19-March-2024
Gold Hall
OPENING
[Standard presentation]
    Elie Azoulay
    Derek C  Angus
8:30 Welcome
Fabio S Taccone
8:40 Report of the Round Table Conference - Artificial intelligence in acute medicine
Azra Bihorac
Maurizio  Cecconi
9:00 Max Harry Weil lecture: Does evidence based medicine limit the practice of personalized medicine?
Sharon Einav-Bromiker
9:15 Let us make a green ICU
Nicole Hunfeld
9:30 Host gene expression signatures in children evaluated for sepsis
Luregn Schlapbach
9:45 Effect of lower vs higher oxygenation targets: experience in COVID-19
Frederik Nielsen
10:00 Individualized oxygen targets in mechanically ventilated adults
Kevin Buell
10:15 Safe application of early active mobilisation
Michelle Paton
EXTRACORPOREAL CO2 REMOVAL
[Standard presentation]
    Alain Combes
    Heatherlee Bailey
11:00 What we have learned so far
Luciano Gattinoni
11:15 ECCO2R in ARDS
Luigi Camporota
11:30 ECCO2R in COPD
V Marco Ranieri
11:45 Failure of ECCO2R is a failure of technology
Laurent Brochard
12:00 Discussion
 
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - PRINCIPLES
[Standard presentation]
    Christopher Seymour
    Mypinder S Sekhon
13:45 Building efficient data driven research
Mauro Oddo
13:55 Challenges in data collection in the ICU
Leo Anthony Celi
14:05 Getting into DataScience
Ari Ercole
14:15 Discussion
 
14:25 Natural language processing applied to delirium
Rinaldo Bellomo
14:35 Natural Language Processing in Critical Care
Benjamin Shickel
14:45 Primer on large language models and prompt engineering
Azra Bihorac
14:55 Discussion
 
15:05 Sharing is caring - ICUs should share their big data
Paul Elbers
15:15 Understanding machine learning methods
Edward Schenck
15:25 Bridging the ´byte to bedside` gap
Matthieu Komorowski
15:35 Discussion
 
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK
[Standard presentation]
    Sharon Einav-Bromiker
    Giovanni Landoni
15:45 After cardiac arrest
Markus Skrifvars
16:00 The ´congestive heart failure` entity is outdated
Anthony  McLean
16:15 Fulminant myocarditis
Matthieu Schmidt
16:30 Management of postoperative myocardial injury
Michelle Chew
16:45 Discussion
 
16:55 When to consider ECMO
Jan Belohlavek
17:10 VA-ECMO followed by heart transplantation?
Alain Combes
17:20 Management of renal failure
Stéphane Gaudry
17:35 Mechanical support
Susanna  Price
17:50 Discussion
 
Copper Hall
ENDOTHELIAL PROTECTION
[Standard presentation]
    Despoina  Koulenti
    Paul Elbers
11:00 How to assess endothelial damage
Jan Bakker
11:15 Gut permeability in sepsis
Craig M Coopersmith
11:30 Therapies to improve endothelial cell function
Peter Pickkers
11:45 Plasma as a resuscitation fluid?
Nicole Juffermans
12:00 Discussion
 
SEPSIS: BACK TO BASICS
[Standard presentation]
    Lennie Derde
    Frank van Haren
13:45 Current thinking on the pathogenesis of sepsis
Joost Wiersinga
14:00 Reprogramming metabolism to survive sepsis
Hernando Gomez
14:15 What do we mean by ´dysregulated immune response`?
Manu Shankar–Hari
14:30 Discussion
 
14:45 Understanding the neutrophil
John C Marshall
15:00 New insights into thermoregulation
Peter Pickkers
15:15 The influence of alcohol
Craig M Coopersmith
15:30 Discussion
 
15:45 How circadian rhythms impact host responses
Elizabeth Wilcox
16:00 The important role of the microbiome in sepsis
Joost Wiersinga
16:15 We could use immune dysregulation scores
Tom van der Poll
16:30 Discussion
 
THE RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM IN THE ICU
[Standard presentation]
    Manu Shankar–Hari
    Beverley Hunt
16:45 How the renin-angiotensin system is affected
Matthieu Legrand
17:00 How we can manipulate it in critical care
Filippo Annoni
17:15 Is renin the new lactate?
Ashish K Khanna
17:30 The future place of angiotensin II
Rinaldo Bellomo
17:45 Discussion
 
Silver Hall
FLUID REMOVAL
[Standard presentation]
    Paul H Mayo
    Axel Nierhaus
11:00 Forget about wet or dry!
Daniel  De Backer
11:15 The limits of diuretic therapy
Marlies Ostermann
11:30 Optimal ultrafiltration
Jean-Louis Vincent
11:45 Fluid removal in heart failure
Stéphane Gaudry
12:00 Discussion
 
PEEP OPTIMIZATION
[Standard presentation]
    Jeremy Beitler
    Leo Heunks
13:45 Should we first assess recruitability?
Luciano Gattinoni
14:00 Above the airway opening pressure
Michel  Slama
14:15 Using EIT
Laurent Brochard
14:30 Driving pressure
Ewan Goligher
14:45 Discussion
 
14:55 Esophageal pressure
Lise  Piquilloud
15:10 Don´t forget the RV
Antoine Vieillard–Baron
15:25 … and the LV
Michel  Slama
15:40 How to put it all together
Oriol Roca
15:55 Discussion
 
LUNG PROTECTION
[Standard presentation]
    Alexander Vlaar
    Aarti Sarwal
16:05 Finding the optimal tidal volume
V Marco Ranieri
16:20 Driving pressure is more important than tidal volume
Ewan Goligher
16:35 Is it different for spontaneous vs. mechanical ventilation?
Luciano Gattinoni
16:50 Discussion
 
17:00 Detecting end-tidal hyperinflation
John J Marini
17:15 The role of PEEP
Domenico Luca Grieco
17:30 Rest is best
Patricia Rocco
17:45 Discussion
 
100 Hall
POSTANOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE
[Standard presentation]
    Giuseppe Citerio
    Mauro Oddo
11:00 Limiting oxygen
Markus Skrifvars
11:15 Moving towards personalized temperature control
Fabio S Taccone
11:30 We should target neuroinflammation
Mypinder S Sekhon
11:45 Neuroprognostication : mission (im)possible?
Cherylee WJ Chang
12:00 Discussion
 
BLOOD PURIFICATION IN SEPSIS
[Standard presentation]
    Nicole Juffermans
    Stephen M Pastores
13:45 The rationale
Axel Nierhaus
14:00 The problems
Christopher Rugg
14:15 When to combine it with ECMO
Konstanty Szuldrzynski
14:30 Discussion
 
14:40 The right patient
Gianluca  Villa
14:55 How biomarkers could help
Silvia Coelho
15:10 The therapeutic trial we need
Stéphane Gaudry
15:25 Discussion
 
HOW I IMAGINE THE FUTURE
[Standard presentation]
    Elena Bignami
    Leo Anthony Celi
15:35 Before hospital admission
Michael R Pinsky
15:50 The emergency room
Heatherlee Bailey
16:05 The operating room
Azra Bihorac
16:20 Discussion
 
16:35 The ICU
Maurizio  Cecconi
16:50 Machine learning systems to inform sepsis resuscitation
Matthieu Komorowski
17:05 Monitoring for organ failure throughout the hospital
Michelle N Gong
17:20 Discussion
 
USE OF VISCOELASTIC TESTING IN MASSIVE BLEEDING 
[Pro-con debate]
    Tomoko Fujii
17:30 Use of viscoelastic testing in massive bleeding
Michael Reade
Pierre Bouzat
400 Hall
FUNGAL INFECTIONS
[Standard presentation]
    Evangelos Giamarellos–Bourboulis
    Bhakti Patel
13:45 Septic shock from candidemia: how often?
Elie Azoulay
14:00 Fungal infection in the ´immunocompetent` patient
Liesbet De Bus
14:15 Emerging Candida species
Thierry Calandra
14:30 Discussion
 
