ATS Clinical Practice Guidelines, Webinar Series: Updates in ARDS Definitions and Guidelines

This webinar series is proposed to highlight recently approved or published clinical practice guidelines. This webinar will focus on the updated clinical practice guidelines for adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Panelists will discuss the rationale for the update, the methodology used to create the guidelines, and the clinical recommendations for four interventions (corticosteroids, neuromuscular blocking agents, positive end-expiratory pressure [PEEP], and veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-V ECMO).

We will also compare and contrast the ATS ARDS guidelines with those recently published by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM). Finally, we will discuss opportunities and challenges for guideline implementation. Target Audience: Physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, medical educators, and inter-professionals.

Note: the above description refers to the live-event Webinar held on April 11, 2024 - 4PM ET

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the methodological approach to creating evidence-based clinical practice guidelines using GRADE
  • Evaluate the evidence-based clinical recommendations for adults with ARDS from the ATS guidelines
  • Compare and contrast the updated ATS ARDS guidelines with those from ESICM
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    The American Thoracic Society designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 Participation
Publication Date: 
04/15/2024
Credit Expires: 
04/15/2025
Rating: 
0

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This educational activity may include discussion of unapproved uses of a drug, product, or device. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    The American Thoracic Society designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 Participation
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