15 - 17 Jul 2009
London
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| 08.00 08.55 | Registration and refreshments |
| 08.55 09.00 | Welcome & introduction |
| CHAIR: | Dr Suren Kanagasundaram Consultant Nephrologist Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| 09.00 09.40 | Keynote address: Squaring the circle in the delivery of critical care Dr Craig Davidson Director, Lane Fox Respiratory Unit Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation Trust, London |
| Acute kidney injury | |
| 09.40 10.10 | Preventing AKI Dr Jonathan Thompson Senior Lecturer & Honorary Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care Leicester Royal Infirmary |
| 10.10 10.40 | Diagnosing AKI: the role of biomarkers Dr Andrew Lewington Consultant Renal Physician & Honorary Senior Lecturer St Jamess University Hospital, Leeds |
| 10.40 10.50 | Discussion |
| 10.50 11.20 | Refreshments |
| CHAIR: | Dr Andrew Lewington Consultant Renal Physician & Honorary Senior Lecturer St Jamess University Hospital, Leeds |
| 11.20 11.50 | Renal replacement therapy in the critically ill Dr Suren Kanagasundaram Consultant Nephrologist Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| 11.50 12.20 | Drug handling in AKI Robin Offord Director of Clinical Pharmacy UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London |
| 12.20 12.50 | Hepatorenal syndrome Professor Kevin Moore Professor of Hepatology University College London |
| 12.50 13.00 | Discussion |
| 13.00 13.45 | Lunch |
| Acute liver failure | |
| CHAIR: | Dr Jonathan Thompson Senior Lecturer & Honorary Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care Leicester Royal Infirmary |
| 13.45 14.15 | Classification and pathophysiology of acute liver failure Professor Roger Williams Professor of Hepatology University College London |
| 14.15 14.45 | Acute decompensation of alcoholic liver disease Dr Brian Cook Consultant in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine & Clinical Director, Critical Care Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh |
| 14.45 15.15 | Extracorporeal treatment of acute liver failure Dr Julia Wendon Senior Consultant, Liver Intensive Care Kings College Hospital, London |
| 15.15 15.25 | Discussion |
| 15.25 15.45 | Refreshments |
| CHAIR: | Mr Ruben Canelo Consultant HPB and Transplant Surgeon & Senior Lecturer, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London |
| 15.45 16.15 | Controversies in combined liver-kidney transplantation Mr Paul Gibbs Lecturer & Honorary Consultant Surgeon Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge |
| 16.15 16.45 | Management of severe acute pancreatitis Mr Damian Mole Clinician Scientist Fellow Queens Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh |
| 16.45 17.00 | Discussion |
| Close of Day One |
| 08.30 09.00 | Registration and refreshments |
| Acute respiratory failure | |
| CHAIR: | Dr Geoff Bellingan Divisional Clinical Director, Theatres and Critical Care University College Hospital, London |
| 09.00 09.40 | ARDS: current controversies Dr Geoff Bellingan Divisional Clinical Director, Theatres and Critical Care University College Hospital, London |
| 09.40 10.10 | Mechanical ventilation for acute lung injury: less is more Dr Mark Griffiths Consultant Physician Royal Brompton Hospital, London |
| 10.10 10.40 | Weaning from mechanical ventilation: current techniques and future trends Professor Tim Walsh Consultant & Honorary Professor in Critical Care Edinburgh Royal Infirmary |
| 10.40 10.50 | Discussion |
| CHAIR: | Professor Tim Walsh Consultant & Honorary Professor in Critical Care Edinburgh Royal Infirmary |
| 10.50 11.20 | Refreshments |
| 11.20 11.50 | Ventilator associated pneumonia: diagnosis and management Dr John Hunter Consultant in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Macclesfield District General Hospital |
| 11.50 12.20 | Improving the care of COPD patients Professor Wisia Wedzicha Professor of Respiratory Medicine Royal Free and University College Medical School, London |
| 12.20 12.30 | Discussion |
| 12.30 13.30 | Lunch |
| Common neurological problems in the ICU | |
| CHAIR: | To be confirmed |
| 13.30 14.00 | Neuromuscular disease on the ICU Dr Robin Howard Consultant Neurologist National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London |
| 14.00 14.30 | Management of acute stroke Dr Graham Venables Consultant Neurologist & Clinical Director of Neurosciences Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield |
| 14.30 15.00 | Management of subarachnoid haemorrhage Dr Brian Cook Consultant in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine & Clinical Director, Critical Care Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh |
| 15.00 15.10 | Discussion |
| 15.10 15.30 | Refreshments |
| 15.30 16.00 | Management of patients with delirium Dr Valerie Page Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care Watford General Hospital, London |
| 16.00 16.30 | Neuropsychological consequences of a stay in the ICU Dr Carl Waldmann Director of Intensive Care Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading & President Intensive Care Society |
| 16.30 16.40 | Discussion |
| Close of Day Two |
| 08.30 09.00 | Registration and refreshments |
| Sepsis | |
| CHAIR: | Dr Richard Beale Clinical Director for Perioperative, Critical Care and Pain Services & Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine St Thomas Hospital, London |
| 09.00 09.40 | Epidemiology and of sepsis Dr David Harrison Senior Statistician Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre, London |
| 09.40 10.10 | Potential role of biomarkers in the diagnosis of sepsis Dr Paul Dark Senior Lecturer & Honorary Consultant Intensivist The University of Manchester & Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust |
| 10.10 10.40 | Monitoring patients in septic shock To be confirmed |
| 10.40 10.50 | Discussion |
| 10.50 11.20 | Refreshments |
| CHAIR: | Dr Paul Dark Senior Lecturer & Honorary Consultant Intensivist The University of Manchester & Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust |
| 11.20 11.50 | Haemodynamic resuscitation Dr Richard Beale Clinical Director for Perioperative, Critical Care and Pain Services & Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine St Thomas Hospital, London |
| 11.50 12.20 | The importance of tight glycaemic control: clinical evidence and current controversies Dr Iain MacKenzie Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine University Hospital Birmingham & Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham |
| 12.20 12.30 | Discussion |
| 12.30 13.20 | Lunch |
| CHAIR: | Dr Iain MacKenzie Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine University Hospital Birmingham & Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham |
| 13.20 13.50 | Activated protein C: what does the evidence tell us? Dr Duncan Wyncoll Consultant Intensivist Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London |
| 13.50 14.20 | Mechanisms underlying multiple organ failure Professor Mervyn Singer Professor of Intensive Care Medicine University College London |
| 14.20 14.50 | Infection control in the ICU Dr Duncan Wyncoll Consultant Intensivist Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London |
| 15.00 15.10 | Discussion |
| 15.10 15.30 | Refreshments |
| Ethical issues in the ICU | |
| 15.20 15.50 | End of life decision making in the ICU Dr Laura Chapman Consultant in Palliative Medicine Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute, Liverpool |
| 15.50 16.20 | Should we allow organ retrieval euthanasia? Dr Dominic Wilkinson Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford |
| 16.20 16.30 | Discussion |
| Close of Conference |