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3rd National Critical Care Symposia 2009

15 - 17 Jul 2009
London

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DAY 1 – Wednesday 15th July

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 James’s University Hospital, Leeds
10.40 – 10.50	Discussion
10.50 – 11.20	Refreshments
CHAIR:	Dr Andrew Lewington Consultant Renal Physician & Honorary Senior Lecturer St James’s 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 King’s 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

DAY 2 – Thursday 16th July

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

DAY 3 – Friday 17th July

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

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