Highlights from the Critical Care Canada Forum 2009 - 25 to 28 October 2009, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

e Critical Care Canada Forum was held in Toronto, Canada from 25 to 28 October 2009 [1]. Th e conference, which focuses on the care of critically ill patients wherever the patients are located, was attended by 879 delegates and featured 197 separate presentations, includ ing several as yet unpublished trials. Th e hot topic this year was planning for the impact of a worldwide outbreak of H1N1 infl uenza on critical care systems, but the conference also covered a broad range of critical care interventions including mechanical ventilation, sedation and analgesia, renal replacement therapy, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Herein we summarize just a few of the many exciting clinical trials and plenary topics presented at the conference.