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688 688 Berlin 2011
Saturday, October 1
Top Advanced haemodynamic monitoring Physiology and pathophysiology
Course overview Maurizio CECCONI
Venous return: understanding preload Jan BAKKER
Completing the picture: integrating variables at the bedside Jean-louis TEBOUL
Pulmomary artery catheter: uses and limitations Chris HOFER
Top Advanced haemodynamic monitoring The tools
Less invasive technologies: an overview Maurizio CECCONI
Top Advanced haemodynamic monitoring From theory to practice
How to use vasoactive drugs Daniel DE BACKER
How to improve outcome in patients with shock Jan BAKKER
Top Critical Care Refresher Course Acute CNS dysfunction
Metabolic encephalopathies Geoffrey BELLINGAN
Epilepsy: what does the intensivist need to know? Mauro ODDO
Party-drug intoxication Armand GIRBES
Top Critical care refresher course Acute respiratory failure
The open lung concept, new aspects Christian PUTENSEN
Lung recruitment maneuvers, including proning Claude GUÉRIN
Sedation and analgesia during mechanical ventilation Martin DÜNSER
Top Critical Care Refresher Course Acute cardiovascular failure
Goal oriented haemodynamic management Marco MAGGIORINI
Vasopressors side effects Daniel DE BACKER
Heart and lung interactions, the essentials Armand GIRBES
Top Critical Care Refresher Course Ethics and ICU organisation
Quality indicators in the icu Andreas VALENTIN
Intensive care medicine facing the increasing age of our patients Hans FLAATTEN
How to keep quality of care while saving money Hans ulrich ROTHEN
Top Critical Care Refresher Course Nutrition and metabolism
How do i feed my patient Jan WERNERMAN
Special nutrients, selenium, glamin and fish oil Mette BERGER
Top Critical care ultrasound (advanced level)
Basic doppler measurements Stefanie BRUEMMER-SMITH
Regional lv and rv function Philippe VIGNON
Evaluation of preload Alexandre MEBAZAA
Advanced lung Paul MAYO
Top Critical care ultrasound (basic level)
Basiclung us Paul MAYO
Vascular access Michel SLAMA (Amiens)
Sunday, October 2
Top Critical care nephrology Citrate anticoagulation
Case #3 Patrick HONORÉ
Citrate anticoagulation - the principle Heleen OUDEMANS-VAN STRAATEN
Citrate anticoagulation in cvvh, cvvhd, cvvhdf modalities Michael JOANNIDIS
How do i detect citrate toxicity Catherine BOUMAN
Top Critical care nephrology AKI
Case #1 Lui FORNI
Changing epidemiology of aki Eric HOSTE
Recommended diagnostic workup of aki Lui FORNI
Pharmacologic and therapy prevention of aki? Miet SCHETZ
Fluid management in aki Michael DARMON
Top Critical care nephrology RRT modalities
Case #2 Catherine BOUMAN (Amsterdam)
Initiation and termination of rrt Wilfred DRUML
Rrt machines and membranes? Patrick HONORÉ
Which modality and dosing? Olivier JOANNES-BOYAU
Drug dosing during crrt? Catherine BOUMAN
Standard and alternative anticoagulation Anne-cornelie DE PONT
Top Critical Care Refresher Course Sepsis/Severe infection
Goal oriented therapy in severe sepsis and septic shock Marco MAGGIORINI
Necrotising fasceitis Geoffrey BELLINGAN
Acute pancreatitis Hans ulrich ROTHEN
Top Critical Care Refresher Course Trauma
Multiple trauma Gavin LAVERY (Belfast)
Thoracic trauma Hervé QUINTARD
Crush injury and myoglobinemia Michael DARMON
Top Critical Care Refresher Course Fluid and acid/base disorders
The stuart approach to acid-base disorders Hervé QUINTARD
Hypo- and hypernatremia Anne berit GUTTORMSEN
Lactic acidosis Daniel DE BACKER
Top Critical Care Refresher Course Acute kidney injury
Risk assessment and prevention Michael JOANNIDIS
Medical treatment Marlies OSTERMANN
When should i start crrt John KELLUM
Top Critical care ultrasound (basic level)
Assessment of preload Alexandre MEBAZAA
Top Management of trauma Session 3. Transfusion and infections in trauma
Coagulopathy in trauma patients Rolf ROSSAINT
Top Management of trauma Session 4. Special situations
Management of head trauma Mauro ODDO
Management of chest trauma Theodoros KYPRIANOU (Nicosia)
Management of abdominal injuries Thomas GEERAERTS
Top Opening Session
Excellence in medicine Charles SPRUNG
Esicm honorary memberships & society medal award Andrew RHODES
Better doctors, better patients, better decisions Gerd GIGERENZER
Life campaign highlights Jean-daniel CHICHE
24th congress highlights & exhibition opening Giuseppe CITERIO
Monday, October 3
Top Acute kidney injury: A consensus statement
Identification and definition of acute kidney injury John KELLUM
Prevention of aki during routine icu care Ville PETTILÄ
Prevention in specific diseases Michael JOANNIDIS
Impact of renal replacement therapy Claudio RONCO
Top Advances in neuro-intensive care
Edaravone, a radical scavenger, suppresses microglial activation and consequently inhibits perikaryal and axonal damage following global cerebral ischemia induced by cardiac arrest and resuscitation in rats Fuyuta MASAKI
Brain lactate metabolism in humans with poor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage Mauro ODDO
Efficiency of neuromuscular electrical stimulation to prevent icu-acquired weakness in mechanically ventilated patients Andrée-anne DEVOST
Top Bacteremia and VAP in ICU patients
The critically ill patient at risk for bacteremia and vap Claude MARTIN
Influenza-induced lung injury results in severe bacteremia following secondary pneumococcal infection Koenraad VAN DER SLUIJS
Outcome of bacteremia in intensive care unit patients: a subgroup analysis from the epic ii study Andrea ROSA-BAHIA
Resolution of ventilator-associated pneumonia: prospective evaluation of clinical, radiological and laboratory parameters Kostoula ARVANITI
Vap patients - reality of a portuguese mixed case icu Ricardo PINHO
Combined aerosolized and intravenous colistin for the treatment of ventilator associated pneumonia due to multidrugresistant gram-negative pathogens Gennaro DE PASCALE
Top Blood sugar monitoring
Presentation Marcus SCHULTZ
Top Cardiac output measurement and monitoring revisited
Technology assessment: what you should know Pierre SQUARA
Thermodilution methods Elias KNOBEL
Pulse contour-based technologies Andrew RHODES
Bioreactance & bioimpedance methods Maurizio CECCONI
Applying fick principles Jean-louis TEBOUL
Echocardiography & doppler-based methods Michel SLAMA
Top Caring for the spinal cord injury patient
Acute care in spinal cord injury Katerina ILIOPOULOU
Preventing complications Dominique VANDIJCK
Rehabilitation after spinal injury George NTOUMENOPOULOS
What we can learn from patients experience Peter GIBB
Top Caring for the ventilated patient
Nursing responsibilities in ventilatory care Christina JONES
Mechanical ventilation and weaning responsibilities: an international survey Louise ROSE
Oral health care in intubated patients: exploration of knowledge and practice among 663 icu nurses Sonia LABEAU
Manual hyperinflation partly prevents reductions of functional residual capacity in cardiac surgical patients - a randomized controlled trial Frederique PAULUS
Influence of patient position changes on endotracheal tube cuff pressure: results of a pilot study in mechanically ventilated patients Christelle LIZY
Accurate tracheal tube cuff pressure measurement in intensive care patients Jane TAYLOR
Top Case solving interactive discussion
My patient is oliguric Michael JOANNIDIS
My patient is hypoxemic Antonio PESENTI
My patient is herniating Mauro ODDO
Top Consensus on management of subarachnoid hemorrhage
Why and how reach a consensus on sah? Michael DIRINGER
What are our clinical targets? Nino STOCCHETTI
Monitoring and treating delayed cerebral ischemia David MENON
Prophylactic hemodynamic augmentation therapy: no evidence for use Claude HEMPHILL
Hemoglobin targets Peter LEROUX
Temperature and glucose control Giuseppe CITERIO
Top Continous glucose monitoring in ICU
Continous glucose monitoring in icu: pro Jan WERNERMAN
Continous glucose monitoring in icu: con Mette BERGER
Top Decision support in nutrition and glucose management B. Braun
Decision support in nutrition and glucose management Bjoern ELLGER
Top Did we improve communication with the relatives over the last years?
Have family needs changed over the last two decades? Julie BENBENISHTY
Discrepancies between practices and perceptions Bara RICOU
Evidence-based interventions in family-centered care J. randall CURTIS
Post-icu burden: inexorable or changeable? Colin FERGUSON
A list of simple things to change in our daily practice Kathleen PUNTILLO
Further effective interventions Elie AZOULAY
Top Disclosing triage decisions to patients
Disclosing triage decisions to patients: pro Antonio ARTIGAS RAVENTOS
Disclosing triage decisions to patients: con Charles SPRUNG
Top Donor management
Global management Pedro NAVARRETE NAVARRO
Top Drugs and the kidney
Drug-induced nephrotoxicity Anne-cornelie DE PONT
Ace inhibitors and acute kidney injury Wilfred DRUML
Drug dosing during acute kidney injury Catherine BOUMAN
Top Endotoxin absorbers in sepsis
Endotoxin absorbers in sepsis: pro Claudio RONCO
Endotoxin absorbers in sepsis: con John KELLUM
Top Enterohemorrhagic E. coli infections: Food for thoughts
Virulent diarrheagenic e. coli: what you should know Antje FLIEGER
Enterohemorrhagic infections: clinical features and treatment options Dominique BENOIT
Hus/ptt: critical discrepancies Elie AZOULAY
Mounting a complete response to disease outbreaks Andrew RHODES
Top ESICM/SCCM - End-of-life: Integrating palliative care in the ICU
Integrating palliative care in the icu with symptom management Kathleen PUNTILLO
Integrating palliative care in the icu with non invasive ventilation Elie AZOULAY
Integrating palliative care in the icu: dealing with family and communication Jozef KESECIOGLU
Sccm analgesia, sedation, and delirium 2011 guidelines: how can they guide us? J. randall CURTIS
Top Ethical and legal differences in end-of-life care in the ICU: Is regional variation a problem?
Who does and who should decide about limiting life-sustaining treatments: a northern european perspective Colin FERGUSON
