Call for Abstracts: 43rd Critical Care Congress
January 9-13, 2014 San Francisco, California
The Society of Critical Care Medicine’s 43rd Critical Care Congress will be a powerhouse of creative and inspirational ideas for the critical care field.
We invite you to join nearly 5,000 critical care clinicians in San Francisco, where innovation will meet at the intersection of technology and medicine. Novel discoveries will be showcased, culminating a year’s worth of achievements in research and education.
The 2014 Congress will provide outstanding networking opportunities and innovative learning experiences, highlighting the most up-to-date, evidence-based developments in critical care medicine.
Make your contribution to the advancement of critical care by submitting your original investigative research and case reports for the 43rd Critical Care Congress. If accepted, your work will be on display throughout Congress, which will be held January 9 to 13, 2014. Abstracts also will be published in Critical Care Medicine, the #1 critical care subspecialty journal. Individuals whose abstracts are accepted are also eligible for peer evaluation and awards. Presenting authors who are SCCM members at the time of abstract submission may have an opportunity to apply for complimentary Congress registration.
Abstract Submission
To submit an abstract for the 43rd Critical Care Congress, log in to MySCCM.org with your SCCM customer ID and password, or sign up for an account. Once logged in, click the “Submit Abstracts” button to the left.
Abstracts will be accepted from May 1, 2013, to 12:00 p.m. Central Time on September 3, 2013. No extensions or late-breaking abstracts will be permitted. Please note that the SCCM office will be closed for the Labor Day holiday on September 2, 2013; no technical assistance will be available on that date. It is recommended that you complete the submission process prior to September 3, 2013.
Submission Requirements
Abstracts and/or information previously presented or published within the United States or internationally are not allowed.
Abstracts may contain new research on a topic presented previously.
Submission of an abstract constitutes a commitment by the author(s) to present the abstract as accepted.
Expenses associated with the preparation, submission and presentation of an abstract are the responsibility of the presenter(s)/author(s).
Authors of accepted abstracts are expected to register for the meeting and pay the meeting registration fee, unless they qualify and apply for complimentary registration.
Abstract Categories
Administration
Basic Science
- Cell Biology (NO and Signal Transduction, Signal Transduction)
- Cardiovascular
- Endocrine
- GI/Nutrition
- Hematology
- Hepatic
- Immunology
- Infection
- Neurology
- Pulmonary
- Renal
- Sepsis
Case Reports (including but not limited to disaster-related cases)
Clinical Medicine
- Cardiovascular (Diagnostics, Monitoring, Therapeutic)
- Endocrine
- GI/Nutrition
- Hematology
- Immunology
- Infection
- Neurology (Diagnostics, Monitoring, Therapeutics)
- Pulmonary (Diagnostics, Mechanical Ventilation, Therapeutics)
- Renal
- Burns/Trauma (Therapeutics: Pharmacologic/Procedural)
- Sepsis (Diagnostics, Therapeutics, Antimicrobials, Guidelines and Bundles,
Nosocomial (VAP, BSI, UTI), Cardiovascular, Endocrine)
CPR/Resuscitation
Education
Epidemiology/Outcomes (Predictors, Quality of Life, Safety)
Ethics and End of Life
Patient and Family Support
Therapeutics (Drugs and Pharmacokinetics, Sedation, Other)
