Pediatric ARDS: A Translational Reflection (Pediatrics)

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

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  Anoopindar Bhalla, MD

  Children's Hospital Los Angeles, USC
  Los Angeles, California

  No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
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  Heidi Flori, MD

  Associate Professor
  University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
  Ann Arbor, MI

  No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (PARDS) is a manifestation of severe lung injury with a mortality rate of up to 35%. Despite this significance of PARDS in critically ill mechanically ventilated children, respiratory management remains largely supportive, with no data to support one approach over another. This session will highlight advances in the understanding of PARDS by relating experimental models to clinical experience and discussing recent advances in respiratory monitoring and management of PARDS and the identification of biomarkers that can be used for disease stratification and prognostication. Speakers will also discuss how to design clinical trials of PARDS, delivering much-needed scientific knowledge

Presentations:

• Lessons Learned From Clinical Studies in Pediatric ARDS
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Robinder Khemani, MD, MS – Children's Hospital Los Angeles
• What Can Biomarkers Tell Us?
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Jocelyn R. Grunwell, MD, PhD – Emory University/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Egleston
• Designing Clinical Trials for Pediatric ARDS: Hopes and Hurdles
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Martha A.Q. A.Q Curley, PhD, RN, FAAN – University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing