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Conference Overview

We are excited to bring to you the Inaugural Gulf Pediatric Critical Care Conference “Forging Connections: Enhancing Critical Care for Children”.

The conference will be hosted by Sidra Medicine in Doha, Qatar from 23 to 26 January 2025.

Our goal is to explore innovative strategies, share best practices, and foster collaboration in the realm of pediatric critical care.

The four-day event will also include keynote presentations, panel discussions, and workshops (separate fee) as well as networking opportunities designed to inspire, educate, and empower attendees.

We look forward to welcoming you to Doha in January of 2025!


Conference Objectives

  • Recall the basic principles of ECMO therapy and its application in pediatric care.
  • Explain the basic principles and approach to managing the difficult airway in pediatric care.
  • Apply innovative strategies and best practices in pediatric critical care in clinical scenarios.
  • Analyze evidence-based guidelines and explain their role in ensuring optimal patient care.
  • Implement strategies learned from high-quality educational sessions (keynotes, panels, workshops) into real-world clinical settings.
  • Demonstrate the application of principles of NIV through clinical hands-on workshops, ensuring the safe usage of NIV in acute care.
  • Apply principles of CKRT, Apheresis, and Tandem extracorporeal therapies through clinical hands-on workshops in the acute care setting.

Target Audience

This conference is designed for a diverse audience of healthcare professionals dedicated to pediatric critical care.  It aims to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among these key stakeholders to improve patient outcomes and elevate the standards of pediatric critical care.

  • Pediatric intensive care specialists
  • Neonatologists
  • Emergency physicians
  • Infectious disease experts
  • Allied health professionals, including nurses, respiratory therapists and paramedics
  • Researchers and academics focused on pediatric health

Topics/Sessions

  • ECMO
  • Advanced Airway Management in the critically ill child

  • Continuous Kidney Replacement Therapy, Apheresis and Tandem Extracorporeal Therapies
  • Non-invasive Ventilation
  • Sepsis – State of the Art
  • Extracorporeal Support in Pediatric Critical Care
    • Renal, Hepatic, Leukophoresis, VAD
  • Neurocritical care
  • Genetic and Metabolic disease in critical care
  • Cardiac Critical Care
  • Respiratory Failure
    • PARDS, Critical Airway management, Respiratory Infections (Pertussis, RSV, Fungus etc)
  • What’s new in Resuscitation
    • 2023 Ilcor guidelines, Resuscitation in CICU, e-CPR
  • Enhancing Quality and Safety
    • Enhanced recovery, Early warning score and Rapid response, Post-ICU transition and long-term follow-up, Safety overview
  • Plenary Lectures, Themed Lectures, Meet the Expert session, Free Papers, Pro-Con debate, e-Posters
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Doha’s tourism sector has evolved rapidly over the years, with key attractions and several museums of great importance gaining the spotlight.

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Welcome to Doha, Qatar’s ultramodern capital. Located in the east of the country, Doha is home to approximately 646,000 people from all over the world. It’s the country’s fastest-growing city and its business centre.

Doha’s tourism sector has evolved rapidly over the years, with key attractions and several museums of great importance gaining the spotlight.

Known for its exemplary hospitality, exquisite cuisine, unique shopping experiences and traditional souqs, along with a plethora of adventures and activities, Doha is growing rapidly, and offers something for all travellers.

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