Clinical Core

The Endocrine System Must Live on in Severe CNS Illness and Injury (Pediatrics)

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

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  Thomas Nakagawa, MD, , FCCM

  Professor
  University of Florida College of Medicine Wolfson Children's Hospital
  Jacksonville, Florida

  Disclosure(s): HonorBridge Organ Procurement Organization: Salary (Ongoing); Wolters-Kluwer UpToDate: Receipt of Royalties (Ongoing)

This session will review the physiologic rationale behind different treatments, including endocrine medications used in patients who meet brain death criteria in preparation for organ donation. Published data on the use of thyroid medications and corticosteroid medications and maintaining dextrose and sodium homeostasis will be reviewed. Evidence will be presented on improvement in graft survival.

Presentations:

• Avoiding Engine Trouble: Thyroid Regulation and Management
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Dimitrios A. Savva, PharmD, BCPPS (he/him/his) – NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
• Keeping Up the Pressure: Steroid Management
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Michael Agus, MD, FCCM – Boston Children's Hospital, Dept of Peds
• Not Too Sweet or Salty: Glucose and Sodium Homeostasis
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Diane C. McLaughlin, AGACNP-BC, DNP, FCCM – Mayo Clinic Florida