CCCF 2016-Critical Care Canada Forum 2016

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Sun, 30 Oct 2016, 08:00

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Sun, 2 Oct 2016, 04:00

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The Critical Care Canada Forum is a 3-day conference focusing on topics that are relevant to the individuals involved with the care of critically ill patients, wherever the patients are located. Internationally recognized, the Critical Care Canada Forum focuses on leading-edge science through informative and interactive sessions, outstanding international faculty, poster presentations plus an exhibit hall with the latest products and services for the critical care professional.

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Pre-conference Day

Fellow’s Day
Ultrasound Course: $1,200.00

Early Bird Fees (up until September 25, 2016):

Physicians
Full Conference: $810.00
Single Day: $435.00

Residents/Fellows, RNs, RTs, Pharmacists, Other
Full Conference: $445.00
Single Day: $295.00

Students
Full Conference: $190.00

Regular Fees (after September 25, 2016):

Physicians
Full Conference: $910.00
Single Day: $565.00

Residents/Fellows, RNs, RTs, Pharmacists, Other
Full Conference: $545.00
Single Day: $395.00

Students
Full Conference: $190.00

Refund/Cancellation Policy

An administration fee of $50 applies to all cancellations before October 9, 2016. NO REFUND after October 9, 2016.
Replacement delegates are welcome at no additional charge

