44th
ISICEM

International symposium on intensive care & emergency medicine

March 18-21, 2025

Brussels Congress Center, Brussels

Interactive program

Tuesday 18 March 2025

08:30-10:30 (CET)
            Standard presentation Gold Hall Morning (CET)

            OPENING

            Moderator(s):  Jan De Waele (Ghent, Belgium)
Hayley B Gershengorn (Miami, United States)
  • 08:30-08:45 (CET)

    Welcome

                Fabio S Taccone (Brussels, Belgium)

  • 08:45-09:05 (CET)

    Report of the Round Table conference - Consciousness disorders in the ICU

                Yelena Bodien (Boston, United States)

                Giuseppe Citerio (Monza, Italy)

  • 09:05-09:20 (CET)

    Decisions to withhold or withdraw life support after acute brain injury

                Shaurya Taran (Toronto, Canada)

  • 09:20-09:35 (CET)

    Inhaled sedation in the acute respiratory distress syndrome: the SESAR trial

                Matthieu Jabaudon (Clermont-Ferrand, France)

  • 09:35-09:50 (CET)

    Optimal vasopressin initiation in septic shock

                Romain Pirracchio (San Francisco, United States)

  • 09:50-10:10 (CET)

    Max Harry Weil lecture: blood lactate levels: past, present and future

                Jan Bakker (Santiago, Chile)

  • 10:10-10:30 (CET)

    Pathways to mortality in critical illness

                Edward Schenck (New York, United States)

11:00-14:00 (CET)
            Standard presentation Gold Hall Morning (CET)

            IMPROVING SEPSIS MANAGEMENT

            Moderator(s):  Lieuwe  Bos (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Katharina Busl (Gainesville, United States)
  • 11:00-11:15 (CET)

    Antibiotic therapy: how urgent?

                Mervyn Singer (London, United Kingdom)

  • 11:15-11:30 (CET)

    Timing of source control may be more important than antibiotics

                Massimo Antonelli (Rome, Italy)

  • 11:30-11:45 (CET)

    Metabolic resuscitation

                Ari Moskowitz (Boston, United States)

  • 11:45-12:00 (CET)

    AI decision support

                Matthieu Komorowski (London, United Kingdom)

  • 12:00-12:15 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 12:15-14:00 (CET)

    Lunch break

14:00-17:40 (CET)
            Standard presentation Gold Hall Afternoon (CET)

            MECHANICAL VENTILATION

            Moderator(s):  Laurent Brochard (Toronto, Canada)
Patricia Rocco (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)
  • 14:00-14:15 (CET)

    A low tidal volume in all patients?

                Daniel Talmor (Boston, United States)

  • 14:15-14:30 (CET)

    Using physiology for personalized mechanical ventilation

                Niall  Ferguson (Toronto, Canada)

  • 14:30-14:45 (CET)

    Monitoring respiratory effort and lung-distending pressure

                Jose Dianti (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

  • 14:45-15:00 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 15:00-15:15 (CET)

    Detecting muscle fatigue using surface electromyography

                Oriol Roca (Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), Spain)

  • 15:15-15:30 (CET)

    P0.1 and Pocc during pressure support ventilation

                Rinaldo Bellomo (Melbourne, Australia)

  • 15:30-15:45 (CET)

    Electrical stimulation to preserve expiratory muscle function

                Leo Heunks (Nijmegen, Netherlands)

  • 15:45-16:00 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 16:00-16:15 (CET)

    Ultrasound to guide ventilator settings

                Paul Elbers (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

  • 16:15-16:30 (CET)

    Ventilator-associated brain injury (VABI)

                Martin Dres (Paris, France)

  • 16:30-16:45 (CET)

    Ventilator-associated cardiac injury (VACI)

                Michel  Slama (Amiens, France)

  • 16:45-17:00 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 17:00-17:15 (CET)

    Ventilator-associated increased risk of thrombosis

                Nicole Juffermans (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

  • 17:15-17:30 (CET)

    Ventilator-associated kidney injury (VAKI)

                Peter Pickkers (Nijmegen, Netherlands)

  • 17:30-17:40 (CET)

    Discussion

17:40-18:00 (CET)
            Plenary lecture Gold Hall Afternoon (CET)
  • 17:40-18:00 (CET)

    Detecting consciousness in unconscious patients

                Yelena Bodien (Boston, United States)

11:00-14:00 (CET)
            Standard presentation Copper Hall Morning (CET)

            INDIVIDUALIZING BLOOD PRESSURE

            Moderator(s):  Sheila N Myatra (Mumbai, India)
Jean-Louis Teboul (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)
  • 11:00-11:10 (CET)

    In cardiogenic shock

                Alexander Vlaar (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

  • 11:10-11:20 (CET)

    In septic shock

                Daniel  De Backer (Braine l´Alleud, Belgium)

  • 11:20-11:30 (CET)

    In stroke

                Raimund Helbok (Linz, Austria)

  • 11:30-11:40 (CET)

    After cardiac arrest

                Markus Skrifvars (Helsinki, Finland)

  • 11:40-11:50 (CET)

    In traumatic brain injury

                Geert  Meyfroidt (Leuven, Belgium)

  • 11:50-12:05 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 12:15-14:00 (CET)

    Lunch break

14:00-18:00 (CET)
            Standard presentation Copper Hall Afternoon (CET)

            TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

            Moderator(s):  Raimund Helbok (Linz, Austria)
Michael Reade (Brisbane, Australia)
  • 14:00-14:15 (CET)

    How to save two lives in pregnancy

                Deepak Kumar Gupta (Delhi, India)

  • 14:15-14:30 (CET)

    Moving towards phenotyping

                Giuseppe Citerio (Monza, Italy)

  • 14:30-14:45 (CET)

    Hemostatic failure as a modifiable risk factor

                Marc  Maegele (Cologne, Germany)

  • 14:45-15:00 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 15:00-15:15 (CET)

    Transfusion in TBI: beyond the hemoglobin targets.

                Elisa Gouvea Bogossian (Brussels, Belgium)

  • 15:15-15:30 (CET)

    Mechanical ventilation

                Chiara Robba (Genoa, Italy)

  • 15:30-15:45 (CET)

    How cardiac function is affected

                Katharina Busl (Gainesville, United States)

  • 15:45-16:00 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 16:00-16:15 (CET)

    Is sedation protective or harmful?

                Geert  Meyfroidt (Leuven, Belgium)

  • 16:15-16:30 (CET)

    Long term outcomes: limits of the Glasgow Outcome Scale

                Antoine Roquilly (Nantes, France)

  • 16:30-16:45 (CET)

    Can statins have a role?

                Alexis Turgeon (Québec City, Canada)

  • 16:45-17:00 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 17:00-17:15 (CET)

    Early prognostication

                Pierre Bouzat (Grenoble, France)

  • 17:15-17:30 (CET)

    Making treatment limitation decisions

                Victoria Metaxa (London, United Kingdom)

  • 17:30-17:45 (CET)

    Prolonged altered consciousness: extubation vs. tracheostomy?

                Sarah Wahlster (Seattle, United States)

  • 17:45-18:00 (CET)

    Discussion

11:00-14:00 (CET)
            Standard presentation Silver Hall Morning (CET)

            PRONE POSITION

            Moderator(s):  Audrey De Jong (Montpellier, France)
Michael R Pinsky (Pittsburgh, United States)
  • 11:00-11:15 (CET)

    Guiding using EIT

                Marcelo Amato (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

  • 11:15-11:30 (CET)

    Hemodynamic effects

                Xavier Monnet (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

  • 11:30-11:45 (CET)

    In spontaneously ventilating patients

                Luigi Camporota (London, United Kingdom)

  • 11:45-12:00 (CET)

    Should we abandon it during VV ECMO

                Matthieu Schmidt (Paris, France)

  • 12:00-12:15 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 12:15-14:00 (CET)

    Lunch break

14:00-16:30 (CET)
            Standard presentation Silver Hall Afternoon (CET)

            ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – ICU APPLICATIONS

            Moderator(s):  Elie Azoulay (Paris, France)
Ari Ercole (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
  • 14:00-14:15 (CET)

    Medical imaging

                Azra Bihorac (Gainesville, United States)

  • 14:15-14:30 (CET)

    Natural language processing

                Rinaldo Bellomo (Melbourne, Australia)

  • 14:30-14:45 (CET)

    Integrating AI into clinical practice

                Matthieu Komorowski (London, United Kingdom)

  • 14:45-15:00 (CET)

    AI for hemodynamic assessment

                Frederic Michard (Vallamand, Switzerland)

  • 15:00-15:15 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 15:15-15:30 (CET)

    Reinforcement learning

                Paul Elbers (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

  • 15:30-15:45 (CET)

    Medical education

                Massimiliano Greco (Milan, Italy)

  • 15:45-16:00 (CET)

    Writing ICU diaries by AI?