Who does and who should decide about limiting life-sustaining treatments: a southern european perspective Martin LANGER
Developing a world-wide consensus regarding the ethics of end-of-life care in the icu Charles SPRUNG
Are regional differences in end-of-life care appropriate cultural variation J. randall CURTIS
Top Ethical issues in behaviour and communication
Moments when information is crucial Bob TRUOG
Objective and subjective quality of family meetings in the icu: a single-center study Simon LAGRANGE
Frequency and documetation of “advance directives” in icu patients Udo GOTTSCHALDT
Nurse behaviors in critically ill dying patients Elie AZOULAY
Perception by family members and icu staff of the quality of dying and death in the icu. a prospective multi-center study in the netherlands Rik GERRITSEN
Top Excessive losses in the ICU
Is crrt causing malnutrition? Agneta BERG
Dialysis for liver failure: what is actually eliminated? Julia WENDON
Trace elements deficit: which patients are at risk? Hans BIESALSKI
Removing ascites: what are the real consequences? André VERCUEIL
Top Extracorporeal CO2 removal improves survival in acute respiratory failure
Extracorporeal co2 removal improves survival in acute respiratory failure: pro Antonio PESENTI
Extracorporeal co2 removal improves survival in acute respiratory failure: con Jordi MANCEBO
Top Fever control is mandatory in brain-injured patients
Fever control is mandatory in brain-injured patients: pro Elisa ZANIER
Fever control is mandatory in brain-injured patients: con Pedro NAVARRETE NAVARRO
Top Fluid in the surgical patient
Optimization of oxygen transport variables: lessons learned from recent rcts Rupert PEARSE
What fluids to use? Willehad BOEMKE
How best do we decide to replace volume loss? Benoit VALLET
What transfusion threshold should we use in the peri-operative period? Christian VON HEYMANN
Top Functional lung monitoring and its future Draeger
Electric impedance tomography: clinical reality and vision Christian PUTENSEN
Using eit as a guide to optimize peep levels in mechanically ventilated patients Diederik GOMMERS
Optimising ventilatory settings using eit Helena ODENSTEDT
Top Fungal infections in critically ill patients
Invasive aspergillosis Pamela LIPSETT
The enigma of candiduria Stijn BLOT
Emerging fungal pathogens José artur PAIVA
Prophylaxis, pre-emptive & empiric therapy: when and how Philippe MONTRAVERS
What to expect from new antifungal agents George DIMOPOULOS
Top Guidelines 2010 on post-cardiac arrest management
2010 cardiac arrest guidelines: what's really new? Jerry NOLAN
Cpr and new devices Kjetil SUNDE
Post-resuscitation syndrome Martin DÜNSER
Therapeutic hypothermia Michael HOLZER (Vienna)
Top Haemodynamic management, a circulatory approach of the cardiovascular system: Let's visualize the circulation! Applied Physiology
Introduction: the guytonian view of cardiovascular physiology Michael PINSKY
Interactive workshop in visualized decision support Jan BAKKER
Interactive workshop in visualized decision support Richard BEALE (London)
Interactive workshop in visualized decision support Geoffrey PARKIN
Top Haemodynamics and weaning failure
Hemodynamic changes during spontaneous breathing trial Michael PINSKY
The role of the left ventricle Xavier MONNET
The role of the right heart Gorazd VOGA
Can biomarkers predict weaning failure? Alexandre MEBAZAA
Should we use echocardiography? Frances COLREAVY
Should we use co monitoring? Maurizio CECCONI
Top Heart failure: Perioperative support
Hemodynamic support Azriel PEREL
Analgesia and sedation Elias KNOBEL
Top How do I recognize the patient with sepsis?
Presentation Ricard FERRER ROCA
Top How I manage intra-hospital transport of the critically ill patient
Presentation Hans FLAATTEN
Top Hypothermia in cardiac arrest survivors
Therapeutic hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in finnish icus. the finnresusci study Jukka VAAHERSALO
Auditory evoked potentials predict awakening from post-anoxic coma and therapeutic hypothermia Mauro ODDO
Feasibility of xenon in combination with therapeutic hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Olli AROLA
An extremely rapid and safe way to induce hypothermia in post-resuscitation patients Monique DE WAARD
Top ICU basic requirements
Architectural icu requirements Patrick FERDINANDE
Calculating manpower for doctors Dierk VAGTS
How many nurses? Gaetano IAPICHINO
Icu team building Andreas VALENTIN
Whats towards the future Rui paulo MORENO
Top ICU nutrition update
Electronic charts: a tool to monitor nutrition Mette BERGER
Glutamine: evidence and beliefs Jan WERNERMAN
Refeeding syndrome: not only in the past Djillali ANNANE
Will glucose control be a quality marker? Marcus SCHULTZ
Top ICU-acquired infections: Common challenges for patients and intensivists Pfizer
Welcome and introduction Jean CHASTRE (Paris)
The burden of icu-acquired infections and their impact on patient safety Derek ANGUS
Zephyr study: new clinical evidence in the treatment of mrsa nosocomial pneumonia Jean CHASTRE
Candida infections in the icu: results from the ice study George DIMOPOULOS
Top Imaging, modeling & renal outcome in ARDS
Future perspectives on pulmonary imaging Giacomo BELLANI
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in ventilator induced lung injury José a. LORENTE
Molecular imaging in ventilator-induced lung injury: rethinking the regional mechanisms João batista BORGES
Acute kidney injury in patients with ali/ards: results of a multicenter cohort study Michael DARMON
Minimal modeling of pulmonary gas exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide - modeling complexity required in intensive care patients Dan KARBING
Top Improving haemodynamic management
Importance and approach of endothelial dysfunction in critical care medicine Didier PAYEN DE LA GARANDERIE
Heart rate control with esmolol in septic shock: a randomized controlled trial Andrea MORELLI
The estimation of cardiac output by the third generation of the vigileo device is not reliable for tracking the changes in cardiac output induced by norepinephrine Xavier MONNET
Evaluation of the benefit of different cathecholamine regimes in cardiogenic shock: generalized propensity score approach Romain PIRRACCHIO
Respiratory change in ecg-wave amplitude is a reliable parameter to estimate intravascular volume status Raphaël GIRAUD
Circulating carbamoyl phosphate synthase-1 levels are a new marker of liver cell necrosis in patients with cardiogenic shock Valentin FUHRMANN
Top Increasing the global awareness for sepsis
What has come out of the surviving sepsis campaign Herwig GERLACH
Lessons learned in europe Antonio ARTIGAS RAVENTOS
Applying sepsis bundles with restricted resources Charles GOMERSALL
Do we need a global sepsis alliance? Konrad REINHART
Top Indicators for organ dysfunction in the perioperative environment
Global gene expression profiling reveals key pathways associated with the host response to cardiac surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass Eduardo SVOREN
Predictors of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery. analysis of ariam registry of cardiac surgery Emilio CURIEL BALSERA
Prognostic value of the central venous-to-arterial carbon dioxide difference (pco2gap) at icu admission after high-risk surgery Benoit VALLET
Vitamin d levels before and after cardiothoracic surgery and correlation with outcome Jan johan WEENINK
Top Infective endocarditis
Clinical characteristics of infective endocarditis in the icu Marco MAGGIORINI
Prosthetic valves endocarditis Dirk VOGELAERS
Choosing the right antibiotic Christian BRUN-BUISSON
When to operate Herko GRUBITSCH
Management of neurological complications Christoph PLONER
Top Management of acute CNS infections
Bacterial meningitis Michel WOLFF
Viral encephalitis Garyfallia POULAKOU
Evd associated ventriculitis Peter HORN
Top Management of trauma hemorrhage
Initial hemodynamic resuscitation goals Jacques DURANTEAU
Management of massive hemorrhage in trauma Rupert PEARSE
Optimal coagulation Karim BROHI
Place of fibrinogen/pcc/antifibrinolytic agents Dietmar FRIES
Surgery vs embolization Thomas GEERAERTS
Damage control: advantages and limits Rolf ROSSAINT
Top Meet the expert: Case interactive session on mechanical ventilation Covidien
Is the patient fighting the ventilator? Laurent BROCHARD
Is the patient fighting the ventilator? Marco RANIERI
How to improve patient's comfort? Roberta COSTA
Top Metabolic aspects on MOF
Is insulin resistance a predictor of mof severity? Dieter MESOTTEN
Is there a characteristic gene expression in mof? Olav ROOYACKERS
Is substrate handling altered in mof? Heleen OUDEMANS-VAN STRAATEN
Ros in mof facts and frauds Peter RADERMACHER
The failing liver in mof André VERCUEIL
Top Metabolism & nutrition
Understanding metabolism for defining icu nutrition Jan WERNERMAN
Insulin signaling in skeletal muscle during early critical illness: impact on development of critical illness myopathy Tobias WOLLERSHEIM
Vitamin d deficiency, plasma il-18 levels and critical illness Kenneth CHRISTOPHER
Igf 1 in icu patients is associated with selective type ii muscle fibre atrophy in early stage of sepsis Martin KREBS
Omega-3 fatty acids does not blunt immune response or inflammatory response to an endotoxin challenge in healthy volunteers Anna JANUSZKIEWICZ
Top Monitoring mechanical ventilation: Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask
Ventilator waveforms in ali/ards: what should i look for? Lluís BLANCH
Pressure-volume curves: are they useful? Anders LARSSON
Detecting and solving patient-ventilator asynchrony Laurent BROCHARD
Monitoring during weaning: what really matters? Jordi MANCEBO
Top Nasal High Flow Oxygenation (NHF): Acute care evaluation and recent clinical results Fisher & Paykel
Optiflow evaluation in the acute care setting Elise CUQUEMELLE
Nhf in critically ill patients, from viral pneumonia to heart failure: the val d'hebron experience Joan r. MASCLANS

Nhf to improve post-extubation oxygen therapy (in critically ill patients) Salvatore m MAGGIORE
Benefits of high flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy: in the icu and beyond Jean-damien RICARD
Top New insights into the pathophysiology of sepsis
Hydrogen sulphide restores atp availability by increasing the expression of -tubulin as a regulator of voltage dependent anion channel (vdac) and reduces organ damage caused by pneumococcal pneumosepsis in rats Hamid ASLAMI
Resistance of alveolar macrophage to endotoxin tolerance is not « endotoxin » specific François PHILIPPART
Role of pi3kgamma in the regulation of adhesion and junction molecules leading the pulmonary inflammation and permeability during sepsis Erica MARTIN-CONTE
Time-dependent alterations of vegf and its signaling molecules in acute lung injury in a rat model of sepsis Takeshi WADA
Top NIV NAVA: How will synchrony change non-invasive ventilation? Maquet
Syncrony has many aspects Philippe JOLLIET
Unloading of the patients breathing Hadrien ROZÉ
Top Nutritional challenges in patients with prolonged ICU stay Nestlé Health Science
Do we need bundles in clinical practice? Jean-daniel CHICHE
Early enteral nutrition: improving your icu’s feeding practices using change management theory Gordon DOIG
Who uses the resources of your icu? Hans ulrich ROTHEN
Feeding of complex long staying icu patients Richard BEALE
Top Optimizing gas exchange in the severe ARDS patient
High peep and lung recruitment is the trick Paolo PELOSI
Haemodynamics is the question Antoine VIEILLARD-BARON
Hfo is the answer Jean-daniel CHICHE
Ecmo is safer Kenneth PALMER
Top Oral care in intubated patients
Oral care in endotracheal intubated patients Stijn BLOT
Top Patient safety outside ICU
Impact of intra-hospital transport in ventilated critically ill patients Carole SCHWEBEL
The impact of the rapid response team (rrt) on patient outcome Bekele AFESSA
A comparison of local and proposed national 'nhs' early warning scoring systems Joanna KENNEDY
A survey of patients undergoing head computed tomography scans whilst on a mixed surgical/medical intensive care unit in a tertiary care london teaching hospital Alex TRIMMINGS
Intrahospital critical care transfers: are we taking them seriously enough? Kiron CHAKRABARTI
Top Picking the right monitoring system for the critically ill
Presentation Richard BEALE (London)
Top Renal replacement therapy
How do i prescribe and start rrt in the critically ill? Claudio RONCO
How do i estimate and apply adequate rrt dose? Catherine BOUMAN
How do i perform citrate anticoagulation? Heleen OUDEMANS-VAN STRAATEN
Top Renal replacement therapy for AKI: Clinical and therapeutic considerations Gambro
Rrt modality choice in aki: clinical and health economic considerations John KELLUM
New therapeutic fluids for rrt in aki Martin MAX
Top Safety in the ICU: Do we have a problem?
Impact of medical errors on mortality Jean-françois TIMSIT
From risk assessment to patient safety Rui paulo MORENO
May staff attitudes play a role? Maurizia CAPUZZO
How to improve safety in the icu Andreas VALENTIN
Involving the industry in patient safety Julian BION
Next steps after the vienna declaration Andrew RHODES
Top Sepsis after the controversy: what remains at the bedside Independently sponsored by Eli Lilly
Biomarkers Jérôme PUGIN (Geneva)
Hemodynamic management Daniel DE BACKER
Top Targeting regional perfusion in sepsis
Defining endpoints Richard BEALE
The cerebral perfusion Tarek SHARSHAR
The splanchnic circulation Daniel DE BACKER
The renal circulation Claude MARTIN
The myocardium Alexandre MEBAZAA
Top The asthmatic patient in the ICU
Presentation Jordi MANCEBO
Top The impact of alternative therapies on patient physiology
Optimizing the icu environment: do not harm! Sonia LABEAU
Use of hypnotherapy in the critical care setting Christina JONES
Music therapy to aid patient relaxation Polyxeni MANGOULIA
Aromatherapy & massage: does it have a place in the icu? Elizabeth PAPATHANASSOGLOU
Top Understanding immunosuppression in the critically ill
Assessing the infectious risk in patients with neutropenia Dominique BENOIT
Icu acquired immunosuppression Jean-daniel CHICHE
Why recipients of solid organ transplantation are at risk for infectious diseases? Massimo ANTONELLI
The specific situation of bmt recipients Dominique BENOIT
Haart and iris. where we are? Michel WOLFF
Infection in patients treated with monoclonal antobodies George DIMOPOULOS
Top Ventilatory synchronicity and weaning
Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (nava) improves the matching of diaphragmatic electrical activity and tidal volume in comparison to pressure support (ps) under non invasive ventilation Lise PIQUILLOUD
Does a weaning protocol facilitate liberation from mechanical ventilation in tracheostomized brain-injured patients? Rosanna VASCHETTO
Non invasive detection and quantification of patient-ventilator disharmony with the surface electromyographic activity of extradiaphragmatic inspiratory muscles Matthieu SCHMIDT
Eadi monitoring during t-tube trial in patients who are difficult to wean from ventilator support Cristina PEDRONI
Incidence of ineffective efforts in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients Dimitrios BABALIS
Top We do not need mechanical ventilation anymore: How a dream becomes true Hemodec
Total extracorporeal support Alain COMBES
Partial extracorporeal support Antonio PESENTI
Clinical indications of extracorporeal support: from lung failure to multiple organ failure Claudio RONCO
Top What is your diagnosis?
Presentation Dominique BENOIT (Gent)
Tuesday, October 4
Top "This really looks like septic shock..."
Toxic shock syndrome Brian MARSH
Hemophagocytic syndrome Dominique BENOIT
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome Alain COMBES
Capillary leak syndrome Jérôme PUGIN
Top Abstract Award Winning Session
Special lecture: international study on mechanical ventilation Andrés ESTEBAN
Ultrasound assessment of lung aeration loss during a successful weaning trial predicts postextubation distress Alexis SOUMMER
Characteristics of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in intensive care units: the eurobact study Alexis TABAH
Vasopressin, epinephrine, and corticosteroids for inhospital cardiac arrest: results from a three-center randomized controlled trial Spyros MENTZELOPOULOS
Top Acetylcysteine for prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy
Acetylcysteine for prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy: pro Olivier JOANNES-BOYAU
Acetylcysteine for prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy: con Eric HOSTE
Top AKI in the perioperative setting
Preoperative risk assessment and prevention of aki Miet SCHETZ
Polymyxin b hemoperfusion in abdominal sepsis. is it indicated? Claudio RONCO
Hvhf for acute pancreatitis? Patrick HONORÉ
Top AKI: Is it the same in all patient groups?
Pediatric patients Klaus ARBEITER
The elderly Wilfred DRUML
Dramatic aki in pregnancy Marlies OSTERMANN
Diabetic patients Lui FORNI
Oncologic patients Arend jan WOITTIEZ
Burns and trauma Eric HOSTE
Top Brain damage mechanisms: New paradigms and their implications for future therapy
Erythropoeitin and derivatives Jean-françois PAYEN
Mitochondrial disfunction in tbi Michael DIRINGER
Sexual hormones Andrew MAAS
Selective seizure suppressants Martin HOLTKAMP
Stem cell therapies Elisa ZANIER
Top Current trials in neuro-ICU patients
Neuroprotective trials: past, ongoing, future Andrew MAAS
Mri and coma outcome prediction Robert STEVENS
Boost (brain oxygen and outcome after severe tbi) trial Peter LEROUX
Decompressive craniectomy (decra) trial Andrew DAVIES
Top Determinants for perioperative outcome
From delirium to fluid optimisation: keep the patient alert and avoid floods Manu MALBRAIN
Effects of prophylactic use of haloperidol in critically ill patients with a high risk for delirium M. VAN DEN BOOGAARD
Comparison of cam-icu and icdsc agreement to the diagnosis of delirium in clinical and surgical patients admitted to the icu Felipe DAL PIZZOL
Restrictive strategy of intra-operative fluid maintanence during optimisation of oxygen delivery decreases major complications after high-risk surgical patients Paulo BRANDÃO
Dynamic indices do not predict volume responsiveness in daily clinical practice Matthijs KOX
Effects of synthetic colloids on renal function in cardiac surgical icu patients Ole BAYER
Top Diagnostics in severe sepsis
A functional genomics approach to the identification of biomarkers of survival in severe sepsis due to community-acquired pneumonia Charles HINDS
Plasma human neutrophil lipocalin (phnl) in acute kidney injury & sepsis Johan MÅRTENSSON
The usefulness of c-reactive protein (crp) compared to procalcitonin (pct) to reduce antibiotic exposure in critically ill patients with sepsis: a pilot study Vandack NOBRE
Prospective comparison of broad-range pcr assay and microbiological culture technique for identification of pathogens in patients with suspected sepsis Runa PLETTIG
Top Difficult ICU infections: Diagnosis & outcome
Significance of the early detection of severe icu infections Jean CHASTRE
Total cortisol and adrenocorticotropic hormone (acth) in identifying severe community-acquired pneumonia (scap) clinical outcomes and complications Oksana OMELYANENKO
Diagnostic methods used inhospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia at the intensive care units (icu) of latin america Mario VILLABON
Epidemiology of faecal peritonitis in the genosept cohort Ascanio TRIDENTE
Clinical value of supar, a new biomarker Katia DONADELLO
Endotracheal tube biofilm: a hidden reservoir for multidrug resistant pathogens? Liesbet DE BUS
Top Each hospital should have a Sepsis Team
Each hospital should have a sepsis team: pro Herwig GERLACH
Each hospital should have a sepsis team: con Frank martin BRUNKHORST
Top Education & training in the ICU
Training in icm Marco MAGGIORINI
Intensive care medicine in the developing world - real-time, transcontinental teaching of trainee physicians in somaliland using a dedicated social networking portal: a novel application of telecritical care Jamie STRACHAN
Logistics and educational aspects of the introduction of ultraportable echocardiography (upe) into a medical emergency (met) system Andrew CHENG
Use of in-situ simulation training to facilitate orientation in a newly opened intensive care unit Gagan ATWAL
The new-2-icu course; a new era in medical education on the icu Andrew GEORGIOU
Top Emerging pathogens in the ICU
Ca-mrsa pneumonia Despoina KOULENTI
Fulminant clostridium difficile colitis Alain LEPAPE
Klebsiella kpc: a special threat Garyfallia POULAKOU
Herpes virus infections Laurent PAPAZIAN
Fulminant strongyloidosis Jean-françois TIMSIT
Top Emerging technology and clinical solutions for hospital continuous glucose management Medtronic
Opening the session Marcus SCHULTZ
Is hypoglycemia the limiting factor to more optimal glucose control on the icu? Dieter MESOTTEN
Cgm in the cardiac icu: clinical experience with a minimally invasive hospital system Mikhail KOSIBOROD
Top ESICM/ESC - Heart rate and rhythm in ICU
Heart rhythm and long term survival Alexandre MEBAZAA
Atrial fibrillation in icu Gorazd VOGA
Drug intoxication ad arrhythmia Bruno MÉGARBANE
Anticoagulant/antiplatelets and arrhythmia Sonja FRUHWALD
Management of the electrical storm Martin BORGGREFE
Which antiarrhythmic drugs may i use in icu? Alain RUDIGER
Top ESICM/ETCO - The potential organ donor
Effect of a lung protective strategy for organ donors Luciana MASCIA
Catecholamines in donors therapy: beneficial or detrimental Paul MURPHY
Are thyroid hormons, steroids, vasopressin, dopamine of any utility? Robert STEVENS
Active withdrawal of therapy according to patients will and organ donation Paulo MAIA
Top Ethical issues in clinical trials?
Minimal sedation in critically ill patients John p. KRESS
Interventions testing fluids in icu patients Laurent BROCHARD
Ethical issues raised by rcts in critically ill patients Derek ANGUS
Research disguised as quality improvement Andrej MICHALSEN
Ethical considerations about the standard of care Charles SPRUNG
Ethics as a reason to stop studies Jozef KESECIOGLU
Top Exercising or resting the respiratory muscles during mechanical ventilation?
Muscle relaxation is good Laurent PAPAZIAN
Impact on the weaning process Salvatore m MAGGIORE
Top Extracorporeal life support
Extracorporeal life support: what is available? Kenneth PALMER
Ecmo and cardiac failure Thomas MÜLLER
Ecmo and respiratory failure Antonio PESENTI
Lvad and bivad: indications and management Michael SANDER
Top Factors predicting ICU patient outcome
New inside in the art of risk prediction Philipp METNITZ
Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin d at critical care initiation is associated with increased mortality Kenneth CHRISTOPHER
Does socioeconomic deprivation influence outcome from critical care? Rob TUFFIN
Impact and risk factors of thrombocytopenia in the critically ill David WILLIAMSON
Mortality in elderly patients admitted to the intensive care unit: a danish one year cohort study Malene schou NIELSSON
Prognosis of elderly patients mechanically ventilated in the icu Vicente GOMEZ TELLO
Top Febrile neutropenia
Presentation Marcio SOARES (Rio de janeiro)
Top Hemodynamic monitoring: From numerics to physiologic meaning Edwards
Why do i measure extravascular lung water… Charles PHILLIPS
… and other transpulmonary thermodilution parameters (pvpi, gef and cfi)? Marco MAGGIORINI
Transpulmonary thermodilution revisited Nicholas KIEFER
Top How do I improve ethics standards in my ICU
Presentation Kathleen PUNTILLO (San francisco)
Top How to address the burden of pulmonary complications after intubation in short and long term intubated patients in OR and ICU Covidien
Introduction Sten RUBERTSSON (Uppsala)
How to address the burden of pulmonary complications after intubation in short and long term intubated patients in or Jan POELAERT
Conclusion Sten RUBERTSSON (Uppsala)
How to address the burden of pulmonary complications after intubation in short and long term intubated patients in icu Jean-damien RICARD
Top ICM: The year in review
Introduction: how the journal is doing. aim of the yir and some statistics Massimo ANTONELLI
The best on neuro intensive care Giuseppe CITERIO (Monza)
The best on pneumonia and infection Jean CHASTRE
The best on mechanical ventilation Jordi MANCEBO
The best on cardiovascular intensive care Alexandre MEBAZAA
The best on sepsis and metabolism Jean-charles PREISER
The best on nephrology and epidemiology Michael JOANNIDIS (Innsbruck)
The best on ethics and legal issues J. randall CURTIS
Top ICU-acquired infections: ESICM meets ECDC
Ecdc surveillance of icu-acquired infections 2004-2010 Carl SUETENS
Methodologic challenges in the study and eradication of hospital-acquired infection Derek ANGUS
European projects on the prevention of icu-acquired infections and antimicrobial resistance Christian BRUN-BUISSON

Carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae Anna-pelagia MAGIORAKOS
Top Inhalational therapy in ARDS is useful
Inhalational therapy in ards is useful: con Peter RIMENSBERGER
Inhalational therapy in ards is useful: pro Jordi MANCEBO
Top Intensivist: The reference physician for the hospital
Impact of the hospital organization Julian BION
Emergent calls Stephen BRETT
Calls for advice Maurizia CAPUZZO
Caring for patients outside the icu Ken HILLMAN
Top Invest in essentials Kimberly-Clark
Factors impeding oral care in the icu Sonia LABEAU
The perfect solution: sdd or chlorhexidine? Mirelle KOEMAN
Implementing effective oral care Stijn BLOT
Top Isolation for MRSA always necessary
Isolation for mrsa always necessary: pro Jeff LIPMAN
Isolation for mrsa always necessary: con Thiago LISBOA
Top Lung imaging in ARDS: From morphology to function
Introduction to the imaging technology Luciano GATTINONI
Imaging perfusion Marcelo AMATO
Imaging lung inflammation Giacomo BELLANI
Top Lung ultrasound in ICU
Presentation Paul MAYO
Top LV dysfunction in septic shock
Incidence and pathophysiology Michael PINSKY
Role of echocardiography Antoine VIEILLARD-BARON (Boulogne)
How should we monitor Jean-louis VINCENT
Optimizing preload: anything special? Xavier MONNET
Pharmacological therapy Michael HANEY
Top Management of trauma
Does hemoperitoneum size really guide therapeutic decision in hypotensive blunt trauma patients with pelvic ring fracture? Jonathan CHARBIT
Endotoxemia following polytrauma correlates with the presence of shock at admission and with the subsequent development of organ failure Emmanuel CHARBONNEY
Concordance between observed and theoretical triage according to the french and american triage criteria for major trauma patients Tobias GAUSS
Etomidate alters outcomes of trauma patients Antoine ROQUILLY
Decompressive craniectomy for severe traumatic brain injury: for which patients? Serge HAUTEFEUILLE
Top Microcirculation and sepsis
Guidelines and end-points of resuscitation Ricard FERRER ROCA
Interaction between systemic, regional and microcirculation during sepsis Daniel DE BACKER
Role of mitochondria Mervyn SINGER
Top Microcirculatory aspects of shock
Acute hypercapnia improves microcirculatory oxygenation in septic rats and reduces hepatic neutrophil activity Christopher BECK
Microcirculatory alterations in hemorrhagic shock Guillaume TACHON
Microvascular reactivity measured by near infrared spectroscopy in brain dead donors Marie-reine LOSSER
Oxygen delivery is not created equal: cardiorespiratory and stress responses in different shock states Alex DYSON
The value of lactate measurements in detecting bowel ischemia Gijs MINDERHOUT
Top Neurointensive care for dummies: Management in the early phase
Traumatic brain injury Andrew MAAS
Subarachnoid hemorrhage Michael DIRINGER
Intracerebral hemorrhage Martin SMITH
Seizures Mauro ODDO
Top New modes of mechanical ventilation: Let the ventilator decide!
Do we need more automation? Salvatore m MAGGIORE
Closed loop fio2 Nelson r. CLAURE
Fuzzy logic ventilation Jason BATES
Closed loop mv/peep/fio2 Marcus SCHULTZ
Do we have to be afraid of automation? Christian PUTENSEN
Closed loop psv Laurent BROCHARD
Top Non-invasive ventilation in real life
Niv for hypoxemic respiratory failure Massimo ANTONELLI
Niv as a palliative measure Elie AZOULAY
Niv as a weaning tool Jordi MANCEBO
Top Out with the old, in with the new: New therapeutic approaches in the ICU Orion Pharma
Survivors of critical illness have to survive their critical care Mervyn SINGER
The stressed-out patient Jean MANTZ
React, act, protect: experience with levosimendan in the surgical icu Wolfgang TOLLER
Killing them softly with sedatives: do we have better alternatives? Pratik PANDHARIPANDE
Top Pathogenesis and management of cerebral edema
Osmotic therapy Michael DIRINGER
Therapeutic cooling Peter ANDREWS
Hyperventilation Nino STOCCHETTI
Barbiturates Claude HEMPHILL
Surgery Andrew DAVIES
Top Pathophysiology & innovative therapies in ARDS
Intracheal administration of sirna targeting fas reduces ischemia-reperfusion induced lung injury Lorenzo DEL SORBO
Characterization of a pulmonary double hit model in mice: unilateral acid aspiration and prolonged mechanical ventilation Alice GRASSI
Lung strain and alveolar proinflammatory response in mechanically ventilated patients Adrian GONZALEZ-LOPEZ
Inhibition of pulmonary inflammation by dexamethasone does not prevent ventilator-induced lung injury Jessica HEGEMAN
Mesenchymal stem cells and mesenchymal stem cell conditioned medium accelerate alveolar epithelial wound healing in an in vitro wound scratch model Gerard CURLEY
Top PCC in massive bleeding
Pcc in massive bleeding: pro Dietmar FRIES
Pcc in massive bleeding: con Karim BROHI
Top Perioperative coagulation disorders
Presentation Christian VON HEYMANN
Top Procalcitonin for guiding antibiotical therapy
Presentation Helen GIAMARELLOU
Top Prone position is "prone to failure"
Prone position is “prone to failure”: pro Jean-louis VINCENT
Prone position is “prone to failure”: con Laurent BROCHARD
Top Proper estimation of the energetic needs
Lean body mass: is it the correct reference? Jan WERNERMAN
Clinical factors influencing energy metabolism Agneta BERG
Body composition: easy to say difficult to do Gaetano IAPICHINO
Protein turnover a regulator of energy expenditure? Olav ROOYACKERS
Top Pump Assisted Lung Protection - PALP: Complementation in respiratory therapy Maquet
Is hypercapnia with respiratory acidosis in acute lung failure acceptable or detrimental? Steffen WEBER-CARSTENS
Extracorporeal co2 - elimination: indications and limitations Antonio PESENTI
Summary Thomas MÜLLER
Top Recommendations of the ESICM Task Force on volume therapy in the critically ill
The recommendations of the esicm task force Konrad REINHART
Strengths and weaknesses of this recommendation Anders PERNER
Round table discussion with the esicm task force members Richard BEALE
Round table discussion with the esicm task force members Christiane HARTOG
Round table discussion with the esicm task force members Frédérique SCHORTGEN
Top Sedation, delirium and depression in ventilated patients
Patients have no benefit of sedatives Bernhard WALDER
Delirium and weaning Hannah WUNSCH
Top Severe abdominal infections in the ICU
Acute pancreatitis: how to diagnose and treat infected necrosis Jan DE WAELE
Secondary peritonitis in the icu Claude MARTIN
Surgical strategies for intra-abdominal infections Philippe MONTRAVERS
Top Should antimicrobial stewardship program be adopted in every ICU?
Should antimicrobial stewardship program be adopted in every icu? pro Claudia SPIES
Should antimicrobial stewardship program be adopted in every icu? con Armand GIRBES
Top Should we always use CT to customize our mechanical ventilation strategy?
Should we always use ct to customize our mechanical ventilation strategy? pro Marcelo AMATO
Should we always use ct to customize our mechanical ventilation strategy? con Marco RANIERI
Top Spinal cord injury: Where do we stand?
How i manage a patient with acute spinal cord injury Peter ANDREWS
Top SpO2 Monitoring as a nursing tool for patient protection Covidien
Spo2-challenges in difficult setting Tobias MEINDL
Top The decompensated liver failure patient
Indication for icu admission Michael BAUER
Drug metabolism in liver patients: what you should know Eric HOSTE
Handling portal hypertension André VERCUEIL
Ammonia concentration: an epiphenomenon? Heleen OUDEMANS-VAN STRAATEN
Prevention and treatment of hepatorenal syndrome Julia WENDON
Top The ESICM Live Session supported by an unrestricted grant from GE Healthcare
Attending physician Alain CARIOU
Panel: interactive case-discussions on the icu management of an hemodynamically hypoxemic patient. live transmission from the medical intensive care unit, cochin hospital, paris, france Massimo ANTONELLI
Panel: interactive case-discussions on the icu management of an hemodynamically hypoxemic patient. live transmission from the medical intensive care unit, cochin hospital, paris, france Jérôme PUGIN
Panel: interactive case-discussions on the icu management of an hemodynamically hypoxemic patient. live transmission from the medical intensive care unit, cochin hospital, paris, france Benoit VALLET
Top The German Nursing Track NAHP update
Nahp update Christina JONES (Liverpool)
Top The German Nursing Track Session 3: Sepsis & safety issues
New syringe label management in europe Thomas PRIEN
Surviving sepsis guidelines: nursing considerations Leanne AITKEN
Top The German Nursing Track Session 4: Nursing activities in the area of weaning?
Weaning strategies: which way to go? Stefan WILPSBAEUMER
Roles & responsibilities Louise ROSE
What is the evidence base for protocolized weaning? Bronagh BLACKWOOD
Top The German Nursing Track Session 2: New nursing insights in…
Compassion satisfaction and fatigue Polyxeni MANGOULIA
Therapeutic touch in intensive care settings Heike RAHN
Early mobilisation of ventilated icu patients Peter NYDAHL
End-of-life care: intensive care nurses' view Jos LATOUR
Top The German Nursing Track Session 1: Caring for the morbidly obese
Altered physiology, morbidity and mortality in the morbidly obese Paolo PELOSI
Ventilatory issues in the obese: cpap & niv Anders LARSSON
Nutritional issues Klaus LEWANDOWSKI
250kg and more: a challenge for icu nursing Willi BAIER
Top Therapy of sepsis: Novel clinical approaches
Atazanavir-induced (unconjugated) hyperbilirubinemia does not modulate pro-inflammatory markers, but attenuates il-10 after lipopolysaccharide challenge in humans Mirrin DORRESTEIJN
Effects of iron loading and iron chelation therapy on innate immunity during human endotoxemia Lucas VAN EIJK
Efficacy and tolerance of hyperoncotic albumin administration in septic shock patients: the earss study Julien CHARPENTIER
The influence on mortality of the symbiotic preparation “simbiotic drink” © Ismael LÓPEZ DE TORO
Top Treating severe Gram-positive infections
Presentation Jean CHASTRE (Paris)
Top Treating VAP & H1N1 influenza
First influenza season after the 2009 pandemic influenza: characteristics of icu admissions in adults and children in vall d'hebron hospital Garyfallia POULAKOU
Induced hypothermia increases atp availability and turn-over in a rat model of pneumococcal pneumosepsis C.j.p. BEURSKENS
Monitoring procalcitonin (pct) levels in ventilator-associated pneumonia(vap) and survival, septic shock development and accuracy of empiric therapy Tomasz SKIRECKI
Pandemic 2009 influenza a (h1n1) and an/h1n1 2010-11 seasonal outbreak: mortality and risk factors in critically ill patients I MARTIN-LOECHES
Value of respiratory tract surveillance cultures to predict microbial etiology in ventilator-associated pneumonia: a diagnostic test accuracy meta-analysis Nele BRUSSELAERS
Top Update on antimicrobial therapies
Does under dosing of antibiotics lead to resistance? Alain LEPAPE
Fosfomycin: an old drug for new infections? Jeff LIPMAN
Colistin therapy: what you should know Apostolos ARMAGANIDIS
Novel anti-mrsa agents Despoina KOULENTI
Aerolised antimicrobial treatment Thiago LISBOA
Wednesday, October 5
Top A look inside the "black box"
Continuous cerebral blood flow determination Peter HORN
Bis and nirs: any utility in nicu? Martin SMITH
Cerebral oxygenation Peter LEROUX
Top Acute gastrointestinal dysfunction
Gastrointestinal function in intensive care patients: terminology and definitions Joel STARKOPF
Clinical evaluation of gi function. acute gastrointestinal injury score? Manu MALBRAIN
Protocolized approach to manage diarrhea and gastroparesis in intensive care patients Sonja FRUHWALD
Top AKI: Epidemiology & treatment
Multicenter prospective observational study on safety and efficacy of regional citrate anticoagulation in cvvhd in presence of liver failure: the liver citrate anticoagulation threshold study (l-cat) Torsten SLOWINSKI
The epidemiology of acute kidney injury - preliminary results of the multicenter international aki-epi study Eric HOSTE
Urine hepcidin is an early predictor of protection from cardiopulmonary bypass-associated acute kidney injury - an observational cohort study Anja HAASE-FIELITZ
Management of renal replacement therapy: an international survey among intensivists Matthieu LEGRAND
Continuous venovenous haemodialysis with regional citrate anticoagulation in liver failure Caroline SCHULTHEISS
Top ARDS in 2011
Current epidemiology Gordon RUBENFELD
What has worked Luciano GATTINONI
What did not work Jean-louis VINCENT
What still has to be done Marco RANIERI
Top Attenuation of ICU-associated risk factor for AKI
Abdominal hypertension Jan DE WAELE
Vasopressors effects Didier PAYEN DE LA GARANDERIE
Mechanical ventilation Christian PUTENSEN
Top Biomolecular approach to sepsis
Molecular networks and signaling cascades in sepsis Mervyn SINGER
From single biomarkers to multiplex panels Jérôme PUGIN
Monitoring activation of the immune system Jean-daniel CHICHE
Molecular targeting for therapy Clifford DEUTSCHMAN
Coupling neuronal and humoral pathways? Djillali ANNANE
Top Clinical information management systems
Basic requirements for an icu cims Johan DECRUYENAERE
Cims to facilitate implementation of clinical guidelines Max JONAS
Cims-based quality assurance & patient safety monitoring Theodoros KYPRIANOU
Top Difficult conversations for critically ill patients
Discussing organ donation Bara RICOU
Responding to requests for euthanasia Andrej MICHALSEN
Disclosing a serious medical error Bob TRUOG
Disclosing triage decisions Colin FERGUSON
Communication style makes the difference Jozef KESECIOGLU
Top Epithelial and endothelial dysfunction in experimental lung injury
Effect of hyperglycemia on inflammatory responses in experimental ards induced by lung lavage Fan WEI
Non-enzymatic nitric oxide production in hypoxic lung regions Kristina HAMBRAEUS-JONZON
Role of the activated protein c in the control of pulmonary endothelial dysfunction assessed by a cellular model mechanically stressed by magnetic stimulation Sébastien PERBET
The p55 tnf receptor promotes alveolar epithelial dysfunction in experimental acute lung injury Brijesh PATEL
The role of adenosine receptor a2b in endotoxin-induced neutrophil trafficking into the different lung compartments Franziska KONRAD
Top ESICM/ESA - Perioperative hemodynamic management
Perioperative hemodynamic monitoring: status of the art Michael SANDER
Intraoperative fluid, inotropic and vasopressor management Rupert PEARSE
Fluid, inotropic and vasopressor management in the icu: anything new? Frank martin BRUNKHORST
Transfusion triggers in the or and icu Christian VON HEYMANN
Top ESICM/ESCMID - Infective update for ICU physician
The role of surveillance cultures in the era of multidrug resistance Stijn BLOT
How to manage mdr gram-negative infections Helen GIAMARELLOU
Antimicrobial resistance in community infections: what intensivists should know ? Thiago LISBOA
Top Extracorporeal therapies in emergency situations and intoxications
New intoxications: party drugs Armand GIRBES
Extracorporeal therapy for intoxications Anne-cornelie DE PONT
Emergency dialysis: indications, prescription Wilfred DRUML
Renal emergency teams: experience in earthquakes Raymond VANHOLDER
Top Future perspectives for ICU infections
Anti-bacterial efficacy of inhaled squalamine in a rat model of pseudomonas aeruginosa chronic pneumonia Sami HRAIECH
Center- and patient-based determinants of day28 mortality of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in intensive care units: the eurobact study Jean-françois TIMSIT
Effect of bundle compliance on reducing ventilator associated pneumonia in a mixed medical-surgical icu Tamas SZAKMANY
Increased sputum glucose concentration: a risk factor for staphylococcus aureus in patients with traumatic brain injury Christopher o FENNER
Role of mannose-binding lectin polymorphisms in the susceptibility to and severity of pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia Jordi SOLÉ-VIOLÁN
Top Hot topics session
Referral to an ecmo center Kathryn ROWAN
Awards winners Richard BEALE
Palliative niv in icu patients with arf: ovni study results Elie AZOULAY
Report from an esicm consensus conference into a new definition for ards Marco RANIERI
Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation for treating patients with ali/ards Todd RICE
Facts or myths: early albumin resuscitation during septic shock (earss trial) Jean-paul MIRA
Starch or saline in severe sepsis? Bertrand GUIDET
The fado project: european care bundles efficacy for vap prevention Thiago LISBOA
Top How do I treat dyskalemias?
Presentation Olivier JOANNES-BOYAU (Pessac)
Top Limiting factors for rehabilitation post ICU
How to turn muscle depletion into function Richard GRIFFITHS
When is the glutamine deficiency normalised? Jan WERNERMAN
Top Lung protective ventilation in children and neonates
Presentation Peter RIMENSBERGER (Geneva)
Top Metabolic modulation: The role of insulin and other hormones
Insulin effects on macro- and microcirculation Jean-charles PREISER
Insulin protection: immune system Dieter MESOTTEN
Insulin protection: nervous system Mauro ODDO
Hormonal status and icu-acquired paresis in critically ill patients Tarek SHARSHAR
Top Modern concepts for analgesia, sedation, and delirium management
Assessing analgesia, sedation and delirium Claudia SPIES
Delirium risk assessment in the postoperative phase José mário TELES
Is there any place for volatile agents for icu sedation? Peter SACKEY
Pharmacoefficiency of analgesia, sedation and delirium Hannah WUNSCH
Continuous versus intermittent sedation John p. KRESS
Guidelines: what differs between the countries? Bernhard WALDER
Top Monitoring the CNS
Is there a role for intracranial pressure monitoring? Martin SMITH
Electroencephalography: intermittent, continuous or never? Martin HOLTKAMP
Transcranial doppler: what information can we really get? Jean-françois PAYEN
Local brain oxygen in clinical management Juan SAHUQUILLO
Microdialysis: research or monitoring of the cns? Nino STOCCHETTI
Top Nurses can make a difference!
Increased protocol compliance by enhancing knowledge Sonia LABEAU
Life-long learning in the icu Jos LATOUR
Early identification of delirium Leanne AITKEN
Steering nutrition support Katerina ILIOPOULOU
Organizing an icu diary policy Ana ROSA
Top Optimizing sepsis outcomes
Managing vasopressor infusion Richard BEALE
Using a sepsis screenings protocol Leanne AITKEN
Impact of staffing on sepsis outcomes Dominique VANDIJCK
Top Patient & family needs
Addressing patient and family needs in icu Elizabeth PAPATHANASSOGLOU
Setting up a patient and family support group Peter GIBB
Emotional pressures on the icu team. care for care providers Andrej MICHALSEN
A critical care counseling service Christina JONES
Learning from family satisfaction outcomes Jos LATOUR
Visiting policies Ana ROSA
Top Portable CT scans are necessary in ICU
Portable ct scans are necessary in icu: pro Claude HEMPHILL
Portable ct scans are necessary in icu: con Peter HORN
Top Pre-hospital airway management
How i manage airways in the pre-hospital setting Bernhard WALDER
Top Preload optimization
Is fluid loading always the answer? Maurizio CECCONI
Can i use extravascular lung water to guide fluid administration? Azriel PEREL
Intra-abdominal pressure and preload Jan DE WAELE
Passive leg raising in spontaneous breathing patients Daniel DE BACKER
Top President's session: Revisiting sepsis treatment: The surest things can change
Fluid resuscitation in acute sepsis: less is more Kathryn MAITLAND
Do we need to revisit early goal-directed therapy? Kathryn ROWAN
Challenging what we do: what's next? Mervyn SINGER
Top Pulmonary hypertension
How i treat the ards patient with pulmonary hypertension Jean-louis TEBOUL
Top Quality of care & ICU readmission
Readmission to the icu: a dead end? Marjel VAN DAM
Residual organ dysfunction and outcomes in patients discharged from intensive care unit Luciano AZEVEDO
Regionalisation of quality measurement in icu: a novel approach to panel-based development and multicentre implementation of quality measures across a uk critical care network Ganesh SUNTHARALINGAM
Daily multidisciplinary rounds increase 28-day icu-free days Danilo NORITOMI
A service quality improvement project reviewing critical care readmissions within 48 hours in a teaching hospital mixed medical / surgical intensive care unit Ben SLATER
Top Sepsis: What you must know and should do
The importance of timely and accurate diagnosis José artur PAIVA
Adjunctive therapy Susanne TOUSSAINT
Top Surviving Sepsis Campaign Session
Improving outcomes with the surviving sepsis performance improvement programme Mitchell LEVY
Sepsis guidelines update 2011: what is new this year? Rui paulo MORENO
Top The high-risk surgical patient
Presentation Rupert PEARSE (London)
Top The impact of cost containment on ICU management
The natural history of cost containment Michael PINSKY
Rationing in the intensive care Andreas VALENTIN
Cost efficiency and choice of rrt modality John KELLUM
The impact of costs on icu organization Stephen BRETT
Top The ISF controversies session
The use of synthetic colloids should be abandoned: con Charles SPRUNG
Care of the septic patient is best advanced by targeting: the doctor John MARSHALL
Guidelines improve patient care: pro Richard BEALE
Guidelines improve patient care: con Mervyn SINGER
Top The patient bouncing back to ICU
Readmission rate as quality indicator Philipp METNITZ
Icu readmission rate in a large database Martin LANGER
Icu readmit or not? Rafael FERNANDEZ
Outcome of patients with multiple icu readmissions Bertrand GUIDET
Can we predict readmission? Ken HILLMAN
Top Therapeutic goals in the ventilated patient
Limiting end-inspiratory pressure, tidal volume or driving pressure to protect the lung? Marcelo AMATO
Fully controlled ventilation or spontaneous breathing in ards? Alain MERCAT
Hypoxemia, how low is safe? Marco RANIERI
Therapeutic goals in the ards patient Luciano GATTINONI
Top Thromboelastography is necessary for guiding massive transfusion
Thromboelastography is necessary for guiding massive transfusion: pro Karim BROHI
Thromboelastography is necessary for guiding massive transfusion: con Jacques DURANTEAU
Top Ultrasound in the ED
Lung & pleura Paul MAYO
Trans-cranial doppler Jean-françois PAYEN
Top Unexpected critical events during pregnancy
Physiological changes you should know Jan POELAERT
Thrombosis & hemorrhage Gernot MARX
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy Brian MARSH
Acute respiratory failure during pregnancy Diederik GOMMERS
Peripartum cardiomyopathies Michael HANEY
Top Ventilator Associated Tracheobronchitis (VAT): Does it exist?
Ventilator associated tracheobronchitis (vat): does it exist? con Michel WOLFF
Top Viral infections and AKI
Immunocompetence in aki Patrick HONORÉ
Sepsis and aki Didier PAYEN DE LA GARANDERIE
Aki in h1n1 influenza Ville PETTILÄ
Reactivation of viruses in renal transplants Marlies OSTERMANN
Viral hepatitis and aki Lui FORNI
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Friday, July 8
Top Perioperative HAEMODYNAMIC ASSESSMENT
Invasive haemodynamic monitoring Mikhail KIROV
Assessing oxygen debt Zsolt MOLNÁR
Accuracy of continuous cardiac output monitors Jean-daniel CHICHE
Top Perioperative interventions
Protective intraoperative ventilation: does it affect outcome? Béla FÜLESDI
Interventions improving safety in or and icu Bernhard WALDER
Optimizing the neurosurgical postoperative phase Giuseppe CITERIO
Top Postoperative infections
Postoperative procalcitonin and infection Michael MEISNER
Leukocyte antisedimentation rate (lar) Lajos BOGÁR
Early web-based anti-infective treatment Claudia SPIES
Top Postoperative intensive care and outcome
Can we define high-risk patients? Joel STARKOPF
Admission and discharge criteria Bertrand GUIDET
Do we know the real postoperative complication rate? Rupert PEARSE
Top Treat intraoperative hypotension with fluids!
Pro Mikhail KIROV
Con Cornelius hc DEJONG
Saturday, July 9
Top Cellular, biochemical aspects of surgery
Inflammatory response Balázs HAUSER
Ischemia-reperfusion Bernhard WALDER
Ischemic preconditioning János GÁL
Top Organisational issues
Settings of an ideal intensive care unit Andreas VALENTIN
Should we care of icu costs? Ákos CSOMÓS
Can we improve outcome, and how? Rupert PEARSE
Top Specific postoperative complications
Postoperative delirium Claudia SPIES (Berlin)
Clotting disorders Sibylle KOZEK
Resuscitation and the microcirculation - what we've learned from animal experiments József KASZAKI
18 21 Summer conference in intensive care medicine - Turin
Thursday, June 23
Top Invited lecture: What do we breath for?
Invited lecture: what do we breath for? Goran HEDENSTIERNA
Top Measurement of functional residual capacity en oxygen consumption by metabolic monitor: Clinical applications
Functional residual capacity role to monitor alveolar (de)recruitment Antonio PESENTI
Measurement of oxygen consumption during weaning success and failure Giacomo BELLANI
Top Mechanical ventilation : Basic
Definition and terminology of mechanical ventilation Marco RANIERI
The technology applied to mechanical ventilation Antonio PESENTI
Modes of mechanical ventilation Laurent BROCHARD
Humidification and suctioning Anders LARSSON
Friday, June 24
Top Bedside measurement of alveolar recruitment in the critically ill
Methods for measuring lung recruitment at the bedside Jean-jacques ROUBY
Top EIT - Functional lung monitoring (Sponsored by Dräger)
Electrical impedance tomography to guide mechanical ventilation setting Tommaso MAURI
Top Mechanical ventilation : Advanced
Monitoring of mechanical ventilation Lluis BLANCH
Non invasive ventilation Massimo ANTONELLI
Top Mechanical ventilation : Clinical scenario
Ards Jordi MANCEBO
Brain injury Luciana MASCIA
Top Mechanical ventilation : Special issues
Ventilator induced lung injury (vili) Franco VALENZA
Ventilator associated pneumonia (vap) Anders LARSSON
How to ventilate an organ donor Luciana MASCIA
Weaning or liberation from mechanical ventilation Laurent BROCHARD
Top Risk reduction for ventilated patients (Sponsored by Covidien)
Risk associated with patient ventilator asynchrony Giorgio CONTI
Optimizing niv (non-invasive-ventilation) by the use of helmets Roberta COSTA
Saturday, June 25
Top Hot topics
Epidemiology of mechanical ventilation Lluis BLANCH
How to interpret rcts on mechanical ventilation Massimo ANTONELLI
575 575 Barcelona 2010
Saturday, October 9
Top Critical Care Refresher Course Acute respiratory failure
The modern ventilator Michael IMHOFF
Different modes of ippv Claude GUÉRIN
High frequency oscillatory ventilation Hans FLAATTEN
Acute respiratory failure in copd patients Christian PUTENSEN
Mcq 1 Hans FLAATTEN
Top Critical Care Refresher Course Neuro critical care
Glucose control after severe brain injury Mauro ODDO

How to reduce elevated intracranial pressure Sten RUBERTSSON
Critical care neuromyopathy Charles HINDS
Mcq 2 Hans FLAATTEN
Top Critical Care Refresher Course Metabolic disorders and intoxication
Initial evaluation in suspected intoxication Paulo MAIA
The metabolic alkalosis Xavier LEVERVE
"party drug" intoxication Armand GIRBES
Mcq 3 Charles HINDS
Top Critical Care Refresher Course Ethics & organisation
Rationing intensive care Andreas VALENTIN
Withdrawing intensive care Armand GIRBES
The role of intensive care in pandemics Charles GOMERSALL
Mcq5 Charles HINDS
Top Critical Care Refresher Course Trauma
Multiple trauma Gavin LAVERY

Transportation of severe trauma Mathieu RAUX
Management of bleeding following major trauma Gavin LAVERY
Spine injuries and tetraplegia Gavin LAVERY
Top Designing, conducting and publishing intensive care research
Defining the hypothesis (literature search: critical analysis of the literature/ hypothesis reasonable to achieve) Djillali ANNANE
Defining the right population Pierre-françois LATERRE

Study design: from observational studies to rcts Djillali ANNANE

Building the right team John MARSHALL

Grant writing: what you should know John MARSHALL

How realistic is your budget proposal Bertrand GUIDET

Irb application Jozef KESECIOGLU

Navigating the european regulation Christiane DRUML

Promotion & insurance Christiane DRUML

Establishing primary & secondary endpoints Massimo ANTONELLI

Sample size calculation (why/how) Christian MELOT

Data collection: what, how and when Daniel DE BACKER

The role of data safety monitoring boards Benoit VALLET

Assessing protocol compliance & data quality Pierre-françois LATERRE

Planning statistical analysis Christian MELOT

Randomisation strategies and alternatives Gordon RUBENFELD

Statistics for dummies Christian MELOT

A bayesian approach to interpreting clinical research Gordon RUBENFELD

Top Management of trauma Session 1. Trauma teams
Course introduction Giuseppe CITERIO

Trauma systems in europe: an overview Jacques DURANTEAU

How to organize your trauma center? Karim BROHI

General intra-hospital management of trauma patient Jacques DURANTEAU
Top Management of trauma Session 2. Resuscitation targets
The optimal blood pressure Rolf ROSSAINT

The optimal oxygenation Antonio PESENTI

The optimal coagulation Marc SAMAMA
Fluid management Jacques DURANTEAU

Sunday, October 10
Top Acute Cardiovascular problems
Life threatening arrhythmias Marco MAGGIORINI
Drug treatment of acute heart failure Marco MAGGIORINI
Acute pulmomary embolism Francesca RUBULOTTA
Aortic dissection Karim BROHI
Top Co-Morbidity in intensive care patients
Chronic renal disease Michael JOANNIDIS
The obese icu patient Scott BRUDNEY
The immuno-compromised patient Julian BION
Alcohol and drug abuse Geoffrey BELLINGAN
Top Critical Care Refresher Course Common cardiac procedures
Trans venous pacing Marco MAGGIORINI
Top Critical Care Refresher Course Metabolism and nutrition
Endocrine emergencies Charles HINDS
Nutritional support of the critically ill Richard GRIFFITHS
Glycemic control Jan WERNERMANN
Top Designing, conducting and publishing intensive care research
What about the control group? Daniel DE BACKER

Sample size: a balance between power and feasibility Marcio SOARES

The role of research nurses Ruth ENDACOTT

Building and running networks Laurent BROCHARD

Research on databases Bertrand GUIDET

The concept of run-in trials John MARSHALL

International studies: avoiding the pitfalls Massimo ANTONELLI
Report the data at congresses: poster & oral presentations Elie AZOULAY

Publishing your research: what you should know Massimo ANTONELLI
How to write a paper Daniel DE BACKER

Answering reviewers comments Elie AZOULAY (Paris)

Top Management of trauma Session 3. Transfusion in trauma
Coagulopathy in trauma patients Marc SAMAMA

Monitoring coagulation Karim BROHI
New insights in massive transfusion Paul PEPE

Hemostatic agents Yves OZIER
Top Management of trauma Session 4. Special situations
Management of head trauma David MENON

Management of chest trauma Antonio PESENTI

Management of abdominal injuries Graham RAMSAY (Chelmsford)

Top Management of trauma Session 5. Damage control: Surgery, interventional radiology & beyond
Indications for interventional radiology Karim ASEHNOUNE
Icu management Jacques DURANTEAU
Top Opening Session
Presidential welcome address Rui paulo MORENO