14:45 Antifungal dose adjustments during CRRT
Patrick Honoré
15:00 Antimicrobial and antifungal stewardship: are they different?
Despoina  Koulenti
15:15 Biomarkers to guide therapy
Joost Wiersinga
15:30 Discussion
 
UPDATE ON SEPSIS BIOMARKERS
[Standard presentation]
    Djillali Annane
    Lieuwe  Bos
15:45 Novel infection diagnostics
Mervyn Singer
16:00 Are they ready for routine use?
Jan De Waele
16:15 They can help to identify sepsis in the presence of liver failure
Julia  Wendon
16:30 Discussion
 
16:45 Bacterial or viral infection: consult the immune response
Evangelos Giamarellos–Bourboulis
17:00 Genomic damage signals in sepsis
Edward Schenck
17:15 Novel sepsis markers
Andrew  Shorr
17:30 How biomarkers can guide the duration of antimicrobial therapy
Jan De Waele
17:45 Discussion
 
Panoramic Room
EARLY MOBILIZATION
[Standard presentation]
    Fernando Zampieri
    Shawniqua Williams Roberson
11:00 What is early?
Bhakti Patel
11:15 Recent trials showed no benefit
Leo Heunks
11:30 The effect of exercise dosage on outcomes
Michelle Paton
11:45 Mobilization during ECMO: a bit too much?
Matthieu Schmidt
12:00 Discussion
 
HEAT STROKE
[Tutorial]
13:45 Heat stroke
Heatherlee Bailey
PRESCRIPTION OF ANTIBIOTICS DURING CRRT 
[Tutorial]
14:20 Prescription of antibiotics during CRRT
Tomoko Fujii
WORKING TOGETHER
[Standard presentation]
    Vincent Liu
    Arthur van Zanten
14:55 Optimal organization
Axel Nierhaus
15:10 The important role of a pharmacist
Nicole Hunfeld
15:25 How to retain your staff
Elie Azoulay
15:40 How to keep everyone happy
Julia  Wendon
15:55 Discussion
 
16:10 How to lead successful rounds
Craig M Coopersmith
16:25 How to learn at the bedside
Mervyn Singer
16:40 How to develop research in the ICU
Mauro Oddo
16:55 Expectations from the new generation
Sara Crager
17:10 Discussion
 
MONITORING THE MICROCIRCULATION IN THE SURGICAL PATIENT
[Pro-con debate]
    Michelle Chew
17:30 Monitoring the microcirculation in the surgical patient
Bernd Saugel
Jacques  Duranteau
The Arc Room
PRACTICAL PRONE POSITIONING
[Round table]
    Lise  Piquilloud
13:45 Practical prone positioning
Giacomo Grasselli
Jean-Louis Teboul
Luigi Camporota
Matthieu Schmidt
THE NEED TO MONITOR CARDIAC OUTPUT
[Round table]
    Jan Bakker
14:35 The need to monitor cardiac output
Bernd Saugel
Daniel  De Backer
Michael R Pinsky
Xavier Monnet
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF SEPSIS ASSOCIATED RENAL FAILURE 
[Tutorial]
15:25 Pathophysiology of sepsis associated renal failure
Hernando Gomez
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF BRAIN TRAUMA 
[Tutorial]
16:00 Pathophysiology of brain trauma
Marek Mirski
LESSONS LEARNED FROM RECENT TRIALS OF ICU NUTRITION
[Tutorial]
16:35 Lessons learned from recent trials of ICU nutrition
Christian Stoppe
INTRABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME 
[Tutorial]
17:10 Intrabdominal compartment syndrome
Philippe Montravers
Demo box 1
EVERYTHING YOU´VE ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT HEMODYNAMIC PHYSIOLOGY
[Meet the experts]
11:00 Everything you´ve always wanted to know about hemodynamic physiology
Michael R Pinsky
Xavier Monnet
OPTIMAL ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY
[Meet the experts]
11:45 Optimal antibiotic therapy
Andrew  Shorr
Maya  Hites
WITHDRAWAL OF LIFE-SUSTAINING THERAPIES IN THE PATIENT WITH ACUTE BRAIN INJURY 
[Meet the experts]
13:45 Withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies in the patient with acute brain injury
Alexis Turgeon
Victoria McCredie
IS THIS PATIENT BRAIN ´DEAD`?
[Clinical Challenges]
14:30 Is this patient brain ´dead`?
Cherylee WJ Chang
Giuseppe Citerio
URGENT ECHO IN CARDIOGENIC SHOCK
[Demonstration]
15:15 Urgent echo in cardiogenic shock
Anthony  McLean
Susanna  Price
HOW WOULD YOU ACT WITH NO MONITORING DEVICE? 
[Clinical Challenges]
16:00 How would you act with no monitoring device?
Sheila N Myatra
Xavier Monnet
MEASUREMENT OF MEAN SYSTEMIC FILLING PRESSURE AT THE BEDSIDE
[Demonstration]
16:45 Measurement of mean systemic filling pressure at the bedside
Michael R Pinsky
Paul H Mayo
Demo box 2
APPROPRIATE USE OF NOVEL ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS 
[Meet the experts]
11:00 Appropriate use of novel antifungal agents
Philippe Montravers
Thierry Calandra
HOW TO ASSESS ARTERIAL TONE AT THE BEDSIDE 
[Demonstration]
11:45 How to assess arterial tone at the bedside
Jean-Louis Teboul
Michael R Pinsky
WHAT HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING IN THIS PATIENT?
[Case discussion]
13:45 What hemodynamic monitoring in this patient?
Bernd Saugel
Xavier Monnet
HOW TO FEED
[Meet the experts]
14:30 How to feed
Emma Ridley
Jan Gunst
EXTUBATION FAILURE IN THE ICU
[Meet the experts]
15:15 Extubation failure in the ICU
Arnaud Thille
Domenico Luca Grieco
OPTIMAL BLOOD PRESSURE IN STROKE
[Case discussion]
16:00 Optimal blood pressure in stroke
Alexis Turgeon
Jacques  Duranteau
THE DYING PROCESS 
[Meet the experts]
16:45 The dying process
Jean-Louis Vincent
Victoria Metaxa
Demo box 3
COPING WITH RESISTANT BACTERIA
[Meet the experts]
13:45 Coping with resistant bacteria
Andrew  Shorr
Despoina  Koulenti
WHY DOES THIS PATIENT WITH CANCER DEVELOP RENAL FAILURE
[Clinical Challenges]
14:30 Why does this patient with cancer develop renal failure
Marlies Ostermann
Victoria Metaxa
A PATIENT WITH REFRACTORY INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION
[Case discussion]
15:15 A patient with refractory intracranial hypertension
Fabio S Taccone
Michael Reade
ARDS IN A TBI PATIENT 
[Case discussion]
16:00 ARDS in a TBI patient
Chiara Robba
Fabio S Taccone
A PATIENT WITH SEVERE HYPOXEMIA IN THE ABSENCE OF ECMO
[Case discussion]
16:45 A patient with severe hypoxemia in the absence of ECMO
Oriol Roca
V Marco Ranieri
20-March-2024
Gold Hall
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - APPLICATIONS
[Standard presentation]
    Azra Bihorac
    Rinaldo Bellomo
8:30 Dynamic individualised prediction
Ari Ercole
8:40 AI for continuous acuity prediction in the ICU
Benjamin Shickel
8:50 Prognostication: we can do better than scores
Massimiliano Greco
9:00 Discussion
 
9:15 AI for all in sepsis?
Christopher Seymour
9:25 AI for early sepsis detection: A word of caution
Joost Wiersinga
9:35 AI for expert clinical support.
Hernando Gomez
9:45 Discussion
 
10:00 AI in neurocritical care
Soojin Park
10:10 AI in perioperative medicine
Elena Bignami
10:20 Is AI the new ICU resident?
Geert  Meyfroidt
10:30 Building workforce capacity to integrate it into practice
Vincent Liu
10:40 Discussion
 