                Peter Nydahl (Kiel, Germany)

  • 16:00-16:15 (CET)

    Ethical challenges

                Michelle N Gong (New York, United States)

  • 16:15-16:30 (CET)

    Discussion

16:30-18:00 (CET)
            Standard presentation Silver Hall Afternoon (CET)

            MIND THE GUT

            Moderator(s):  Ashish K Khanna (Winston-Salem, United States)
Ari Moskowitz (Boston, United States)
  • 16:30-16:45 (CET)

    Prevention of stress ulcer bleeding – still a place?

                Annika  Reintam Blaser (Tartu, Estonia)

  • 16:45-17:00 (CET)

    Probiotics to prevent VAP

                Evangelos Giamarellos–Bourboulis (Athens, Greece)

  • 17:00-17:15 (CET)

    Can we score the degree of GI dysfunction?

                Annika  Reintam Blaser (Tartu, Estonia)

  • 17:15-17:30 (CET)

    The importance of the gut microbiome in critical illness

                Lioudmila Karnatovskaia (Rochester, United States)

  • 17:30-17:45 (CET)

    Acute-on-chronic liver failure

                Julia  Wendon (London, United Kingdom)

  • 17:45-18:00 (CET)

    Discussion

11:00-14:00 (CET)
            Standard presentation 100 Hall Morning (CET)

            ENDOTHELIAL PROTECTION

  • 11:00-11:15 (CET)

    Endothelial cell dysfunction in sepsis

                Tom van der Poll (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

  • 11:15-11:30 (CET)

    Interactions between immune, endothelial, and hemostasis dysfunctions

                Massimo Girardis (Modena, Italy)

  • 11:30-11:45 (CET)

    Pharmacological options

                Ricard Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain)

  • 11:45-12:00 (CET)

    Hemoadsorption in hyper-inflammation

                Zsolt Molnar (Budapest, Hungary)

  • 12:00-12:15 (CET)

    Plasma administration for endotheliopathy?

                Nicole Juffermans (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

  • 12:15-12:30 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 12:30-14:00 (CET)

    Lunch break

14:00-17:25 (CET)
            Standard presentation 100 Hall Afternoon (CET)

            RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY

            Moderator(s):  Tomoko Fujii (Tokyo, Japan)
Melanie Meersch-Dini (Münster, Germany)
  • 14:00-14:15 (CET)

    When to start

                Stéphane Gaudry (Bobigny, France)

  • 14:15-14:30 (CET)

    Regional citrate anticoagulation

                Ashita Tolwani (Birmingham, United States)

  • 14:30-14:45 (CET)

    How to minimize ´´dialytrauma´´

                Emily J See (Parkville, Australia)

  • 14:45-15:00 (CET)

    Dosing: is less more?

                Marlies Ostermann (London, United Kingdom)

  • 15:00-15:15 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 15:15-15:30 (CET)

    AI prediction of hypotension and dialysis dosing

                Raghavan Murugan (Pittsburgh, United States)

  • 15:30-15:45 (CET)

    Antibiotic and antifungal dosing

                Patrick Honoré (Yvoir, Belgium)

  • 15:45-16:00 (CET)

    Should we care about micronutrients?

                Michaël Casaer (Leuven, Belgium)

  • 16:00-16:10 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 16:10-16:25 (CET)

    Influence of various techniques on cardiac output

                Rinaldo Bellomo (Melbourne, Australia)

  • 16:25-16:40 (CET)

    Does my patient care what renal support I offer?

                Lui Forni (Guildford, United Kingdom)

  • 16:40-16:55 (CET)

    When to stop RRT?

                Peter Pickkers (Nijmegen, Netherlands)

  • 16:55-17:10 (CET)

    Let´s go green

                Raghavan Murugan (Pittsburgh, United States)

  • 17:10-17:25 (CET)

    Discussion

17:30-18:00 (CET)
            Tutorial 100 Hall Afternoon (CET)
  • 17:30-18:00 (CET)

    Can we throw away anti-embolic stockings?

                Beverley Hunt (London, United Kingdom)

11:00-14:00 (CET)
            Standard presentation Panoramic Room Morning (CET)

            IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM

            Moderator(s):  Ari Ercole (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Christopher Seymour (Pittsburgh, United States)
  • 11:00-11:15 (CET)

    When to suspect cardiac arrest may be due to SAH

                Markus Skrifvars (Helsinki, Finland)

  • 11:15-11:30 (CET)

    Do we still need arterial blood gases?

                Tomoko Fujii (Tokyo, Japan)

  • 11:30-11:45 (CET)

    Early prediction of ARDS

                Daniel Talmor (Boston, United States)

  • 11:45-12:00 (CET)

    Patient admission: will data science help… or hinder?

                Paul Elbers (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

  • 12:00-12:15 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 12:15-14:00 (CET)

    Lunch break

14:00-18:00 (CET)
            Standard presentation Panoramic Room Afternoon (CET)

            SEPSIS: BACK TO MECHANISTICS

            Moderator(s):  Liesbet De Bus (Ghent, Belgium)
Bruno François (Limoges, France)
  • 14:00-14:15 (CET)

    The host response in sepsis: what can we learn from proteomics?

                Tom van der Poll (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

  • 14:15-14:30 (CET)

    Excessive production of interferon-gamma in some patients

                Evangelos Giamarellos–Bourboulis (Athens, Greece)

  • 14:30-14:45 (CET)

    Circulating NET levels

                Djillali Annane (Garches, France)

  • 14:45-15:00 (CET)

    Sepsis in transplant patients: what is different?

                Andre Kalil (Omaha, United States)

  • 15:00-15:15 (CET)

    Sepsis in the immunocompromised: not as bad as anticipated.

                Thierry Calandra (Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • 15:15-15:25 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 15:25-15:40 (CET)

    Chronic alcohol and sepsis: molecular and cellular insights

                Craig M Coopersmith (Atlanta, United States)

  • 15:40-15:55 (CET)

    Neuroinflammation

                Peter Pickkers (Nijmegen, Netherlands)

  • 15:55-16:10 (CET)

    Caspases: arbiters of life and death

                John C Marshall (Toronto, Canada)

  • 16:10-16:25 (CET)

    Sepsis-induced coagulopathy

                Julie Helms (Strasbourg, France)

  • 16:25-16:40 (CET)

    Sepsis-related gut leakage

                Craig M Coopersmith (Atlanta, United States)

  • 16:40-16:50 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 16:50-17:05 (CET)

    The causes of septic myocardial dysfunction

                Armand  Mekontso Dessap (Créteil, France)

  • 17:05-17:20 (CET)

    Cholesterol and sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy

                Mervyn Singer (London, United Kingdom)

  • 17:20-17:35 (CET)

    Temperature management

                Frank van Haren (Sydney, Australia)

  • 17:35-17:50 (CET)

    Organ function after sepsis: is it hibernation?

                Christopher Seymour (Pittsburgh, United States)

  • 17:50-18:00 (CET)

    Discussion

11:00-14:00 (CET)
            Standard presentation The Arc Room Morning (CET)

            SEIZURES

            Moderator(s):  Elisa Gouvea Bogossian (Brussels, Belgium)
Marek Mirski (Baltimore, United States)
  • 11:00-11:15 (CET)

    AI-guided diagnosis

                Michel Van Putten (Enschede, Netherlands)

  • 11:15-11:30 (CET)

    Seizures in the ICU: when (not) to treat?

