The 2023 Critical Care Congress was held January 21-24, 2023. The event brought the critical care community together in San Francisco, California, to learn and engage. Congress was packed with essential clinical information to keep attendees informed on the latest groundbreaking research and developments in critical care 

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Day 1 (January 21, 2023)

1 – 2023 SCCM Congress Opening Session and Presidential Address
2 – Plenary_ Healthcare Redesign_ Embedding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Critical Care (Max Harry Weil Honorary Lecture)
3 – Can You Take a Look at This Rash_
4 – Care of the Older ICU Patient in the COVID Era and Beyond
5 – ARDS in the Time of COVID-19
6 – The Septic Heart_ A Whole-Hearted Picture of Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Sepsis
7 – Time Is Brain_ An Update on Management and Pharmacology Strategies for Acute Neurologic Emergencies
8 – Give Hugs, Not Drugs! Managing Pediatric Delirium (Pediatrics)
9 – Retaining Your Team_ Staffing and Satisfaction
10 – Everyday Villains_ Drugs as Kidney Toxins
11 – Artificial Intelligence_ Challenges and Opportunities for Critical Care
12 – Journal Peer Review Academy
13 – Thought Leader_ What Are the Gaps in Sepsis Treatment_
14 – Extracorporeal Blood Purification for Shock Redux_ Where Are We in 2023_
15 – Pro-Con_ Targeted Temperature Management Post-Cardiac Arrest Is Pointless_ Change My Mind
16 – Metabolic Drivers of Sepsis_ Roadside Diners
17 – Can We Treat ARDS by Modifying the Microbiome_
18 – Heart Failure and Ventricular Assist Devices in the Pediatric Patient (Pediatrics)
19 – Moral Injury_ Don_t Just Stand There, Do Something
20 – Shock Severity_ Reach for the SCAI
21 – SARI-PREP_ Outcomes From a Multicenter Consortium
22 – Viruses R0 Our Friends
23 – Kickstart My Heart_ Treating Cardiotoxicity in Medication Overdoses
24 – When the Answer Is No_ Ethical Considerations for Rationing of Scarce Resources in the ICU
25 – Coma in the ICU_ A Treatable Condition_
26 – Evolving Landscape in Critical Care Medicine_ Cellular Therapy-Related Toxicity
27 – Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Critical Care Workforce
28 – Developing Your Online Presence_ Do I Need to and Where Do I Begin_ (flipped classroom)
29 – Challenges in Sepsis Prediction and Prognosis
30 – Year in Review_ Pediatrics
31 – Thought Leader_ The Intersection of Climate Change and Critical Care_ Opportunities and Advocacy
32 – Abstract Research Awards_
33 – Plenary_ Late Breaking Studies That Will Change Your Practice
34 – Star Research Presentations_ Cardiovascular
35 – Star Research Presentations_ Pulmonary, Adult and Pediatric
36 – Star Research Presentations_ Neuroscience
37 – Star Research Presentations_ Biomarkers I, Pediatrics
38 – Star Research Presentations_ Epidemiology, Pediatrics
39 – Star Research Presentations_ Sepsis
40 – Star Research Presentations_ Patient and Family Support, Adult and Pediatric
41 – Star Research Presentations_ Pharmacology I
42 – Current Challenges of Caring for the Critically Ill Patient With Severe Obesity_ A Multidisciplinary Perspective
43 – Late-Breakering Studies Affecting Patient Outcomes
44 – Resuscitating the ICU Liberation Bundle Following COVID-19
45 – Star Research Presentations_ Research Enrichment, Adult and Pediatric
46 – Star Research Presentations_ Pulmonary
47 – Star Research Presentations_ Neuroscience, Pediatrics
48 – Star Research Presentations_ Biomarkers II, Pediatrics
49 – Star Research Presentations_ Outcomes, Pediatrics
50 – Star Research Presentations_ Infectious Disease
51 – Star Research Presentations_ Quality and Safety
52 – Star Research Presentations_ Pharmacology II

Day 2 (January 22, 2023)

1 – Plenary_ Wife and Death, Featuring Dr. and Lady Glaucomflecken (Peter Safar Honorary Lecture)_
2 – Changing Needs of the Critical Care Workforce_ Epidemiology of Our Resources and Utilization
3 – The Dark Side of the ICU
4 – Treatments on Autopilot
5 – I Wish I Could Have Been There! Alternative Means of Communication to Enhance the Patient Experience
6 – Liver Failure in the Pediatric ICU_ Current Controversies (Pediatrics)
7 – Trauma Strategies_ Patients With Severe Obesity in the ICU
8 – Leadership Roles in Critical Care Organizations_ The Way Forward!
9 – Getting Better_ How Hospitals Can Improve Their Sepsis Outcomes
10 – Thought Leader_ Novel Medical Education and Misinformation_ A Double-Edged Sword
11 – Patient-Ventilator Interactions_ Learning While Driving
12 – Thought Leader_ Care of the Critically Ill and Injured During Pandemics and Disasters
13 – How to Become a Fellow of ACCM_
14 – Guidelines-Directed Care of HRS-AKI in the ICU_ Evidence-Based Management and Monitoring of Multiorgan Failure in ACLF Patients
15 – Educational Leadership Luncheon_ Early Career Development_ Road Map to a Successful Career and Expanding Connections
16 – Plenary_ Whose Achievement_ The Power of Scientific Collaboration (Lifetime Achievement Award)
17 – The Interaction of Climate and Environment With Critical Illness Risks and Outcomes
18 – Dealing With Conflict, Unrealistic Demands, and Moral Distress in the ICU
19 – Right Ventricular Failure in Venovenous ECMO Patients
20 – Atrial Fibrillation_ Comparing Current, Evidence-Based Management Considerations
21 – Are All Inpatient Cardiac Arrests Avoidable_ (Pediatrics)
22 – The Obstetric Patient and Respiratory Failure_ Lessons Learned From COVID-19 and SARS Avian Flu
23 – Year in Review_ Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology
24 – Year in Review_ Internal Medicine
25 – Year in Review_ Neuroscience
26 – Year in Review_ Surgery
27 – Critical Care Societies Collaborative_

