Main Conference

DAY 1 – Wednesday, 30 October

7am to 7.45am   Registration  
7.45am to 8.15am Keynote Speech
AL MAJLIS AL RAYYAN AL NAKHIL / AL BASIR
TRACK A - ADULT TRACK B - ADULT TRACK C - PEDIATRIC AND NEONATES
8.15am to 9.45am SESSION 1
8.15am to 8.35am Time to Revisit Critical Care KPIs
Richard Beale
Update of Organ Donation Program in Qatar
Riadh Fadhil
Pediatric Critical Care - Back to Basics
Angela Krizan
8.35am to 8.55am Rapid Response Team, Is it still helpful?
Sayed Tarique Kazi / Emad Mostafa
Role of the Intensivist for Organ Donation
Stefan Rohrig
Pediatric Sepsis Update
Patricia A. Abboud
8.55am to 9.15am Critical Care Registry in Qatar
Abdussalam Saif
Muslim Religious Scholars on Organ Donation
Mohammed Ghaly
Secondary HLH and Hyperferritinemic Sepsis-Induced MODS in PICU
Imran Ibrahim
9.15am to 9.35am Science of Flow
Christopher Johnson
Do We Have to Tell the Patient’s Family Everything?
Somayah Mohammed Ibrahim
Intravenous Fluids, is it risky?
Baha Eldin Juma
9.35am to 9.45am Q & A
9.45am to 10am Poster Viewing & Coffee Break
10am to 11.10am SESSION 2
10am to 10.20am Antimicrobial Stewardship: Pro & Con
Hisham Ziglam
Role of ECCO2R in the ICU
Nicholas Barret
Currents on Pediatric ARDS
Ikram Haque
10.20am to 10.40am Biomarkers for Sepsis – Past, Present, and Future
Mervyn Singer
Does Timing of RRT Matter?
Omar Fituri
Promoting noninvasive Ventilation Using ICEMAN Methodology
Manu Sundaram
10.40am to 11am Can We Stop the Rise of Multidrug Resistance?
Hani Jaouni
Which Technique for Which Patient?
Eric Hoste
Permissive Hypercapnia for Preterm Infants: What’s the Evidence?
Sanoj KM Ali
11am to 11.10am Q & A
11.10am to 11.40am Industry Symposium 1 & Poster Viewing Industry Symposium 2 & Poster Viewing
11.40am to 12.45pm Lunch Break
12.45pm to 2.35pm SESSION 3
12.45pm to 1.05pm What Matters in Shock? Flow or Pressure?
Jean Louis Vincent
ARDS: The Good Practice
Giorgio Iotti
Approach to Circulation after Cardiac Surgery in Children
Jai Udassi
1.05pm to 1.25pm Right Ventricle Dysfunction in Critically Ill Patients
Abdurrazzak Gehani
Prone Positioning in ARDS: Physiology, Evidence and Challenges
Hussain Shabir Ali & Megha Kamble
Single Ventricle: Postoperative Management
Said Ali Masoud Al Hanshi
1.25pm to 1.45pm Venous Return During Mechanical Ventilation
David Berlin
ECMO in Pulmonary Embolism: Evidence and Indications
Mohamed Shamsah
Optimizing Knowledge and Skills Through Protocol Based ECMO Management and Simulation Based Training, A Key to A Successful ECMO Program: A Novice Clinician Perspective
Mohammed Elkhwad
1.45pm to 2.05pm Mechanical Cardiac Support When and Who?
Abdulaziz AlKhulaif
Diaphragm Dysfunction: Weaning Perspective
Nadir Kharma
Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring in Critically Ill Neonates
Samir Gupta
2.05pm to 2.25pm Performing Cardiac Investigations after VA ECMO Implementation
Nicholas Barrett
Intermediate Pulmonary Embolism: Diagnosis and Management
Bruce L. Davidson
Cardiopulmonary Interactions: Implications for PICU
Jana Assy
2.25pm to 2.35pm Q & A
2.35pm to 2.55pm Poster Viewing & Coffee Break
2.55pm to 4.50pm SESSION 4
2.55pm to 3.15pm “Critical Care Plumbing” - Securing Upper GI Hemostasis
Saibu George
Living Will in the Critical Care Context: Islamic Ethical Perspectives
Mohammed Ghaly
Delirium in the PICU
Tejas Girishkumar Mehta
3.15pm to 3.35pm PPI Should I Still Use it?
Fernando Ruiz
Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) Conversation is Not Only ICU Responsibility - Experience as an Emergency Physician in Qatar
Alhady Yusof
5 New Developments in Care of Neonates with HIE
Nicola Jayne Robertson
3.35pm to 3.55pm Do the Calories Matter?
Abhiram Mallick
End of Life... The Nurses’ View
Saumya Boby
Concept of Neuro NICU
Mohammed Gaffari
& Jisha Elizebeth Mathew

3.55pm to 4.15pm Parenteral Nutrition for Which Patients?
Edin Karic
Tiny Baby Units Concept
Nuha Nimeri
The Child’s Brain on ECLS: Insights Into Neurologic Effects, Outcomes and Monitoring
Mark Ogino
4.15pm to 4.35pm Management of the Open Complicated Abdomen
Gustav Strandvik
  The Critically ill Mother: Recognition and Management (WHO, WHERE and HOW?)
Huda AlFoudri
4.35pm to 4.50pm Q & A
4.50pm to 5.50pm Poster Round