PEDICRITICON 2024

Scientific Program

HALL A

TIME	TOPIC	FORMAT	SPEAKERS
8:00 - 8:30	Registration
Transplant Subspecialty Coordinators: Indira Jayakumar, Ravikumar T Session 1 : Chairpersons : Traci Wolbrink, Deenadayalan M, Aruna Rajendran
8:30 - 8:45	Utility of PICC lines in the PICU - Sponsored session by BD	Lecture	Sajith Kesavan
8:45 - 9:25	HSCT - Timeline of complications, case scenarios	Panel	Moderator : Sathishkumar Kandath Panelists : Hiremath Sagar Indira Jayakumar Sasidaran Kandasamy Teena Bhatla
9:25 - 9:40	HSCT - Cytokine release syndrome	Lecture	Jennifer McArthur
9:40 - 9:55	Extra corporeal therapies in post transplant	Lecture	Indira Jayakumar
9:55 - 10:10	Q&A
Session 2 : Chairpersons : Briseida Mema, Naresh P Shanmugam, Indira Jayakumar
10:10 - 10:50	Renal transplant - challenges for an intensivist, case scenarios	Panel	Moderator : Veena Raghunathan Panelists : Uma Ali Yashaswini K Abhijit Bagde
10:50 - 11:05	Role of liver transplant in metabolic liver disease	Lecture	Naresh P. Shanmugam
11:05 - 11:45	Liver transplant - hepatic complications, case scenarios	Panel	Moderator : N. Saravana Pandian Panelists : Kumar Palaniappan Nameet Jerath Jagadeesh Menon Akash Deep
11:45 - 12:25	Liver transplant - non hepatic complications, case scenarios	Panel	Moderator : Ravikumar T Panelists : Maninder Singh Dhaliwal Reshma Aramanadka Bilal Khan
12:25 - 12:40	Critical care management of a potential organ donor	Lecture	Manish Sharma
12:40 - 1:15	Paper presentation
1:15 - 2:00	LUNCH
Session 3 : Chairpersons : Lauren Sorce, Jennifer McArthur
2:00 - 2:15	Intestinal & multi visceral transplant - what an intensivist needs to know	Lecture	Senthil M
2:15 - 2:55	Infections in transplant children, case scenarios	Panel	Moderator : Vidya Krishna Panelists : Maninder Singh Dhaliwal Nitin S Manwani Shalu Gupta
2:55 - 3:00	Q&A
Renal Subspecialty Coordinators: Sasidaran Kandasamy, Parag Dekate
3:00 - 3:45	CRRT prescription - what an intensivist should know?	Panel	Moderator : Sasidaran Kandasamy Panelists : Ankit Mangla Abdul Rauf Rachna Sharma Satheesh Ponnarmeni
3.45 - 4.30	Weaning from CRRT - what an intensivist should know?	Panel	Moderator : Ramesh Kumar Ramachandran Panelists : Rohit Bhowmick Parag Dekate Kapil B Sachane Kalaivani Ganesan
4.30 - 5.00	Timing of RRT initiation in critical care	Debate	Moderator : Manjinder S Randhawa Speakers : Early RRT initiation DM Resident from PGIMER Late RRT initiation DM Resident from JIPMER

