Addressing Organ Dysfunction in Critical Illness: It's What We Do

Bonus Session Available in Congress Digital

Location: Congress Digital

CE: 1.0

Bonus CE Session Moderator(s)

Jerry Zimmerman, MD, PhD, MCCM

Faculty, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, Washington

This session will provide attendees with historical perspective regarding the role of multiple organ dysfunction (MODS) in critical illness and injury, including the recent publication of the Pediatric Organ Dysfunction Information Update Mandate collaborative; hypothesize underlying, unifying pathophysiology of MODS; and consider the significance of emerging MODS phenotypes.

Learning Objectives:

Review historical and contemporary views of multiple organ dysfunction (MODS) underlying critical illness, definitions of individual organ dysfunctions, and validated scores for composite organ dysfunction
Appraise various unifying theories for MODS pathophysiology
Recognize that various MODS phenotypes are associated with different outcomes

Presentations:

MODS: Historical Perspective and Contemporary Update
MODS Pathophysiology: Does an Underlying Unifying Mechanism of Action Exist?
Outcomes of Critically Ill Children Are Related to the MODS Phenotype They Encounter