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2016

Times	Sessions	Speakers	Location
Plenary Address Moderators: B. Kavanagh – N. Ferguson			Grand East
8:00-8:25	40 Years of Thinking about Extra-Corporeal Support	L Gattinoni
8:25-8:30	Questions & Discussion
ARDS – Ventilator-Associated Lung Injury Moderators:			Grand East
8:30-8:50	Mechanisms of VALI	B Kavanagh
8:50-9:10	Lung stress and strain in ARDS	L Gattinoni
9:10-9:30	Lung Protective Ventilation: beyond 6//kg	G Rubenfeld
9:30-9:50	Setting Tidal Volumes in ARDS: PBW, DeltaP or Pes?	R Brower
9:50-10:00	Oral Abstract – Driving pressure is not associated with hospital mortality in patients without ARDS	M Schmidt
End of Life – Decisions and Support Moderators:			Grand Centre
8:30-8:50	Nudging intensivists: simple interventions to change end-of-life care	S Halpern
8:50-9:10	Attitudes and beliefs about ICU-based palliative care	C Cox
9:10-9:30	Bereavement and support	J Downar
9:30-9:50	Spirituality at the end of life	D Cook
9:50-10:00	Oral Abstract – Economic evaluation of the very elderly admitted to intensive care unit in Canada	N Chin-Yee
Sepsis Definitions Moderators:			Grand West
8:30-8:50	New sepsis definitions: finally back to common sense	JL Vincent
8:50-9:10	Surviving Sepis in the era of New Defintions	P Dellinger
9:10-9:30	qSOFA in Sepsis-3: where are we now?	C Seymour
9:30-9:50	Definitions: Do they help us?	J Marshall
9:50-10:00	Oral Abstract – Impact of Initial Lactate Level on ED Management of Patients with Sepsis: A Multicentre Retrospective Cohort Study	V Lo
10:00 – 10:30	BREAK
ARDS – Frontiers Moderators:			Grand East
10:30-10:50	The role of continuous negative abdominal pressure in ARDS	T Yoshida
10:50-11:10	RV protective ventilation in ARDS	A Vieillard-Baron
11:10-11:30	Stem cell therapies for ARDS	J Laffey
11:30-11:50	ARDS Endotypes – Differential Response to Fluid Therapy	T Thompson
11:50-12:00	Discussion
End of Life – Choices & Conflicts Moderators:			Grand Centre
10:30-10:50	Intractable conflicts over end-of-life care after Rasouli	G Rubenfeld
10:50-11:10	ICU care is not a buffet: problems with shared decision making.	R Kirsch
11:10-11:30	End of life care – are all Canadians equal?	R Fowler
11:30-11:50	What you need to know when it’s time to withdraw ECMO	D Brodie
11:50-12:00	Discussion
Sepsis Hemodynamics Moderators:			Grand West
10:30-10:50	Beta blockade in sepsis- what is the evidence	D Talmor
10:50-11:10	Does High Heart Rate Worsen Outcome in Septic Shock?	M Ranieri
11:10-11:30	Assessing ventricular function in sepsis and critical illness.	K Walley
11:30-11:50	Making Sense of Early Goal Directed Therapy	A Kumar
11:50-12:00	Discussion
Plenary RCT Moderators:			Grand East
12:00-12:15	The EUPHRATES Trial – Hemofiltration in Septic Shock	P Dellinger
12:15-12:20	Editorial Comment	T Thompson
12:20-12:30	Questions and Discussion
12:30-13:30	LUNCH
ARDS – Basics Moderators:			Grand East
13:30-13:50	Current managment of ARDS patients: the LUNG SAFE study	G Bellani
13:50-14:10	Management of Severe ARDS – Current Canadian Practice	E Duan
14:10-14:30	Lung recruitablity in ARDS: how to define and assess?	L Chen
14:30-14:50	How I Use Ventiilator Waveforms at the Bedside	A Mercat
14:50-15:00	Discussion
ICU Teams Moderators:			Grand Centre
13:30-13:50	Families as part of the team to improve quality of care	A Amaral
13:50-14:10	The rise of the “collaborative imperative”	E Paradis
14:10-14:30	Rapid response systems and collective (in)competence	S Kitto
14:30-14:50	Teamwork: Beyond the usual platitudes	P Brindley
14:50-15:00	Discussion
Sepsis Outcomes Moderators:			Grand West
13:30-13:50	Late Mortality After Sepsis Is Real	J Iwashyna
13:50-14:10	The 10 elements that can improve outcome in sepsis	JL Vincent
14:10-14:30	Impact of obesity on sepsis outcomes	K Walley
14:30-14:50	Endotoxemia: Harmful or beneficial	J Marshall
14:50-15:00	Discussion
All About the RV Moderators:			Sheraton AB
13:30-13:50	RV failure	J Granton
13:50-14:10	PEEP and the RV during mechanical ventilation	J Hall
14:10-14:30	The RV during VV ECMO	D Brodie
14:30-14:50	Heart-Lung interactions: applications at the bedside	A Vieillard-Baron
ARDS – Under Pressure Moderators:			Grand East
15:30-15:50	P 0.1	A Mercat
15:50-16:10	Pes to Set PEEP – The American Approach	D Talmor
16:10-16:30	Pes to Set PEEP – The Italian Approach	L Gattinoni
16:30-16:50	Pes to Set PEEP – The (French) Canadian Perspective	L Brochard
16:50-17:00	Discussion
Bench to Bedside Moderators:			Grand Centre
15:30-15:50	Lipoproteins and PCSK9 in sepsis	K Walley
15:50-16:10	PCSK9 – Children are different	H Wong
16:10-16:30	The mouse 9-1-1 – How novel animal models should inform sepsis trials	C Seymour
16:30-16:50	Basic science and clinical medicine – a relationship on the rocks?	W Lee
16:50-17:00	Discussion
Sedation & Delirium Moderators:			Grand West
15:30-15:50	Improving sedation-analgesia quality using novel technology	T Walsh
15:50-16:10	Has dexmedetomidine added anything to our approach to sedation?	J Hall
16:10-16:30	Physical restraints and management of agitation in the ICU	L Rose
16:30-16:50	Detection of iatrogenic opioid and benzodiazepine withdrawal in the ICU	D Williamson
16:50-17:00	Discussion
Restarting and Supporting the Heart Moderators:			Sheraton AB
15:30-15:50	ILCOR Beyond 2015 – Point and Click Continuous Evidence Review	L Morrison
15:50-16:10	Echocardiography assisted cardiac arrest management	R Arntfield
16:10-16:30	Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump – When and How	S Magder
16:30-16:50	Balloon Pump in VA-ECMO	A Combes
16:50-17:00	Discussion
Plenary RCT Moderators:			Grand East
17:00-17:15	EPOCH – A Cluster Randomized Trial of a Documentation-Based System of Care	C Parshuram
17:15-17:20	Editorial Comment	S Shemie
17:20-17:30	Questions and Discussion

