Medical Sciences Webinar | Corticosteroids in Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
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1st Webinar on Medical Sciences
Corticosteroids in Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
Welcome to the corticosteroids webinar organized by the Journal of Medical Sciences.
This webinar will cover controversial topics such as the administration of corticosteroids in sCAP, a frequent respiratory infection and a very lethal disease.
After a short introduction by myself, Prof. Dr. Marco Confalonieri from Triestre will review the complex issue of the physiology of corticosteroids administration in critically ill patients, and Prof. Dr. Pierre-François Dequin from Tour will provide an in depth review on the current evidence, including the pros and the cons, for administering corticosteroids in sCAP.
Following the two presentations, there will be a debate and a Q&A session with our two speakers.
Date: 17 December 2025
Time: 5:00 pm CET | 11:00 am EST
Webinar ID: 836 7053 6137
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Meet Our Chair
1. Institut D investigacions August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Department of Pulmonology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Universidad de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain 2. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain;Prof. Dr. Antoni Torres is the Editor-in-Chief of Medical Sciences and a Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Barcelona, Spain. His research focuses on community-acquired pneumonia, hospital-acquired respiratory infections, sepsis, and mechanical ventilation. He has published extensively in leading international journals and has played a key role in shaping clinical guidelines for respiratory and critical care medicine. Prof. Torres is widely recognized as a leading authority in pneumonia and infectious diseases.
Meet Our Speakers
Department of Pulmonology, University of Trieste, Italy;
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Prof. Dr. Pierre-François Dequin
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University of Tours, France;Prof. François P. Dequin is a Professor of Intensive Care Medicine at the University of Tours, France, and a leading clinician–scientist within the CHRU Tours critical care network. His research focuses on sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), severe infections, and the optimization of critical care therapeutics. He has coordinated multiple multicenter clinical trials and contributed extensively to high-impact publications in critical care and infectious diseases. Prof. Dequin is widely recognized for his expertise in emergency and intensive care medicine and his leadership in evidence-based management of life-threatening conditions.
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