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AACC CPOCT Division 22nd
International Symposium
September 17-20, 2008 Barcelona, Spain |
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SAVE THE DATES
"Critical and Point of Care Testing:
Managing Technology for the Benefit of All Populations"
Keynote Speaker:
- Larry Kricka, University of Pennsylvania
Topics:
- Point of Care Testing to Improve Patient Safety and Outcomes
- Economics of Point of Care Testing: Cost containment and Process Improvements
- Critical and Point of Care Point of Care Testing for Infectious Disease
- Emerging Technologies for Critical and Point of Care Testing
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Critical and Point of Care Testing for Special Populations
Meeting presentations are available to conference attendees, please click here. |
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AACC CPOCT Division 21st
International Symposium
September 28-30, 2006 Quebec City, CN |
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Refining Point of Care Testing Strategies for
Critical and Emergency Care
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Keynote Presentation: Point of Care Diagnostic Technologies of the Future
Michel G. Bergeron, MD, FRCPC, Director, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research Centre of Laval University, Sainte-Foy (Quebec), Canada
USE OF POCT TO STABILIZE THE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT
- The Septic Patient: Pathogenesis and Laboratory Management
Jacques Lacroix, MD, Sainte Justine Hospital, Montreal, Québec
- Markers of Sepsis
Patrick St Louis, PhD, St Justine Hospital, Montreal, Québec
- Monitoring Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilatory Support: Present and Future Roles for POC Laboratory Assessments
Neil Macintyre, MD, Duke University, Durham, NC
- Controlling Magnesium in the OR, ICU, and Beyond
John Toffaletti, PhD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
- Evaluation of Lactate methods on the Radiometer ABL 725, i-STAT CG4+ Cartridge, Nova Biomedical Lactate Plus, Roche Integra 400 Plus, and Vitros 750 Analyzers
Renee Scott, BS, Mayo Medical Center, Rochester, MN
POCT FOR THE DIABETIC/HYPERGLYCEMIC PATIENT
- Essential Need for Glycemic Control in the OR and ICU
Bruce Bode, PhD, Atlanta Diabetes. Atlanta, GA
- Impact of POC HbA1c, Albumin, and Creatinine on Managing the Diabetic Patient
Trefor Higgins, PhD, Dynacare Kasper Medical Laboratory, Edmonton, Alberta, CN
- Impact of Renal Function Tests in Critical Care
Timothy Larson, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
- Has the Promise of Non-Invasive Glucose Testing Been Realized? Progress and Hurdles.
Omar Khalil, PhD, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL
- Impact of POCT HbA1c on the Maintenance of Glycemic Control in a Diabetic Population
John Petersen, PhD, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Friday, September 29, 2006
CURRENT AND EVOLVING TESTS FOR TRIAGE IN THE ED
- Diagnostic Challenges in the Management of Acute Stroke
Edward Jauch, MD, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
- Update on Evaluating the Patient with Chest Pain
Robert Jesse, MD, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
- POCT Increases Efficiency in the ED
Tony Joseph, MD, AMC Registry, Inc., Upper Arlington, OH
- POC Lactate: The Marker for Perfusion Deficit, Therapy, and Prognosis in the Critically Ill
Terry Shirey, PhD, Nova Biomedical, Waltham, MA
- “30 Minute Promise” Improves Efficiency of Patient Care in the Emergency Department
Oscar del Rio, MD, Mease Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, FL
Saturday, September 30, 2006
EVOLVING FRONTIERS IN POC TESTING I
- Advances in Information Technology for POCT
Christopher Fetters, Nova Biomedical, Waltham, MA
- POC Hematology and Coagulation Tests for Optimizing Intraoperative Transfusion Decisions Paula Santrach, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
- Enabling Technologies for Rapid Point of Care Diagnostics
Howard J. Kirchick, PhD, Biosite, Inc., San Diego, CA
- Microbiology at the Bedside
Sheldon Campbell, MD, PhD, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT
EVOLVING FRONTIERS IN POC TESTING II
- POCT and Molecular Diagnostics—An Emerging Reality
Paul Jannetto, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
- Fully Integrated Microfluidic and Microarray Biochips for DNA Analysis
Robin Liu, PhD, CombiMatrix Corporation, Mukilteo, WA
- Integrating Rapid HIV Testing in Emergency Care Improves HIV Detection
Evan Cadoff, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
Closing Remarks
Joseph Keffer, MD |
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