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Times	Sessions	Speakers	Location
Plenary RCT Moderators:
8:00-8:15	Timing of Renal Replacement Therapy Trial	S Gaudry
8:15:8:20	Editorial Comment	S Bagshaw
ECMO – Techniques & Outcomes Moderators:
8:30-8:50	Starting & Building an ECMO Program	D Brodie
8:50-9:10	Mechanical Ventilation during ECMO	E Fan
9:10-9:30	Oxygenation thresholds and mortality in ECMO	L Munshi
9:30-9:50	Predicting Outcomes in ECMO Patients	A Combes
9:50-10:00	Discussion
Quality – What to (not) do Moderators:
8:30-8:50	Cost-effective critical care delivery: What does it look like?	S Halpern
8:50-9:10	Variation in ICU Care: Why do Intensivist Practice Patterns Differ?	A Garland
9:10-9:30	Choosing Wisely Canada – 5 things NOT to do	A Amaral
9:30-9:50	Protocols – Alignment and Attribution	B Kavanagh
9:50-10:00	Oral Abstract – The impact of witnessing CPR in shared hospital rooms on patients’ goals of care	J Spring
Sepsis Development Moderators:
8:30-8:50	New insights into the cause of sepsis	J Boyd
8:50-9:10	The role of nosocomial infection in the pathogenesis of sepsis	W Lee
9:10-9:30	What we’ve learned from sepsis endotypes	H Wong
9:30-9:50	The pathogen in sepsis: worth it or a waste?	C Seymour
9:50-10:00	Oral Abstract – Therapeutic Efficacy of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cell-derived Extracellular Vesicles in pre-clinical Model of ARDS	A Varkouhi
CFN/CCCF – Frailty, Aging & Critical Illness – I Moderators:
8:30-8:50	Persistent Critical Illness	J Iwashyna
8:50-9:10	Frailty: Pathobiology and Implications in the ICU – Are chronic critical illness and frailty the same?	J Muscedere
9:10-9:30	Frailty: What to Measure? When to Measure? Does It Add Any Value?	S Bagshaw
9:30-9:50	Elderly in the ICU: Demographic Transition and Outcomes	H Wunsch
9:50-10:00	“Critical Care at the End of Life: A Population-Level Retrospective Cohort Study of Cost and Outcomes in Ontario”	D Chaudhuri
10:00 – 10:30	BREAK
ECMO – Specific Indications Moderators:
10:30-10:50	ECMO for severe PH: an idea ahead of its time?	D Brodie
10:50-11:10	ECMO for Refractory Hypoxemia	N Ferguson
11:10-11:30	VA-ECMO for refractory cardiogenic shock & cardiac arrest	A Combes
11:30-11:50	Outcomes from severe ARDS managed without ECMO	R Brower
11:50-12:00	Discussion
Minimizing and Optimizing Ventilation Moderators:
10:30-10:50	High-Flow Nasal Oxygen	A Mercat
10:50-11:10	NIV for hypoxemic respiratory failure, does it still have a role?	N Hill
11:10-11:30	Recognising patient-ventilator dyssynchrony	D Georgopoulos
11:30-11:50	Proportional modes. What for?	L Brochard
11:50-12:00	Discussion
Infections & Antibiotics Moderators:
10:30-10:50	Most variability in intensivist antibiotic prescribing is not based on evidence	A Morris
10:50-11:10	Antimicrobial resistance in low and middle-income countries	N Adhikari
11:10-11:30	Antibiotics: How long do we need to treat?	R Fowler
11:30-11:50	Continuous vs intermittent dosing of antibiotics in critically-ill patients	J Friedrich
11:50-12:00	Discussion
CFN/CCCF – Frailty, Aging & Critical Illness – II Moderators:
10:30-10:50	Is Your ICU Elder or Frail Friendly?	S Mehta
10:50-11:10	Missed Opportunities to Improve Care Transition for Elderly Frail Survivors of ICU	M Herridge
11:10-11:30	How Can We Best Improve Short and Long-Term Outcomes for the Elderly or Frail Admitted to ICU?	T Walsh