HALL B

TIME	TOPIC	FORMAT	SPEAKERS
8:00 - 8:30	Registration
Respiratory subspecialty Coordinators: Farhan Shaikh, Karthik Narayanan
8:30 - 9:30	Refractory hypoxia - what's new?	Panel	Moderator : Chirag Sethi Panelists : Shekhar Venkataraman Anil Sachdev Krishan Chugh Karen Choong
9:30 - 10:00	Mechanical power targeted ventilation - pros and cons	Pro Con debate	Pro: Farhan Shaikh Con: Shekhar Venkataraman
10:00 -10:15	Clinical utility of prone positioning and HFOV in PICU	Survey Analysis	Karthik Narayanan
10:15 -10:25	Q & A
USG Subspecialty : FOCUS ON POCUS - A to Z comprehensive Ultrasound spectrum insights National Coordinators : Dhiren Gupta, Vikram Hirekerur, Mehak Bansal \| Local Coordinator: Sonal Gajbhiye
10:25 - 11:10	Mastering the fundamentals of POCUS - from basics to bedside	Panel	Moderator : Vikram Hirekerur Panelists : Swathi Sunil Rao Mahesh Mohite Karthik Arigela
11:10 - 11:40	Expert round table: A panel discussion on latest advances in neuro-sonology	Panel	Moderator : Sonal Gajbhiye Panelists : Abdul Azeem Khan Mehak Bansal Naresh Lal
11:40 - 12:20	The Triple Threat: thorax, abdomen and airway ultrasound in critical care - an expert panel discussion	Panel	Moderator : Dhiren Gupta Panelists : Rajeshwari Natraj Neil W Castellino Anu Kirthiga B
Cardiac subspecialty National Coordinator: Shubhadeep Das \| Local Coordinator: Priyavarthini V
12:20 - 12:35	Left ventricle and right ventricle: why both aren't the same	Lecture	Priyavarthini V
12:35 - 1:15	Myocarditis and acute cardiomyopathy	Panel	Moderator : Shubhadeep Das Panelists : Vannessa Chin Mukesh Kumar Jain Manish Kori Gokul Ramanathan
1:15 - 2:00	LUNCH
2:00 - 2:15	ECMO as a first-line rescue therapy Vs a last resort in post pediatric cardiac surgery	Debate	Kaushik Maulik (Pro) Nanda Kishore V (Con) Aparna Hoskote (Judge)
2:15 - 2:45	Organ cross talk : cardio-renal interactions	Lecture	Krishna Mohan Gulla
	Organ cross talk : brain heart interactions	Lecture	Chidhambharam L
2:45 - 3:00	Difficult to manage tachyarrhythmia from an intensivist's perspective : interactive case studies	Lecture	Aparna Hoskote
	Q & A
Neuro subspecialty Coordinators: Arun Bansal, Rohit Vohra
3:00 - 3:20	Interesting brain CT & MRI : basics of how to read a brain scan	Lecture	Gopinathan K
3:20 - 4:00	Super refractory status epilepticus	Panel	Moderator : Rohit Vohra Panelists : Vinayak Patki Rakesh Lodha Ririe Fachrina Malisie
4:00 - 4:20	ONSD and transcranial doppler - non-invasive tools at the bedside	Lecture	Arun Bansal
4:20 - 4:40	Management of autoimmune encephalitis	Survey Analysis	Atul Jindal
4:40 - 5:00	Research protocol discussion	-	Panelists : Akash Bang Rakesh Lodha Ririe Fachrina Malisie Luregn Schlapbach