10:55 The interface of AI and RCTs
Derek C  Angus
11:05 Building capacity in AI among the next generation of ICU clinicians
Leo Anthony Celi
11:15 We must stay in control
Sharon Einav-Bromiker
11:25 … however the staff numbers will be affected
Paul Elbers
11:35 Discussion
 
DISSEMINATED INTRA-VASCULAR COAGULATION: AN UPDATE
[Plenary lecture]
11:50 Disseminated intra-vascular coagulation: an update
Jerrold Levy
IMPROVING VASOPRESSOR USE
[Standard presentation]
    Susanna  Price
    Djillali Annane
13:45 When is arterial pressures too low?
Marek Mirski
14:00 Early administration of norepinephrine in patients with septic shock: yes, but why?
Jean-Louis Teboul
14:15 What about vasopressin?
Jacques  Duranteau
14:30 What about angiotensin-II?
Giovanni Landoni
14:45 Discussion
 
15:00 Vasopressin and/or angiotensin-II: a practical approach
Arthur van Zanten
15:15 Would a venous vasopressor benefit?
Ashish K Khanna
15:30 Don´t forget the heart
Michel  Slama
15:45 Discussion
 
ULTRASOUND
[Standard presentation]
    Marc  Maegele
    Michael Reade
15:55 Resuscitation
Aarti Sarwal
16:10 Brain
Fabio S Taccone
16:25 Heart
Antoine Vieillard–Baron
16:40 Abdomen
Pierre Bouzat
16:55 Discussion
 
17:05 Lung
Paul H Mayo
17:20 Lung ultrasound for phenotyping of ARDS
Lieuwe  Bos
17:35 ´Ultranurse`: teaching point of care ultrasound to ICU nurses
Paul Elbers
17:50 Discussion
 
Copper Hall
SEPSIS MANAGEMENT
[Standard presentation]
    Philippe Montravers
    Mervyn Singer
8:30 Phoenix sepsis criteria: small or big step forward?
Luregn Schlapbach
8:45 Early risk assessment
Evangelos Giamarellos–Bourboulis
9:00 Should fever be treated?
Frank van Haren
9:15 Source control at 4 am rather than 8 am
Jan De Waele
9:30 Artificial intelligence in infection management
Thierry Calandra
9:45 Discussion
 
10:00 Artificial intelligence in cardiorespiratory resuscitation
Michael R Pinsky
10:15 Past history of heart failure: does it matter?
Christopher Seymour
10:30 The importance of left and right ventricular functions
Michelle Chew
10:45 Beta-stimulation vs. beta-blockade
Michel  Slama
11:00 Challenges in resource-limited settings
Sheila N Myatra
11:15 Discussion
 
11:30 Break
 
UPDATE ON PAEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE TRIALS
[Plenary lecture]
11:45 Update on paediatric critical care trials
Luregn Schlapbach
OPTIMIZING ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY
[Standard presentation]
    Christian Stoppe
    Julie Helms
13:45 New guidelines
Mervyn Singer
14:00 Antibiotic stewardship should be improved in the emergency room
Heatherlee Bailey
14:15 Optimal empirical antimicrobial therapy
Liesbet De Bus
14:30 Discussion
 
14:45 Multiresistant pathogens: the optimal strategy
Philippe Montravers
15:00 Continuous infusion of betalactam antibiotics – finally there?
Jan De Waele
15:15 What about meropenem infusions?
Maya  Hites
15:30 Discussion
 
15:45 Antibiotics – for how long?
Joost Wiersinga
16:00 Early switch to oral antibiotics is the way to go
Thierry Calandra
16:15 Novel antibiotics in the ICU
Andrew  Shorr
16:30 Discussion
 
16:45 Upsurge in invasive group A streptococcal infections
Maya  Hites
17:00 Multiresistant pathogens: have we already entered the post-antibiotic era?
Despoina  Koulenti
17:15 SDD: Dutch hobby or standard of care?
Lennie Derde
17:30 SDD does improve outcomes
Jan De Waele
17:45 Discussion
 
Silver Hall
SHOCK: THE BASICS
[Standard presentation]
    Jean-Christophe Richard
    Anthony  McLean
8:30 The worst case scenario: when the circulation stops
Mypinder S Sekhon
8:45 Advanced simplification of shock physiology
Sara Crager
9:00 A target MAP of at least 65 mmHg is often excessive
Giovanni Landoni
9:15 Perfusion pressure is what counts
Ashish K Khanna
9:30 Discussion
 
9:45 There may be a place for vasodilators
Matthieu Legrand
10:00 Personalized hemodynamic management
Bernd Saugel
10:15 The relationship between peripheral circulation and organ perfusion
Jan Bakker
10:30 Discussion
 
10:45 Does microcirculatory monitoring have a future?
Jacques  Duranteau
11:00 How relevant is venous congestion
Daniel  De Backer
11:15 Is metabolic acidosis good or bad?
Tomoko Fujii
11:30 Discussion
 
IS FEVER REALLY HARMFUL AFTER CARDIAC ARREST? 
[Pro-con debate]
    Shawniqua Williams Roberson
11:45 Is fever really harmful after cardiac arrest?
Fabio S Taccone
Markus Skrifvars
NON-INVASIVE RESPIRATORY SUPPORT
[Standard presentation]
    Laurent Brochard
    Sara Crager
13:45 HFNO as support or treatment for ARDS?
Michelle N Gong
14:00 HFNO: higher flow is not always better
Oriol Roca
14:15 Don´t forget CPAP
Alexandre Demoule
14:30 Discussion
 
14:45 Helmet or mask?
Domenico Luca Grieco
15:00 Use on the general ward?
Giovanni Landoni
15:15 We need a personalized approach
Bhakti Patel
15:30 Discussion
 
15:45 Break
 
ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION: WHEN AND HOW?
[Standard presentation]
    V Marco Ranieri
    Arnaud Thille
15:55 Guidelines don´t guide optimal timing
Edward Schenck
16:10 When? Ask the patient!
Alexandre Demoule
16:25 Videolaryngoscopy should be the standard in the critically ill
Sheila N Myatra
16:40 Be prepared for a difficult case
Sara Crager
16:55 Predicting post-intubation hypotension: crashers vs. Drifters
Alexander Vlaar
17:10 Discussion
 
THROMBOEMBOLISM PREVENTION
[Pro-con debate]
    Jacques  Duranteau
17:30 Thromboembolism prevention
Beverley Hunt
Mervyn Singer
100 Hall
TRANSFUSION
[Standard presentation]
    Elizabeth Wilcox
    Pierre Bouzat
8:30 How red blood cells contribute to hemostasis
Beverley Hunt
8:45 Update on worldwide practices
Alexander Vlaar
9:00 We have become too restrictive
Marek Mirski
9:15 We need different RCTs
Jean-Louis Vincent
9:30 Discussion
 
9:45 Optimal transfusion strategy in burns
Tina Palmieri
10:00 Optimal transfusion strategy in TBI
Alexis Turgeon
10:15 Indications for platelet transfusions
Alexander Vlaar
10:30 Discussion
 
FLUID RESUSCITATION
[Standard presentation]
    Stéphane Gaudry
    Gianluca  Villa
10:45 What do you mean by ´fluid overload`?
Jean-Louis Vincent
11:00 In whom should we predict fluid responsiveness?
Xavier Monnet
11:15 Being fluid responsive can be good for the patient
Jan Bakker
11:30 Navigating between inadequate perfusion and hypervolemia
Maurizio  Cecconi
11:45 Closed loop resuscitation and intelligent clinical decision support are the future
Michael R Pinsky
12:00 Discussion
 
NEUROMONITORING
[Standard presentation]
    Victoria McCredie
    Ary Serpa Neto
13:45 Automated pupillometry
Giuseppe Citerio
14:00 EEG could be used more widely
Shawniqua Williams Roberson
14:15 Non-invasive assessment of brain compliance
Fabio S Taccone
14:30 Look at ICP waveforms
Geert  Meyfroidt
14:45 Discussion
 
