15th Annual Critical Care Conference
Agenda
7:00 am – 7:45 am | Breakfast and Registration | |
7:45 am – 8:00 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks | |
8:00 am – 8:45 am | Dr. Masur — Controversies on Sepsis Bundles | |
8:45 am – 9:30 am | Dr. Natanson — Mistaking a Guideline for Usual Care | |
9:30 am – 10:15 am | Dr. Klijian — Awake Video Assisted Thoracoscopy | |
10:15 am – 10:30 am | Break/Posters/Exhibits | |
10:30 am – 11:15 am | Dr. Natanson — The Good, Bad and the Ugly: Haptoglobin, Cell-Free Hemoglobin and Iron | |
11:15 am – 12:00 pm | Dr. Davoudi — Cryo vs Surgical Lung Biopsy: The Emerging Debate for the Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Disease | |
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm | Sarah Mojarad — Social Media and Modern Medicine | |
12:45 pm – 1:45 pm | Lunch/Posters/Exhibits | |
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm | Dr. Veiseh — Development of Cell-Based Therapeutics for Treatment of Chronic Disease | |
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm | Dr. Amin — Endovascular Management of Massive and Sub-Massive Pulmonary Embolism: Indications and Techniques | |
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm | Poster Awards | |
3:30 pm | Adjourn |
Learning Objectives
• Describe the controversies and concerns in sepsis bundle components.
• Describe the challenges for assuring safeguards in clinical trials, particularly when comparing commonly used therapies versus unusual care.
• Explain the benefits of Awake Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (AVATS).
• Outline various managements in the treatment of pulmonary embolism.
• Discuss the critical need for biomaterials that do not elicit foreign body responses.
• Describe the current state of liver transplantation in California.
• Discuss the mechanisms of stored transfused blood causing hemolysis and toxin release.
• Incorporate the positive use of social media for both personal and professional interactions, to enhance the medical profession.
Available Credit
- 5.75 AANP
- 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
- 6.00 Attendance
- 5.75 CA-BRN