Date: 4-7 Mar 2014; Venue: San Diego, California
Message from the organizer:
Dear Colleague,
We are busy preparing for the upcoming CRRT 2014, the 19th International Conference – Acute Kidney Injury: Controversies, Challenges and Solutions, Advances in Critical Care and I would like to invite you to join us in San Diego in March of 2014.
The CRRT Conference continues to provide a comprehensive coverage of the rapidly developing field of Critical Care Nephrology and CRRT. It highlights the recent advances in our understanding of pathophysiology of critical illness, acute kidney injury, emerging strategies in the management of sepsis, multiorgan failure, development and use of biomarkers, technical advances in CRRT and the appropriate utilization of these techniques. This year's program presents exciting new developments and evidence for hemodynamic monitoring, fluid management, dialysis timing, and extracorporeal support for critically ill patients. A mix of invited lectures, pro-con debates, interactive workshops, tutorials, poster sessions and panel discussions are planned to continue the tradition of multidisciplinary interactions.
Again this year we are offering a Pre-Conference AKI Symposium sponsored by the UAB/UCSD O'Brien Center titled: “Changing Paradigms in Acute Kidney Injury: From Mechanism to Management”. The workshop will provide a comprehensive review of the most recent developments in the field. Topics include, mechanisms, pathways of AKI and its effects on other organs, biomarkers and their applications and the findings from the recent clinical trials. We hope that this course will provide participants an opportunity to interact with experts in the field and emerge with a better understanding of this rapidly evolving area.
2014 Conference Topic Highlights:
• Meet The Expert Sessions
Interact and Learn from Experts on How to Evaluate and Manage ICU Patients with Difficult Clinical Problems
• Organ Dysfunction in the Critically Ill Patient
Emerging Concepts in Organ Cross-talk, Sepsis, Microcirculation and Oxidative Stress, Infections
• Raising Awareness of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Pathophysiology, Microcirculation, Mechanisms of Injury and Repair, Biomarkers Targets for Early Intervention, Risk Assessment, Early Recognition and Response, Long Term Outcomes
• Controversies in Management of the Critically Ill Patient
Fluid Management, Risk Stratification, Non-Invasive Monitoring, Blood gas and Electrolyte Disorders, End-Of Life Care
• Challenges and Controversies in Renal Support & CRRT
When to Start and Stop, What Dose of Dialysis, Fluid Management, Type of Anticoagulant, Pharmacokinetics of Antimicrobials, Nutritional Support, Quality Measures, New Techniques, Acid Base Problems, Intradialytic Hypotension
• Biomarkers for Management of Critically Ill Patients
Risk Stratification, Surveillance, Diagnosis, Targeted Intervention and Prognosis
• Special Sessions for Nurses and Allied Personnel
Competency Assessment, Ethical Dilemmas and End of Life Care
• Special Pre and Post Conference Workshops
Fundamentals of CRRT, Emerging Research in AKI, Hands On training for CRRT Devices, Pediatric Hands-On Workshop, Hemodynamic Monitoring
As always, we hope to provide the right environment to foster learning and mutually beneficial communications and collaborations. We hope that you will join us to share your knowledge and experience as it is through multidisciplinary interactions that we will gain a better understanding of critical illness and it is only through our collective efforts that we will improve the lives of our patients.
We look forward to welcoming you to San Diego for the nineteenth time.
Ravindra L Mehta, MD
Chairman, Organizing Committee
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