                Jan Claassen (New York, United States)

  • 11:30-11:45 (CET)

    Pharmacologic options

                Cherylee WJ Chang (Durham, United States)

  • 11:45-12:00 (CET)

    New-onset refractory status epilepticus: novel options

                Nicolas Gaspard (Brussels, Belgium)

  • 12:00-12:15 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 12:15-14:00 (CET)

    Lunch break

14:00-14:50 (CET)
            Round table The Arc Room Afternoon (CET)

            A GREEN ICU

            Moderator(s):  Arthur van Zanten (Ede, Netherlands)
  • 14:00-14:50 (CET)

    A green ICU

                Jan De Waele (Ghent, Belgium)

                Ricard Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain)

                Nicole Hunfeld (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

                Gloria Rodriguez-Vega (Caguas, Puerto Rico)

14:55-15:45 (CET)
            Round table The Arc Room Afternoon (CET)

            WHEN TO MEASURE CARDIAC OUTPUT

            Moderator(s):  Jean-Louis Teboul (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)
  • 14:55-15:45 (CET)

    When to measure cardiac output

                Jan Bakker (Santiago, Chile)

                Daniel  De Backer (Braine l´Alleud, Belgium)

                Xavier Monnet (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

                Bernd Saugel (Hamburg, Germany)

15:50-16:20 (CET)
            Pro-con debate The Arc Room Afternoon (CET)

            PEEP TITRATION BASED ON OXYGENATION

            Moderator(s):  Jeremy Beitler (New York, United States)
  • 15:50-16:20 (CET)

    PEEP titration based on oxygenation

                CON: Marcelo Amato (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

                PRO: Daniel Talmor (Boston, United States)

16:25-16:55 (CET)
            Pro-con debate The Arc Room Afternoon (CET)

            PROLONGED PERIPHERAL INFUSION OF VASOPRESSORS

            Moderator(s):  Julie Helms (Strasbourg, France)
  • 16:25-16:55 (CET)

    Prolonged peripheral infusion of vasopressors

                CON: Jacques  Duranteau (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

                PRO: Hayley B Gershengorn (Miami, United States)

17:00-18:00 (CET)
            Round table The Arc Room Afternoon (CET)

            HOW DATA SCIENCE WILL TRANSFORM CRITICAL CARE

            Moderator(s):  Paul Elbers (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
  • 17:00-18:00 (CET)

    How data science will transform critical care

                Azra Bihorac (Gainesville, United States)

                Leo Anthony Celi (Cambridge, United States)

                Vitaly Herasevich (Rochester, United States)

                Greg Martin (Atlanta, United States)

11:00-11:30 (CET)
            Meet the experts Demo box 1 Morning (CET)

            MANAGEMENT OF PELVIC FRACTURE

  • 11:00-11:30 (CET)

    Management of pelvic fracture

                Jacques  Duranteau (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

                Marc  Maegele (Cologne, Germany)

11:45-12:15 (CET)
            Meet the experts Demo box 1 Morning (CET)

            PRIORITIES IN SOURCE CONTROL

  • 11:45-12:15 (CET)

    Priorities in source control

                Massimo Antonelli (Rome, Italy)

                Jan De Waele (Ghent, Belgium)

13:35-14:15 (CET)
            Hands-on Demo box 1 Afternoon (CET)

            AUTOMATED PUPILLOMETRY (B)

  • 13:35-14:15 (CET)

    Automated pupillometry

                Pierre Bouzat (Grenoble, France)

14:25-14:55 (CET)
            Meet the experts Demo box 1 Afternoon (CET)

            HUMAN ERRORS

  • 14:25-14:55 (CET)

    Human errors

                Katarzyna Kotfis (Szczecin, Poland)

                Axel Nierhaus (Hamburg, Germany)

15:05-15:35 (CET)
            Demonstration Demo box 1 Afternoon (CET)
  • 15:05-15:35 (CET)

    Chest ultrasound in acute respiratory failure

                Paul H Mayo (New York, United States)

15:45-16:15 (CET)
            Demonstration Demo box 1 Afternoon (CET)
  • 15:45-16:15 (CET)

    Monitoring spontaneous breathing in ARDS

                Massimo Antonelli (Rome, Italy)

                Niall  Ferguson (Toronto, Canada)

16:30-17:00 (CET)
            Meet the experts Demo box 1 Afternoon (CET)
  • 16:30-17:00 (CET)

    Lessons learned from recent trials in critical care nutrition

                Jean-Charles  Preiser (Brussels, Belgium)

                Christian Stoppe (Würzburg, Germany)

11:00-11:30 (CET)
            Meet the experts Demo box 2 Morning (CET)

            MORAL DISTRESS

  • 11:00-11:30 (CET)

    Moral distress

                Jan Bakker (Santiago, Chile)

                Katarzyna Kotfis (Szczecin, Poland)

11:45-12:15 (CET)
            Meet the experts Demo box 2 Morning (CET)

            PERIOPERATIVE HEMODYNAMIC MANAGEMENT

  • 11:45-12:15 (CET)

    Perioperative hemodynamic management

                Michelle Chew (Linköping, Sweden)

                Bernd Saugel (Hamburg, Germany)

13:45-14:15 (CET)
            Meet the experts Demo box 2 Afternoon (CET)
  • 13:45-14:15 (CET)

    Assessment of vascular tone at the bedside

                Michael R Pinsky (Pittsburgh, United States)

                Jean-Louis Teboul (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

14:25-14:55 (CET)
            Demonstration Demo box 2 Afternoon (CET)

            EIT FOR INTRATHORACIC EMERGENCIES

  • 14:25-14:55 (CET)

    EIT For Intrathoracic Emergencies

                Baldassare Ferro (Livorno, Italy)

15:05-15:35 (CET)
            Clinical Challenges Demo box 2 Afternoon (CET)
  • 15:05-15:35 (CET)

    How to decrease complications of intubation

                Audrey De Jong (Montpellier, France)

                Marek Mirski (Baltimore, United States)

15:45-16:15 (CET)
            Clinical Challenges Demo box 2 Afternoon (CET)

            INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS DURING ECMO

  • 15:45-16:15 (CET)

    Infectious complications during ECMO

                Ricard Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain)

                Giacomo Grasselli (Milan, Italy)

16:25-16:55 (CET)
            Demonstration Demo box 2 Afternoon (CET)

            WEANING FROM ECMO

  • 16:25-16:55 (CET)

    Weaning from ECMO

                Luigi Camporota (London, United Kingdom)

11:00-11:30 (CET)
            Demonstration Demo box 3 Morning (CET)

            VASCULAR ACCESS TO RRT

  • 11:00-11:30 (CET)

    Vascular access for RRT

                Patrick Honoré (Yvoir, Belgium)

                Thomas Rimmelé (Lyon, France)

11:45-12:15 (CET)
            Demonstration Demo box 3 Morning (CET)

            HIGH FLOW NASAL OXYGEN

  • 11:45-12:15 (CET)

    High flow nasal oxygen

                Elie Azoulay (Paris, France)

                Martin Dres (Paris, France)

14:00-14:30 (CET)
            Demonstration Demo box 3 Afternoon (CET)

            PATIENT-VENTILATOR INTERACTIONS

  • 14:00-14:30 (CET)

    Patient-ventilator interactions

                Martin Dres (Paris, France)

                Lise  Piquilloud (Lausanne, Switzerland)

16:15-16:45 (CET)
            Clinical Challenges Demo box 3 Afternoon (CET)
  • 16:15-16:45 (CET)

    The ARDS patient with right heart failure

                Michelle Chew (Linköping, Sweden)

                Xavier Monnet (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

11:00-11:30 (CET)
            Demonstration Demo box 4 Morning (CET)
  • 11:00-11:30 (CET)

    New therapies for complicated intra-abdominal infections

                Giacomo Grasselli (Milan, Italy)

11:40-12:20 (CET)
            Demonstration Demo box 4 Morning (CET)

            NIRS APPLICATION IN THE ICU

  • 11:40-12:20 (CET)

    NIRS application in the ICU

                Marlies Ostermann (London, United Kingdom)

14:00-14:30 (CET)
            Clinical Challenges Demo box 4 Afternoon (CET)

            UPDATE ON THROMBOPROPHYLAXIS 

  • 14:00-14:30 (CET)

    Update on thromboprophylaxis

                Katharina Busl (Gainesville, United States)

                Julie Helms (Strasbourg, France)

14:45-15:15 (CET)
            Simulation Session Demo box 4 Afternoon (CET)
  • 14:45-15:15 (CET)

    Assessing lung recruitability: how to do it at the bedside

                Discussant : Marcelo Amato (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

15:30-16:00 (CET)
            Clinical Challenges Demo box 4 Afternoon (CET)

            BRAIN DEATH

  • 15:30-16:00 (CET)

    Brain death

                Giuseppe Citerio (Monza, Italy)

                Sarah Wahlster (Seattle, United States)

16:15-16:45 (CET)
            Hands-on Demo box 4 Afternoon (CET)

            EEG FUNDAMENTALS IN CRITICAL CARE [II]

  • 16:15-16:45 (CET)

    EEG fundamentals in critical care

                Mathias Gelderblom (Hamburg, Germany)

14:00-15:30 (CET)
            Poster presentation ePoster Area 1 Afternoon (CET)

            POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 12]

            Moderator(s):  Maya  Hites (Brussels, Belgium)
  • 14:00-15:30 (CET)

    POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 12]

                Jan De Waele (Ghent, Belgium)

                Evangelos Giamarellos–Bourboulis (Athens, Greece)

                Antoni  Torres (Barcelona, Spain)

15:30-17:00 (CET)
            Poster presentation ePoster Area 1 Afternoon (CET)

            POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 13]

            Moderator(s):  Massimo Girardis (Modena, Italy)
  • 15:30-17:00 (CET)

    POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 13]

                Liesbet De Bus (Ghent, Belgium)

                Ricard Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain)

                Antoine Roquilly (Nantes, France)

14:00-15:30 (CET)
            Poster presentation ePoster Area 2 Afternoon (CET)

            POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 6]

            Moderator(s):  Elisabeth De Waele (Brussels, Belgium)
  • 14:00-15:30 (CET)

    POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 6]

                Michaël Casaer (Leuven, Belgium)

                Christian Stoppe (Würzburg, Germany)

                Arthur van Zanten (Ede, Netherlands)

15:30-17:00 (CET)
            Poster presentation ePoster Area 2 Afternoon (CET)

            POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 7]

            Moderator(s):  Julia  Wendon (London, United Kingdom)
  • 15:30-17:00 (CET)

    POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 7]

                Jan Gunst (Leuven, Belgium)

                Lioudmila Karnatovskaia (Rochester, United States)

                Annika  Reintam Blaser (Tartu, Estonia)

                Ary Serpa Neto (Armadale, Australia)

14:00-15:30 (CET)
            Poster presentation ePoster Area 3 Afternoon (CET)

            POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 8]

            Moderator(s):  Thomas Rimmelé (Lyon, France)
  • 14:00-15:30 (CET)

    POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 8]

                Rinaldo Bellomo (Melbourne, Australia)

                Tomoko Fujii (Tokyo, Japan)

                Melanie Meersch-Dini (Münster, Germany)

                Raghavan Murugan (Pittsburgh, United States)

                Ashita Tolwani (Birmingham, United States)

15:30-17:00 (CET)
            Poster presentation ePoster Area 3 Afternoon (CET)

            POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 9]

            Moderator(s):  Marlies Ostermann (London, United Kingdom)
  • 15:30-17:00 (CET)

    POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 9]

                Lui Forni (Guildford, United Kingdom)

                Stéphane Gaudry (Bobigny, France)

                Patrick Honoré (Yvoir, Belgium)

                Emily J See (Parkville, Australia)

14:00-15:30 (CET)
            Poster presentation ePoster Area 4 Afternoon (CET)

            POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 10]

            Moderator(s):  Luigi Camporota (London, United Kingdom)
  • 14:00-15:30 (CET)

    POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 10]

                Francesca Collino (Torino, Italy)

                Raimund Helbok (Linz, Austria)

                Leo Heunks (Nijmegen, Netherlands)

                Sarah Wahlster (Seattle, United States)

15:30-17:00 (CET)
            Poster presentation ePoster Area 4 Afternoon (CET)

            POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 11]

            Moderator(s):  John J Marini (St Paul, United States)
  • 15:30-17:00 (CET)

    POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 11]

                Audrey De Jong (Montpellier, France)

                Tommaso  Mauri (Milan, Italy)

                Paul H Mayo (New York, United States)

                Armand  Mekontso Dessap (Créteil, France)

                Junlai Zhao (., China)

Wednesday 19 March 2025

08:30-10:00 (CET)
            Standard presentation Gold Hall Morning (CET)

            ARDS MANAGEMENT

            Moderator(s):  Luigi Camporota (London, United Kingdom)
Niall  Ferguson (Toronto, Canada)
  • 08:30-08:40 (CET)

    Do new criteria make much difference?

                Carolyn S Calfee (San Francisco, United States)

  • 08:40-08:50 (CET)

    Arterial PaO2 or SpO2?

                Tomoko Fujii (Tokyo, Japan)

  • 08:50-09:00 (CET)

    Same evidence, different recommendations

                Giacomo Grasselli (Milan, Italy)

  • 09:00-09:10 (CET)

    Does this patient have hemodynamic pulmonary edema or ARDS

                Paul H Mayo (New York, United States)

  • 09:10-09:20 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 09:20-09:30 (CET)

    Lung morphology guided mechanical ventilation

                Lieuwe  Bos (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

  • 09:30-09:40 (CET)

    Respiratory failure with lymphopenia: a new syndrome?

                Manu Shankar–Hari (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

  • 09:40-09:50 (CET)

    Non-resolving ARDS

                Massimo Antonelli (Rome, Italy)

  • 09:50-10:00 (CET)

    Discussion

10:00-14:00 (CET)
            Standard presentation Gold Hall Morning (CET)

            FLUID RESUSCITATION

            Moderator(s):  Stéphane Gaudry (Bobigny, France)
Lise  Piquilloud (Lausanne, Switzerland)
  • 10:00-10:15 (CET)

    Liberal vs. ´´restrictive´´ is outdated!

                Daniel  De Backer (Braine l´Alleud, Belgium)

  • 10:15-10:30 (CET)

    Should we predict fluid responsiveness in everyone?

                Xavier Monnet (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

                Sheila N Myatra (Mumbai, India)

  • 10:30-10:45 (CET)

    How can echocardiography guide fluid challenges?

                Michelle Chew (Linköping, Sweden)

  • 10:45-11:00 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 11:00-11:15 (CET)

    Venous congestion, volume intolerance, and the VExUS score.

                Paul H Mayo (New York, United States)

  • 11:15-11:30 (CET)

    Venous congestion can be present in fluid responsive patients

                Jan Bakker (Santiago, Chile)

  • 11:30-11:45 (CET)

    In the presence of right ventricular dysfunction

                Jean-Louis Teboul (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

  • 11:45-12:00 (CET)

    Limitations of dynamic parameters to detect cardiovascular insufficiency

                Michael R Pinsky (Pittsburgh, United States)

  • 12:00-12:15 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 12:15-14:00 (CET)

    Lunch break

14:00-17:40 (CET)
            Standard presentation Gold Hall Afternoon (CET)

            VASOPRESSOR CHOICES

            Moderator(s):  Craig M Coopersmith (Atlanta, United States)
Jean-Louis Teboul (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)
  • 14:00-14:15 (CET)

    More fluid or vasopressors?

                Pierre-Grégoire  Guinot (Dijon, France)

  • 14:15-14:30 (CET)

    What are the options?

                Daniel  De Backer (Braine l´Alleud, Belgium)

  • 14:30-14:45 (CET)

    Microvascular effects of vasopressors

                Jacques  Duranteau (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

  • 14:45-14:55 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 14:55-15:10 (CET)

    Postoperative vasopressor use

                Lui Forni (Guildford, United Kingdom)

  • 15:10-15:25 (CET)

    Norepinephrine vs. vasopressin for a vasopressor challenge in septic shock

                Jan Bakker (Santiago, Chile)

  • 15:25-15:40 (CET)

    The importance of the renin-angiotensin system

                Filippo Annoni (Brussels, Belgium)

  • 15:40-15:55 (CET)

    Renin as a useful best biomarker?

                Emily J See (Parkville, Australia)

  • 15:55-16:10 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 16:10-16:25 (CET)

    Angiotensin II: effects on the vital organs

                Rinaldo Bellomo (Melbourne, Australia)

  • 16:25-16:40 (CET)

    Angiotensin II in renal failure

                Peter Pickkers (Nijmegen, Netherlands)

  • 16:40-16:55 (CET)

    Angiotensin II: for which patients?