11:30-11:50	Coping, hope, resilience, optimism: new targets for ICU interventions	C Cox
11:50-12:00	Discussion
Plenary Session Moderators: S Shemie, B Kavanagh
12:00-12:30	The Brain Death Concept- History and Controversies	E Wijdicks
12:30-12:45	Questions and Discussion
12:30-13:30	LUNCH
Fundamentals of Deceased Donation 1 Moderators : JF Lize, G Isac
13:30-13:45	Canadian and Provincial Deceased Donation Data Update	S Beed
13:45-14:10	Diagnostic Errors in Brain Death	E Wijdicks
14:10-14:50	Donation Support Physician On Call: What would you do?	S Dhanani/A Healey/G Isac
14:50-15:00	Discussion
Spontaneous or Controlled Breathing? Moderators:
13:30-13:50	Spontaneous breathing in ARDS	A Mercat
13:50-14:10	Spontaneous Ventilation – Risks/Benefits	B Kavanagh
14:10-14:30	Do we have solutions to combine spontaneous and mechanical breaths?	L Brochard
14:30-14:50	Balancing lung protection vs early mobilization	J Hall
14:50-15:00	Discussion
Novel Clinical Trials Moderators:
13:30-13:50	Introducing the adaptive platform trial design	F vanHaren
13:50-14:10	The Cluster RCT	B Cuthbertson
14:10-14:30	Reporting heterogeneity of treatment effect in critical care trials	T Thompson
14:30-14:50	International Collaboration for RCTs in the 21st Century	J Marshall
14:50-15:00	Discussion
Critical Care Nephrology Moderators:
13:30-13:50	New Diagnostic Tests for AKI	R Wald
13:50-14:10	Strategies for Initiating RRT in AKI	S Gaudry
14:10-14:30	Renal function in septic shock	A Kumar
14:30-14:50	Automated e-Alerts & Integrated Clinical Decision Support in AKI	S Bagshaw
14:50-15:00	Discussion
15:00-15:30	BREAK
Interactions between Donation Professionals, Staff, and Families Moderators: S Keenan, M Hartwick
15:30-16:00	Communication and Resilience in End-of-Life Donation Discussions	D Kuhl
16:00-16:25	Is Family Override Illegal?	M Toews
16:25-16:50	Clinical Practice Guideline Development -A Pain in the Academic? Lessons Learned from Pediatric DCD	M Weiss/B Rochwerg
16:50-17:00	Discussion
All About ECCO2R Moderators:
15:30-15:45	Extracorporeal CO2 removal to treat respiratory failure, where are we?	N Hill
15:45-16:00	ECCO2R in acute exacerbations of COPD	L Del Sorbo
16:00-16:15	Why ECCO2R might improve the outcomes of ARDS patients	A Combes
16:15-16:30	ECCO2R – It Takes an Interprofessional Team	O Smith
16:30-16:45	ECCO2R during CRRT	M Ranieri
16:45-17:00	Discussion
Clinical Research Moderators:
15:30-15:50	The PETAL Network – Challenges and Opportunities	R Brower
15:50-16:10	Clinically important outcomes in ICU research	M Chasse
16:10-16:30	What is the right consent model for critical care trials in Canada	D Cook
16:30-16:50	Pitfalls in Observational Studies in the ICU	R Fowler
16:50-17:00	Discussion
Monitoring Moderators:
15:30-15:50	Monitoring – spontaneus breathing	G Bellani
15:50-16:10	Monitoring – fluid requirements by echo	A Vieillard-Baron
16:10-16:30	Monitoring – shock: current guidelines	JL Vincent
16:30-16:50	Monitoring – extravascular lung water	J Granton
16:50-17:00	Discussion
Plenary Debate – Critical Care Education in Canada Moderators:
17:00-17:15	Critical Care Training in Canada Should Become Direct Entry	S Dev
17:15-17:30	Critical Care Training in Canada Should Remain Subspeciatly	P Brindley
17:30-17:45	Discussion & Rebuttal

