Tuesday Morning, March 4, 2025
7:00am-7:30pm Conference Registration Open
MEET THE EXPERT Elective Breakfast Sessions – Group 1 (CME Available)
7:00-8:00am
(choose one)
7:00-8:00am
Session 1 (ME1) – How do I use Hemadsorption Techniques in My Practice
Claudio Ronco and Thomas Rimmelé
7:00-8:00am
Session 2 (ME2) – How Do I use ChatGpt to Help Me Work Smarter?
Azra Bihorac and Rolando Claure-Del Granado
7:00-8:00am
MORNING SYMPOSIA – (CME Available for A and B)
(Seating is LIMITED, selection made during registration, coffee served)
Symposium A – De-escalating and Transitioning RRT: Best Practices
Ron Wald and Anitha Vijayan (Moderators)
The practice of transitioning between RRT modalities and discontinuing RRT varies widely across different centers. Due to a lack of guidelines, care delivery often relies on subjective assessments of the patient’s condition. This symposium will explore the evidence for weaning patients from acute RRT and discuss the transition between different RRT modalities.
Modality Transitions for RRT: What do I do – Ashita Tolwani
Discontinuation of RRT – When and How – Sean Bagshaw
Liberation off CRRT – Strategies to Optimize Care in Children – Shina Menon
Symposium B – Utilizing Biomarkers for AKI Management: Practical Considerations
John Prowle and Mitra Nadim (Moderators)
Current paradigms for diagnosing, staging, and monitoring kidney function changes from AKI rely on serum creatinine and urine output, which often do not correlate with underlying structural damage. The availability of various biomarkers of kidney function and damage offers new approaches for patient evaluation and targeted interventions. This symposium will discuss practical ways to incorporate biomarkers to enhance management of AKI.
Determine High Risk Patients and Intervention Strategies – Alex Zarbock
Implementing Dialysis Timing with Biomarker Guidance – Rajit Basu
Assessing Recovery and Treatment Response to Intervention – Christian Nusshag
OPTIONAL INDUSTRY BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM (Non-CME)
S1 – Click Here for Details
SESSION I: PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS (CME Available)
8:20-10:30am
Plenary 1 – MINI-SYMPOSIA
Organ Dysfunction in the Critically Ill Patient: Emerging Concepts
Co-Chairs: Neesh Pannu and Michael Joannidis
8:20-8:30 Opening Remarks – Ravindra L Mehta
8:30-8:45 Worsening Kidney Function in Acute Heart Failure – Amir Kazory
8:45-9:00 Refractory Shock: Can we Define it? – Ashish Khanna
9:00-9:15 Neural Control of Multiorgan Dysfunction in AKI – Mark Okusa
9:15-9:30 Lactate in Critical Illness – Marlies Ostermann
9:30-9:45 Sepsis Associated AKI: What Have we Learned? – Matthieu LeGrand
9:45-10:00 New Insights in Thermoregulation – Peter Pickkers
10:00-10:30 SPECIAL LECTURE
AI in the ICU: Are We Ready?
Yes: Azra Bihorac
Maybe: Jay Koyner
No: Lui Forni
Moderator: Claudio Ronco
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
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SIMULTANEOUS STANDARD WORKSHOPS (CME Available)
Open to all participants (applicable to physicians, nurses and allied personnel)
These Standard Workshops are designed for smaller groups and allow for more interaction between presenters and attendees. Ample time is available for Q&A.
Codes: C= Core workshop, I = Intermediate, A = Advanced, N= Nurses, AP = Nurses & Allied Personnel
Workshop Tracks
A: AKI; B: CRRT Technique; C: Critical Care Topics ; D: Organ Support
11:00am-12:30pm
Standard Workshops – Group 1 (Choose 0ne)
A01 Enhancing Communication in the Workplace: Improving Skills with Empathy (C,N,AP)
This experiential workshop aims to enhance patient care by fostering curiosity, listening, and perspective-taking skills. It will help participants develop competence in addressing communication challenges. Through brief interactive didactics, medical improv, and reflective exercises, we will improve skills essential for care providers and team members. Additionally, we will explore how implicit bias affects communication through prejudices, stereotyping, or discrimination. (G. Mehta, JM Maury) Limited to 30 participants
B02 Citrate Anticoagulation for CRRT: How to Use it? (C,N,AP)
Regional citrate anticoagulation (RCA) is increasingly utilized for CRRT. Advances in technology have enabled automated citrate anticoagulation. However, concerns remain about its ease of use and application in patients with liver failure and reduced tissue perfusion. This workshop will discuss the best approaches for utilizing RCA for CRRT. (Tolwani, Joannidis, Srisawat)
C03 Pediatric AKI and RRT: Beyond the Basics (I,N,AP)
This workshop will highlight the epidemiology and best practices for AKI management and CRRT, peritoneal dialysis and tandem therapies application in neonates and children. (Plomaritas, Selewski, Soranno)
D04 Managing Patients with Combined Kidney and Liver Failure (C,N,AP)
Patients with combined liver and kidney failure are difficult to manage. This workshop will discuss the pathophysiology and illustrate best approaches for differential diagnosis and management of these patients. (Nadim, Deep, Rosner)
12:30-2:00pm LUNCH SYMPOSIA – (Non-CME)
(Seating is LIMITED, selection made during registration, lunch provided by conference.)
