29th Annual
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

July 28-August 1, 2008
Kiawah Island, SC

This course, the 29th in the series, should improve patient care by updating skills and knowledge in selected areas of critical care medicine. This course teaches participants to:

• Describe differential diagnosis and treatment strategies for ARDS
• Identify steps in managing the patient presenting with pleural effusions
• Recognize and treat polyneuropathy in the critically ill patient
• Diagnose and treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
• Manage critically ill patients with asthma
• Evaluate and treat patients presenting with anemia and ventilator associated pneumonia
• Analyze hematological information for appropriate diagnosis and treatment
• Assess and treat patients with tuberculosis, MDR-TB and XDR-TB
• Identify patients with pulmonary embolism and plan appropriate treatment regimes
• Discuss advanced mechanical ventilation for refractory hypoxia
• Plan appropriate use of sedation and analgesia in the ICU
• Manage severe sepsis
• Define treatment strategies for managing the severely obese patient in the ICU
• Diagnose and treat COPD
• Define the use of CPAP in patients presenting with sleep apnea
• Outline new antifungals and their use with the critically ill patient
• Manage acute renal failure in the ICU
• Discuss benefits and risks of bronchoscopic lung volume reduction
• Relate steps in managing the patient presenting with toxic inhalation injury
• Examine treatment options for sarcoidosis
• Compare and contrast methods of weaning patients from use of mechanical ventilation
• Review management strategies for patients with atrial fibrillation and flutter
• Cite the ten commandments of critical care

This course is designed for pulmonary and critical care physicians, anesthesiologists, emergency medicine physicians and other physicians who treat critically ill patients.

Ventilator Workshop: This interactive workshop will cover at least two mechanical ventilations system. Topics will include recruitment maneuvers, prone positioning, APRV and bilevel ventilation. Advanced simulator technology will enable trouble-shooting of common ventilator problems and experience with various pharmacologic and ventilator interventions.

Conflict Resolution Skills Workshop: This workshop will promote self-reflection of one’s style of conflict resolution, enhance understanding of conflicts and styles used to resolve them and improve skills in resolving conflicts.

Electrolyte Cases: Roundtable discussion to reinforce treatment strategies and enhance insight into case management.

Sleep Medicine:The Old vs. The New - Participants will review the 2007 American Academy of Sleep Medicine sleep-scoring update to address digital recording and define abnormal sleep events. Questions welcome about ABIM Sleep Medicine board exam topics.

ECG Interpretation: Case presentations and ECG examples will cover 12-lead and rhythm strip interpretation. A round-robin format will optimize participation. ECGs supplied in advance.

The Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 21.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Optional workshops are an additional 1.5 hour each.

Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.

Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine and Division of Continuing
Education

The course is held at Kiawah Island, a relaxing, family-friendly coastal resort near the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina. Kiawah Island is a AAA Four Diamond Award-winning resort, with 10 miles of private beach, five championship golf courses, two tennis centers, a luxurious spa, children’s and teen recreation programs and a wide variety of accommodations, including villas, condos, and the luxurious new oceanfront hotel, The Sanctuary. Kiawah was named one of the Top 10 Beaches in America in 2002.

Harold M. Szerlip, M.D., Professor and Vice Chairman of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary Disease, Nephrology, Hypertension and Transplantation Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia

John W. Brice, M.D., Chief of Medicine, Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia

Colonel William T. Browne, M.D., Program Director, University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency Program, Medical Education Office, Minneapolis, Minnesota

R. Phillip Dellinger, M.D., FCCM, Head of the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey

James Donohue, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Paul Lanken, M.D., Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania

Anthony Ramage, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia

Charlie Strange, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

Teresa A. Coleman, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of
Hematology/Oncology

Thomas A. Dillard, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary Disease
and Critical Care

Frank W. Ewald, Jr., M.D., Associate Chief of Staff for Education, Charlie
Norwood Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia; Associate
Professor of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care

John F. Fisher, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Section of Infectious Disease

J. Ned Pruitt, III, M.D., Associate Professor of Neurology

Robert A. Sorrentino, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Section of Cardiology

Faculty handouts contained in the course syllabus were provided prior to the
printing deadline. Course faculty presentations are subject to change due to faculty revisions. Please contact speakers directly for updated information.

The registration fee includes a course syllabus containing supplemental material and abstracts of the presentations. Early registration is encouraged to ensure your enrollment and lodging reservation. Please use the online registration form.

Cancellations: A refund will be made upon written request prior to July 14, 2008; $75 will be retained to cover administrative fees. We reserve the right to cancel the program if necessary. Full registration fees will be refunded for canceled programs. The Medical College of Georgia cannot be responsible for  reimbursement of airline or other transportation fares, hotel or rental car charges, including penalties.

Send Registration Form (available online) to:
Division of Continuing Education, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912

Phone 800-221-6437 or 706-721-3967.

You may fax registrations with payment by credit card to 706-721-4642.

Past Participant Comments "All presenters were well-prepared and well-informed." "Excellent course throughout." "Really well done. Great teachers." The best conference I' ve been to in 20 years." "Great course! High-quality CME activity."