HALL C

TIME	TOPIC	FORMAT	SPEAKERS
8:00 - 8:30	Registration
Chairpersons : Thangavelu S, Ganesh R
Session 1 : How I approach
8:30 - 9:00	New onset fever in the PICU	Lecture	Amar Singh
	A child with respiratory distress	Lecture	Ajay Agade
Session 2 : Guideline updates
9:00 - 9:30	Sepsis - what's new? (diagnosis and definitions)	Lecture	Lokesh Tiwari
	PALS updates	Lecture	Jolly Chandran
	Q & A
Chairpersons : Ramachandran P, Lokesh Tiwari
Session 3 : Fluid therapy - Deep dive
9:30 - 10:45	IV fluids - do's and don'ts	Lecture	Gurudutt A V
	Balanced crystalloids - is it for everyone?	Lecture	Jayashree M
	Fluids in septic shock - less is more	Lecture	VSV Prasad
	Fluid management in burns - what's new?	Lecture	Muthu Chidambaram N
	Deresuscitation - what goes in must come out!	Lecture	Agni Sekhar Saha
	Q & A
Chairpersons : Somu Sivabalan, VSV Prasad
Session 4 : Non invasive respiratory support - Getting the basics right
10:45 - 11:45	Oxygen therapy	Lecture	K Rajendran
	HFNC	Lecture	Raghuvamsi Chaitra
	NIV	Lecture	Manu S Sundaram
	Respiratory monitoring	Lecture	Pradeep Kumar Sharma
	Q & A
Chairpersons : Radhika R, Agni Sekhar Saha, S Balasubramanian
Session 5 : Tropical infections
11:45 - 12:15	Severe dengue management	Lecture	Rajakumar PS
	Scrub typhus - recent update	Lecture	Bijay Kumar Meher
Session 6 : Maximising survival, minimising harm
12:15 - 12:30	Transport of critically ill children	Lecture	Shalini Nalwad
	Q & A
Chairpersons : Meena Thiagarajan, Vishram Buche
Session 7 : Improved SOPs to improve survival in LMICs
12:30 - 1:15	Early recognition of a critically ill child in busy OP and IP practice	Lecture	S. Lakshmi Velmurugan
	Preparedness for emergencies in pediatric office practice	Lecture	Supraja Chandrasekar
	Running a busy resource limited ICU - challenges!	Lecture	Sheeja Sugunan
	Q & A
1:15 - 2:00	LUNCH
Chairpersons : C Balaji, Dr Jayashree M
Session 8 : Making sense of PICU tools
2:00 - 2:30	ABG made easy	Lecture	Vishram Buche
	Ultrasound in the PICU - a primer for pediatricians	Lecture	Abhijit Ari
Session 9 : Kaleidoscope
2:30 - 3:00	Non accidental injury	Lecture	Sandeep Dhingra
	ICU as a career option	Lecture	Chetan Ginigeri
	Q & A

Session 10 : Panel Discussion
3:00 - 3:40	Choosing the right antimicrobial in critically ill children with community acquired infections	Panel	Moderator : Dinesh Kumar Chirla Panelists : Amita Kaul Kala Ebenezer Kaustabh Chaudhuri
3:40 - 4:20	Basics of mechanical ventilation	Panel	Moderator : Sachin Shah Panelists : Sagar S . Lad Shijukumar C Kandamaran Krishnamurthy
4:20 - 5:00	Dyselectrolytemias	Panel	Moderator : Shuba S Panelists : Romit Saxena Daisy Khera Meganathan P

HALL D

Research Subspecialty

11.30 AM to 02.00 PM : Pediatric Critical Care Education, Training, and Research Forum

Co-ordinator : Ebor Jacob
Facilitators : Vinay Nadkarni, Traci Wolbrink, Luregn Schlapbach, Krishan Chugh, Rakesh Lodha , Jayashree M

Round-Table Discussion Topics

1. Innovative pediatric critical care training models
2. Inter-professional education and collaboration
3. Mentorship programs & building resilience among critical care teams
4. Continuing education and professional development for teachers
5. Barriers & opportunities to conduct research in pediatric critical care in India
6. Research capacity building for pediatric critical care professionals
7. Funding opportunities & collaborations for pediatric critical care research
8. Future directions for pediatric critical care research in India