14:55 Brain oxygen pressure for everyone?
Pierre Bouzat
15:10 Multimodal monitoring
Mauro Oddo
15:25 The role of biomarkers
Shawniqua Williams Roberson
15:40 Data science to integrate all this
Soojin Park
15:55 Discussion
 
RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY
[Standard presentation]
    Hernando Gomez
    Axel Nierhaus
16:10 Regional practice variation
Rinaldo Bellomo
16:25 The basic questions to raise
Gianluca  Villa
16:40 A fresh look at citrate
Patrick Honoré
16:55 Discussion
 
17:05 Hybrid therapy: for which patients?
Stéphane Gaudry
17:20 Optimal dosing
Tomoko Fujii
17:35 Thermoregulation as a physiologic variable during hemodialysis
Peter Pickkers
17:50 Discussion
 
400 Hall
CLINICAL TRIALS
[Standard presentation]
    Peter Pickkers
    Christopher Rugg
8:30 Let´s do a scientometric analysis first
Leo Anthony Celi
8:45 Diversity could be improved
Jeremy Beitler
9:00 Trials for precision medicine are coming
Lennie Derde
9:15 How can we validate an AI system?
Matthieu Komorowski
9:30 Could new statistical methods save negative trials?
Fernando Zampieri
9:45 Discussion
 
9:55 Benefits and limitations of platform trials
Derek C  Angus
10:10 Target trial emulation as an alternative to the RCT
Edward Schenck
10:25 Learning from observational studies
Liesbet De Bus
10:40 Heterogeneity of treatment effect: from clinical trial to clinical practice
Michelle N Gong
10:55 Discussion
 
HOW I WOULD DESIGN A SUCCESSFUL TRIAL
[Standard presentation]
    Mauro Oddo
    Fernando Zampieri
11:05 in TBI
Alexis Turgeon
11:20 in cardiogenic shock
Jan Belohlavek
11:35 in ICU nutrition
Christian Stoppe
11:50 in sepsis
Tom van der Poll
12:05 on early mobilization
Bhakti Patel
12:20 Discussion
 
READY FOR THE NEXT PANDEMIC
[Standard presentation]
    Matthieu Komorowski
    Vincent Liu
13:45 Renal replacement therapy in a world of constraints
Stéphane Gaudry
14:00 How to prepare the ICU
Maurizio  Cecconi
14:15 How to deal with ICU strain
Elizabeth Wilcox
14:30 Discussion
 
14:45 We could better define who should be put on ECMO
Alain Combes
15:00 Research organization should be ready
John C Marshall
15:15 We should have pop-up beds and staff
Lennie Derde
15:30 Discussion
 
15:45 Break
 
MIND THE GUT
[Standard presentation]
    Tina Palmieri
    Julia  Wendon
16:00 Early diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia
Annika  Reintam Blaser
16:15 How to protect the gut in critical illness
Craig M Coopersmith
16:30 The gut microbiome: an organ of immune homeostasis
John C Marshall
16:45 Intraabdominal infections: myths and common beliefs
Philippe Montravers
17:00 Probiotics: yes or no?
Evangelos Giamarellos–Bourboulis
17:15 Discussion
 
BASIC GENOMICS FOR THE INTENSIVIST
[Tutorial]
17:30 Basic genomics for the intensivist
Anthony  McLean
Panoramic Room
QUALITY OF CARE
[Standard presentation]
    Chiara Robba
    Elie Azoulay
8:30 We should be better at preventing ischemic and hypoxic complications
Marek Mirski
8:45 How to decrease human errors
Axel Nierhaus
9:00 Do we need cardiac arrest centers?
Markus Skrifvars
9:15 Learning health systems: Can they work?
Derek C  Angus
9:30 How to apply the results of trials to individual patient decisions
John C Marshall
9:45 Discussion
 
10:00 Break
 
REASSESSING ARDS
[Standard presentation]
    Antoine Vieillard–Baron
    John J Marini
10:15 Do we need new criteria?
Michelle N Gong
10:30 Should we abandon the syndrome?
V Marco Ranieri
10:45 Do patients die of or with ARDS?
Manu Shankar–Hari
11:00 Discussion
 
11:15 The ´omic` approach to personalized care
Patricia Rocco
11:30 We should assess alveolar host response
Lieuwe  Bos
11:45 Cardiovascular subsets
Armand  Mekontso Dessap
12:00 Discussion
 
