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Heidi Abdelhady, M.D.
Staff Physician, St. Agnes Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Topics and Objectives:
- Sepsis
- review the definition and pathophysiology of sepsis
- discuss appropriate evaulation and treatment
- discover the latest therapeutic options
- Respiratory Failure
- review the definition and pathophysiology
- discuss the appropriate diagnostic evaluation including imaging
- learn various therapeutic options including non-invasive and mechanical ventilation and the role of ECMO in refractory cases
Distance Willing to Travel: Any
Practice Location: Baltimore, MD
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Edward Eden, M.D.
Director, Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Topics and Objectives:
- Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
- Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Managment of Emphysema
- discuss how modern theories of emphysema pathogenesis relate to the clinical presentation of the disease
- learn the value of traditional methods and newer methods of diagnosis
- review an evidence-based approach to how management options alter the clinical manifestations and course of the disease
Distance Willing To Travel: <100 miles
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Keith Rose, M.D.
Topics and Objectives:
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
- review the diagnostic criteria for ARDS
- understand the pathophysiology of the disease
- learn current recommendations for treatment and management
- Hemodynamic Monitoring
- learn the history of pulmonary artery (Swan Ganz) catheters and the data behind their declining use
- review the utility of arterial waveform monitors such as LiDCO, PiCCO, and Edwards Continuous Cardiac Output Monitors in comparison to esophageal dopplers
- understand the use of echocardiogram for shock patients in the ICU
Distance Willing To Travel: Any
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David A. Vitberg, M.D.
Attending Intensivist, St. Agnes Hospital
Topics and Objectives:
- Critical Appraisal of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign and Early Goal Directed Therapy
- educate the audience regarding the origins and tenets of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign
- review the concepts of EGDT and the reasons why it has not become widely adopted
- examine the scientific merit of including key components in sepsis care bundles
- Bundled Care for Sepsis: Should we all bundle up?
- define the IHI resuscitation and management sepsis bundles
- review the scientific merit of including each component in each bundle
Distance Willing to Travel: Any
Practice Location: Baltimore, MD
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