HALL A

TIME	TOPIC	FORMAT	SPEAKERS
8:00 - 9:00	Paper presentation
Chairpersons : Puneet A Pooni, Ebor Jacob
Session 1 : Sepsis 101
9:00 - 9:40	Pediatric sepsis - evolution of pediatric sepsis criteria, phoenix criteria, bedside implications and considerations for the future	Lecture	Luregn Schlapbach
	Improving pediatric septic shock outcomes - less may be more	Lecture	Suchitra Ranjit
	Q & A
Chairpersons : Sachin Shah, Vinayak Patki
Session 2 : Cardiac critical care: Sharpen the saw
9:40 - 10:20	Pulmonary hypertension and RV failure in the PICU - recognition and challenges	Lecture	Aparna Hoskote
	Cardiac imaging in pediatric intensive care	Lecture	Puneet Bhatla
	Q & A
Chairpersons : Basavaraja G V, Shekhar Venkataraman, Farhan Shaikh
Session 3 : Respiratory critical care: Information juggernaut
10:20 - 11:20	Diaphragm-protective ventilation: give the diaphragm a break, but not too much?	Lecture	Anil Sachdev
	Assessing recruitability, PEEP optimization - relevance at the bedside	Lecture	Krishan Chugh
	ARDS - bedside application of stress, strain and mechanical power	Lecture	Nameet Jerath
	Prevention of Ventilator - Induced Lung Injury (VILI) : Do's and Don'ts	Lecture	Vinayak Patki
	Q & A
11:20 - 11:30	COFFEE
Chairpersons : Manish Sharma, Arun Bansal, Suchitra Ranjit
Session 4 : PLENARY
11:30 - 12:00	Teamwork & collaboration in the ICU	Plenary	Lauren Sorce
12:00 - 12:30	The future of pediatric critical care: opportunities and challenges	Plenary	Jeffrey Burns
12:30 - 1:00	Evolution of pediatric critical care in India from an overseas Indian	Plenary	Shekhar Venkataraman
1:00 - 1:45	LUNCH
Session 5 : Panel discussion
1:45 - 2:25	Complicated dengue in the PICU	Panel	Moderator : Sachin Shah Panelists : Ririe Fachrina Malisie Sumant Patil Aoyon Sengupta
2:25 - 3:05	Palliative care in PICU - what can I do as an intensivist?	Panel	Moderator : Gayathri Subramanian Panelists : Mohammad Ishak Shrishu R Kamath Sumati Verma
3:05 - 3:35	QI interventions: for show or safety?	Panel	Moderator : Narayanan P Panelists : Muthiah Periyakaruppan Anjul Dayal Farhan Shaikh
Chairpersons : Janani S, Anjul Dayal, Nameet Jerath
Session 6 : Becoming a better researcher- cutting through the noise
3:35 - 4:05	How do you get your research published in a high impact journal?	Lecture	Sunit C Singhi
	Learning to fail fast! what have we learned from negative trials in pediatrics	Lecture	Vinay Nadkarni
Session 7 : Sponsored session by Medtronics
4:05 - 4:20	Utility of NIRS & BIS in the PICU	Lecture	Vannessa Chin
	Q & A

Session 8 : Panel discussion
4:20 - 5:00	Ventilator liberation - current practices	Panel	Moderator : Karen Choong Panelists : Jesal Sheth Senthil Kumar S Namita Ravikumar

HALL B

TIME	TOPIC	FORMAT	SPEAKERS
8:00 - 9:00	Paper presentation
Chairpersons : Madhumati Otiv, Krishan Chugh, Anil Sachdev
Session 1 : Re-branding organ support in 2024
9:00 - 10:00	Non-transplant management of acute liver failure	Lecture	Akash Deep
	PALICC-2 guidelines - How do I apply to my patient?	Lecture	Manish Sharma
	Recent advances in neuromonitoring	Lecture	Arun Bansal
	Q & A