COLONIZATION BY MULTIDRUG RESISTANT BACILLI: THE IMPLICATIONS 
[Clinical Challenges]
13:45 Colonization by multidrug resistant bacilli: the implications
Andrew  Shorr
Philippe Montravers
USING ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY TO PREDICT FLUID RESPONSIVENESS 
[Demonstration]
14:25 Using echocardiography to predict fluid responsiveness
Antoine Vieillard–Baron
Paul H Mayo
INDIVIDUALIZED BLOOD GLUCOSE CONTROL 
[Meet the experts]
15:00 Individualized blood glucose control
Jan Gunst
Jean-Charles  Preiser
WHEN AND HOW I USE BETA BLOCKADE IN SEPSIS 
[Meet the experts]
15:40 When and how I use beta blockade in sepsis
Christopher Seymour
Jean-Louis Vincent
A PATIENT WITH SEVERE INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION
[Case discussion]
    Giuseppe Citerio
16:20 A patient with severe intracranial hypertension
Marek Mirski
CHATGPT CAN HELP ME TO GET PUBLISHED
[Demonstration]
16:55 ChatGPT can help me to get published
Aarti Sarwal
Fabio S Taccone
BETA-BLOCKERS IN SEPTIC SHOCK
[Pro-con debate]
    Michelle N Gong
17:30 Beta-blockers in septic shock
Daniel  De Backer
Michel  Slama
The Arc Room
HOW TO MANAGE DYSPNEA 
[Tutorial]
8:30 How to manage dyspnea
Alexandre Demoule
LUNG PROTECTION FOCUSED ON TENSION
[Tutorial]
9:05 Lung protection focused on tension
John J Marini
VAP PREVENTION
[Tutorial]
9:40 VAP prevention
Despoina  Koulenti
PATIENTS WITH CANCER: NEW REALITIES
[Tutorial]
10:15 Patients with cancer: new realities
Stephen M Pastores
TOXIDROMES
[Tutorial]
10:50 Toxidromes
Heatherlee Bailey
HOW CAN WE KEEP OUR STAFF?
[Round table]
    Julia  Wendon
11:25 How can we keep our staff?
Craig M Coopersmith
Elie Azoulay
Sara Crager
Victoria Metaxa
TREATABLE TRAITS VERSUS SUB PHENOTYPES
[Round table]
    Joost Wiersinga
13:45 Treatable traits versus sub phenotypes
Christopher Seymour
Evangelos Giamarellos–Bourboulis
Manu Shankar–Hari
Patricia Rocco
MANAGEMENT OF SEPTIC SHOCK: MORE FLUIDS OR MORE VASOPRESSORS? 
[Round table]
    Peter Pickkers
14:35 Management of septic shock: more fluids or more vasopressors?
Daniel  De Backer
Jan Bakker
Jean-Louis Teboul
Michael R Pinsky
NON INVASIVE RESPIRATORY SUPPORT 
[Tutorial]
15:25 Non invasive respiratory support
Lise  Piquilloud
REVERSING ANTICOAGULATION 
[Tutorial]
16:00 Reversing anticoagulation
Beverley Hunt
IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR SEPSIS
[Tutorial]
16:35 Immunotherapy for sepsis
Joost Wiersinga
MANAGEMENT OF THE ORGAN DONOR
[Tutorial]
17:10 Management of the organ donor
Jan Gunst
Demo box 1
ABDOMINAL TRAUMA 
[Case discussion]
9:30 Abdominal trauma
Annika  Reintam Blaser
Michael Reade
WHY DOESN´T MY PATIENT WAKE UP? 
[Clinical Challenges]
10:15 Why doesn´t my patient wake up?
Cherylee WJ Chang
Victoria McCredie
ESOPHAGEAL PRESSURE MONITORING 
[Demonstration]
11:00 Esophageal pressure monitoring
Jeremy Beitler
Lise  Piquilloud
WHY DOES THIS PERIOPERATIVE PATIENT DEVELOP MYOCARDIAL INJURY?
[Clinical Challenges]
11:45 Why does this perioperative patient develop myocardial injury?
Alexander Vlaar
Michelle Chew
SODIUM DISORDERS 
[Tutorial]
13:45 Sodium disorders
Christopher Rugg
TOXICITIES ASSOCIATED WITH IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITORS AND CAR-T CELL THERAPY
[Clinical Challenges]
14:30 Toxicities associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors and CAR-T cell therapy
Elie Azoulay
Stephen M Pastores
INDIVIDUALIZING VENTILATOR MANAGEMENT IN ARDS
[Demonstration]
15:15 Individualizing ventilator management in ARDS
Jeremy Beitler
Patricia Rocco
HOW TO MONITOR CAPILLARY REFILL TIME IN SEPTIC SHOCK 
[Demonstration]
16:00 How to monitor capillary refill time in septic shock
Jan Bakker
Jean-Louis Teboul
Demo box 2
VENTILATION SETTINGS DURING VV-ECMO 
[Meet the experts]
9:30 Ventilation settings during VV-ECMO
Alain Combes
Giacomo Grasselli
RESPIRATORY DRIVE AND EFFORT 
[Demonstration]
10:15 Respiratory drive and effort
Leo Heunks
Lise  Piquilloud
DRIVING PRESSURE 
[Demonstration]
11:00 Driving pressure
Ewan Goligher
Luigi Camporota
MANAGEMENT OF BRAIN ABSCESS 
[Clinical Challenges]
11:45 Management of brain abscess
Elisa Gouvea Bogossian
Maya  Hites
ASSESSING RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION
[Demonstration]
13:45 Assessing right ventricular function
Armand  Mekontso Dessap
Michael R Pinsky
USING MECHANICAL POWER AT THE BEDSIDE 
[Clinical Challenges]
14:30 Using mechanical power at the bedside
John J Marini
Luigi Camporota
PERIOPERATIVE HEMODYNAMICS 
[Clinical Challenges]
15:15 Perioperative hemodynamics
Bernd Saugel
Maurizio  Cecconi
HOW TO ACHIEVE A NEGATIVE FLUID BALANCE SAFELY 
[Meet the experts]
16:00 How to achieve a negative fluid balance safely
Daniel  De Backer
Xavier Monnet
Demo box 3
CHALLENGES IN TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT AFTER CARDIAC ARREST
[Demonstration]
9:30 Challenges in temperature management after cardiac arrest
Elisa Gouvea Bogossian
Fabio S Taccone
VASOPRESSOR THERAPY
[Clinical Challenges]
10:15 Vasopressor therapy
Ashish K Khanna
Jean-Louis Teboul
INDIRECT CALORIMETRY TO MANAGE NUTRITION IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
[Demonstration]
11:00 Indirect calorimetry to manage nutrition in critically ill patients
Arthur van Zanten
Horst W Brünner
BLOOD PURIFICATION IN SEVERE RHABDOMYOLYSIS: NOVEL THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES
[Demonstration]
11:45 Blood purification in severe rhabdomyolysis: novel therapeutic approaches
Christopher Rugg
HELMET AND OTHER TECHNIQUES FOR NONINVASIVE VENTILATION
[Demonstration]
13:45 Helmet and other techniques for noninvasive ventilation
Bhakti Patel
Domenico Luca Grieco
IMPORTANCE OF PERFUSION MONITORING IN THE ICU
[Demonstration]
14:30 Importance of perfusion monitoring in the ICU
Chiara Robba
A PATIENT WITH SEVERE BURN INJURY
[Case discussion]
15:15 A patient with severe burn injury
Matthieu Legrand
Tina Palmieri
CONTINUUM OF CARE FROM THE OR TO THE ICU: PREDICTIVE MONITORING
[Demonstration]
16:00 Continuum of care from the OR to the ICU: predictive monitoring
Jacques  Duranteau
21-March-2024
Gold Hall
ECMO: PRACTICAL ASPECTS
[Standard presentation]
    Konstanty Szuldrzynski
    Lise  Piquilloud
8:30 Setting and monitoring of mechanical ventilation
Alain Combes
8:45 CO2 management
Armand  Mekontso Dessap
9:00 Electrical impedance tomography to set mechanical ventilation
Matthieu Schmidt
9:15 Discussion
 
9:30 How to manage respiratory drive and dyspnea
Alexandre Demoule
9:45 Spontaneous breathing
Jeremy Beitler
10:00 Heart rate control for refractory hypoxemia
Armand  Mekontso Dessap
10:15 Discussion
 
10:30 Measure D-dimers!
Julie Helms
10:45 Antithrombin supplementation
Giacomo Grasselli
11:00 Discussion
 
11:15 POSTER AWARDS
Xavier Monnet
11:25 Infectious complications
Matthieu Schmidt
11:40 Cerebral complications
Mypinder S Sekhon
11:55 Monitoring during weaning
Luigi Camporota
12:10 Discussion
 
SEPSIS AND ARDS – FUTURE THERAPIES
[Standard presentation]
    Alexander Vlaar
    Maurizio  Cecconi
13:30 Targeting immunomodulation
Lieuwe  Bos
13:45 Targeting coagulation
Julie Helms
14:00 Metformin?
Hernando Gomez
14:15 Discussion
 
14:25 Copper?
Djillali Annane
14:40 Megadose ascorbate?
Rinaldo Bellomo
14:55 A come back for glutamine?
Arthur van Zanten
15:10 Discussion
 
15:20 Alkaline phosphatase for kidney protection
Peter Pickkers
15:35 Nanocorticoids are coming
Djillali Annane
15:50 Pharmacological therapies for ARDS
Patricia Rocco
16:05 Discussion
 
16:15 A new antibody for ARDS
Joe GN  Garcia
16:30 Inhaled nebulised heparin
Frank van Haren
16:45 Discussion
 
CRITICAL CARE: A SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE BLUE JOURNAL
[Standard presentation]
    Laurent Brochard
16:55 Mechanical ventilation
Leo Heunks
17:10 Sepsis
Edward Schenck
17:25 Performing clinical research in critical care
Laurent Brochard
17:40 Discussion
 
Copper Hall
CORTICOTHERAPY IN SEPSIS & ARDS
[Standard presentation]
    Evangelos Giamarellos–Bourboulis
    Manu Shankar–Hari
8:30 The stress response needs revision
Greet Van den Berghe
8:45 What the 2024 guidelines say
Stephen M Pastores
9:00 Corticosteroids affect DNA
Greet Van den Berghe
9:15 Heterogeneous responses
Edward Schenck
9:30 Discussion
 
9:45 Genotyping for patient identification
Djillali Annane
10:00 Phenotyping for patient identification
Peter Pickkers
10:15 Risk of complications
Giacomo Grasselli
10:30 So, finally?
Paul Elbers
10:45 Discussion
 
11:00 Break
 
HOW TO TALK TO THE MEDIA 
[Tutorial]
11:15 How to talk to the media
Craig M Coopersmith
TOWARDS THE HEALTHCARE METAVERSE: DIGITAL TWIN IN THE ICU 
[Plenary lecture]
11:50 Towards the healthcare metaverse: digital twin in the ICU
Azra Bihorac
SEVERE PNEUMONIA
[Standard presentation]
    Jean-Christophe Richard
    Sheila N Myatra
13:45 Community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly
Catia Cilloniz
14:00 Should we always add a macrolide?
Evangelos Giamarellos–Bourboulis
14:15 Treating CAP in the ICU
Lennie Derde
14:30 Flagellin inhalation as adjunctive therapy
Tom van der Poll
14:45 Discussion
 
