discussion
DETECTING AND PREVENTING RESPIRATORY COMPROMISE
Moderators: T. StelfoxJ. Muscedere
Grand West
15:30-15:45
Respiratory Failure Causing Readmission to the ICU S. Halpern
15:45-16:00
Early Warning Systems vs. Risk Quantification C. Parshuram
16:00-16:15
How best to monitor the (sedated) non-intubated patient? A. Perel
16:15-16:30
Respiratory Compromise: The Role of Intermediate Care Units H. Wunsch
16:30-16:45
Detecting and Preventing Respiratory Compromise: Does CCRT Help? J. Muscedere
16:45-17:00
Discussion
SEPSIS GENOMICS
Moderators: A. SlutskyS. Dev
Sheraton AB
15:30-15:50
Genetics to Discover Causal Pathways  K. Walley
15:50-16:10
Epigenetic regulators as novel treatments for sepsis S. Opal
16:10-16:30
Sepsis Genomics: Gene Expression to Stratify Sepsis H. Wong
16:30-16:50
Genomics – The future Biomarkers J. Mira
16:50-17:00
Discussion
PLENARY – NEW DATA
Moderators: P. HebertT. Stelfox
Osgoode East
17:00-17:20
The RECOVER Program: One-year Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients Mechanically Ventilated for 7 Days M. Herridge / J. Cameron
17:20-17:25
Editorial Comment TBD
17:25-17:45
Discussion