Session 2 : Panel discussion
10:00 - 10:40	Theory to bedside practice grand rounds: extracorporeal therapies	Panel	Moderator : Rakshay Shetty Panelists : Anupama Yerra Mullai Baalaaji AR Ravi Sharma Nanda Kishore V
10:40 - 11:20	Challenges and opportunities to pediatric critical care training : Indian vs global perspectives	Panel	Moderator : Ebor Jacob Panelists : Traci Wolbrink Madhumati Otiv Sangita Basnet Bala Ramachandran
11:20 - 11:30	COFFEE
Chairpersons : Manish Sharma, Arun Bansal, Suchitra Ranjit
Session 3 : PLENARY
11:30 - 12:00	Teamwork & collaboration in the ICU	Plenary	Lauren Sorce
12:00 - 12:30	The future of pediatric critical care: opportunities and challenges	Plenary	Jeffrey Burns
12:30 - 1:00	Evolution of pediatric critical care in India from an overseas Indian	Plenary	Shekhar Venkataraman
1:00 - 1:45	LUNCH
Chairpersons : Mahesh Mohite, Sunit C Singhi
Session 4 : Soft skills, hard landings
1:45 - 2:30	Handover in the PICU	Lecture	Mohan Mysore
	Difficult conversations in the PICU - how I handle interdisciplinary conflicts!	Lecture	Jeffrey Burns
	Human factors engineering in the PICU	Lecture	Vinay Nadkarni
	Q & A
Chairpersons : Mihir Sarkar, Dinesh Kumar Chirla
Session 5 : The future-ready intensivist
2:30 - 3:00	Role of simulation - based education in the PICU	Lecture	Briseida Mema
	Role of artificial intelligence & machine learning in critical care	Lecture	Jennifer McArthur
Session 6 : Is this a single disease?
3:00 - 3:15	TMA in the PICU - when to suspect and how to treat	Lecture	Teena Bhatla

Session 7 : Panel discussion
3:15 - 3:45	Challenging ID scenarios in the PICU: invasive fungal, anaerobic and other infections	Panel	Moderator : Vasanth Kumar S Panelists : Ram Gopalakrishnan Soonu Udani Yogesh Jopat Mihir sarkar
3:45 - 4:15	Immunomodulation for hyperferritinemia in dengue	Panel	Moderator : Narayanan P Panelists : Shuba S Sunil Dutt Sharma Rakshay Shetty
4:15 - 5:00	Uncommon and re-emerging tropical infections in the ICU	Panel	Moderator : Santosh Soans Panelists : Abhijit Choudhary Karambir Singh Gill Nikhil Pathak Gomathy Srividya V

HALL C

TIME	TOPIC	FORMAT	SPEAKERS
8:00 - 9:00	Paper presentation
Chairpersons : Dayanand Nakate, S Sundari
Session 1 : Neuro emergencies: Pragmatic algorithms
9:00 - 10:00	A child with altered mental status - ER approach	Lecture	Basavaraja G V
	Status epilepticus - management algorithm	Lecture	Parveen Bhardwaj
	Raised ICP - recognition and initial stabilization	Lecture	Bichitrovanu Sarkar
	Acute neuromuscular weakness - ED priorities	Lecture	Mihir Sarkar
	Q & A
Chairpersons : Arun Baranwal, V V Varadarajan, S Balasankar
Session 2 : Cardiac Emergencies: The heart on fire
10:00 - 11:15	Vasoactives - what, when and how	Lecture	Amish K Vora
	Tachyarrythmias (SVT, VT)	Lecture	Sibabratta Patnaik
	Cardiogenic shock	Lecture	M Nurul Akhtar Hasan
	Cyanotic spells	Lecture	Arun Baranwal
	Hypertensive crisis	Lecture	Minhaj A Sheikh
	Q & A
11:15 - 11:30	COFFEE
Chairpersons : Manish Sharma, Arun Bansal, Suchitra Ranjit
Session 3 : PLENARY
11:30 - 12:00	Teamwork & collaboration in the ICU	Plenary	Lauren Sorce
12:00 - 12:30	The future of pediatric critical care: opportunities and challenges	Plenary	Jeffrey Burns
12:30 - 1:00	Evolution of pediatric critical care in India from an overseas Indian	Plenary	Shekhar Venkataraman
1:00 - 1:45	LUNCH
Chairpersons : Ramesh S, Minhaj A Sheikh, S Subramanian
Session 4 : Respiratory emergencies: Supporting the distressed lung
1:45 - 3:00	Stridor	Lecture	Dayanand Nakate
	Bronchiolitis	Lecture	Sanjay Ghorpade
	Acute severe asthma	Lecture	Sangita Basnet
	Airway foreign bodies	Lecture	Rashmi Kapoor
	Intubating a critically ill child	Lecture	Girish HC
	Q & A

