Join the ATS for a timely and interactive webinar highlighting the newly published Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Caring for Older Adults in the ICU. As the population of older adults requiring critical care continues to grow, clinicians increasingly face complex decisions related to frailty, delirium, functional recovery, and patient-centered outcomes. These evidence-based guidelines provide a contemporary framework to help multidisciplinary ICU teams deliver high-quality, age-friendly critical care. During this one-hour session, Bram Rochwerg, MD, MSc, ATSF will provide an overview of the guideline development process, including topic prioritization, systematic review methodology, and the application of the GRADE framework used to formulate recommendations. The session will highlight how evidence certainty, patient values, feasibility, and equity considerations informed the final guidance statements.
Lauren Ferrante, MD, MHS, ATSF and Nate Brummel, MD, ATSF will then review the key clinical recommendations and discuss their implications for bedside care and healthcare systems. Topics will include the role of geriatric models of care in the ICU, delirium prevention and treatment strategies, post-ICU follow-up for older survivors of critical illness, and blood pressure targets in older adults with vasodilatory shock. Speakers will also discuss important evidence gaps and future research priorities identified during the guideline process.
This webinar will be of interest to intensivists, pulmonologists, geriatricians, hospitalists, nurses, pharmacists, rehabilitation professionals, trainees, and all clinicians involved in the care of older adults with critical illness. Attendees will gain practical insight into implementing geriatric principles in the ICU and improving outcomes for this vulnerable and rapidly growing patient population.