SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
Main Programme
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0850 – 0900 | Welcome speech by SICM President Dr Tan Hon Liang |
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0900 – 0930 | Opening Plenary : Severe COVID-19 and the temptation to do more Prof Jason Phua Session Moderator: Dr Andrew Li |
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0940 – 1110 | Track 1 : ARDS management – What has changed with COVID-19? Session Moderator: Dr Chew Mei Fang |
0940 – 1110 | Track 2 : Critical Care Cardiology – How has this changed with COVID-19 Session Moderator: Dr Ruth Chen ![]() |
0940 – 1110 | Track 3: Transforming Critical Care with Technologies Session Moderator: Dr Tan Hon Liang ![]() |
0940 – 1010 | The use of awake proning in the management of COVID ARDS Dr Dirk Varelmann |
0940 – 1010 | Cardiogenic Shock Management – Generating and Applying Evidence During COVID-19 and Beyond Dr Jason Katz |
0940 – 1040 | Talkshow: Tele-ICU – Critical Care without walls Dr Timothy Buchman, Dr Sai Praveen Haranath |
1010 – 1040 | ECMO for severe COVID-19 disease A/Prof Ramanathan Kollengode |
1010 – 1040 | The Forgotten Chamber in ARDS Dr Chia Yew Woon |
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1040 – 1110 | Glucocorticoid treatment of ARDS: safe and highly effective Prof Gu Meduri |
1040 – 1110 | Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Management in the COVID Era Prof Marcus Ong |
1040 – 1110 | Alarm Fatigue: The Unknown Pandemic Dr Dirk Hüske-Kraus |
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1140 – 1310 | Track 4: Extra-corporeal blood purification therapies, the ins and outs Session Moderator: Dr Andrew Li ![]() |
1140 – 1310 | Track 5 : What happens after ICU stay.. Session Moderator: Dr Lee Yi Lin |
1140 – 1310 | Track 6: The evolution of rapid response in the face of COVID-19 Session Moderator: A/Prof Augustine Tee ![]() |
1140 – 1310 | A/Prof Gerald Chua, A/Prof Tan Han Khim and Dr Manish Kaushik | 1140 – 1210 | A Close Encounter with COVID-19: An ICU Patient’s Journey Dr Ho Vui Kia, Mr Raymond Koh |
1140 – 1200 | Decreasing collateral damage from COVID-19 Prof Sang Bum-Hong |
1200 – 1220 | The use of PAPR in resuscitation and rescue scenarios for COVID -19 – The CGH experience A/Prof Roshni Sadashiv Gokhale |
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1210 – 1240 | Making victors out of ICU survivors: the nutrition journey Dr Charles Lew ![]() |
1220 – 1240 | The canary in the coalmine – Triage and monitoring in Covid isolation facilities Dr Toh Han |
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1240 – 1310 | Physiotherapy and our battle against COVID-19: The experience from the National Centre of Infectious Diseases, Singapore Ms Audrey Lee |
1240 – 1310 | Rapid response and red zone alerts Ms Clarice Wee |
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1310 – 1350 |
Treating Critically-ill patients in an era of increased Gram-negative bacterial resistance – challenging the standard approach
Lunch Symposium by Pfizer
Session Moderator: Dr Jensen Ng
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1315 – 1330 | Implications for MDR Gram-negative infections in critically ill patients in Asia Dr Asok Kurup |
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1330 – 1345 | Optimizing antibiotic therapy in the ICU Dr Kenneth Chan |
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1350 – 1420 | Plenary 1: Update on MERS-CoV Therapeutics: Implications for COVID-19 Prof Yaseen Arabi Session Moderator: Dr Lee Yi Lin |
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1420 – 1550 | Track 7 : COVID-19 and ICU – The experience in other countries Session Moderator: Prof Jason Phua |
1420 – 1550 | Track 8: To dialyse or not to dialyse, that is the question Session Moderator: Dr Ruth Chen ![]() |
