Scientific Presentations of the Critical Care Canada Forum 2017
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2017

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Times
Sessions
Speakers
Location
Plenary RCT
Moderators: B Kavanagh, N Ferguson, A Fox-Robichaud
Grand EAST
8:00-8:15 Lung Recruitment in ARDS – The ART Trial M Amato
8:15-8:20 Editorial Comment T Thompson
8:20-8:30 Discussion
50 Years of ARDS… Epidemiology
Moderators: T Thompson, F Lamontagne
Grand EAST
8:30-8:50 Do We Still Need ARDS? N Ferguson
8:50-9:10 Is ARDS Important to Recognize? L Ware
9:10-9:30 Impact of Income on Outcome J Laffey
9:30-9:50 Defining ARDS by Molecules C Calfee
9:50-10:00 Discussion
Does My Patient Need Fluid?
Moderators: N Shapiro, D Karvellas
Grand CENTRE
8:30-8:50 Mean Systemic Filling Pressure A Vieillard-Baron
8:50-9:10 I Still like the PA Catheter … JL Vincent
9:10-9:30 Judging Adequacy of Volume K Walley
9:30-9:50 FRAUD – Fluid Related Acute Organ Dysfunction J Granton
9:50-10:00 Discussion
The Frail & At-Risk Critically Ill
Moderators: E Azoulay, MA Moga
Grand WEST
8:30-8:35 Oral Abstract: Opioid Prescribing After Hospital Discharge Among Elderly Chronic Opioid Users Admitted to Intensive Care Units in Ontario HT Wang
8:35-8:55 Frailty needs a Network J Muscedere
8:55-9:15 Screening and Outcomes S Bagshaw
9:15-9:35 Trajectory of the Frail Elderly P Hebert
9:35-9:55 Critical Illness & Homelessness J Friedrich
9:55-10:00 Discussion
CCCF/CCCS – Failure to Rescue
Moderators: K Burns, O Smith
Sheraton AB
8:30-8:35 Oral AbstractA Cross-Sectional Epidemiological Prevalence Survey of Patients Receiving Oxygen in a University Hospital – The “WHARF” Project D Junhasavasdikul
8:35-8:55 The Patient’s Perspective S Robin
8:55-9:15 Early Warning, NEWS & the NHS K Rowan
9:15-9:35 Early Warning – Kids after EPOCH C Parshuram
9:35-9:55 EMR for Early Warning A Fox-Robichaud
9:55-10:00 Discussion
10:00 – 10:30 BREAK Exhibit Hall
50 Years of ARDS…. Management Targets
Moderators: C Calfee, L Munshi
Grand EAST
10:30-10:50 Blood Gases A Pesenti
10:50-11:10 Transpulmonary Pressure L Brochard
11:10-11:30 Futuristic Imaging M Cereda
11:30-11:50 Electrical Impedance Tomography M Amato
11:50-12:00 Discussion
Early Goal-Directed Therapy
Moderators: K Walley, S Lapinsky
Grand CENTRE
10:30-10:50 EGDT – There & Back Again N Shapiro
10:50-11:10 EGDT – The Final Chapter? K Rowan
11:10-11:30 Protocolized EGDT – Lessons from NYC C Seymour
11:30-11:50 EGDT and Government Endorsement C Natanson
11:50-12:00 Discussion
Interdisciplinary Quality Care
Moderators: D White, L Burry
Grand WEST
10:30-10:50 Safety Culture: What, Why and How MA Moga
10:50-11:10 What do we really do during inter-professional rounds? A Amaral
11:10-11:30 Checklists and multidisciplinary rounds: do they work? F Machado
11:30-11:50 Are checklists a good quality improvement tool? J Kahn
11:50-12:00 Discussion
CCCF/CCCS – Competency by Design in CCM
Moderators: M Sen, D Piquette
Sheraton AB
10:30-10:50 Frank Rutledge Award Lecture P Couillard
10:50-11:10 CBD in CCM F Bhanji
11:10-11:30 CBD – Irrefutable? A Kuper
11:30-11:50 CBD – Assessment, Strategies & Pitfalls W Tavares
11:50-12:00 Discussion
Plenary 
Moderators: E WilcoxB Cuthbertson