Please note: At this time, these are the only lunch options provided on Tuesday.
Establishing Evidence for Interventions for AKI and CRRT: Trial Designs and Endpoints
Currently, no specific therapy exists for preventing or treating AKI other than mitigating further injury and providing supportive care. Clinical trials in AKI and CRRT have largely been unsuccessful in providing evidence for novel therapeutic interventions targeting underlying pathophysiology. This symposium will discuss the rationale and adoption of new, well-designed clinical trials with appropriate endpoints to confirm or refute the efficacy of such interventions.
Moderators: Glenn Chertow and Kathleen Liu
Sex and Gender Considerations in Critical Care Nephrology Trials – Nuttha Lumlertgul
Endpoints for AKI Trials – Time for a MAKE-over? – Andrew Shaw
Clinical Trial Designs: ADQI Recommendations – Alex Zarbock
T2 Improving Care for Patients After Hospitalization for AKI
AKI is a complex disease that requires multidisciplinary interventions however most patients who are hospitalized with an episode of AKI do not have systematic follow up or targeted interventions to improve recovery and mitigate the effects of the disease. This session will provide guidance on patient centered approaches to improve the management and outcomes of patients with AKI.
Moderators: Jorge Cerda and Samira Bell
Developing a Post-AKI follow-up Clinic – Real-life Experience – Nick Selby
Barriers to Effective Patient Education and Follow-up in AKI Recovery – Etienne Macedo
Post-Hospitalization of Patients with AKI Requiring Dialysis – Anitha Vijayan
OPTIONAL INDUSTRY LUNCH SYMPOSIA – (Non-CME)
I1 TBD Click Here for Details
I2 TBD Click Here for Details
SIMULTANEOUS STANDARD WORKSHOPS – (CME Available)
2:00-3:30pm
Standard Workshops – Group 2 (Choose One)
A05 Enhancing Communication in the Workplace: Addressing Conflict and Uncertainty (C,N,AP)
Patients’ emotional responses to illness, along with clinicians’ reactions, are central to healthcare communication. Strong emotions significantly influence decision-making and clinical outcomes. Recognizing, validating, and managing negative emotions in patients is crucial. This workshop wil provide brief didactics and reflections, share strategies for empathic communication, and explore ways to maintain our own emotional regulation.(G Mehta, Fuhrman) Limited to 30 participants
B06 Precision Solute Control and Dynamic Dosing with CRRT? (I,N,AP)
CRRT techniques have evolved with availability of new technology to customize dialysis delivery. This interactive case based workshop will discuss how to apply the technology for dose adjustments, monitoring for adequacy, modality selection and transitions in CRRT. (Claure, Kaushik, Prowle)
C07 Starting, Transitioning and Stopping RRT for AKI: Science and Art (C,N,AP)
One of the most vexing issues for clinicians is determining when to initiate RRT in critically ill patients, when and how to transition modalities and when it can be stopped. This workshop will use case studies to explore various approaches and establish the principles for clinical decisions for renal support. (Mehta, Bagshaw, Lumertgul)
D08 Hemadsorption: Techniques and Application (ECOS) (C,N,AP)
Hemadsorption techniques have advanced with the development of selective membranes for extracorporeal organ support. These methods are now widely used, often alongside standard CRRT. This workshop will cover the rationale and strategies for practical application, using case studies to explore different options. (Ronco, Reis, Rimmelé)
3:30-4:00pm Coffee Break
SESSION I: PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS – continued (CME Available)
4:00-6:00pm
Plenary 2 – MINI-SYMPOSIA
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI): Pathophysiology
Co-Chairs: Danielle Soranno and Kent Doi
4:00-4:15 Adenosine Antagonists and the Kidney – David Askenazi
4:15-4:30 The Emerging Concept of Tubular Functional Reserve – Vincenzo Cantaluppi
4:30-4:45 AKI in the Neurosurgical Unit – Vedran Premuzic
4:45-5:00 Urine Profiling in Sepsis – Associated AKI – Christian Nusshag
5:00-6:00 SPECIAL SESSION
30 Years of AKI and CRRT: Reflections and Predictions
Panel: Claudio Ronco, Rinaldo Bellomo, Steve Alexander, Tim Bunchman, Tom Golper, Ian Baldwin, Bruce Mueller, Ravindra Mehta, Christian Schlaeper, Glenn Chertow, Bill Clark
Moderators: Stuart Goldstein & Marlies Ostermann
6:00pm Adjourn
6:00-8:00pm EXHIBIT RECEPTION AND POSTER SESSION