Critical Care

Adult and pediatric critical care is a pillar of the American Thoracic Society. Sessions at the conference range from new approaches to mechanical ventilation to the long-term consequences of having been an ICU patient to end-of-life issues. Return mid-January to review individual session details, including session topics and speakers.

A Selection of Clinical & Scientific Sessions

• Microparticles: Small Wonders or a Big Deal in Pulmonary Injury & Disease?
• An Ounce of Prevention in Critical Care
• Extracorporeal Gas Exchange: Respiratory Failure & Beyond
• Year in Review: Quality Improvement for Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
• Acute Kidney Injury in the ICU
• Using Genomics to Understand & Treat ALI
• Intensive Care of the Future
• Critical Care in the Immunocompromised Host
• What are the Boundaries of Acceptable Medical Practice Near the End of Life in ICUs?
• Clinical Year in Reviews: Mechanical Ventilation; ARDS; Critical Care Update; & Ethics & End of Life Care
• Clinical Impact of Point of Care Ultrasonography in Critically Ill Patients+
• Pulmonary & Critical Care Reviews: Built Around ABIM 2011 Modules*
• Improving Care for Severe Sepsis in Low & Middle Resource Settings
• ICU Monitoring*

*Postgraduate course
+Workshop