Inaugural Pediatric Paracorporeal and Extracorporeal Therapies Summit (PPETS)

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October 18, 2022

Pediatric paracorporeal and extracorporeal therapies (PPET) are increasingly applied to support children with multiple organ failure (MOF). These highly complex, resource intensive technologies lie at the interface of innovation and the highest complexity clinical care; in patients with MOF, multiple treatment modalities are frequently used simultaneously. However, lack of clinical guidelines or consensus statements to guide PPET use result in a lack of standardization of practice, compounded by limited dialogue between experts and institutions regarding PPET use, in particular in the application of multiple PPET modalities. The PPET Summit 2022 will transform these critical gaps into knowledge and research opportunities by bringing together, for the first time, pediatric and adult experts from across the globe in the fields of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ventricular assist device, renal replacement therapy, extracorporeal liver support, and apheresis. The Summit will bring together local and international experts to define the current status of PPET, including the role of hybrid and tandem therapies; standardize current approaches; identify key knowledge gaps that need to be addressed to facilitate optimal patient care, and set a collaborative research and quality agenda to improve our understanding of PPET. This will provide an exciting and much needed framework to optimize the care of these patients and improve their outcomes.