Final Program

4 FRIDAY • MAY 13
Target Audience
Providers in the ICU (physicians, nurses, social workers and therapists) who
wish to learn more about the importance of providing effective palliative care(PC)
and end of life (EOL) care in the ICU. Additionally, anyone conducting research
on dying patients in the ICU will benefit from this course.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• have new strategies to manage the care of the dying patient in the ICU;
• understand the ethical issues related to palliative and end of life care in the
ICU and apply the recent ATS guidelines;
• improve communication with dying patients and their families in the ICU.
This novel postgraduate course will focus on providing the learner with the
current evidence and best practices for palliative care in the ICU. This course is
unique in that it will cover this topic from clinical, ethical and research
perspectives, and will be appealing to multiple learners.
Chairing: M.M. Hayes, MD, Boston, MA
J.R. Curtis, MD, MPH, Seattle, WA
8:00 Welcome and Conference Goals
J.R. Curtis, MD, MPH, Seattle, WA
M.M. Hayes, MD, Boston, MA
Clinical Challenges
8:10 Palliative Care (PC) in the ICU
J.R. Curtis, MD, MPH, Seattle, WA
Case Studies in Specific Difficult EOL Issues
8:55 Treating Dyspnea in the Dying
M.L. Campbell, PhD, RN, Detroit, MI
9:25 EOL in the Oncology ICU: Managing Chemotherapy and
Chemotherapists
R.S. Stephens, MD, Baltimore, MD
9:55 Practical Considerations for the Withdrawal
of ECMO
D. Brodie, MD, New York, NY
10:25 What Do We Do with the LVAD?- EOL in the Cardiac ICU
S.P. Keller, MD, PhD, Pittsburgh, PA
10:55 Questions and Answers: Panel Discussion
M.L. Campbell, PhD, RN, Detroit, MI
R.S. Stephens, MD, Baltimore, MD
D. Brodie, MD, New York, NY
S.P. Keller, MD, PhD, Pittsburgh, PA
11:15 Break
11:30 Effective Communications in the ICU
M.M. Hayes, MD, Boston, MA
11:45 Simulated Family Meetings
M.M. Hayes, MD, Boston, MA
D. Lamas, MD, Boston, MA
E.K. Kross, MD, Seattle, WA
J.R. Curtis, MD, MPH, Seattle, WA
G.L. Anesi, MD, MBE, Philadelphia, PA
R.S. Stephens, MD, Baltimore, MD
A.C. Long, MD, MS, Seattle, WA
S.P. Keller, MD, PhD, Pittsburgh, PA
A.E. Turnbull, DVM, MPH, PhD, Baltimore, MD
12:45 LUNCH
Ethical Challenges
1:30 The Ethics of End of Life
Speaker To Be Announced
2:15 Ask the Experts :A Multidisciplinary Discussion of the Policy
Statement
J.R. Curtis, MD, MPH, Seattle, WA
G.L. Anesi, MD, MBE, Philadelphia, PA
A.E. Turnbull, DVM, MPH, PhD, Baltimore, MD
2:50 Break
Research Challenges
3:00 Conducting Research on the Dying
A.E. Turnbull, DVM, MPH, PhD, Baltimore, MD
3:30 Top 10 PC/EOL in the ICU Studies
E.K. Kross, MD, Seattle, WA
4:00 Wrap up, Questions and Answers
M.M. Hayes, MD, Boston, MA
J.R. Curtis, MD, MPH, Seattle, WA
PG5
CLINICAL
POSTGRADUATE COURSE
CME Credits Available: 6.5
THORACIC IMAGING FOR THE PULMONOLOGIST
AND CRITICAL CARE PHYSICIAN
Pre-registration and additional fees required. Continental breakfast and
box lunch included. Attendance is limited.
Member: $350 In-Training Member: $200
Non-Member: $425 In-Training Non-Member: $300
Registrants must bring a laptop to the
course to view the course material.
Assemblies on Clinical Problems; Microbiology, Tuberculosis and
Pulmonary Infections; Pulmonary Circulation; Thoracic Oncology
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. MOSCONE CENTER
Room 3007 (West Building, Level 3)
Target Audience
Pulmonologists, critical care physicians, thoracic surgeons, mid level
providers, residents, fellows, and students.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to:
• formulate a differential diagnosis of respiratory diseases based on diagnostic
imaging findings;
• improve strategies for the evaluation of solitary pulmonary nodules and for
staging lung cancer;
• state the value of a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and management
of patients with diffuse lung disease.
This course will review major aspects of thoracic imaging with presentations
targeted toward the pulmonologist and critical care physician. Subspecialized
thoracic radiologists will give lectures focusing on the practical aspects of chest
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