Society of Critical Care Medicine – Texas Chapter 6th Annual Symposium Highlights
“Controversies in Critical Care”
The SCCM Texas Chapter held it’s 6th Annual Symposium, Controversies in Critical Care, on November 10th and 11th, 2017 at the Hotel Galvez and Spa in Galveston, TX. The Texas Chapter proudly hosted 21 speakers from all over Texas, and several out of state speakers who presented by online webinar. Programming was attended by nearly 100 clinicians, volunteers, vendor partners and speakers who earned continuing education credit for their participation. Highlights of the conference include a riveting keynote given by SCCM Texas Chapter past-president Michael Sirimaturos, PharmD, BCNSP, BCCCP, FCCM on research controversies in the critical care field. Following suit in how SCCM Annual Congress has research snapshot presentations, the symposium had 13 research snapshot presentations. These researchers were given a platform in front of the entire audience to present their research and field questions from the audience. We want to thank all of our Symposium Committee members, Committee Chairs and volunteers who made it a huge success.
Select Presentations from 2017 Symposium
Choosing between a mask and a tube
Reversal of anticoagulation and bleeding in the ICU population
The Role of mechanical circulatory support in cardiogenic shock
Emergency laparotomy in trauma
Volume-based versus rate-based feeding
Debate: Usual Care versus protocol based in sepsis (side 1/side 2)
Debate: To cool or not (side 1/side 2)
Sepsis: it all begins with infection
Antimicrobial stewardship in septic patients
