Speakers
Dr. Hoi-Ping SHUM
Hong Kong
Dr. Shum Hoi Ping, Chief of Service of the Department of Intensive Care, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong. After graduated from the Medical School of the University of Hong Kong in 1998, Dr. SHUM started his Internal Medicine training and obtained his fellowship on Nephrology, Advanced Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Shum’s research interests are the use of extracorporeal blood purification techniques, septic acute kidney injury, and management of infectious disease. He has authored or co-authored > 120 publications on critical care, nephrology, and infectious disease related topics. He is currently the chairman of the Hong Kong Society of Critical Care Medicine and the director of Critical Care Nephrology Course in Hong Kong.
Septic shock is a life-threatening condition. In recent decades, blood purification therapies have emerged as a potential treatment option for patients with septic shock.
Blood purification therapies involve removing harmful substances from the blood, such as inflammatory mediators, toxins, or pathogens, using various techniques. These therapies aim to modulate the immune response and reduce the burden of harmful substances on various organs, ultimately improving patient outcomes.
In this talk, we will talk about the latest updates on blood purification therapies in patients with septic shock. We will discuss the underlying principles of blood purification. We review the different techniques used, including hemoadsorption, high adsorptive hemofiltration, high cut off hemodialysis and plasmapheresis. We will also discuss the current evidence on the effectiveness of these therapies in improving patient outcomes, such as mortality rates and organ function.
