Strategic Practices in Critical Care Medicine

The vision of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is to enhance the excellence, value, safety and efficiency of our patient care. Focusing on the vision, the Department of Respiratory Care is presenting this symposium on Strategic Practices of Critical Care Medicine.

Target Audience

This symposium should be of interest to physicians, respiratory therapists, nurses, and other allied health professionals involved in critical care medicine, anesthesiology, respiratory care, nursing, and pharmacy.

Educational Methods

• Lectures
• Questions and Answers
• Panel Discussions

Educational Objectives

After attending the symposium, participants should be able to

• Discuss current evidence-based methods in the management and treatment of sepsis;
• Explain evidence-based methods of managing pain and sleep deprivation;
• Describe and discuss neo-critical care issues, including ethical concerns and end-of-life care;
• Discuss how nutritional support optimizes patient outcomes in critical care;
• Explain the current rationale and approaches for optimal utilization of high frequency ventilation in both pediatric and adult population;
• Explain both the risks and benefits of invasive and noninvasive mechanical ventilation;
• Explain the various methods of obtaining hemodynamic readings, how to effectively interpret waveforms and the challenges associated with invasive monitoring;
• Explain new modalities in assessing cardiac disease;
• Discuss ventilator strategies in common disease conditions as well as the benefits and concerns associated with various modes of ventilator support;
• Recognize new molecular targets in the treatment of cancer.