15:00 Viral community-acquired pneumonia
Catia Cilloniz
15:15 Viral reactivation
Lieuwe  Bos
15:30 What´s new in the diagnosis of VAP?
Despoina  Koulenti
15:45 Incidence of VAP assessed by bronchoalveolar lavage and endotracheal aspirates
Giacomo Grasselli
16:00 Discussion
 
16:15 Break
 
TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS IN CRITICAL CARE 
[Plenary lecture]
16:25 Trajectory analysis in critical care
Edward Schenck
RELATIVES
[Standard presentation]
    Bernd Saugel
    Sharon Einav-Bromiker
16:45 Should the family be present during ICU emergencies?
Victoria Metaxa
17:00 PTSD in family members learn how to detect it
Elie Azoulay
17:15 Psychological distress in family members of patients with ICU delirium
Katarzyna Kotfis
17:30 Shared decision making is not about asking what the family wants
Jan Bakker
17:45 Discussion
 
Silver Hall
NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT
[Standard presentation]
    Lennie Derde
    Michaël Casaer
8:30 Current guidelines: do we all agree?
Elisabeth De Waele
8:45 How come we know so little?
Emma Ridley
9:00 How to navigate between over- and underfeeding
Annika  Reintam Blaser
9:15 How we could use biomarkers to guide nutrition
Christian Stoppe
9:30 Discussion
 
9:45 Supplemental parenteral nutrition?
Emma Ridley
10:00 Strategy to mimic fasting?
Jan Gunst
10:15 Discussion
 
10:30 Can too much protein kill?
Annika  Reintam Blaser
10:45 Can too little protein kill?
Arthur van Zanten
11:00 Discussion
 
11:15 Are micronutrients really important?
Christian Stoppe
11:30 Let us personalize all this
Jean-Charles  Preiser
11:45 Green ICU nutrition initiatives
Arthur van Zanten
12:00 Discussion
 
LIBERATING FROM MECHANICAL VENTILATION
[Standard presentation]
    Alexandre Demoule
    Ewan Goligher
13:45 Epidemiology of difficult weaning
Lise  Piquilloud
14:00 In the patient with acute brain injury
Victoria McCredie
14:15 Still a place for spontaneous breathing trials?
Arnaud Thille
14:30 Discussion
 
14:45 Weanability criteria
Leo Heunks
15:00 Inspiratory muscle training
Frank van Haren
15:15 Postextubation respiratory care: one size does not fit all
Oriol Roca
15:30 Extubation failure: what to do
Arnaud Thille
15:45 Discussion
 
16:00 Break
 
PRONE POSITION
[Standard presentation]
    Patricia Rocco
    Armand  Mekontso Dessap
16:15 The physiology of prone positioning
Rinaldo Bellomo
16:30 Respiratory and cardiac interactions
Luigi Camporota
16:45 Awake prone positioning
Domenico Luca Grieco
17:00 Discussion
 
17:15 Even with NIV/CPAP outside the ICU
Giovanni Landoni
17:30 Don´t look at the oxygenation response
Luciano Gattinoni
17:45 Discussion
 
100 Hall
RENAL PROTECTION
[Standard presentation]
    Anthony  McLean
    Gianluca  Villa
8:30 Should we be more liberal with fluids?
Marlies Ostermann
8:45 Should we raise the arterial pressure a bit more?
Markus Skrifvars
9:00 Which vasopressor is best for the kidney?
Patrick Honoré
9:15 Discussion
 
9:30 Can vasopressin help?
Jacques  Duranteau
9:45 Could intravenous amino acid administration help?
Giovanni Landoni
10:00 Discussion
 
CURRENT ISSUES IN RENAL FAILURE
[Standard presentation]
    Rinaldo Bellomo
    Ary Serpa Neto
10:15 The role of the kidney in organ cross-talk
Matthieu Legrand
10:30 Can we finally identify phenotypes?
Marlies Ostermann
10:45 Are biomarkers useful to predict need for RRT?
Stéphane Gaudry
11:00 Discussion
 
11:15 Are biomarkers helpful for anything else?
Gianluca  Villa
11:30 When can we say it will probably persist?
Silvia Coelho
11:45 Could we do better to prevent its persistence?
Hernando Gomez
12:00 Discussion
 
SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
[Standard presentation]
    Marek Mirski
    Cherylee WJ Chang
13:45 New guidelines
Soojin Park
14:00 Challenges in implementing the guidelines
Chiara Robba
14:15 Intracranial pressure: the missing element of the guidelines
Giuseppe Citerio
14:30 A place for Rotem?
Nicole Juffermans
14:45 Discussion
 
15:00 Break
 
PERSONALIZING SEPSIS
[Standard presentation]
    Mervyn Singer
    Liesbet De Bus
15:15 Reducing heterogeneity is the only way forward
Thierry Calandra
15:30 The pathogen influences the host response
Tom van der Poll
15:45 Immune states are better than sub phenotypes
Manu Shankar–Hari
16:00 Discussion
 
16:15 Subtypes of subtypes of subtypes…
Christopher Seymour
16:30 The word ´phenotype` has become meaningless in our field
Anthony  McLean
16:45 Could registry data help identify specific clusters?
Gianluca  Villa
17:00 Precision immunotherapy
Evangelos Giamarellos–Bourboulis
17:15 Discussion
 
VENTILATORY MANAGEMENT IN ACUTE BRAIN INJURY 
[Tutorial]
17:30 Ventilatory management in acute brain injury
Giuseppe Citerio
400 Hall
BEFORE HOSPITAL ADMISSION
[Standard presentation]
    Lieuwe  Bos
    Victoria Metaxa
8:30 Novel strategies to decrease hospital admission
Heatherlee Bailey
8:45 Specific pre-sepsis approaches
Vincent Liu
9:00 Antibiotics in the ambulance?
Jean-Louis Vincent
9:15 Transfusion in the ambulance?
Alexander Vlaar
9:30 Discussion
 
9:45 NIRS monitoring in the ambulance?
Markus Skrifvars
10:00 ECPR for cardiac arrest?
Jan Belohlavek
10:15 Ultrasound guided resuscitation can help
Aarti Sarwal
10:30 Discussion
 
10:45 Break
 
IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM
[Standard presentation]
    Soojin Park
    Jan Belohlavek
11:00 Don´t miss the big three!
Sara Crager
11:15 How to care properly for the geriatric patient
Heatherlee Bailey
11:30 Initial management of burns
Tina Palmieri
11:45 Management of the patient with sickle cell disease
Armand  Mekontso Dessap
12:00 Let us turn on the ´AI clinician`
Christopher Seymour
12:15 Discussion
 
END OF LIFE
[Standard presentation]
    Markus Skrifvars
    Julia  Wendon
13:45 The clash between culture and clinical responsibilities
Jan Bakker
14:00 Withdrawal of life support in TBI
Alexis Turgeon
14:15 What is a ´good` death?
Victoria Metaxa
14:30 Discussion
 
SEVERE PULMONARY EMBOLISM 
[Tutorial]
14:45 Severe pulmonary embolism
Alain Combes
HOW I MANAGE SEVERE HYPOXEMIA
[Tutorial]
15:25 How I manage severe hypoxemia
V Marco Ranieri
SHOULD TRAUMA PATIENTS RECEIVE TRANEXAMIC ACID? 
[Pro-con debate]
    Pierre Bouzat
16:05 Should trauma patients receive tranexamic acid?
Marc  Maegele
Michael Reade
ACUTE LIVER FAILURE
[Tutorial]
16:45 Acute liver failure
Julia  Wendon
INDIRECT CALORIMETRY TO GUIDE FEEDING
[Pro-con debate]
    Arthur van Zanten
17:25 Indirect calorimetry to guide feeding
Elisabeth De Waele
Jan Gunst
Panoramic Room
SEX AS A BIOLOGICAL VARIABLE IN THE ICU
[Tutorial]
13:45 Sex as a biological variable in the ICU
Marlies Ostermann
OPTIMISATION OF RESPIRATORY SUPPORT
[Tutorial]
14:25 Optimization of respiratory support
Michelle Paton
CEREBRAL HEMODYNAMICS
[Standard presentation]
    Chiara Robba
    Geert  Meyfroidt
15:00 How to assess cerebral auto regulation
Soojin Park
15:15 After cardiac arrest
Mypinder S Sekhon
15:30 In sepsis
Fabio S Taccone
15:45 In mechanical circulatory support
Aarti Sarwal
16:00 Discussion
 
