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DAY 2 - FRIDAY 7 NOV. 2008
TIME TRACK 1 TRACK 2
  PULMONARY CRITICAL CARE NEURO-CRITICAL CARE
  Chairmen:
Dr. Amal Jubran
Dr. Yasser Mandourah
Chairmen:
Dr. Hachimi Iddrisi
Dr. Ignacio Previgliano
8:30-8:50 ARDS Network: past, present and future
Dr. Neil Macintyre
Protective brain measures-are they effective
Dr. Imad Swaiss
8:50-9:10 Weaning and extubation
Dr. Amal Jubran
Cooling devices and cooling methods in ICU
Dr. Kees Polderman
9:10-9:30 Cardiovascular insufficiency with initiation and withdrawal of mechanical ventilation
Dr. Raghavan Murugan
Organ donation
Dr. Marie Baldisseri
9:30-9:50 Life threatening asthma
Dr. Neil Macintyre
Transcranial Doppler accuracy for ICP
Dr. Ignacio Previgliano
9:50-9:55 Panel Discussion  
9:55-10:25  BREAK
  SEPSIS NEURO-CRITICAL CARE
 

Chairmen:
Dr. Patrick Honore

Dr. Djillali Annane

Chairmen:
Dr. Kees Polderman
Dr. Khalid Shukri
10:25-10:45 Current management of severe sepsis and septic shock
Dr. Jean Louis Vincent
Intensivist  Manage head trauma better then neurosurgeon (Pro)
Dr. Stephen Mayer
10:45-11:05 Corticosteroids in septic shock: where are we now?
Dr. Djillali Annane
Intensivist Manage head trauma better then neurosurgeon (Con)
Dr. Hesham Al Khayat
11:05-11:25 Staging sepsis:  The PIRO model
Dr. John Marshall
Hypothermia in cardiac arrest to cool or not to cool?
Dr. Said Hachimi Iddrisi
11:25-11:45 Vasopressor therapy : dopamine vs norepinephrine : is one drug superior
Dr. Jean Louis Vincent
Management of ICP
Dr. Stephen Mayer
11:45–11:50 Panel Discussion  
11:50-1:30 Lunch
  PRO/CON IN SEPSIS Infection In ICU
 

Chairmen:
Dr.
Jean Louis Vincent
Dr. Mohammed Bahzad

Chairmen:
Dr. Ramesh Nagappan
Dr. Deena Khalid
1:30-1:50 Steroid In Sepsis (pro)
Dr. Djillali Annane
ICU-Acquired
Infections: What I Learned from
Literature Review?

Dr. Wafeeq Mahmood
1:50-2:10 Steroid In Sepsis (Con)
Dr. Dell Dorscheid
PCT in Kuwait
Lives to save or many to waste
Dr. Eman Mokaddas
2:10-2:30 APC in Sepsis (Pro) 
Dr. Jean Louis Vincent
Multiresistant  MDR Acenobacter Global Issue 
Dr. Wafeeq Mahmood
2:30-2:50 APC in Sepsis( Con)
Dr. John Marshall
VAP experience in developing countries
Dr.Nehad (Bahrain)
2:50-2:55 Panel Discussion  
2:55-3:20 Break
  NEURO-CRITICAL CARE Critical Care Topics
 

Chairmen:
Dr. Imad Swaiss

Dr. Stephen Mayer

Chairmen:
Dr. Mary Jane Reed
Dr. Olivire
Joannesboyau

3:20-3:40 Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Dr. Stephen Mayer
Ischemia-perfusion injury in critical illness
Dr. Dell Dorscheid
3:40-4:00 Brain injury and brain death
Dr. Marie Baldisseri
Chronic critical illness definition, incidence, outcome-
Dr. Ignacio Previgliano
4:00-4:20 Fever in the brain-injured patient: adaptive response or threat?
Dr. Kees Polderman
Vasopressin and Renal Injury in septic Shock- more from VASST
Dr. Dell Dorscheid
4:20-4:40 Critical Care-Management  of STROKE
Dr. Stephen Mayer
Diabetic Patients, do they have worst prognosis?
Dr. Jean Louis Vincent
4:40-4:50 Panel Discussion  
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