Compare products and services, take part in interactive demonstrations, and learn from leading experts in the ATS Exhibit Hall, the venue devoted to the latest therapies, medical devices, publications, and research services. The Exhibit Hall is open from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Tuesday in Hall A-B (200 Level) Pennsylvania Convention Center. Visit these exhibitors and others for hands-on demonstrations.
2013 Daily Conference News
ABIM Campaign Calls on Physicians to Choose Wisely
Preliminary guidelines for critical care and pulmonary medicine, which focus on seven commonly used tests or procedures whose necessity should be questioned and discussed, will be unveiled for the first time in public during the ATS and ABIM joint symposium, “Choosing Wisely” (©ABIM Foundation Symposium): Top Ways to Reduce Low Value Care in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine,” from 8:15 to 10:45 a.m. Monday in Room 107 A-B (100 Level) Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Free Access to Conference Webcasts
ATS has arranged to provide 12 months of free access to 2013 International Conference webcasts as a benefit of your ATS 2013 conference registration.*
Last Chance to Pick up Copies of Medical Journals and Magazines
Pick up free copies of leading medical journals and news magazines at the ATS 2013 Journal & Magazine Annex between the entrances of Hall A and B in the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The following publications will be on display until Wednesday afternoon:
Future ATS International Conferences
May 16-21, 2014
San Diego
Calendar of Special Events
Today
6:45 to 7:45 a.m.
PCC3-Pediatric Clinical Core Curriculum Sleep and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Sessions to Feature Research and Clinical Trials
Learn the latest findings from several studies and organizations, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Epidemiology of Pneumonia in the Community study, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Inner City Asthma Consortium, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Division of Lung Diseases Specialized Centers of Clinically Oriented Research Program, and the COPDGene study. All sessions are from noon to 1 p.m.
Symposium to Address Role of Obesity in Critical Illness
With nearly a third of the U.S. population considered obese, the challenges of obesity affect nearly every aspect of medicine.
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pocket Guide Available
The ATS is pleased to announce the availability of a new pocket guide based on the 2011 ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT statement, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management.
Pediatric Year in Review Looks at Treatment Strategies
From common to rare diseases and conditions, the presentations at Tuesday’s “Pediatric Year in Review” will give attendees both new treatment strategies and scientific breakthroughs in the management of children with cardiopulmonary disease. The review will be from 2 to 4 p.m. in Terrace Ballroom II (400 Level) Pennsylvania Convention Center.