CAPILLARY REFILL TIME HAS BECOME THE GOLD STANDARD FOR ASSESSING TISSUE PERFUSION
[Pro-con debate]
    Susanna  Price
16:20 Capillary refill time has become the gold standard for assessing tissue perfusion
Jan Bakker
Xavier Monnet
HEART-LUNG INTERACTIONS 
[Tutorial]
16:55 Heart-lung interactions
Michael R Pinsky
CVP MEASUREMENT IS VERY USEFUL
[Pro-con debate]
    Marlies Ostermann
17:30 CVP measurement is very useful
Jean-Louis Teboul
Paul H Mayo
The Arc Room
PEEP OPTIMIZATION
[Round table]
    Jeremy Beitler
8:30 PEEP optimization
John J Marini
Laurent Brochard
Patricia Rocco
V Marco Ranieri
BAYESIAN STATISTICS AND ADAPTIVE TRIAL DESIGN 
[Tutorial]
9:15 Bayesian statistics and adaptive trial design
Ewan Goligher
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY FOR THE INTENSIVIST 
[Tutorial]
9:50 Molecular biology for the intensivist
John C Marshall
COORDINATING ICU CARE ACROSS HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, REGIONS OR COUNTRIES
[Round table]
    Michelle N Gong
10:25 Coordinating ICU care across hospital systems, regions or countries
Frank van Haren
Jan Bakker
John C Marshall
Sheila N Myatra
OPTIMAL ANTIBIOTIC DOSAGES
[Round table]
    Andrew  Shorr
11:15 Optimal antibiotic dosages
Despoina  Koulenti
Jan De Waele
Nicole Hunfeld
Patrick Honoré
SEVERE PULMONARY EMBOLISM 
[Tutorial]
13:45 Severe pulmonary embolism
Antoine Vieillard–Baron
MY MENTAL PROCESS FOR RESUSCITATION 
[Tutorial]
14:30 My mental process for resuscitation
Sara Crager
COLLECTICTING DATA FOR AI
[Round table]
    Ari Ercole
15:10 Collecticting data for AI
Azra Bihorac
Leo Anthony Celi
Massimiliano Greco
Mauro Oddo
HOW TO PERSONALIZE RRT MODALITIES  
[Tutorial]
16:00 How to personalize RRT modalities
Stéphane Gaudry
THORACIC TRAUMA MANAGEMENT 
[Tutorial]
16:35 Thoracic trauma management
Jacques  Duranteau
PRACTICAL PHARMACOKINETICS AT THE BEDSIDE 
[Tutorial]
17:10 Practical pharmacokinetics at the bedside
Paul Elbers
Demo box 1
EMPIRICAL ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY
[Meet the experts]
9:30 Empirical antimicrobial therapy
Liesbet De Bus
Thierry Calandra
HOW SHOULD WE ASSESS THE RESPONSE TO FLUID INFUSION? 
[Case discussion]
10:15 How should we assess the response to fluid infusion?
Michael R Pinsky
Xavier Monnet
HOW I USE VASOPRESSORS IN HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK 
[Meet the experts]
11:00 How I use vasopressors in hemorrhagic shock
Jacques  Duranteau
Marc  Maegele
AIRWAY MANAGEMENT  IN THE ICU
[Clinical Challenges]
11:45 Airway management  in the ICU
Paul H Mayo
Sheila N Myatra
ANTIVIRAL AGENTS IN THE ICU
[Meet the experts]
13:45 Antiviral agents in the ICU
Andrew  Shorr
Joost Wiersinga
A PATIENT WITH SEVERE HYPONATREMIA
[Case discussion]
14:30 A patient with severe hyponatremia
Mervyn Singer
Tomoko Fujii
MEASURING PATIENT´S EFFORT ON THE VENTILATOR 
[Demonstration]
15:15 Measuring patient´s effort on the ventilator
John J Marini
Laurent Brochard
RIGHT VENTRICULAR FAILURE 
[Case discussion]
16:00 Right ventricular failure
Antoine Vieillard–Baron
Sara Crager
Demo box 2
VISCOELASTIC TESTING
[Demonstration]
9:30 Viscoelastic testing
Nicole Juffermans
Pierre Bouzat
GRAM NEGATIVE MDR AND MOLD INFECTIONS CHALLENGES IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT
[Demonstration]
10:15 Gram negative MDR and mold infections challenges in critically ill patient
Philippe Montravers
HOW TO INTEGRATE HEMODYNAMIC VARIABLES IN PATIENTS WITH SHOCK 
[Meet the experts]
11:00 How to integrate hemodynamic variables in patients with shock
Jean-Louis Teboul
Maurizio  Cecconi
A PATIENT WITH STATUS EPILEPTICUS
[Case discussion]
11:45 A patient with status epilepticus
Nicolas Gaspard
Shawniqua Williams Roberson
VISCOELASTIC TESTING IN TRAUMA
[Demonstration]
13:45 Viscoelastic testing in trauma
Marc  Maegele
SEVERE SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS 
[Meet the experts]
14:30 Severe skin and soft tissue infections
Jan De Waele
Philippe Montravers
THE FUTURE OF SEPSIS TRIALS
[Meet the experts]
15:15 The future of sepsis trials
Hernando Gomez
John C Marshall
LEFT VENTRICLE VENTING ON VA-ECMO: WHICH OPTIONS? 
[Demonstration]
16:00 Left ventricle venting on VA-ECMO: which options?
Daniel  De Backer
Matthieu Schmidt
Demo box 3
TEMPERATURE CONTROL IN A TBI PATIENT
[Demonstration]
11:00 Temperature control in a TBI patient
Geert  Meyfroidt
Pierre Bouzat
NIRS – CLINICAL APPLICATION IN THE ICU
[Demonstration]
11:45 NIRS – Clinical application in the ICU
Fabio S Taccone
Markus Skrifvars
REVERSE TRIGGERING
[Demonstration]
13:45 Reverse triggering
Domenico Luca Grieco
Laurent Brochard
LUNG PROTECTIVE VENTILATION
[Demonstration]
14:30 Lung protective ventilation
Domenico Luca Grieco
Konstanty Szuldrzynski
POSTOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE PATIENT WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
[Demonstration]
15:15 Postoperative management of the patient with chronic renal failure
Marlies Ostermann
THROMBOTIC MICROANGIOPATHY IN THE FIRST HOUR
[Demonstration]
16:00 Thrombotic microangiopathy in the first hour
Elie Azoulay
22-March-2024
Gold Hall
MECHANICAL VENTILATION
[Standard presentation]
    Domenico Luca Grieco
    Laurent Brochard
8:30 Automated ventilation
Ary Serpa Neto
8:45 Assessing respiratory drive during pressure support ventilation
Rinaldo Bellomo
9:00 P0.1 predicts almost everything
Alexandre Demoule
9:15 Discussion
 
9:30 How to modulate high respiratory drive
Leo Heunks
9:45 Can we estimate the hazardous component of ventilating power?
John J Marini
10:00 Flow-controlled ventilation as a novel modality
Konstanty Szuldrzynski
10:15 Discussion
 
10:30 Break
 
DIAPHRAGMATIC DYSFUNCTION
[Standard presentation]
    Patricia Rocco
    Jeremy Beitler
10:45 Pathophysiology
Leo Heunks
11:00 Diaphragm-protective ventilation
Ewan Goligher
11:15 Early spontaneous ventilation?
Jean-Christophe Richard
11:30 Discussion
 
11:45 A place for neurostimulation
Alexandre Demoule
12:00 Neurostimulation: beyond the diaphragm
Laurent Brochard
12:15 Discussion
 