Day 3 (January 23, 2023)

1 – Plenary_ Assessing Fluid Responsiveness in 2023 (William C. Shoemaker Honorary Lecture)
2 – PICU Liberation (Pediatrics)
3 – Practical Strategies to Improve Resilience and Work-Life Integration in Critical Care
4 – Dealing With Death in the ICU
5 – Simulation Education and Research in Critical Care
6 – Stump the Intensivist! POCUS Cases
7 – Controversies in Fluid Administration in Septic Shock
8 – Targeted Treatments for a Devastating Disease_ What Subphenotypes of ARDS May Mean for Your ICU
9 – The ABC’s of Sedation and Delirium Management in Adult Patients
10 – Year in Review_ Anesthesiology
11 – ACCM Town Hall_ Focus on Mentorship and Education_ Innovations in Critical Care Education
12 – Technological Advances in Cardiac Critical and Perioperative Care
13 – Pro-Con_ Do We Really Need Monitors for Shock_
14 – Challenges of the New Frontier_ Tele-Critical Care
15 – Stop, Collaborate, and Listen_ Creating and Retaining an Impactful Advanced Practice Team
16 – To Fix or Not to Fix, That Is the Question_ Severe Chest Wall Trauma in the Mechanically Ventilated
17 – Stop the Salinity_ Knowing When to Stop Fluid Expansion and Remove Fluid in the Critically Ill
18 – SCCM Business Meeting_
19 – ACCM Business Meeting_
20 – Advanced Practice Providers Luncheon
21 – Hospital-AcquiredVentilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia_ Strategies for Early Effective Therapy in Critically Ill Patients
22 – Plenary_ How Nursing During the Pandemic May Have Accelerated the Nursing Shortage (Norma J. Shoemaker Honorary Lecture)
23 – Foundational Immunology for the ICU
24 – A Pathway to POCUS Quality Assurance_ Identifying Evident and Hidden Diagnostic Difficulties
25 – Critical Care Considerations During Prolonged Humanitarian Crises
26 – What_s Cooking in the ICU_ Nutritional Considerations in the Critically Ill
27 – New Pediatric ARDS Guidelines_ Controversies and Next Steps (Pediatrics)
28 – Subphenotypes in Intensive Care Medicine_ Overcoming the Barrier of Heterogeneity
29 – Updates on Infectious Disease Guidelines in Critical Care
30 – Year in Review_ Emergency Medicine
31 – Year in Review_ Nursing (flipped classroom)
32 – Year in Review_ Research
33 – Thought Leader_ Emerging From COVID_ Humanism as an Antidote to Burnout
34 – Good Night! Sleep Tight!
35 – ICU Burnout_ A Refractory Problem That Requires a Multilevel Approach
36 – Cutting-Edge Research in Resuscitation
37 – ACCM Distinguished Investigator Award and SCCM-Weil Research and Discovery Grant Recipient Presentations

Day 4 (January 24, 2023)

1 – Plenary_ From Polio to COVID-19_ The Impact of Public Health Emergencies on Critical Care (Ake Grenvik Honorary Lecture)
2 – Thought Leader_ Coma_ Multimodality Monitoring
3 – Case Records of the Military Joint Trauma System
4 – Immunomodulation in Critical Illness_ A 2023 Update
5 – ICUs Without Board-ers_ Critically Ill Patients in the Emergency Department
6 – Facilitating Change Management
7 – Skin as an Organ System_ Introducing Skin Failure
8 – Payment Reimbursement in Critical Care_ Updates
9 – The Endocrine System Must Live on in Severe CNS Illness and Injury (Pediatrics)
10 – Pro-Con_ POCUS Program Administration_ More Versus Less_
11 – Atrial Fibrillation_ Bane of the Intensivist__
12 – The People_s Ventricle
13 – Brain Death_ Controversies and Challenges in Patient Diagnosis and Family Management
14 – The Third Dimension in Pediatric Critical Care (Pediatrics)
15 – Guideline Review_ Status Epilepticus and Seizure Prophylaxis
16 – Innovative Approaches to Acute Pain Management in Critically Ill Patients
17 – Windows to the Brain_ Neuromonitoring for the General Intensivist
18 – ProCon_ When the ICU Becomes the OR_ Can We Do It All_
19 – Stop the Landslide_ Gaining Ground on Reducing Catheter-Associated Infection in the ICU
20 – A.S. Laerdal Award Presentation_ The Evolution of Pediatric CPR_ More Than Just Push Hard, Push Fast