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Times	Sessions	Speakers	Location
Plenary Address Moderators:			Grand East
8:00-8:25	Insights into the Spanish Organ Donation System	B Dominguez-Gil
8:25-8:30	Questions and Discussion
TGLN/CBS – Cardiac Arrest and Organ Donation Moderators: D Scales, J Kutsogiannis			Grand East
8:30-8:50	Uncontrolled Donation after Circulatory Death	B Dominguez-Gil
8:50-9:05	ECMO-CPR	S Brooks
9:05-9:20	Neuroprognostication after Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest	D Scales
9:20-9:35	Auto Resuscitation after Cardiac Arrest	S Dhanani
9:35-9:50	Non-perfusing Organ Donation	A Healey
9:50-10:00	Discussion
Weaning – Part I Moderators:			Grand Centre
8:30-8:50	Redefining Weaning Classifications – The WIND Study	T Pham
8:50-9:10	Is there a preferred SBT technique?	K Burns
9:10-9:30	Assessing and managing the difficult-to-wean ventilated patient	E Goligher
9:30-9:50	Using Respiratory Rate Variability to Improve Extubation Success	A Seely
9:50-10:00	Discussion
Science of Quality Moderators:			Grand West
8:30-8:50	Re-evalauting Error in the ICU	C Parshuram
8:50-9:10	Medical error: Are we missing the elephant in the room?	J Granton
9:10-9:30	iCORE – registries for QI or research	E Fan
9:30-9:50	Benchmarking and cost containment: does quality suffer?	D Zygun
9:50-10:00	Discussion
Sonic Highways – Critical Care Ultrasound I Moderators:			Sheraton AB
8:30-8:50	Let’s Get It Started – Critical Care Ultrasound: Goals, Limitations & Training	S Millington
8:50-9:10	Under Pressure– Resuscitative echocardiography in the ICU	J Boyd
9:10-9:30	Swan Song – Echocardiography as a pulmonary artery catheter?	G Doufle
9:30-9:50	The dark side of the moon – Transesophageal echocardiography	M Meineri
9:50-10:00	Discussion
10:00 – 10:30	BREAK
TGLN/CBS – Advances in Organ Donation & Transplantation Moderators: A Kramer, M Sharpe			Grand East
10:30-10:50	DCD Transplant Outcomes	J Zaltzman
10:50-11:21	After ICU: Surgical Recovery and Preservation of organs	A Ghanekar
11:21-11:25	Pushing the Limits or Cautious Reluctance: Organ Utilization: Heart Utilization Decisions	B Cantin
11:25-11:45	Pushing the Limits or Cautious Reluctance: Organ Utilization: Organ Utilization in Spain	B Dominguez-Gil
11:45-12:00	All Panel Discussion
Weaning – Part II Moderators:			Grand Centre
10:30-10:50	Delayed weaning from the ventilator; nutrition and training	F vanHaren
10:50-11:21	Drugs and weaning from MV	L Burry
11:21-11:30	Can we measure respiratory effort or drive under mechanical ventilation?	L Brochard
11:30-11:50	Difficult weaning – Is there a role for PAV?	K Bosma
11:50-12:00	Discussion
Critical Care – Special Situations Moderators:			Grand West
10:30-10:50	Care of the Lung Transplant Patient – The Surgical Perspective	S Keshavjee
10:50-11:21	Care of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient	S Lapinsky
11:21-11:30	Care of the Pre-Hospital Trauma Patient	P Brindley
11:30-11:50	Care of the Liver-Failure Patient	D Karvellas