Grand EAST
12:00-12:15 End of Life Care and Immigration Status in Ontario R Fowler & C Yarnell
12:15-12:20 Editorial Comment D White
12:20-12:30 Discussion
12:30-13:30 LUNCH Exhibit Hall
12:30-13:30 Lunch & e-Poster Sessions Osgoode Hall
12:30-13:30 Lunch Symposium – Sponsored by Merck
Improving outcomes for critically ill patients with resistant Gram-negative infections
[NO-CME]
Grand WEST
50 Years of ARDS…. Theory & Therapy – I
Moderators: R Stapleton, L Del Sorbo
Grand EAST
13:30-13:35 Oral Abstract: The ratio of Measured to Predicted Compliance: A new physiological and prognostic parameter for acute respiratory distress syndrome L Chen
13:35-13:55 VALI – The Next Decade A Slutsky
13:55-14:15 Pharmacotherapy D McAuley
14:15-14:35 Negative Pressure B Kavanagh
14:35-14:55 Extracorporeal Therapies A Combes
14:55-15:00 Discussion
Haematological Critical Care
Moderators: J Marshall, M Detsky
Grand CENTRE
13:30-13:55 Thrombotic Microangiopathy E Azoulay
13:55-14:30 Thrombocytopenia R Zarychanski
14:30-14:55 Risks of old RBCs C Natanson
14:55-15:00 Discussion
Burnout to Resilience
Moderators: M Herridge, C Seymour
Grand WEST
13:30-13:35 Oral Abstract: Continuing Connections with Betreaved Family Members: Post-Mortem Experiences From the 3 Wishes Project M Shears
13:35-13:55 Moral Distress and Burnout – Clinicians S Bagshaw
13:55-14:15 Moral Distress – Paediatric ICU C Parshuram
14:15-14:35 Resilience – Engaging Families J Kahn
14:35-14:55 Resilience – Helping Clinicians O Smith
14:55-15:00 Discussion
Acute Kidney Injury
Moderators: J Friedrich, S Magder
Sheraton AB
13:30-13:50 Diuretics – When & How R Wald
13:50-14:10 Fluids – When & Which JL Vincent
14:10-14:30 AKI in Liver Failure D Karvellas
14:30-14:50 New Insights into AKI M Singer
14:50-15:00 Discussion
15:00-15:30 BREAK Exhibit Hall
50 Years of ARDS…. Theory & Therapy – II
Moderators: D McAuley, C Dos Santos
Grand EAST
15:30-15:50 Stem Cells – US Perspective C Calfee
15:50-16:10 Cell-free hemoglobin L Ware
16:10-16:30 Stem Cells – Canadian Perspective J Laffey
16:30-16:50 Carbon Monoxide T Thompson
16:50-17:00 Discussion
Monitoring
Moderators: JL Vincent, S Gray
Grand CENTRE
15:30-15:50 Hemodynamic Pressure Monitoring A Pesenti
15:50-16:10 Critical Care TEE R Arntfield
16:10-16:30 Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring M Ramsay
16:30-16:50 When Cyanosis is the Norm S Schwartz
16:50-17:00 Discussion
The AC Bryan Symposium – Physiology in Critical Care
Moderators: B Kavanagh, G Douflé
Grand WEST
15:30-15:50 We Need to Rediscover Physiology M Singer
15:50-16:10 Evolutionary Role of the Right Heart S Magder
16:10-16:30 Titrating Ventilation by ECHO A Vieillard-Baron
16:30-16:50 Regional Distending Pressure T Yoshida
16:50-17:00 Discussion
Optimal End-of-Life Care
Moderators: M Meade, A Baker
Sheraton AB
15:30-15:50 What is Shared Decision Making? D White
15:50-16:10 When the Law and Best Interests Collide? L Hawryluck
16:10-16:30 Goals – Compassion and Humanism D Cook
16:30-16:50 Who needs Bereavement Support? J Downar
16:50-17:00 Discussion
Plenary
Moderators: D Piquette, J Granton
Grand EAST
17:00-17:30 Is Medicine Art or Science? M Tobin
17:30-17:40 Discussion
17:30-19:00 WELCOME RECEPTION Exhibit Hall