                Massimo Girardis (Modena, Italy)

  • 16:55-17:10 (CET)

    Still a place for metaraminol?

                Ary Serpa Neto (Armadale, Australia)

  • 17:10-17:25 (CET)

    The emerging interest for venous vasopressors

                Ashish K Khanna (Winston-Salem, United States)

  • 17:25-17:40 (CET)

    Discussion

17:40-18:00 (CET)
            Plenary lecture Gold Hall Afternoon (CET)
  • 17:40-18:00 (CET)

    Cardiogenic shock: from vasoactive drugs to mechanical circulatory support

                Jason Katz (New York, United States)

08:30-14:00 (CET)
            Standard presentation Copper Hall Morning (CET)

            PROGRESS THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

            Moderator(s):  Azra Bihorac (Gainesville, United States)
Hayley B Gershengorn (Miami, United States)
  • 08:30-08:45 (CET)

    What do we want the machine to learn?

                Edward Schenck (New York, United States)

  • 08:45-09:00 (CET)

    Challenges of moving from predictive to actionable AI

                Matthieu Komorowski (London, United Kingdom)

  • 09:00-09:15 (CET)

    Beyond ChatGPT: making large language models work for you

                Paul Elbers (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

  • 09:15-09:30 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 09:30-09:45 (CET)

    How it will improve clinical practice and research

                Sharon Einav (Tel Aviv Jaffo, Israel)

  • 09:45-10:00 (CET)

    How to create an effective intelligent clinical decision support tool

                Michael R Pinsky (Pittsburgh, United States)

  • 10:00-10:15 (CET)

    Your ICU can become a clinical AI validation center

                Paul Elbers (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

  • 10:15-10:30 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 10:30-10:45 (CET)

    Are the models ready for prime time?

                Leo Anthony Celi (Cambridge, United States)

  • 10:45-11:00 (CET)

    How to evaluate health information technologies and AI algorithms.

                Vitaly Herasevich (Rochester, United States)

  • 11:00-11:15 (CET)

    When is validation sufficient for clinical use?

                Geert  Meyfroidt (Leuven, Belgium)

  • 11:15-11:30 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 11:30-11:45 (CET)

    Making digital work: safe implementation of new technologies in the ICU

                Ari Ercole (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

  • 11:45-12:00 (CET)

    Ethical challenges

                Michelle N Gong (New York, United States)

  • 12:00-12:15 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 12:15-14:00 (CET)

    Lunch break

14:00-15:15 (CET)
            Standard presentation Copper Hall Afternoon (CET)

            PATIENT-VENTILATOR DYSSYNCHRONY

            Moderator(s):  Massimo Antonelli (Rome, Italy)
Leo Heunks (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
  • 14:00-14:15 (CET)

    Dyssynchrony can be good

                Laurent Brochard (Toronto, Canada)

  • 14:15-14:30 (CET)

    Dyssynchrony can be bad

                Jose Dianti (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

  • 14:30-14:45 (CET)

    Impact of post inspiratory diaphragm loading

                Niall  Ferguson (Toronto, Canada)

  • 14:45-15:00 (CET)

    AI-assisted waveform analysis

                Massimiliano Greco (Milan, Italy)

  • 15:00-15:15 (CET)

    Discussion

15:15-17:00 (CET)
            Standard presentation Copper Hall Afternoon (CET)

            VILI – A MATTER OF POWER?

            Moderator(s):  Laurent Brochard (Toronto, Canada)
Arnaud Thille (Poitiers, France)
  • 15:15-15:30 (CET)

    What we can learn from animal models

                Patricia Rocco (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)

  • 15:30-15:45 (CET)

    Mechanical power from theory to practice

                Francesca Collino (Torino, Italy)

  • 15:45-16:00 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 16:00-16:15 (CET)

    Amplified tissue stress in ARDS - a bit of stress may be good

                John J Marini (St Paul, United States)

  • 16:15-16:30 (CET)

    Driving pressure or mechanical power?

                Daniel Talmor (Boston, United States)

  • 16:30-16:45 (CET)

    Mechanical power, driving pressure or….?

                Gustavo Cortes Puentes (ROCHESTER, United States)

  • 16:45-17:00 (CET)

    Discussion

17:05-17:50 (CET)
            Round table Copper Hall Afternoon (CET)

            IMPROVING COMMUNICATION WITH THE PATIENT

            Moderator(s):  Hayley B Gershengorn (Miami, United States)
  • 17:05-17:50 (CET)

    Improving communication with the patient

                Sumera Ahmad (Rochester, United States)

                Lioudmila Karnatovskaia (Rochester, United States)

                Katarzyna Kotfis (Szczecin, Poland)

                Peter Nydahl (Kiel, Germany)

08:30-11:05 (CET)
            Standard presentation Silver Hall Morning (CET)

            SHOCK: FOCUS ON THE PATIENT

            Moderator(s):  Armand  Mekontso Dessap (Créteil, France)
Julia  Wendon (London, United Kingdom)
  • 08:30-08:45 (CET)

    What is shock?

                Jean-Louis Vincent (Brussels, Belgium)

  • 08:45-09:00 (CET)

    Different from altered tissue perfusion?

                Matthias Hilty (Zurich, Switzerland)

  • 09:00-09:15 (CET)

    Do we need to use the word ´refractory`vasopressor?

                Ashish K Khanna (Winston-Salem, United States)

  • 09:15-09:30 (CET)

    Can you manage without a monitoring device?

                Xavier Monnet (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

  • 09:30-09:45 (CET)

    Echocardiography in shock: all we really need?

                Michelle Chew (Linköping, Sweden)

  • 09:45-09:55 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 09:55-10:10 (CET)

    Integration of variables to individualize hemodynamic support

                Zsolt Molnar (Budapest, Hungary)

  • 10:10-10:25 (CET)

    How cardiovascular agents affect the peripheral circulation

                Jan Bakker (Santiago, Chile)

  • 10:25-10:40 (CET)

    The concept of microcirculatory reserve

                Matthias Hilty (Zurich, Switzerland)

  • 10:40-10:55 (CET)

    Should we target tissue perfusion pressure?

                Michael R Pinsky (Pittsburgh, United States)

  • 10:55-11:05 (CET)

    Discussion

11:05-14:00 (CET)
            Standard presentation Silver Hall Morning (CET)

            EARLY USE OF VASOPRESSIN

            Moderator(s):  Elisabeth De Waele (Brussels, Belgium)
Ashita Tolwani (Birmingham, United States)
  • 11:05-11:20 (CET)

    Vasopressin in traumatic hemorrhagic shock

                Jacques  Duranteau (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

  • 11:20-11:35 (CET)

    Vasopressin as a first line agent

                Rinaldo Bellomo (Melbourne, Australia)

  • 11:35-11:50 (CET)

    Is the early administration of vasopressin so important?

                Giacomo Grasselli (Milan, Italy)

  • 11:50-12:05 (CET)

    My practical approach

                Arthur van Zanten (Ede, Netherlands)

  • 12:05-12:15 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 12:15-14:00 (CET)

    Lunch break

14:00-17:30 (CET)
            Standard presentation Silver Hall Afternoon (CET)

            RENAL PROTECTION

            Moderator(s):  Marlies Ostermann (London, United Kingdom)
Michel  Slama (Amiens, France)
  • 14:00-14:15 (CET)

    Pathophysiology of sepsis-associated renal dysfunction

                Emily J See (Parkville, Australia)

  • 14:15-14:30 (CET)

    Immune profile of patients who develop renal failure

                Thomas Rimmelé (Lyon, France)

  • 14:30-14:45 (CET)

    How renal failure could be prevented

                Melanie Meersch-Dini (Münster, Germany)

  • 14:45-15:00 (CET)

    A protective role of albumin administration?

                Yahya Shehabi (Clayton, Australia)

  • 15:00-15:15 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 15:15-15:30 (CET)

    How to best manage the cardiorenal syndrome

                Ashita Tolwani (Birmingham, United States)

  • 15:30-15:45 (CET)

    An established place for amino acids?

                Rinaldo Bellomo (Melbourne, Australia)

  • 15:45-16:00 (CET)

    A place for bicarbonate?

                Lui Forni (Guildford, United Kingdom)

  • 16:00-16:15 (CET)

    A place for SGLT inhibitors?

