Panel discussion: ICU admission of lung cancer patients – Is COVID-19 a game-changer?

The question of ICU admission of critically ill lung cancer patients is of high interest for both patients and professionals. During the COVID-19 pandemic, very few places were available for critically ill patients with lung cancer and other oncological diseases. The eligibility for ICU admission has taken on an even more ethical aspect. Is there still a place in ICU for lung cancer patients? If so, for whom?

Educational aims

• Knowledge of prognosis factors of lung cancer patients admitted in ICU
• Understanding the difficulties of the intensivist who has to take the decision of ICU admission

Topics/Programme

• Prognosis factors of lung cancer in general and in ICU
• Risk factors for COVID 19, severity and mortality among lung cancer patients
• Ethical aspects surrounding ICU admission in cancer patients

Format

Discussion between thoracic oncologist and intensivist around 3 clinical cases:

• Respiratory failure with interstitial lung disease in treated stage IV lung cancer: pneumonitis, pneumonia, lymphangitis carcinomatosa?
• Respiratory failure at cancer diagnosis

Interactive polling system will be used during the session.

Learning outcomes

Following the webinar, participants will be able to:

• Anticipate the question of potential ICU admission
• Better identify patients who could benefit from an ICU admission from those for whom it would be futile.

CME credit

An application for accreditation of this webinar has been made to the European Board for Accreditation in Pneumology (EBAP) for 1 CME credit per 1-hour attendance. If accredited, the CME credit will be granted upon attendance of at least 60 minutes during the live webinar only.

What is a webinar?

A webinar closely simulates a lecture-based teaching experience. The speaker can interact with the audience, just as in a classroom setting. During the webinar, you will be asked to share your opinion on issues related to the topic using interactive polls.

All participants will be able to hear the lecturer and see the slides throughout the presentation. As a participant you will be able to pose questions or discuss ideas with the other participants via the text chat facility and the speaker will respond to the questions via the microphone.

Login guidelines

More information will be communicated in due course.

• Please log in to the webinar 20 minutes before it is scheduled to commence. If you have any technical difficulties whilst trying to log in or during the session please contact e-learning@ersnet.org.
• Check Central European Time.
• To achieve the best quality, we recommend to avoid downloading anything from the internet during your connection to the lecture and stopping all other programmes.
• Please also ensure that your audio settings are not set to mute and adjust the volume to a comfortable level.