Controversies in the Management of a Critically Ill Child with Diabetic Ketoacidosis

13:00-13:30 Rationale, need and changes in the DKA guidelines for 2020 – Perspective from Diabetologist and Critical Care – Dr Chizo Agwu (Vice Chair of NICE Diabetes update Committee and Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust) and Dr Rum Thomas– Clinical Lead, PICU, Sheffield Children’s Hospital. ( Both involved in 2020 DKA Guidelines)

13:30-13:45– One size does not fit all – Why 2020 guidelines do not apply to all children with DKA? –Dr Marilyn McDougall– Consultant in PICU and STRS, Evelina London Children’s Hospital

13:45-14:00 – ‘The Final Word’ – Evidence base for fluid management in children with DKA – Prof Robert Tasker– Editor in Chief Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Prof of Anaesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital

14:00-14:30 – Panel Discussion

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Event Information

  Online
}  April 29, 2021
  Thursday, 13:00 to 14:30
n  PCCS-organised

Event Organizer

   PCCS Science and Education Committee