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October 9 - 13, 2010
23rd Annual ESICM Annual Congress
Barcelona, Spain
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North American SSC Summit Presentations

Click here to view and listen to presentations delivered in Denver, Colorado at the North American Surviving Sepsis Campaign Summit held November 29, 2007.
To download directly to your computer:
Click on this link to download the zip file:
http://sccmwww.sccm.org/Documents/SSC_Denver.zip
- Download the zip file on your computer
- Unzip the file
- Look for SSC_Denver.htm and double click it to open the index page.
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Podcasts:

Click here to listen to the following podcasts of your choice:
2008 Podcasts
SCCM Pod-80 PCCM: Adrenal Status in Children with Septic Shock
Jerry Zimmerman, MD, PhD, FCCM, discusses an article published in the January 2007 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, titled "Adrenal Status in Children with Septic Shock Using Low Dose Stimulation Test." Dr. Zimmerman is professor of pediatric critical care medicine at the University of Utah. Dr. Zimmerman is director of pediatric critical care medicine at Children’s Hospital Regional Medicine Center in Seattle, Washington. (Sarthi M, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2007; 8:84)
2007 Podcasts
SCCM Pod 77: CCM: Sepsis Bundles Associated with Decreased Mortality
H. Bryant Nguyen, MD
Crit Care Med. 2007;35(4):1105
SCCM Pod 69: Congress Special: Epinephrine vs. Norepinephrine for Septic Shock
Djilali Annane, MD
2006 Podcasts
SCCM Pod 49: Responding to the NEJM's Article on the SSC
Mitchell M. Levy, MD, FCCM
NEJM. 2006;355(16):1640-1642
SCCM Pod 39: Revising the Surviving Sepsis Guidelines
R. Phillip Delliner, MD, FCCM
Crit Conn. 2006;5(4):20
SCCM Pod 27: Dopamine's Influence on the Outcome of Shock
Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD, FCCM
Crit Care Med. 2006;34(3):589-597
SCCM Pod 24: Implementing the Surviving Sepsis Campaign
Michael Gropper, MD, PhD
SCCM Pod 22: Early Indicators of Sepsis Survival
Mitchell Levy, MD, FCCM and Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD, FCCM
Crit Care Med. 2005;33(10):2194-2201
PCCM
The 1st International Sepsis Forum on Sepsis in Infants and Children with
Adrienne Randolph, MD, MSc
Additional Podcasts:
Visit http://www.eicupodcast.com/4.html
Choose podcast #7 offered by University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center discussing use of electronic ICU in implementing sepsis alert protocols. The Surviving Sepsis Campaign does not endorse any product or service referred to or cited in external podcasts. Please click here to view the campaign's industry fact sheet.
Vodcasts: 
You may watch SCCM vodcasts using your iPod Video and iTunes. This is a free service. You can also watch them on your computer. To view SCCM vodcasts click here.
Learn ICU (click here to go directly to sepsis Learn ICU section)
38th Critical Care Congress: Monotherapy Vs Combination Antimicrobial Therapy of Sepsis
During this session, the controversial debate on whether or not combination antimicrobial therapy is more efficacious than monotherapy for gram-negative bacteremia is presented. Although there are theoretical advantages to combination therapy, the data from studies of patients with gram-negative bacteraemias have been conflicting.
- Dennis G. Maki, MD, examines the evidence that modern monotherpy is sufficient
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37th Critical Care Congress: The Cutting Edge of Sepsis Therapies
- Daniel Meldrum, MD, examines when and why to use beta-blockers in septic shock
- Sara S. Cheng, MD, presents on the use of anticoagulants in sepsis
- Jeffery S. Vender, MD, FCCM, discusses hemodynamic monitoring in sepsis
- Claudio Ronco, MD, assesses the role of hemofiltration in sepsis
- Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD, FCCM, presents an evidenced-based approach to sepsis
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37th Critical Care Congress: Selected Controversies in Sepsis Therapy in the PICU
- Jerry J. Zimmerman, MD, PhD FCCM, evaluates the role of steroid use in pediatric sepsis
- Vinay M. Nadkarni, MD, FCCM, discusses the approach to tight glycemic control in critically ill children
- Mark R. Rigby, MD, PhD, reviews the mechanisms and effects of tight glycemic control in children
- Joseph A. Carcillo, MD, describes the application of goal-directed therapy to pediatric septic shock
- Elizabeth A. Farrington, PharmD, reviews current information on the use of vasopressin in pediatric septic shock
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37th Critical Care Congress: Hemodynamic Support of Sepsis
- Judith Jacobi, PharmD, FCCM, reviews the rationale for using various fluid products during the resuscitation of the septic patient, including the use of crystalloids versus colloids versus blood products
- Emanuel Rivers, MD, MPH, further explains early goal-directed therapy interventions for the patient with sepsis and how early treatment can reduce mortality
- Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD, FCCM, discusses the results from clinical trials assessing the adequacy of resuscitation in the septic patient
- James Russell, MD, compares the rationales for vasopressin and norepinephrine in septic shock
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EISCM
20th Annual Congress: Adjunctive Therapy of Sepsis
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