11:50-12:00	Discussion
Sonic Highways – Critical Care Ultrasound II Moderators:			Sheraton AB
10:30-10:50	The Sound of Silence – Lung Ultrasound in ARDS	A Goffi
10:50-11:21	I lLike to Move It – Diaphragmatic ultrasound: take a (deep) breath	E Goligher
11:21-11:30	I Want to Break Free – Ultrasound for liberation of mechanical ventilation	A Vieillard-Baron
11:30-11:50	Stayin’ Alive – Beyond FAST: more ultrasound in the trauma bay	R Arntfield
11:50-12:00	Discussion
Plenary RCT Moderators:			Grand East
12:00 – 12:15	The ICE-PACs Trial	D Scales
12:15 – 12:20	Editorial Comment	D Cook
12:20-12:30	Questions and Discussion
12:30-13:30	LUNCH
ICU Rehab & Recovery Moderators:			Grand East
13:30-13:50	Clinical predictors of 6 month outcomes	M Detsky
13:50-14:10	Barriers to Mobilizing ICU Patients	S Goddard
14:10-14:30	Recovery trajectories following critical illness: are they really modifiable?	T Walsh
14:30-14:50	Post-ICU patient- and family-centred care as a future practice standard	M Herridge
14:50-15:00	Discussion
NeuroCritical Care – Monitoring Therapies Moderators:			Grand Centre
13:30-13:50	Precision Medicine in Neurocritical Care: Should We Individualize Care?	V McCredie
13:50-14:10	Management of ICP: A Stepwise Approach	S Mayer
14:10-14:30	Brain resuscitation	AM Guerguerian
14:30-14:50	What’s new in ICH management	J Singh
14:50-15:00	Discussion
Resuscitation Moderators:			Grand West
13:30-13:50	The importance of pre-intubation resuscitation	R Green
13:50-14:10	Resuscitation-Improvement beyond the ABCs	MA Moga
14:10-14:30	What is the right fluid to use?	L McIntyre
14:30-14:50	Goal-directed versus “fluid-guided” therapy	S Magder
14:50-15:00	Discussion
15:00-15:30	BREAK
Critical Care Haematology Moderators:			Grand East
15:30-15:50	Platelet dysfunction in critical care	R Zarychanski
15:50-16:10	Critical care outcomes of patients with hematological malignancy	S Mehta
16:10-16:30	The effect of blood donor characteristics on transfusion outcomes	M Chasse
16:30-16:50	Transfusion triggers in acute coronary syndrome	P Hebert
14:50-15:00	Discussion
NeuroCritical Care – Prognosis & Outcomes Moderators:			Grand Centre
15:30-15:50	Fundamentals of Rapid Bedside Neurological Assessment	S Mayer
15:50-16:10	Do prognostic models matter in neurocritical care?	A Turgeon
16:10-16:30	Update on concussion and mTBI for intensivists	A Baker
16:30-16:50	Long-term impact & outcomes of neurological critical illness	E Wilcox
16:50-17:00	Discussion
Critical Care Education Moderators:			Grand West
15:30-15:50	Rutlege Award Winner	TBA
15:50-16:10	When it works: Using Multimedia Effectively in Your Teaching	S Dev
16:10-16:30	Education for collaboration: better done inter- or uni-professionally?	E Paradis
16:30-16:50	Transition to Competency Based Education: Is The Apprenticeship Dead?	D Piquette
16:50-17:00	Discussion
Plenary Panel: TBA Moderators:			Grand East
17:00-17:15
17:15-17:30
17:30-17:45

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