Critical Care Assembly Sessions at the Conference
Critical Care Assembly Sessions at the Conference
This list does not include the sunrise seminars, postgraduate courses, meet-the-professors, or the lunch sessions that require registration fees.
*Note the new session format: RAPiD: Rapid Abstract Poster Discussion
This new session format begins with each author orally presenting a 60-90 second summary of their research with the use of 1 PowerPoint slide. followed by the traditional poster display/viewing period and discussion of the poster themes. Be sure to attend early to get a quick summary of the posters!
Sunday, May 21
Early Morning
7:00-8:00
| PCC1 | Ballroom B South Building Level 3 |
Pediatric clinical core curriculum Review of key topics for the pediatric intensivist, updated over a 3-year content cycle of key medical content. |
1 CME / MOC |
Morning
9:15-11:15
| A4 | Room 146 A-B Middle Building Street Level |
Determinants of long-term outcomes among critically ill older adults: from cell to population This critical care track session looks at age-related processes that affect long-term outcomes, from both a clinical and a translational science perspective, with an excellent line-up of speakers |
2 CME / MOC |
| A15 | Room 146 C Middle Building Street Level |
Critical care: the future of critical care? Regionalization and closing the gender gap This mini-symposium examines gender differences in authorship, leadership, committee membership in critical care, as well as the differences between ICUs with different volumes and acuities, and the effects of regionalization of critical care. |
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| A25 | Room 151 A Middle Building Street Level |
Critical care: How to get it done in the ICU - tools and tricks of implementation in critical care This rapid abstract poster discussion covers protocols, electronic alerts, bundles and checklists, provider handoffs, as well as other practice implementations in a variety of diseases, including sepsis and respiratory failure. |
Mid-day
11:15-1:00
| A50 to A58 |
Hall B-C Areas E and M Middle Building Lower Level |
Thematic posters on critical care, covering original research in functional outcomes, prognostication, intubation and weaning, risk stratification, sepsis definitions. Case reports include cardiovascular disease, sepsis/infections, and neurocritical careOriginal research is in Area E, Case reports are in Area M | |
| CC1 | Hall E Middle Building Level 2 |
CRITICAL CARE CLINICAL CORE CURRICULUM I Review of key topics for the adult intensivist, updated over a 3-year content cycle of key medical content. Topics covered include acute liver failure, acute pancreatitis, and hematologic/oncologic emergencies |
1.5 CME / MOC |
Afternoon
2:15-4:15
| A84 | Room 207 A-B South Building Level 2 |
Discussion on the edge: reports of recently published critical care research This critical care track session hosted by the New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA discusses some of the cutting edge publications in critical care. |
2 CME |
| A104 | Room 151 A Middle Building Street Level |
Critical care: Improving ICU exercise, rehabilitation, recovery, and survivorship This poster discussion session covers mobilization, physical therapy, frailty, polyneuropathy, and cognitive effects of critical illness both in the ICU patient as well in the post-hospital survivor. |
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| A105 | Room 151 B Middle Building Street Level |
Critical care: Improving prognostication in critical illness This poster discussion session covers several novel tools that might help predict mortality in various critically ill populations |
Monday, May 22
Morning 9:15-11:15
| B4 | Room 146 A-B Middle Building Street Level |
Humanizing the intensive care unit: New perspectives on an old problem This critical care track session examines long-term physical and psychological outcomes of both patients and loved ones, and discusses strategies to make the ICU more humane and family centered. |
2 CME / MOC |
| B6 | Ballroom C South Building Level C |
Mechanical ventilation in the NICU, PICU and at home: What the pediatric pulmonologist should know This scientific symposium is a comprehensive review of ventilation approaches in pediatric patients, and will address recent guidelines from the ATS on home ventilation and pediatric pulmonary hypertension |
2 CME |
| B10 | Room 145 A-B Middle Building Street Level |
Sepsis goes to Washington: Regulations, definitions, and research shaping the future of sepsis This scientific symposium takes advantage of this conference’s location, and discusses the impact of SEP-1, concerns voiced by major societies regarding this measure, and readmission reduction programs, as well as future trial design and precision medicine. |
2 CME |
| B16 | Room 146 C Middle Building Street Level |
Critical care: New insights from clinical trials This mini symposium covers some of the findings from recent clinical trials in critical care, including fluid administration, ventilator strategies, and sedation. |
Mid-day
11:15-1:00
| B50 to B57 |
Hall B-C Area M Middle Building Lower Level |
Thematic posters on critical care, covering original research in noninvasive ventilation, ICU management, cardiac arrests, imaging, and optimizing ventilation in ARDS. Case reports in drug overdoses, toxicology, and electrolyte and acid/base disorders. |
Afternoon
2:15-4:15
| B105 | Room 150 B Middle Building Street Level |
Critical care: Mechanistic and translational insights into ARDS This poster discussion session covers a variety of cutting-edge mechanistic and translational research of ARDS. |
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| CC1 | Hall E Middle Building Level 2 |
