Infectious Diseases and HIV Conference

Critical care refers to that basic component of health care that deals with the management of patients with life-threatening illnesses such as severe infectious diseases.

This session focuses on the application of critical care in infectious diseases, key issues in the management of sepsis, respiratory failure, and other complications requiring intensive support in the ICU.

Since care in the critical setting is multidisciplinary, it therefore has an interdisciplinary nature whereby coordinated effort by various professionals monitors and treats the critically ill.

Advanced life support systems, such as mechanical ventilation, dialysis, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), may well play a major role in managing infections of organs to cause severe dysfunction.

This session shall cover basic concepts of these interventions and will discuss its indications and outcomes in the setting of infection-related critical illness.

One of the significant focuses in critical care management, given that sepsis remains one of the top reasons for ICU admissions, is the management of sepsis.

This session will provide an overview of the latest guidelines regarding early identification, antimicrobial therapy, fluid resuscitation, and the use of vasopressors in managing sepsis while placing a high emphasis on time-sensitive interventions and adherence to evidence-based protocols of sepsis with a view to enhancing survival and reducing complications at long-term endpoints.

For most critically ill patients, infection usually complicates the natural course of disease. Healthcare-associated infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and catheter-related bloodstream infections are among the significant challenges. In this session, we will be discussing approaches to prevent infections in ICU through antimicrobial stewardship, infection control practices, and innovations in medical device technologies that reduce the risk of contamination.

Whereas beyond mainstream ICUs, critical care would include specialized units on infectious diseases management and mobile critical care services in far-flung or resource-limited regions.

Evolution of Role of Tele-ICU and Digital Health Tools This session touches upon the evolving role of tale-ICU and digital health tools for optimizing critical care delivery for the patient infected with an infectious disease.

This will help them know better in dealing with the current standards that are visible in the management of infectious diseases in critical care, best practice guidelines in ICU infection control, and new innovations designed to improve patient outcomes.