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  The 28th Annual Children's National Symposium on ECMO & Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure
January 4, 2012

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Keystone, Colorado
February 26 - March 1, 2012


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Children's ECMO program is one of the largest in the nation, running a national/international training program in addition to an annual international scientific conference on ECMO.

This conference is sponsored by Children’s National Medical Center, Division of Neonatology. The conference will address the educational needs of Pediatric Healthcare Workers involved in care of the neonatal or pediatric patient in respiratory and/or cardiovascular failure. State-of-the-art presentations on the use and latest technologies related to Neonatal, Pediatric, and Adult 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 and/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. Experts will lead discussion regarding the future of ECLS including potential changes in equipment and staffing models.
 


   
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