Overview:
The winter ECMO conference is a forum for the presentation and discussion of current therapies and techniques in Extracorporeal Life Support and advanced therapies for respiratory failure.

This conference will address the educational needs of Pediatric Healthcare Workers involved in care of the neonatal or pediatric patient in respiratory &/or cardiovascular failure. State-of-the-art presentations on the use and latest technologies related to Neonatal and Pediatric ECMO, nitric oxide, and state-of-the-art ventilation techniques will be presented. Didactic presentation will be combined with panel discussions, and short research presentations to enhance the audiences knowledge in the area of the latest treatments for respiratory &/or cardiovascular failure, while enhancing their knowledge in the latest known in the pathophysiology of disease in this population. Outcome data for neonatal and pediatric respiratory failure patients will also be presented. Limitations and complications of new therapies will be discussed by experts in the field.

Who Should Attend:
The conference is focused on the educational needs of following healthcare providers taking care of the neonatal/pediatric patient in respiratory &/or cardiovascular failure: Neonatologists, Pediatric Critical Care Physicians, Pediatric Surgeons, Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgeons, Neonatal Intensive Care Nurses, Pediatric Intensive Care Nurses, Neonatal/Pediatric Respiratory Therapists, and Pediatric Cardiovascular Perfusionists.

Sponsorship:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

The conference committee would like to thank the following organizations for their educational grant support of this ECMO conference:

           OriGen Biomedical


Contact Us:

Department of Neonatology
Children's National Medical Center
111 Michigan Ave. N.W.
Washington, DC, USA 20010

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