Session 5 : Panel discussion
3:00 - 3:40	Case based discussion: Trauma	Panel	Moderator : Nataraj Palaniappan Panelists : Gopalakrishnan E Avishek Poddar Joushua Rajan
3:40 - 4:20	Case based discussion: Poisoning	Panel	Moderator : Seenivasan Subramani Panelists : Prasanna Narayanan R Daisy Khera Kumar Diwakar
4:20 - 5:00	Case based discussion: Bites & stings	Panel	Moderator : V.Poovazhagi Panelists : Lenin R Sandip Kumar Puneet Jain

HALL A

TIME	TOPIC	FORMAT	SPEAKERS
8:00 - 9:00	Paper presentation
Chairpersons : Jhuma Sankar, Uma Ali
Session 1 : Misfiring neurons:Fresh perspectives
9:00 - 9:45	SRSE - what's new?	Lecture	Anjul Dayal
	Stroke in children - an update	Lecture	Deepika Gandhi
	Post cardiac arrest care	Lecture	Keshavamurthy ML
	Q & A
Chairpersons : Shivakumar Shamarao, Shuba S
Session 2 : Mysterious territories
9:45 - 10:15	Genomics in PICU	Lecture	Jhuma Sankar
	Autonomic disturbances in critical care	Lecture	Anupama Yerra
	Q & A
Chairpersons : Indira Jayakumar, Ravikumar T
Session 3 : Transplant: State of the art
10:15 - 11:15	State of pediatric heart and lung transplantation in India	Lecture	K R Balakrishnan
	State of pediatric HSCT in India	Lecture	Revathi Raj
	State of pediatric liver transplantation in India	Lecture	Prof. Mohamed Rela
	Q & A
11:15 - 11:30	COFFEE
Chairpersons : K Rajendran, Bala Ramachandran
Session 4 : PLENARY
11:30 - 12:00	Viewpoint from a pediatric practitioner- are bedside skills dead in the modern ICU?	Plenary	Thangavelu S
12:00 - 12:30	Three decades in pediatric critical care - lessons learned	Plenary	Mahesh Mohite
12:30 - 1:15	LUNCH
Chairpersons : Sathishkumar Kandath, Sajith Kesavan
Session 5 : Becoming a street-smart intensivist
1:15 - 2:00	Oddities in the PICU	Lecture	Bala Ramachandran
	Cost control in PICU	Lecture	Manjeet Singh
	Three practice changing papers	Lecture	Shivakumar Shamarao
Session 6 : Stepping out of your comfort zone
2:00 - 2:30	Procedural sedation for intensivists	Lecture	Suresh Kumar Angurana
	Home ventilation in India - challenges and solutions	Lecture	Sudeep Kumar Kapalavai
	Q & A

Session 7 : Panel discussion
2:30 - 3:00	ChatGPT and other chatbots - boon or bane	Panel	Moderator : Sonal Gajbhiye Panelists : Tiroumourougane Serane V Sivamurukan Vinith Chezhiyan

