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David N. Cornfield, M.D. Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Pulmonary Medicine Director-Center of Excellence in Pulmonary Biology Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Professor of Pediatrics Stanford University Medical School Service Chief-Pulmonary, Asthma, and Sleep Medicine Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital
When Critical Illness is Complicated By Pulmonary Hypertension: Back to the Beginning
Disclosures:
Scientific Advisory Boards:
Nima Hound Labs Tueo Inc. Molecular Stethoscope RxHale
Unrestricted Educational Grants:
Mallinckrodt
Objectives:
Test the hypotheses: Context and narrative motivate durable and reproducible knowledge; and Discovery drives care, Care drives discovery Discuss: (i) Functions of the pulmonary circulation; (ii) Increased PVR in critically ill patients; (iii) Vasodilator therapy in ARDS; (iv) Clinical trial design.
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