                Peter Pickkers (Nijmegen, Netherlands)

  • 16:15-16:30 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 16:30-16:45 (CET)

    How to improve medullary oxygenation during vasodilatory shock

                Patrick Honoré (Yvoir, Belgium)

  • 16:45-17:00 (CET)

    Impact of vasopressors on renal circulation and kidney function

                Jacques  Duranteau (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

  • 17:00-17:15 (CET)

    Why would renal failure increase the risk of dying?

                Matthieu Legrand (San Francisco, United States)

  • 17:15-17:30 (CET)

    Discussion

17:30-18:00 (CET)
            Tutorial Silver Hall Afternoon (CET)

            RHADOMYOLYSIS

  • 17:30-18:00 (CET)

    Rhabdomyolysis

                Lui Forni (Guildford, United Kingdom)

08:30-10:45 (CET)
            Standard presentation 100 Hall Morning (CET)

            SUBPHENOTYPING

            Moderator(s):  Thierry Calandra (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Tom van der Poll (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
  • 08:30-08:45 (CET)

    The solution to heterogeneity?

                Christopher Seymour (Pittsburgh, United States)

  • 08:45-09:00 (CET)

    Current phenotypes seldom highlight treatable biological mechanisms

                Manu Shankar–Hari (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

  • 09:00-09:15 (CET)

    Using vital signs to phenotype patients with sepsis

                Craig M Coopersmith (Atlanta, United States)

  • 09:15-09:30 (CET)

    New insights into inflammatory phenotypes

                Carolyn S Calfee (San Francisco, United States)

  • 09:30-09:45 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 09:45-10:00 (CET)

    Functional endotyping in sepsis

                Evangelos Giamarellos–Bourboulis (Athens, Greece)

  • 10:00-10:15 (CET)

    Exploring unique phenotypes in cardiogenic shock

                Jason Katz (New York, United States)

  • 10:15-10:30 (CET)

    The often overlooked clinical trajectory of acute illness

                Michelle N Gong (New York, United States)

  • 10:30-10:45 (CET)

    Discussion

10:45-11:30 (CET)
            Standard presentation 100 Hall Morning (CET)

            THE COMATOSE PATIENT

            Moderator(s):  Yelena Bodien (Boston, United States)
Katharina Busl (Gainesville, United States)
  • 10:45-11:00 (CET)

    Is this patient conscious ?

                Jan Claassen (New York, United States)

  • 11:00-11:15 (CET)

    Surrogate decisions

                Sarah Wahlster (Seattle, United States)

  • 11:15-11:30 (CET)

    Discussion

11:35-14:00 (CET)
            Tutorial 100 Hall Morning (CET)

            INHALED MEDICATIONS

  • 11:35-12:10 (CET)

    Inhaled medications

                Michael Reade (Brisbane, Australia)

  • 12:15-14:00 (CET)

    Lunch break

14:00-16:20 (CET)
            Standard presentation 100 Hall Afternoon (CET)

            NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT

            Moderator(s):  Frank van Haren (Sydney, Australia)
Julia  Wendon (London, United Kingdom)
  • 14:00-14:15 (CET)

    Nutrition should be adapted to the inflammatory state

                Annika  Reintam Blaser (Tartu, Estonia)

  • 14:15-14:30 (CET)

    Lab variables to detect readiness for feeding

                Michaël Casaer (Leuven, Belgium)

  • 14:30-14:45 (CET)

    Should be different in specific populations

                Christian Stoppe (Würzburg, Germany)

  • 14:45-15:00 (CET)

    What about burns?

                Michaël Casaer (Leuven, Belgium)

  • 15:00-15:15 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 15:15-15:30 (CET)

    Effects of parenteral nutrition on liver function

                Elisabeth De Waele (Brussels, Belgium)

  • 15:30-15:45 (CET)

    High-dose amino acids: drug or poison?

                Jan Gunst (Leuven, Belgium)

  • 15:45-16:00 (CET)

    Ketones as super-fuel?

                Jan Gunst (Leuven, Belgium)

  • 16:00-16:10 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 16:10-16:20 (CET)

    Break

16:20-16:50 (CET)
            Tutorial 100 Hall Afternoon (CET)

            AIRWAY MANAGEMENT

  • 16:20-16:50 (CET)

    Complex airway management

                Sheila N Myatra (Mumbai, India)

16:55-17:25 (CET)
            Tutorial 100 Hall Afternoon (CET)
  • 16:55-17:25 (CET)

    Bayesian statistics made simple (and easy)

                Ari Ercole (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

17:30-18:00 (CET)
            Tutorial 100 Hall Afternoon (CET)

            REFEEDING SYNDROME IN ICU PATIENTS

  • 17:30-18:00 (CET)

    Refeeding syndrome in ICU patients

                Arthur van Zanten (Ede, Netherlands)

08:30-11:00 (CET)
            Standard presentation Panoramic Room Morning (CET)

            INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION

            Moderator(s):  Geert  Meyfroidt (Leuven, Belgium)
Marek Mirski (Baltimore, United States)
  • 08:30-08:45 (CET)

    Options for non-invasive assessment of intracranial pressure: modalities

                Cherylee WJ Chang (Durham, United States)

  • 08:45-09:00 (CET)

    Place of automated pupillometry

                Elisa Gouvea Bogossian (Brussels, Belgium)

  • 09:00-09:15 (CET)

    ICP waveform analysis

                Fabio S Taccone (Brussels, Belgium)

  • 09:15-09:30 (CET)

    Limitations of non-invasive assessment

                Pierre Bouzat (Grenoble, France)

  • 09:30-09:45 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 09:45-10:00 (CET)

    Multimodal neuromonitoring

                Raimund Helbok (Linz, Austria)

  • 10:00-10:15 (CET)

    Continuous hyperosmolar therapy

                Antoine Roquilly (Nantes, France)

  • 10:15-10:30 (CET)

    How to manage the patient with concurrent ARDS

                Sarah Wahlster (Seattle, United States)

  • 10:30-10:45 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 10:45-11:00 (CET)

    Break

11:00-14:00 (CET)
            Standard presentation Panoramic Room Morning (CET)

            MY SEVEN RECOMMENDATIONS

            Moderator(s):  John C Marshall (Toronto, Canada)
Victoria Metaxa (London, United Kingdom)
  • 11:00-11:10 (CET)

    How to avoid complications around endotracheal

                Sheila N Myatra (Mumbai, India)

  • 11:10-11:20 (CET)

    What to avoid during MV for ARDS

                Marcelo Amato (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

  • 11:20-11:30 (CET)

    How to improve writing a scientific article

                Elie Azoulay (Paris, France)

  • 11:30-11:40 (CET)

    How to avoid errors

                Gloria Rodriguez-Vega (Caguas, Puerto Rico)

  • 11:40-11:50 (CET)

    How to talk to the media on scientific findings

                Craig M Coopersmith (Atlanta, United States)

  • 11:50-12:10 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 12:15-14:00 (CET)

    Lunch break

14:00-15:30 (CET)
            Standard presentation Panoramic Room Afternoon (CET)

            SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE & DELAYED CEREBRAL INJURY

            Moderator(s):  Gloria Rodriguez-Vega (Caguas, Puerto Rico)
Fabio S Taccone (Brussels, Belgium)
  • 14:00-14:15 (CET)

    Medical management of DCI

                Chiara Robba (Genoa, Italy)

  • 14:15-14:30 (CET)

    Role of cerebral ultrasound

                Baldassare Ferro (Livorno, Italy)

  • 14:30-14:45 (CET)

    Vasospasm or DCI: which is the main target?

                Giuseppe Citerio (Monza, Italy)

  • 14:45-15:00 (CET)

    Any evidence for increasing MAP?

