When Does Less Intervention Mean More in Mechanical Ventilation?

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

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  Mary Lough, PhD, RN, CCNS,

  Nurse Scientist, Clinical Nurse Specialist
  Stanford Health Care
  San Carlos, California

  No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

This session will explore when less intervention means better outcomes in mechanical ventilation. The session will be centered around less use of muscle relaxants (ROSE trial), less use of extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (REST trial) and less use of fluids.

Presentations:

• When Less Use of Extracorporeal Therapy Is Better: ECCO2R
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Tamas Szakmany, MD, PhD, FCCM – Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
• Less is More: Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Kayla A. Nichols, BCCCP, BS, PharmD – Emory University Hospital
• When Less Fluid Is More
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Ithan D. Peltan, MD, MSc – Intermountain Medical Center