PG3 Infections and critical patients: emerging problems and clinical strategies

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: A. Artigas (Sabadell, Spain), T. Vassilakopoulos (Athens, Greece)
Aims: This course will provide participants with an update on the management of difficult infections in the ICU with a particular focus on epidemiology, new extracorporeal therapies as well as infection-control policies.
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ADULT: B.3 Non-TB respiratory infections, D.3 Procedures performed collaboratively, G. Competence in fields shared with other specialties.

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Emerging problematic micro-organisms J. Rello Condomines (Barcelona, Spain)
How do I control transmission of MDR organisms in and out the ICU? S. Ewig (Bochum, Germany)
How to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia M. Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain)
Extracorporeal therapies in sepsis: from toraymyxin to CPFA M. Antonelli (Rome, Italy)