                Elisa Gouvea Bogossian (Brussels, Belgium)

  • 15:00-15:15 (CET)

    General critical care management

                Katharina Busl (Gainesville, United States)

  • 15:15-15:30 (CET)

    Discussion

15:30-16:30 (CET)
            Standard presentation Panoramic Room Afternoon (CET)

            AFTER CARDIAC ARREST

            Moderator(s):  Sharon Einav (Tel Aviv Jaffo, Israel)
Michelle N Gong (New York, United States)
  • 15:30-15:45 (CET)

    Optimal mechanical ventilation

                Chiara Robba (Genoa, Italy)

  • 15:45-16:00 (CET)

    Interaction between sedation, temperature and blood pressure

                Michael Reade (Brisbane, Australia)

  • 16:00-16:15 (CET)

    Prognostic evaluation

                Cherylee WJ Chang (Durham, United States)

  • 16:15-16:30 (CET)

    Discussion

16:35-17:00 (CET)
            Tutorial Panoramic Room Afternoon (CET)

            ACUTE PANCREATITIS

  • 16:35-17:00 (CET)

    Acute pancreatitis

                Jan De Waele (Ghent, Belgium)

17:05-17:30 (CET)
            Tutorial Panoramic Room Afternoon (CET)

            ACUTE SICKLE CELL DISEASE

  • 17:05-17:30 (CET)

    Acute sickle cell disease

                Armand  Mekontso Dessap (Créteil, France)

17:35-18:00 (CET)
            Tutorial Panoramic Room Afternoon (CET)

            THE ELDERLY CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT

  • 17:35-18:00 (CET)

    The elderly critically ill patient

                Gloria Rodriguez-Vega (Caguas, Puerto Rico)

08:30-09:00 (CET)
            Pro-con debate The Arc Room Morning (CET)

            HIGH ANTIBIOTIC DOSING IN THE ICU PATIENT

            Moderator(s):  Axel Nierhaus (Hamburg, Germany)
  • 08:30-09:00 (CET)

    High antibiotic dosing in the ICU patient

                PRO: Liesbet De Bus (Ghent, Belgium)

                CON: Mervyn Singer (London, United Kingdom)

09:05-09:55 (CET)
            Round table The Arc Room Morning (CET)

            ACHIEVING GENDER EQUITY IN CRITICAL CARE

            Moderator(s):  Greg Martin (Atlanta, United States)
  • 09:05-09:55 (CET)

    Achieving gender equity in critical care

                Jeremy Beitler (New York, United States)

                Katarzyna Kotfis (Szczecin, Poland)

                Marlies Ostermann (London, United Kingdom)

                Gloria Rodriguez-Vega (Caguas, Puerto Rico)

10:00-13:45 (CET)
            Tutorial The Arc Room Morning (CET)

            TOXIDROMES

  • 10:00-10:30 (CET)

    Toxidromes

                Mervyn Singer (London, United Kingdom)

  • 12:15-13:45 (CET)

    Lunch break

10:35-11:05 (CET)
            Tutorial The Arc Room Morning (CET)

            AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALITIS

  • 10:35-11:05 (CET)

    Autoimmune encephalitis

                Raimund Helbok (Linz, Austria)

11:10-11:40 (CET)
            Pro-con debate The Arc Room Morning (CET)

            CONTINUOUS BETA-LACTAM ADMINISTRATION IS BETTER THAN INTERMITTENT

            Moderator(s):  Audrey De Jong (Montpellier, France)
  • 11:10-11:40 (CET)

    Continuous beta-lactam administration is better than intermittent

                PRO: Paul Elbers (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

                CON: Fabio S Taccone (Brussels, Belgium)

11:45-12:15 (CET)
            Pro-con debate The Arc Room Morning (CET)

            HEMOADSORPTION IS BENEFICIAL IN SEPTIC SHOCK

            Moderator(s):  Ricard Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain)
  • 11:45-12:15 (CET)

    Hemoadsorption is beneficial in septic shock

                PRO: Zsolt Molnar (Budapest, Hungary)

                CON: Peter Pickkers (Nijmegen, Netherlands)

13:45-16:45 (CET)
            Standard presentation The Arc Room Afternoon (CET)

            IMMUNOMODULATION IN SEPSIS

            Moderator(s):  Carolyn S Calfee (San Francisco, United States)
Liesbet De Bus (Ghent, Belgium)
  • 13:45-14:00 (CET)

    Neutrophils in host response and organ dysfunction

                Michael Bauer (Jena, Germany)

  • 14:00-14:15 (CET)

    Application of tolerance, damage, and resistance concepts

                Christopher Seymour (Pittsburgh, United States)

  • 14:15-14:30 (CET)

    Immune effects of commonly used medications

                Massimo Girardis (Modena, Italy)

  • 14:30-14:40 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 14:40-14:55 (CET)

    When to consider immunoglobulins

                Axel Nierhaus (Hamburg, Germany)

  • 14:55-15:10 (CET)

    Personalized immunotherapy

                Tom van der Poll (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

  • 15:10-15:25 (CET)

    Biomarkers for adjunctive therapies

                Thierry Calandra (Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • 15:25-15:35 (CET)

    Discussion

  • 15:35-15:50 (CET)

    The time for precision has come

                Evangelos Giamarellos–Bourboulis (Athens, Greece)

  • 15:50-16:05 (CET)

    How to get better at selecting patients

                Antoine Roquilly (Nantes, France)

  • 16:05-16:20 (CET)

    The dangers of prolonged immunosuppressive therapies

                Bruno François (Limoges, France)

  • 16:20-16:35 (CET)

    What can sepsis learn from rheumatology

                John C Marshall (Toronto, Canada)

  • 16:35-16:45 (CET)

    Discussion

16:45-17:15 (CET)
            Pro-con debate The Arc Room Afternoon (CET)

            SHOULD ECMO BE CENTRALIZED?

            Moderator(s):  Ari Moskowitz (Boston, United States)
  • 16:45-17:15 (CET)

    Should ECMO be centralized?

                CON: Daniel  De Backer (Braine l´Alleud, Belgium)

                PRO: Giacomo Grasselli (Milan, Italy)

17:20-18:00 (CET)
            Round table The Arc Room Afternoon (CET)

            MONITORING THE MICROCIRCULATION: IS THE STORY OVER?

            Moderator(s):  Jan Bakker (Santiago, Chile)
  • 17:20-18:00 (CET)

    Monitoring the microcirculation: is the story over?

                Daniel  De Backer (Braine l´Alleud, Belgium)

                Jacques  Duranteau (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

                Matthias Hilty (Zurich, Switzerland)

                Nicole Juffermans (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

09:30-10:00 (CET)
            Meet the experts Demo box 1 Morning (CET)

            INNOVATIVE TRIAL DESIGNS

  • 09:30-10:00 (CET)

    Innovative trial designs

                Djillali Annane (Garches, France)

                Alexis Turgeon (Québec City, Canada)

10:15-10:45 (CET)
            Meet the experts Demo box 1 Morning (CET)

            THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING

  • 10:15-10:45 (CET)

    Therapeutic drug monitoring

                Jan De Waele (Ghent, Belgium)

                Fabio S Taccone (Brussels, Belgium)

11:00-11:30 (CET)
            Hands-on Demo box 1 Morning (CET)

            EEG FUNDAMENTALS IN CRITICAL CARE [I]

  • 11:00-11:30 (CET)

    EEG fundamentals in critical care

                Mathias Gelderblom (Hamburg, Germany)

11:45-12:15 (CET)
            Meet the experts Demo box 1 Morning (CET)
  • 11:45-12:15 (CET)

    Environmental sustainability/ let’s go green!

                Jan De Waele (Ghent, Belgium)

                Nicole Hunfeld (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

13:45-14:15 (CET)
            Meet the experts Demo box 1 Afternoon (CET)

            HOW TO RECOGNIZE CITRATE ACCUMULATION

  • 13:45-14:15 (CET)

    How to recognize citrate accumulation

                Patrick Honoré (Yvoir, Belgium)

14:25-14:55 (CET)
            Demonstration Demo box 1 Afternoon (CET)
  • 14:25-14:55 (CET)

    Measurement and utility of mean systemic filling pressure

                Paul H Mayo (New York, United States)

                Xavier Monnet (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

15:05-15:35 (CET)
            Meet the experts Demo box 1 Afternoon (CET)

            EMPOWERING WOMEN IN INTENSIVE CARE

  • 15:05-15:35 (CET)

    Empowering women in intensive care

                Hayley B Gershengorn (Miami, United States)

                Katarzyna Kotfis (Szczecin, Poland)

15:45-16:15 (CET)
            Meet the experts Demo box 1 Afternoon (CET)

            HOW AI WILL CHANGE OUR SPECIALTIES

  • 15:45-16:15 (CET)

    How AI will change our specialties

                Azra Bihorac (Gainesville, United States)

                Vitaly Herasevich (Rochester, United States)

16:30-17:00 (CET)
            Meet the experts Demo box 1 Afternoon (CET)

            HOW I TREAT: CHEST TRAUMA

  • 16:30-17:00 (CET)

    How I treat: chest trauma

                Marc  Maegele (Cologne, Germany)

                Michael Reade (Brisbane, Australia)

09:30-10:00 (CET)
            Meet the experts Demo box 2 Morning (CET)

            CO2 AND THE BRAIN

  • 09:30-10:00 (CET)

    CO2 and the brain

                Chiara Robba (Genoa, Italy)

                Markus Skrifvars (Helsinki, Finland)

10:15-10:45 (CET)
            Meet the experts Demo box 2 Morning (CET)
  • 10:15-10:45 (CET)

    When and how to shift to pressure support ventilation?