CRITICAL CARE CLINICAL CORE CURRICULUM I Review of key topics for the adult intensivist, updated over a 3-year content cycle of key medical content. Topics covered include extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, right heart failure, assessment of volume responsiveness, early goal-directed therapy |
2 CME / MOC |
Evening
4:30-8:30
| Renaissance Hotel Grand Ballroom South |
Critical Care Assembly New and Junior Members Social (4:30-5:00) There will be a meeting for fellows and junior members immediately preceding the business meeting. This is a great way to get involved in the ATS critical care assembly. |
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| Renaissance Hotel Grand Ballroom South |
Critical Care Assembly Business Meeting (5:00-7:00) The Assembly business meeting is open to all members of the assembly. 5:00-7:00, with the reception to immediately follow. |
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| Renaissance Hotel Congressional Hall B |
Critical Care Assembly Reception (7:00-10:00) The programming for the evening will begin with a heavy reception menu of hot and cold hors d'oeuvres. There will not be formal seating to allow mingling and networking amongst members, but seats and tables will be available. The cost for the reception is $45 for ATS members, $55 for non-members and $25 for members-in-training (fellows). |
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Tuesday, May 23
Early Morning
7:00-8:00
| PCC3 | Ballroom B South Building Level 3 |
Pediatric clinical core curriculum Review of key topics for the pediatric intensivist, updated over a 3-year content cycle of key medical content. |
2 CME / MOC |
Morning
9:15-11:15
| C4 | Room 146 A-B Middle Building Street Level |
A stitch in time: Controversies in critical care best practices and their effect on patient centered outcomes This scientific symposium will cover three controversial aspects of critical care: intravenous fluids, neuromuscular blockade, and early mobilization, in a pro-con format. |
2 CME / MOC |
| C23 | Room 150 B Middle Building Street Level |
Critical care: What can be measured can be improved - investigating the epidemiology and outcomes of patients with acute critical illness This poster discussion session uses big data to answer questions in critically ill patients, with a focus on sepsis and ARDS. |
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| C24 | Room 151 B Middle Building Street Level |
Critical care: Improving family engagement and palliative and end of life care in the ICU This rapid abstract poster discussion addresses the challenges of palliative care, end-of-life care from a multidimensional approach, including the physician, nursing, patient, and family perspectives. |
Mid-day
11:15-1:00
| C32, C50 to C58 |
Hall B-C Areas D and O Middle Building Lower Level |
Thematic posters on critical care, covering original research in lung injury and ARDS, sepsis, non-pulmonary critical care, delirium, translational research in sepsis, and critical care in low and middle income countries. Case reports in ARDS, respiratory failure, gastroenterology, hematology, oncology, rheumatology, and immunology. Original research is in Area D, Case reports are in Area O |
Afternoon 2:15-4:15
| C91 | East Salon A-C South building Street Level |
Tackling severe pneumonia and sepsis: What is ready for prime time? This jointly-developed symposium covers new data on diagnostics and therapeutics, in particular the question of immunosuppression with glucocorticoids in severe pneumonia and sepsis. |
2 CME |
| C96 | Room 145 A-B Middle Building Street Level |
Critical care: New discoveries in ARDS This mini-symposium covers exciting new developments in ARDS, from the genetic and molecular level to the clinical practice level. |
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| C102 | Room 209 A-C South Building Level 2 |
Critical care: Predicting and identifying ARDS development, sepsis and clinical deterioration This poster discussion session explores novel methods of predicting clinical deterioration of common critical illnesses. |
Wednesday, May 24
Morning 9:15-11:15
| D4 | Room 146 A-B Middle Building Street Level |
Balancing personalization and protocol in the ICU This scientific symposium addresses the conflict between standardizing care to optimize practice and personalizing care to a patient’s particular physiology |
2 CME / MOC |
| D15 | Room 146 C Middle Building Street Level |
Critical care: do we have a crystal ball? Predicting clinical deterioration and outcome in critically ill patients This mini-symposium covers the ability to predict clinical deterioration in patients with ARDS and sepsis using currently available tools. |
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| D22 | Room 150 B Middle Building Street Level |
The course of critical illness: Admission to follow-up This poster discussion session deals with a variety of practices that can affect patient outcomes, including transitions of care, physician handoffs, and surrogate decision makers. |
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| D24 | Room 151 A Middle Building Street Level |
Critical care: the other half of the ICU - Update in management of non-pulmonary critical care This poster discussion session covers issues with ICU nutrition, analgesia, delirium, gastrointestinal bleeding, among others |
Mid-day 12:15-1:15
| L26 | Room 147 A-B Middle Building Street Level |
NHLBI-funded resources for improving long-term outcomes clinical research for acute respiratory failure This outside organization session is an excellent resource for investigators interested in long-term outcomes research in critically ill patients. The speakers present a variety of strategies and free resources to deal with challenges specific to long-term outcomes research |