3:00 - 3:30	Valedictory function + prize distribution

HALL B

TIME	TOPIC	FORMAT	SPEAKERS
8:00 - 9:00	Paper presentation

Session 1 : Panel discussion
9:00 - 9:40	Prevention of hospital acquired infections - Sponsored session by BD	Panel	Moderator : Madhumati Otiv Panelists : Ayyammal P Abhishek Chakraborty Sreedeep K S
9:40 - 10:20	Transforming sepsis care through molecular diagnostic tests	Panel	Moderator : K Ravikumar Panelists : Sanketh R Bal Mukund Sheesham Agarwal
Chairpersons : Shrishu R Kamath, Bal Mukund
Session 2 : Not uncommon, but unrecognised
10:20 - 10.50	Patient ventilator asynchrony	Lecture	Sajith Kesavan
	Seven bedside tips to decode VeXus	Lecture	Rajeshwari Natraj
Session 3 : AKI: Nuggets of wisdom
10:50 - 11:20	Classification of AKI - real world application in the PICU	Lecture	Sathishkumar Kandath
	Can we predict and prevent AKI in PICU?	Lecture	Uma Ali
	Q & A
11:20 - 11:30	COFFEE
Chairpersons : K Rajendran, Bala Ramachandran
Session 4 : PLENARY
11:30 - 12:00	Viewpoint from a pediatric practitioner- are bedside skills dead in the modern ICU?	Plenary	Thangavelu S
12:00 - 12:30	Three decades in pediatric critical care - lessons learned	Plenary	Mahesh Mohite
12:30 - 1:15	LUNCH
12:45 - 1:45	PICU Premier League - ICU Trainees Quiz		Deepika Gandhi Vasanth Kumar S Vijai William Karthik Narayanan

Session 5 : Panel discussion
1:45 - 2:25	Medicolegal issues in the PICU - case based discussion	Panel	Moderator : Sameer P Sadawarte Panelists : Anita Tarigopula Senthil Kumar S Bala Ramachandran
2:25 - 3:00	Brain death - medical, legal and ethical challenges in India (2023 guidelines)	Panel	Moderator : Rajakumar PS Panelists : Isha Bhagat Kalaimaran Sadasivam Bandya Sahoo Vijai William

3:00 - 3:30	Valedictory function+ prize distribution

HALL C

TIME	TOPIC	FORMAT	SPEAKERS
8:00 - 9:00	Paper presentation
Chairpersons : V Poovazhagi, J Shyamala, Sujatha S
Session 1 : The troubled trio: Naughty nephrons, lazy liver and angry alveoli
9:00 - 9:45	AKI	Lecture	Prashant Mitharwal
	Acute liver failure	Lecture	Vikas Deep Bansal
	ARDS	Lecture	Vikas Taneja
	Q & A
Chairpersons : Vikas Deep Bansal, Annamalai Vijayaraghavan
Session 2 : ED conundrums
9:45 - 10:30	IEM crisis approach	Lecture	Shrishu R Kamath
	Oncological emergencies	Lecture	Prabhat Maheshwari
	Upper GI bleeding - diagnosis & management	Lecture	Mounika Reddy
	Q & A
Chairpersons : Sharada Srinivas, Vikas Taneja, Satheesh C
Session 3 : Taaza khabhar
10:30 - 11:15	Transfusion strategies - current status	Lecture	Lalitha AV
	Optimal sampling techniques - getting the best out of your test	Lecture	Anitha VP
	Nutrition in critically ill children	Lecture	Javed Ismail
	Q & A
11:15 - 11:30	COFFEE
Chairpersons : K Rajendran, Bala Ramachandran
Session 4 : PLENARY
11:30 - 12:00	Viewpoint from a pediatric practitioner- are bedside skills dead in the modern ICU?	Plenary	Thangavelu S
12:00 - 12:30	Three decades in pediatric critical care - lessons learned	Plenary	Mahesh Mohite
12:30 - 1:15	LUNCH
12:45 - 1:45	Kaun Banega Intensivist - Pediatric PGs Quiz		Mullai Baalaaji AR Chidhambharam L Sudeep Kumar Kapalavai
Chairpersons : Anitha VP, Subash S
Session 5 : Saving the best for the last
1:45 - 3:00	Anaphylaxis - updates	Lecture	T S Ekambaranath
	DKA - pearls and pitfalls	Lecture	Muthuvel R
	Sponsored session	Lecture	TBD
	Infection control in the PICU	Lecture	Rachna Sharma
	Managing a child after PICU discharge	Lecture	Thangavelu S
	Q & A

3:00 - 3:30	Valedictory function + prize distribution

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