Environment

The Interaction of Climate and Environment With Critical Illness Risks and Outcomes

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

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  John Reilly, MD, MS

  Assistant Professor of Medicine
  University of Pennsylvania
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.
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  Jen-Ting (Tina) Chen, MD, , MS

  UCSF Health
  San Francisco, California

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.

The global human environment is impacted by climate change, increasing urbanization, and the burning of fossil fuels, leading to a multitude of effects on human health. Urban air pollution, a warming climate, and increasing natural disasters are linked to increasing incidence and worsening outcomes of various cardiopulmonary diseases. The goals of this session are to explore the interaction of climate and human environment with critical illness risk and outcomes. Speakers will examine links between climate and acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, and the larger ICU population.

Presentations:

• The Hidden Risk of Dirty Air: Ambient Air Pollution and ARDS
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: John P. Reilly, MD, MS – University of Pennsylvania
• Summer, Sun, and Sepsis: The Impact of Heat, Humidity, and Season on Sepsis
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Jen-Ting (Tina) Chen, MD, , MS – UCSF Health
• Hurricanes, Fires, and Pandemics: A Changing Climate's Impact on Critical Care Medicine
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Laura Evans, MD, MS, MSc, FCCM – University of Washington Medical Center