                Leo Heunks (Nijmegen, Netherlands)

                Oriol Roca (Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), Spain)

11:00-11:30 (CET)
            Meet the experts Demo box 2 Morning (CET)

            INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE

  • 11:00-11:30 (CET)

    Intracranial hemorrhage

                Cherylee WJ Chang (Durham, United States)

                Giuseppe Citerio (Monza, Italy)

11:45-12:15 (CET)
            Clinical Challenges Demo box 2 Morning (CET)
  • 11:45-12:15 (CET)

    Corticosteroids work in sepsis and ARDS: but for whom?

                Lennie Derde (Utrecht, Netherlands)

                Stephen M Pastores (New York, United States)

13:45-14:15 (CET)
            Demonstration Demo box 2 Afternoon (CET)
  • 13:45-14:15 (CET)

    Can we use EIT to diagnose pulmonary embolism

                Junlai Zhao (., China)

14:25-14:55 (CET)
            Meet the experts Demo box 2 Afternoon (CET)
  • 14:25-14:55 (CET)

    General anesthetic review for the non-anetshesiologist

                Marek Mirski (Baltimore, United States)

                Bernd Saugel (Hamburg, Germany)

15:05-15:35 (CET)
            Case discussion Demo box 2 Afternoon (CET)

            THROMBOCYTOPENIA

  • 15:05-15:35 (CET)

    Thrombocytopenia

                Beverley Hunt (London, United Kingdom)

15:45-16:15 (CET)
            Demonstration Demo box 2 Afternoon (CET)
  • 15:45-16:15 (CET)

    Assessing preload responsiveness with the ventilator

                Xavier Monnet (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France)

                Michael R Pinsky (Pittsburgh, United States)

16:25-16:55 (CET)
            Meet the experts Demo box 2 Afternoon (CET)
  • 16:25-16:55 (CET)

    When to transfuse a patient with acute brain injury

                Fabio S Taccone (Brussels, Belgium)

                Alexis Turgeon (Québec City, Canada)

14:00-14:30 (CET)
            Demonstration Demo box 3 Afternoon (CET)
  • 14:00-14:30 (CET)

    How to best apply hemodialysis in critically-ill patients

                Stéphane Gaudry (Bobigny, France)

                Raghavan Murugan (Pittsburgh, United States)

14:45-15:15 (CET)
            Demonstration Demo box 3 Afternoon (CET)

            USING ETCO2 DURING CPR

  • 14:45-15:15 (CET)

    Using etCO2 during CPR

                Pierre Bouzat (Grenoble, France)

                Markus Skrifvars (Helsinki, Finland)

15:30-16:00 (CET)
            Demonstration Demo box 3 Afternoon (CET)
  • 15:30-16:00 (CET)

    Phrenic nerve stimulation in acute respiratory failure

                Martin Dres (Paris, France)

                Niall  Ferguson (Toronto, Canada)

16:15-16:45 (CET)
            Demonstration Demo box 3 Afternoon (CET)

            MEASUREMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL PRESSURE

  • 16:15-16:45 (CET)

    Measurement of esophageal pressure

                Luigi Camporota (London, United Kingdom)

                Lise  Piquilloud (Lausanne, Switzerland)

09:30-10:00 (CET)
            Clinical Challenges Demo box 4 Morning (CET)

            ULTRAFILTRATION BY CRRT: HOW FAST?

  • 09:30-10:00 (CET)

    Ultrafiltration by CRRT: how fast?

                Raghavan Murugan (Pittsburgh, United States)

                Emily J See (Parkville, Australia)

10:15-10:45 (CET)
            Clinical Challenges Demo box 4 Morning (CET)

            ANTIBIOTIC DE-ESCALATION

  • 10:15-10:45 (CET)

    Antibiotic de-escalation

                Liesbet De Bus (Ghent, Belgium)

                Maya  Hites (Brussels, Belgium)

11:00-11:30 (CET)
            Clinical Challenges Demo box 4 Morning (CET)

            LUNG PROTECTIVE VENTILATION

  • 11:00-11:30 (CET)

    Lung protective ventilation

                Jose Dianti (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

                John J Marini (St Paul, United States)

11:45-12:15 (CET)
            Case discussion Demo box 4 Morning (CET)

            RASH AND FEVER

  • 11:45-12:15 (CET)

    Rash and fever

                Andre Kalil (Omaha, United States)

                Marlies Ostermann (London, United Kingdom)

14:00-14:30 (CET)
            Clinical Challenges Demo box 4 Afternoon (CET)

            ARDS OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN

  • 14:00-14:30 (CET)

    ARDS of unknown origin

                Elie Azoulay (Paris, France)

                Giacomo Grasselli (Milan, Italy)

14:45-15:15 (CET)
            Clinical Challenges Demo box 4 Afternoon (CET)
  • 14:45-15:15 (CET)

    Toxicities of CAR-T cell therapies: what an intensivist should know

                Victoria Metaxa (London, United Kingdom)

                Stephen M Pastores (New York, United States)

15:30-16:00 (CET)
            Case discussion Demo box 4 Afternoon (CET)

            FEVER UPON RETURNING FROM THE TROPICS

  • 15:30-16:00 (CET)

    Fever upon returning from the tropics

                Maya  Hites (Brussels, Belgium)

16:15-16:45 (CET)
            Clinical Challenges Demo box 4 Afternoon (CET)

            DIAPHRAGM DYSFUNCTION IN ICU PATIENTS

  • 16:15-16:45 (CET)

    Diaphragm dysfunction in ICU patients

                Jose Dianti (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

                Leo Heunks (Nijmegen, Netherlands)

09:30-11:00 (CET)
            Poster presentation ePoster Area 1 Morning (CET)

            POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 14]

            Moderator(s):  Laurent Brochard (Toronto, Canada)
  • 09:30-11:00 (CET)

    POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 14]

                Lieuwe  Bos (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

                Gustavo Cortes Puentes (ROCHESTER, United States)

                Martin Dres (Paris, France)

                Peter Nydahl (Kiel, Germany)

                Lise  Piquilloud (Lausanne, Switzerland)

11:00-12:15 (CET)
            Poster presentation ePoster Area 1 Morning (CET)

            POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 15]

            Moderator(s):  Massimo Antonelli (Rome, Italy)
  • 11:00-12:15 (CET)

    POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 15]

                Jose Dianti (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

                Giacomo Grasselli (Milan, Italy)

                Oriol Roca (Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), Spain)

                Joanna L Stollings (Nashville, United States)

14:00-15:30 (CET)
            Poster presentation ePoster Area 1 Afternoon (CET)

            POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 16]

            Moderator(s):  Marcelo Amato (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
  • 14:00-15:30 (CET)

    POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 16]

                Niall  Ferguson (Toronto, Canada)

                Mathias Gelderblom (Hamburg, Germany)

                Daniel Talmor (Boston, United States)

                Arnaud Thille (Poitiers, France)

15:30-17:00 (CET)
            Poster presentation ePoster Area 1 Afternoon (CET)

            POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 17]

            Moderator(s):  Jeremy Beitler (New York, United States)
  • 15:30-17:00 (CET)

    POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 17]

                Nicole Juffermans (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

                Matthieu Legrand (San Francisco, United States)

                Patricia Rocco (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)

                Luregn Schlapbach (Zürich, Switzerland)

09:30-11:00 (CET)
            Poster presentation ePoster Area 2 Morning (CET)

            POSTER PRESENTATION [Session 18]

            Moderator(s):  Yahya Shehabi (Clayton, Australia)