Venous Thromboembolism in the Critically Ill and Injured
Preliminary Agenda: Thursday, September 4, 2008

8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Welcome and Overview
Kenneth E. Wood, DO, FCCM 

8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Hematology for the Intensivist
Timothy A. Morris, MD 

8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Epidemiology and Venous Thromboembolism Prevention
William H. Geerts, MD

9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Regulatory Requirements and Guidelines
William H. Geerts, MD 

9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break 

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Implementation of Patient Safety Goals in the ICU
Curtis E. Haas, PharmD 

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Diagnostic Advances in Venous Thromboembolism
Timothy A. Morris, MD 

11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Risk Stratification of Pulmonary Embolism in the
Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit
Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD 

11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Coagulation in Unique Populations in the ICU
William E. Dager, PharmD 

12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch on Your Own 

1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Controversies in Monitoring Antithrombotic Therapy
Curtis E. Haas, PharmD 

1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Major Pulmonary Embolism
Kenneth E. Wood, DO, FCCM 

2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Hemorrhagic Complications of Anticoagulation
and Thrombolytic Therapy
William E. Dager, PharmD 

2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
William E. Dager, PharmD 

3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break 

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. New Anti-Coagulants
Jack Ansell, MD 

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Update on Inferior Vena Cava Filters
William H. Geerts, MD 

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Summary and Questions and Answers
William E. Dager, PharmD; Kenneth E. Wood, DO, FCCM 

Friday, September 5, 2008 

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Catheter-Related and Upper Extremity
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Manish Tandon, MD 

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Approach to Hypercoagulable States
Jack Ansell, MD 

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Controversies in Thrombosis
Jeffrey Wiese, MD 

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Break 

9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Debate: Thrombolytic Therapy
for Hemodynamically
Stable Patients with Right Ventricular Dysfunction
Pro: Kenneth E. Wood, DO, FCCM
Con: Timothy A. Morris, MD

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Debate: Questions and Answers
Timothy A. Morris, MD; Kenneth E. Wood, DO, FCCM 

10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Debate: Prophylactic Use of
Inferior Vena Cava Filters
Pro: Kenneth E. Wood, DO, FCCM
Con: Manish Tandon, MD

11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Debate: Questions and Answers
Manish Tandon, MD; Kenneth E. Wood, DO, FCCM 

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Conference Summary
William E. Dager, PharmD