MAJOR BLEEDING
[Standard presentation]
    Nicole Juffermans
    Michael Reade
13:30 REBOA: is it useful in trauma?
Pierre Bouzat
13:45 Surgical bleeding control: different options
Marc  Maegele
14:00 Coagulation factor concentrate to treat post-traumatic coagulopathy
Pierre Bouzat
14:15 Discussion
 
14:30 Coagulation factors: are all equally important?
Nicole Juffermans
14:45 Lyophilized plasma could be useful
Jacques  Duranteau
15:00 If so, why don´t we have more lyophilized plasma available?
Michael Reade
15:15 Discussion
 
Copper Hall
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
[Standard presentation]
    Pierre Bouzat
    Elizabeth Wilcox
8:30 Data-driven phenotyping
Ari Ercole
8:45 Do sodium levels really matter?
Alexis Turgeon
9:00 Avoid hyperoxemia
Chiara Robba
9:15 Neurological wake-up tests in the sedated patient
Victoria McCredie
9:30 Discussion
 
9:45 Possible role of hypertonic lactate
Filippo Annoni
10:00 Possible role for beta-blockers
Alexis Turgeon
10:15 Mesenchymal stem cells to aid repair?
Giuseppe Citerio
10:30 Discussion
 
DELIRIUM
[Standard presentation]
    Katarzyna Kotfis
    Elizabeth Wilcox
13:30 How animal models help to make progress
Shawniqua Williams Roberson
13:45 Hypoactive delirium can be missed – so what?
Katarzyna Kotfis
14:00 Sleep is an important prevention
Frank van Haren
14:15 The quality of sleep also counts
Elizabeth Wilcox
14:30 Discussion
 
14:45 A place for melatonin?
Armand  Mekontso Dessap
15:00 Hallucinations in the ICU
Rinaldo Bellomo
15:15 A role for RRT to treat acute encephalopathy
Stéphane Gaudry
15:30 Discussion
 
Silver Hall
NEW IDEAS IN CARDIAC ARREST
[Standard presentation]
    Susanna  Price
    Victoria Metaxa
8:30 Double sequence defibrillation in VF?
Markus Skrifvars
8:45 High quality chest compression?
Jean-Christophe Richard
9:00 Intra-arrest hypothermia?
Filippo Annoni
9:15 Discussion
 
9:30 PEEP during prolonged CPR?
Markus Skrifvars
9:45 ECPR?
Jan Belohlavek
10:00 Discussion
 
10:15 Break
 
FFP/RBC TRANSFUSION RATIO IN MASSIVE BLEEDING
[Pro-con debate]
    Nicole Juffermans
10:30 FFP/RBC transfusion ratio in massive bleeding
Alexander Vlaar
Jacques  Duranteau
CHALLENGES IN ANTICOAGULATION
[Tutorial]
11:05 Challenges in anticoagulation
Julie Helms
PRONE POSITIONING IN ECMO
[Pro-con debate]
    Armand  Mekontso Dessap
11:45 Prone positioning in ECMO
Konstanty Szuldrzynski
Matthieu Schmidt
METABOLIC SUPPORT
[Standard presentation]
    Arthur van Zanten
    Annika  Reintam Blaser
13:30 My journey through the ups and downs of glucose control
Greet Van den Berghe
13:45 Glycemic control : new guidelines.
Jean-Charles  Preiser
14:00 SGLT2 inhibitors in ICU patients
Rinaldo Bellomo
14:15 Discussion
 
14:30 Diabetic ketoacidosis: a more rational treatment approach
Mervyn Singer
14:45 Vitamin C: conflicting evidence
Annika  Reintam Blaser
15:00 Use of sodium bicarbonate in metabolic acidosis
Ary Serpa Neto
15:15 Discussion
 
100 Hall
AFTER ICU
[Standard presentation]
    Annika  Reintam Blaser
    Catia Cilloniz
8:30 Was it reasonable to admit this frail patient to the ICU?
Maurizio  Cecconi
8:45 When can we safely discharge a patient?
Jan Bakker
9:00 After the storm, PICS
Sharon Einav-Bromiker
9:15 Discussion
 
9:30 Is long-COVID associated with abnormal host responses
Evangelos Giamarellos–Bourboulis
9:45 PICS requires a multidisciplinary approach
Jean-Charles  Preiser
10:00 Discussion
 
10:15 Metabolism and nutrition could be improved after ICU discharge
Elisabeth De Waele
10:30 Long term outcomes after renal failure
Marlies Ostermann
10:45 Long-term outcomes after TBI
Markus Skrifvars
11:00 Discussion
 
11:15 Long-term outcomes after extracorporeal life support
Konstanty Szuldrzynski
11:30 Outcomes of elderly ICU patients
Frank van Haren
11:45 We could improve cognitive rehabilitation
Shawniqua Williams Roberson
12:00 Discussion
 
400 Hall
SEDATION
[Standard presentation]
    Katarzyna Kotfis
    Michael Reade
8:30 Optimal sedation in acute brain injury
Victoria McCredie
8:45 The neuroprotective effects of ketamine
Geert  Meyfroidt
9:00 Optimal sedation during assisted ventilation
Ewan Goligher
9:15 Inhaled sedatives?
Jeremy Beitler
9:30 Discussion
 
9:45 Is the use of propofol safe during ECMO?
Patrick Honoré
10:00 Propofol can be harmful
Giovanni Landoni
10:15 Personalized sedation practices
Ary Serpa Neto
10:30 Discussion
 
10:45 Break
 
CORTICOSTEROIDS IN ARDS
[Pro-con debate]
    Tomoko Fujii
11:00 Corticosteroids in ARDS
Djillali Annane
Manu Shankar–Hari
ARDS MIMICS 
[Tutorial]
11:30 ARDS mimics
Giacomo Grasselli
The Arc Room
OPTIMAL PROTEIN INTAKE 
[Tutorial]
8:30 Optimal protein intake
Jan Gunst
GOAL-DIRECTED COAGULATION MANAGEMENT IN ACUTE TRAUMA HEMORRHAGE
[Meet the experts]
9:05 Goal-directed coagulation management in acute trauma hemorrhage
Marc  Maegele
Nicole Juffermans
ACUTE PANCREATITIS
[Tutorial]
9:40 Acute pancreatitis
Jan De Waele
CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE 
[Meet the experts]
10:15 Central venous pressure
Daniel  De Backer
Jan Bakker
ICU PHARMACOLOGY 
[Tutorial]
10:50 ICU pharmacology
Nicole Hunfeld
Demo box 1
ARDS MANAGEMENT IN HEMATOLOGICAL/IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS 
[Clinical Challenges]
9:30 ARDS management in hematological/immunocompromised patients
Elie Azoulay
Giacomo Grasselli
SELECTING THE ´RIGHT` PATIENT FOR VV ECMO 
[Clinical Challenges]
10:15 Selecting the ´right` patient for VV ECMO
Luigi Camporota
Matthieu Schmidt
TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER FOR THE NON-EXPERT 
[Demonstration]
11:00 Transcranial Doppler for the non-expert
Aarti Sarwal
Chiara Robba
ECPR IMPLEMENTATION 
[Meet the experts]
11:45 ECPR implementation
Alain Combes
Jan Belohlavek
Demo box 2
CARDIAC OUTPUT MONITORING USING PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS 
[Demonstration]
9:30 Cardiac output monitoring using pulse wave analysis
Bernd Saugel
Xavier Monnet
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY COAGULOPATHY? 
[Meet the experts]
10:15 What do you mean by coagulopathy?
Beverley Hunt
Tina Palmieri
USING THE VENTILATOR TO PREDICT FLUID RESPONSIVENESS 
[Demonstration]
11:00 Using the ventilator to predict fluid responsiveness
Sheila N Myatra
Xavier Monnet
ASSESSMENT OF FLUID RESPONSIVENESS
[Demonstration]
11:45 Assessment of fluid responsiveness
Daniel  De Backer
Jean-Louis Teboul