PG2 Core Curriculum Postgraduate Course: Breaking news on imaging in critically ill patients

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: B. Schoenhofer (Hanover, Germany), M. Pistolesi (Florence, Italy)
Aims: At the end of the course participants will have improved their knowledge about imaging techniques in critically ill patients, which has a great impact on their therapeutical decision making.

HERMES SYLLABUS LINKS: A.1.4 Pathophysiology, B.9.2 Traumatic thoracic injury, B.10.1 Acute respiratory distress syndrome, B.10.2 Obstructive lung disease, D.2.22 Chest X-ray, D.3.1 Thoracic imaging (X-ray, CT, MRI).

TYPE OF COURSE: Lecture and video based

Is there still a role for perfusion scintigraphy in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism? M. Pistolesi (Florence, Italy)
What has computed tomography taught us about the exacerbations of IPF? C. Saltini (Rome, Italy)
Ultrasound assessment of lung densities in critically ill patients: is this the future? J. Rouby (Paris, France)
Imaging of pulmonary pathologies: focus on magnetic resonance imaging R. R. Rizi (Philadelphia, United States of America)