Infectious Disease
WEBCAST - Advanced Management Strategies: Critically Ill H1N1 Influenza Patients
This Webcast was designed to provide clinicians with information related to the advanced management strategies for the critically ill H1N1 influenza patient with refractory acute respiratory failure. Clinical strategies include high frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV), air pressure release ventilation (APRV), and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
- Lung Rescue Strategies - Niall D. Ferguson, MD
- ECMO and H1N1 Influenza - Lena M. Napolitano, MD, FCCM
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CME-CE ACTIVITY -Preventing and Managing HAIs in the Age of Transparency and Accountability
Activity funded by an educational grant from Ortho McNeil
- What are the Implications of Today’s Environment of Accountability and Transparency for HAIs?-Donald E. Craven, MD
- Preventing HAIs: A Critical Care Team Approach to Infection Control -Lena M. Napolitano, MD
- Managing HAIs: A Critical Care Team Approach to Optimal Antimicrobial Use -Richard H. Drew, PharmD, MS, BCPS
- Recognizing the Importance of Appropriate Antimicrobial Selection- Donald E. Craven, MD
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WEBCAST - The Relationship Between Opiates and Infectious
During this session, the specific effects of opiates on the immune system are explored.
- Jianren Mao, MD, illustrates the relationship between opiates and infectious diseases
- Jeanine P. Wiener-Kronish, MD, examines the link between opiates and pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis
- Ana M. Crawford, MD, explains the immune effects of opiates
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