HIT, ICP, and ETOH Withdrawal: Critical Care Updates 2011
Track:
New Practitioners Sessions (CE)
Program Code: 306-L01
Date: Sunday, December 4, 2011
Time: 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM EST
Location:
La Nouvelle Orleans Ballroom, B, Level 2
PRESENTER(S):
Christopher Adams
Steven Baroletti
Bellal Joseph
Karen Moeller
PROGRAM CHAIR:
Christopher Adams
Discuss the guidelines, management, and complications of elevated intracranial pressures in the critically ill patient.
Evaluate current recommendation and treatment modalities of alcohol withdrawal in the critically ill patient and identify barriers to implementing local guidelines.
Evaluate recent guidelines and literature on the diagnosis, monitoring, and management of blood dyscrasias in the critically ill with a focus on heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and its complications.