Thousands of critical care professionals attend the Society for Critical Care Medicine’s annual Congress to discover the latest solutions and developments, medical advances, cutting-edge treatments, and breakthroughs in intensive care unit administration and management. At this year’s 51st Congress – which was held virtually in April – five University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics faculty and staff presented the following abstracts:
- “Cytokine Profile Using Plasma mRNA to Mark Onset of ARDS in a Pediatric Swine Model” by Regina Golding, student researcher (Mentor: Awni Al-Subu, MD, associate professor)
- “A Collaborative, Retrospective Study of Pediatric Critical Illness in Wisconsin During COVID-19” – by Scott Hagen, MD, professor
- “Comparison of Radiograph and Ultrasound in the Assessment of Children With Acute Respiratory Failure” –by Awni Al-Subu, MD, associate professor, and Ryan DeSanti, DO (PCCM fellow 2017-2020)
- “Hypovitaminosis and Vitamin C Deficiency in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass” – by Awni Al-Subu, MD, associate professor
- “Efficacy and Safety of Continuous Albuterol Solutions with and without Benzalkonium Chloride” by Monica Bogenschutz, BCPS, PharmD, BCPPS, AFCH pharmacy coordinator, and Awni Al-Subu, MD, associate professor