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Gulf Pediatric
Critical Care
Conference

23-26 January 2025

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Overview /Agenda

Gulf Pediatric Critical Care Conference January 23-26 2025

All Sessions THURSDAY, 23 Jan 2025 FRIDAY, 24 Jan 2025 SATURDAY, 25 Jan 2025 SUNDAY, 26 Jan 2025

Advanced Airway Management in the Critically ill Child

Course Director: Dr. Ikram Haque
Expert Faculty: Dr. Taseer Feroz Din, Dr. Tripiti Sinha, Dr. Antonio Perez Iranzo (Spain), Dr. Manu Sundaram

08:00-08:25

Coffee and Registration

08:25-08:35

Welcome and Introductions

08:35-09:25

Pediatric Airway Anatomy and Physiology

09:25-10:15

Management of the Difficult airway

Tips and tricks

10:15-11:00

Bronchoscopy in a critically ill child

11:00-11:15

Break

11:15-12:00

Management of difficult pediatric airway with adjuncts

12:00-12:45

Management of difficult pediatric airway with adjuncts

12:00-12:45

Surgical airway And Rigid Bronchoscopy

12:45 – 13:30

lunch

13:30-13:45

Preparing for difficult intubation

13:45-14:15

Video Review of difficult airways and bronchoscopy

14:45-15:30

Flexible Bronchoscopy- BAL and Foreign body

1530-1545

Coffee

15:45-16:30

Bronchoscopy Simulator

1630-1715

Airway Management in Special Circumstances

1715-1800

Review of Guidelines and Protocols and wrap up

Conference Day 1

08:00 - 08:05

Opening remarks

08:05 - 09:00

Plenary Session: Critical care Monitoring in the AI era

09:00-09:15

Break

09:15-10:50

Scientific session: Extracorporeal Support in Pediatric Critical Care

09:15-09:35

Renal Replacement Therapies

09:35-09:55

Extracorporeal Liver Support

09:55-10:15

Plasma Exchange in PICU

10:15-10:35

Ventricular assist and long-term cardiac support

10:35-10:50

Discussion

10:50-11:15

Opening Ceremony

11:15- 13:00

Prayer and Lunch break

13:00-13:45

Plenary Session: The Brain in Pediatric Critical Illness

13:45-15:15

Scientific Session: Neurocritical Care

13:45-14:00

Advanced Neuro monitoring: luxury or necessity

14:00-14:20

Acute neuroinflammatory disorders in the PICU

14:20-14:40

Super refractory status epilepticus

14:40-15:00

Early mobilization in Pediatric Critical Care

15:00-15:15

Discussion

15:15-15:30

Break

15:30-16:15

Plenary Session: Update in the Management of Septic Shock

16:15-17:45

Scientific Session: Sepsis

16:15-16:35

Sepsis early recognition and Phoenix Criteria

16:35-16:55

Fluid resuscitation and de-resuscitation in sepsis

16:55-17:15

Recognition and management of Sepsis phenotypes

17:15-17:35

Managing emerging infections and multi-resistant organisms in Sepsis (Abdulwahed Zainel)

17:35-17:45

Discussion

19:30

Gala Dinner

Conference Day 2

08:00-08:45

Plenary Session: Past present and future of pediatric critical care

08:45-09:00

Break and poster viewing

09:00-10:30

Cardiac Critical Care Symposium

09:00-09:20

Brain in the Cardiac Intensive Care

09:20-09:40

Intensive care of complex single ventricle

09:40-10:00

Simulation in ECMO training and revalidation- The mini-SIM

10:00-10:20

Airway co-morbidities in Cardiac ICU

10:20-10:30

Discussion

10:30-10:50

Break and poster viewing

10:50-12:20

Respiratory Symposium

10:50-11:10

NIV in Viral Infections with Acute Respiratory Failure

11:10-11:30

Acute on Chronic Respiratory failure in the PICU

11:30-11:50

Update in Pediatric ARDS

11:50-12:10

Life Threatening Pertussis
(GCC LEADING THIS COLLABORATIVE)

12:10-12:20

Discussion

12:20 – 13:20

Lunch break and poster viewing

13:20-14:30

Resuscitation Update Session

13:20-13:40

Resuscitation in the critically ill child

13:40-14:00

E-CPR: who, when, and where?

14:00-14:20

Post resuscitation management

14:20-14:30

Discussion

14:30-15:40

Enhancing Quality, Safety and Outcomes

14:30-14:50

Pre and Post PICU Management-EWS, RRT, Outreach

14:50-15:10

PICU transition and long-term home ventilation

15:10-15:30

Embedding a safety culture in the PICU

15:30-15:40

Discussion

15:40-16:00

Coffee break and poster viewing

16:00-16:30

Plenary Session: Islamic Ethics in Pediatric Critical Care

16:30-17:30

Ethical Challenges in the Gulf Region

Case based discussions on ‘Death by neurological criteria’, medical futility, organ donation

17:30-18:00

Abstract Presentations and Prize

18:00-18:10

Closing remarks

Post-Conference Workshops

Acute Non-Invasive Ventilation Workshop

Course Director: Dr. Manu Sundaram Qatar
Expert Faculty: Dr. Marti Pons Odena (Spain), Dr. Arun Bansal (India)

0730-0800

Registration

0800-0815

Introduction, welcome and shared learning

0815-0835

Applied NIV physiology

0955-1020

How to use NIV: ICEMAN ALGORITHM

I & C: Know your Indications/Contraindications for NIVM: Modes: Let’s make it clear

A: Analysis of failure

N: Next steps: Monitoring & Weaning

HFNC and CPAP

1020-1040

Coffee Break

1040-1110

Practical demonstration: NIV with home machines

1110-1140

Practical demonstration: NIV with NIV specific machines

1140-1210

Practical demonstration: NIV with conventional ventilator

1210-1300

Lunch Break

1300-1345

Case based scenario: hypercarbia

1345-1430

Case based scenario: Hypoxia

1430-1515

Case based scenario: HFNC and CPAP

1515-1530

Coffee Break

1530-1600

NAVA in acute NIV

1600-1630

Accessories to NIV

1630-1700

Question, feedback and closing remarks

Continuous Kidney Replacement Therapy (CKRT), Apheresis and
Tandem Extracorporeal Therapies Workshop

Course Director: Dr Prabh Nayak
Expert Faculty: Dr Ahmad Kaddourah, Dr Akash Deep (UK)

0730 – 0800

Registration and welcome

0800 -0830

CKRT in critically ill children: Introduction & Principles

0830 – 0900

How I write a good CKRT prescription

0900- 0930

Anti-coagulation in CKRT

0930 – 0945

CKRT in ECMO

0945 – 1000

CKRT in Liver failure

1000-1015

Coffee Break

1015-1045

Setting up the CKRT machine

1045 – 1115

Trouble shooting and Alarms on CKRT

1115-1145

CKRT on ECMO Application

1145 - 1245

Lunch Break

1245 – 1315

Apheresis ABC

1315 - 1330

Plasma exchange for TAMOF

1330 – 1345

Plasma Exchange for Liver Failure

1345 – 1400

RBCs exchange Critically Ill Sickler’s