1420 – 1550 | Track 9: VTE and anti-coagulation in ICU, should we do more in the ICU in the COVID19 era Session Moderator: Dr Jensen Ng ![]() |
1420 – 1550 | Prof Sang Bum-Hong, Prof Jigeeshu Divatia, Dr Jose Emmanuel Palo and Dr Moritoki Egi | 1420 – 1450 | Management of Acute Kidney Injury – Strategies and Adaptations to a New World with COVID-19 A/Prof Chionh Chang Yin |
1420 – 1430 | Opening Remark Dr Ravi Tiwari |
1430 – 1455 | Summary of VTE prophylaxis and anticoagulation in the ICU during “peacetime” How that has changed with COVID-19? Dr Yap Eng Soo |
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1450 – 1520 | Strategies for Starting Renal Replacement Therapy: Insights from the STARRT-AKI Trial Prof Sean Bagshaw |
1455 – 1520 | Challenges of Thromboprophylaxis and Anticoagulation in COVID-19 Dr Eugene Fan, Dr Ravi Tiwari |
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1520 – 1550 | Use of acute peritoneal dialysis to manage COVID-19 induced AKI in the ITU – one centre’s experience Prof Hugh Cairns |
1520 – 1550 | Talkshow with Dr Ravi Tiwari, Dr Yap Eng Soo, Dr Eugene Fan |
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1600 – 1730 | Track 10: Respiratory failure – Pre-COVID-19 evidence. Can we apply that in this pandemic? Session Moderator: Dr Lie Sui An |
1600 – 1730 | Track 11: COVID-19 and children – is it as benign as we thought? Session Moderators: Dr Judith Wong and Dr Syeda Kashfi Qadri |
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1600 – 1630 | Mechanical Ventilation for COVID-19 Pneumonia Dr See Kay Choong |
1600 – 1730 | Dr Jacqueline Ong, Dr Jayashree Muralidharan, Dr Lee Jan Hau and Dr Padmanabhan Ramnaraya | ||
1630 – 1700 | Stop fighting with the Ventilators – Addressing Patient-Ventilator Dyssynchrony Dr Ivan Gerald Lee |
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1700 – 1730 | Use of NIV and HFOT for respiratory failure pre-COVID-19 – Can we apply them in this pandemic? Dr Esther Tan Qiao Li |
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1730 – 1800 | Special Plenary: COVID-19 pneumonia, pathophysiology and respiratory treatment Prof Luciano Gattinoni Session Moderator: Dr Chew Mei Fang |
0830 – 0900 | Plenary 2 : COVID-19 lessons from Singapore ID Prof Paul Anantharajah Tambyah Session Moderator: Dr Pipetius Quah |
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0900 – 0930 | Plenary 3 : Overcoming COVID-19 together: A Public Health Perspective A/Prof Kenneth Mak Session Moderator: Dr Tan Hon Liang |
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0930 – 1100 | Track 12 : Are the ICUs prepared for COVID-19? The considerations Session Moderator: Dr Lie Sui An |
0930 – 1100 | Track 13 : COVID-19 therapies – How do they affect us in the ICU Session Moderator: Dr Pipetius Quah |
0930 – 1100 | Track 14: Hospital acquired infections, what do intensivists need to know Session Moderator: Dr Jonathan Tan ![]() |
0930 – 1000 | Developing Crisis Standards of Care: COVID-19’s Harrowing Mandate Dr Nicholas Sadovnikoff |
0930 – 1000 | COVID-19 and concomitant respiratory bacterial infections Dr Lee Tau Hong |
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1000 – 1030 | The Scramble to Prepare for COVID-19: The Ins and Outs A/Prof Tan Hui Ling |
0930 – 1100 | Dr Louis Chai, Dr Ling Li Min, Dr Puah Ser Hon, Dr Sewa Duu Wen, Dr Tan Chee Keat | 1000 – 1030 | Fungal infections in the ICU Dr Jasmine Chung |
1030 – 1100 | ICU Education and COVID19: challenges and responses Prof Chris Nickson |
1030 – 1100 | Integrating Novel Strategies into the treatment algorithm for Antimicrobial Resistance A/Prof Andrea Kwa |
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1100 -1110 | Sponsor Advertisement | ||||
1110 – 1140 | Closing Plenary : COVID-19 Research: What does this mean for my ICU? Prof Andrew Udy Session Moderator: Dr Jensen Ng |
Note: * Tentative Topic Titles
Note: ** Date and Time are reflected in Singapore Standard Time (GMT +8)