What is performance of an icu? Jean-roger LE GALL
Understanding disorders of consciousness David MENON
23rd congress highlights Jean-daniel CHICHE
Incoming president welcome address & exhibition opening Andrew RHODES
Monday, October 11
Top Acquired infections in the ctritically ill
Clinical relevance of aspergillus positive endotracheal aspirate cultures in critically ill patients: validation of an algorithm to discriminate aspergillus colonization from invasive pulmonary aspergillosis Stijn BLOT
Relationships between nosocomial infections and acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy in icu. a prospective multicenter epidemiological survey Claude GUÉRIN
Influence on outcome of microbiogical documentation of severe infections in critically ill patients with haematological malignances. final report Rafael ZARAGOZA
Incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in burn patients with inhalation injury and the value of routine endotracheal aspirate surveillance cultures to predict involvement of multidrug resistant microbial etiology Stijn BLOT
Effects of duration of mechanical ventilation on bacterial biofilm translocation and ventilator-associated pneumonia in pigs Gianluigi LI BASSI (Barcelona)
Top Acute GI Bleeding
Acute gi bleeding Angels ESCORSELL
Top Advances in toxycology
Bedside neurophysiological assessments of poisoned patients in the icu Pierre-françois LATERRE
Tracheal intubation in drug poisonings: concerns and alternatives Andrej MICHALSEN
Extracorporeal life support in acute cardiotoxicant poisonings Nicolas DEYE
Digitalis poisoning: can we improve patient management? Bruno MÉGARBANE
Hemoperfusion for acute poisonings: is there evidence for any benefit Florian EYER
Toxic alcohol outbreaks Martin DÜNSER
Top Assessing the microcirculation
Assessing the microcirculation Daniel DE BACKER
Top Blood pressure monitoring is a waste of time
Blood pressure monitoring is a waste of time: pro Max JONAS
Blood pressure monitoring is a waste of time: con Can INCE
Top Bridging the theory-practice gap in patient care
Designing & updating guidelines Sonia LABEAU (Ghent)
Practical application of guidelines Dominique VANDIJCK
Stepping off the guidelines Carole BOULANGER
Sedation: an example from the real world Christina JONES
Top Cardiac arrest
Epidemiology update: have outcomes improved? Claudio SANDRONI
Predicting outcome in the comatose patient Robert d. STEVENS
Post-resuscitation multi-organ dysfunction Alain CARIOU
Therapeutic options Jerry NOLAN
Top Carebundles, protocols and guidelines are dangerous
Carebundles, protocols and guidelines are dangerous: con Julian BION
Top Caring for patients with altered consciousness
Caring for the delirious patient Christina JONES
Weaning the anxious, panicky patient Michelle NORRENBERG
Are they really sleeping? Dominique VANDIJCK
When should we start rehabilitation? David MCWILLIAMS
Top Central venous catheterization safety
Should i puncture without echographic guidance? Michel SLAMA
Measures to prevent and reduce catheter infections Jean-françois TIMSIT
Is chest x ray still needed after insertion? Bertrand GUIDET
Top Clinical research is a necessary part of practice in intensive care
Clinical research is a necessary part of practice in intensive care: pro Sten RUBERTSSON
Clinical research is a necessary part of practice in intensive care: con Benoit VALLET
Top Do we need a monitoring device to assess fluid responsiveness?
Do we need a monitoring device to assess fluid responsiveness ? yes Jean-louis TEBOUL
Top ESICM/ATS - Physiotherapy & respiratory theraphy in the ICU
What do the rcts tell us? Paolo PELOSI
Harmful consequences of immobility Richard GRIFFITHS
Early exercise improves outcome Rik GOSSELINK
Early physical and occupational therapy Barbara MCLEAN
Do respiratory therapists improve outcome? Bob KACMAREK
Top ESICM/ESC - Multidisciplinary approaches to improve outcome in acute heart failure
Pharmacologic stabilization and management in the emergency department Josep MASIP
Biomarkers to optimize management Alexandre MEBAZAA

Keeping up with rhythm and sync. Josep BRUGADA
Lvad in adults: when, how and where Pascal LEPRINCE
Top ESICM/ESCMID - The AIDS patient in the ICU
Trends in epidemiology Kathryn ROWAN
Antiretroviral strategies: what the intensivist should know? José GATELL
Neurological complications: diagnosis & management Michel WOLFF
Pulmonary complications: diagnosis & management Elie AZOULAY
Other severe complications: diagnosis and management Esteban MARTINEZ
Top ESICM/SCCM - Outreach teams to improve outcome
Beyond the id consult: sepsis management teams Pierre-françois LATERRE
Can telemedicine bring something Adam SAPIRSTEIN
Top Fluid management in ALI: Give the right fluids and give the fluids right!
How to evaluate the intravascular volume status? Andrew RHODES
Heart-lung interactions during ali: what should we remember? Antoine VIEILLARD-BARON
Vasoactive drugs or fluids? Michael PINSKY
Any place for elwi measurement? Jean-louis TEBOUL
Colloids or crystalloids? Frédérique SCHORTGEN
Albumin: rationale, myths and facts Timothy EVANS
Top Fluid resuscitation of the burned patient
Fluid resuscitation of the burned patient Manu MALBRAIN
Top From ECMO to iLA to low-flow lung assist
Ecmo: lessons from the past Rolf ROSSAINT
Vascular access & management Pascal LEPRINCE

Low flow lung assist & interventional lung assist: is it an alternative? Marco RANIERI
Top Glycemic management in critical care - shortcomings today and solution tomorrow
Mitigating hypoglycemia and reducing glucose variability: considerations and consequences Djillali ANNANE
Possiblities and limitations of glucose measurement technologies Marcus SCHULTZ
Top How do I perform CRRT
How do i perform crrt Olivier JOANNES-BOYAU
Top Late fever in an ICU patient
Late fever in an icu patient George DIMOPOULOS
Top Liver and kidney failure
Hepatorenal syndrome - diagnosis and management Javier FERNANDEZ
Rrt in liver failure: current indications Julia WENDON
Rrt in liver failure: practical modalities Michael JOANNIDIS
Extracorporeal liver therapies: what do rcts tell us? Faouzi SALIBA
Top Metabolic aspects of sepsis
Sepsis as a metabolic disease Mervyn SINGER
Mitochondrial resucitation Clifford DEUTSCHMAN
Hormonal dysfunction in sepsis Djillali ANNANE
Systems biology to define septic states J. perren COBB
Top New developments in active open abdomen treatment: Impact on the daily ICU practice KCI
Challenges and new developments in active open abdomen treatment Manu MALBRAIN
A new temporary abdominal closure concept: active abdominal therapy Daniel HINCK
Managing abdominal sepsis patients with an open abdomen: what is the value of active abdominal therapy? Manu MALBRAIN
Impact on treatment of the open abdomen after trauma: value for icu treatment Jan DE WAELE
Top Non-invasive ventilation in 2010
Niv: chose an interface & a ventilator Laurent BROCHARD
A location: niv outside the icu? Giorgio CONTI
Choose a patient: which role in hypoxemic failure? Massimo ANTONELLI
Choose a patient: postextubation? Miquel FERRER
Choose a patient: niv at end of life? Elie AZOULAY
Top Nurses role in infection prevention: "To bundle or not to bundle"
Nurses role in infection prevention: "to bundle or not to bundle" Ruth ENDACOTT
Top Optimal antibiotic treatment
Common errors Claude MARTIN
Pk-pd: does it matter? Jeff LIPMAN
Empirical treatment for septic shock Jan DE WAELE
Top Optimization of fluid status
Physiology: what you should really know Alain CARIOU
Do we need a monitoring device? Jean-louis TEBOUL
Role of echocardiography Martin BALIK

Special situations: the ards patient Rolf ROSSAINT
Special situations: increased intra-abdominal pressure Manu MALBRAIN
Top Practical approaches to abdominal problems
Motility stimulating agents, facts and frauds Jean-charles PREISER
How do i improve intestinal circulation? Daniel DE BACKER
Bacterial translocation from the gut: myths and evidence Marcel GATT
How to manage patients with intestinal trauma? Marcel GATT
How to evaluate intestinal function Annika REINTAM BLASER
Management of raised iap Manu MALBRAIN
Top Predicting outcome in the comatose patient
Prediction based on clinical parameters Robert d. STEVENS
Electrophysiological predictors: eeg, ssep, event related potentials Tarek SHARSHAR
Prediction based on neuroimaging David MENON
Top Quality indications across European ICUS
Do quality indicators improve hospital care? Peter VAN DER VOORT
Quality indicators to assess appropriateness of icu use? Danilo RADRIZZANI
Assessing icu quality in western europe Hans ulrich ROTHEN
Assessing icu quality in eastern europe Akos CSOMOS
Can the measure of staff safety attitudes be a quality indicator? Maurizia CAPUZZO
The icu risk profile: a new indicator of performance Rui paulo MORENO
Top Serve fungal infections in the ICU
Current epidemiology Jean CARLET

Aspergillosis in non immunodepressed patients Stijn BLOT
Diagnosis of fungal infections: recent advances Emilio BOUZA
Side-effects of antifungal agents Philippe MONTRAVERS
Top Status epilepticus, including subclinical status
Status epilepticus, including subclinical status Mauro ODDO
Top Stroke updates
Intracranial haemorrhage Peter HORN
Subarachnoid haemorrhage Peter HORN
Arterial ischemic stroke Angel CHAMORRO
Venous sinus thrombosis Robert d. STEVENS
Top SvO2 & ScVO2 monitoring
Svo2 & scvo2 monitoring Pierre SQUARA
Top Technical aspects of CRRT
Access - location Anne-cornelie DE PONT
Blood flow, pre-/postdilution filtration fraction Patrick HONORÉ
Membranes - properties, surface areas Martin MATEJOVIC
Timing and dosing Arie bastiaan johan GROENEVELD
Methods and algorithms used for regional anticoagulation Heleen OUDEMANS-VAN STRAATEN
Citrate anticoagulation. why and how? Peter VAN DER VOORT
Top The chronic ICU patient
How long icu stay to say "chronic" Goran KARLSTROM
How many in general icus? Danilo RADRIZZANI
Which long term outcome? Margaret s. HERRIDGE
Top The ethics of ICU organization
The waiting room syndrome Bara RICOU
An icu corner for family members Doug WHITE
Unit staff levels to prevent burnout and conflicts Bara RICOU
Open versus closed icus Clifford DEUTSCHMAN
Top Transatlantic difference in monitoring the hemodynamically unstable?
Transatlantic difference in monitoring the hemodynamically unstable? the pac of course! Jeffrey VENDER
Transatlantic difference in monitoring the hemodynamically unstable? minimally invasive is the standard of care Andrew RHODES
Top Trauma lessons from the field
Transfusion & coagulation Yves OZIER
Triage Jacques DURANTEAU

Transport Mathieu RAUX
Top Treating adults born with congenital heart disease
Abnormal cardiac anatomy & physiology in childhood. an overview Tilman HUMPL
The adult patient with biventricular repair in the icu Bernard CHOLLEY
The adult patient with single ventricle physiology in the icu Peter TASSANI-PRELL
The eisenmenger patient in critical care Tilman HUMPL
Top Unsolved problem: Post-ICU hospital mortality
Is it changing over time? Bertrand GUIDET
Is it different among countries? Andreas VALENTIN
Analysis of hospital mortality using time to death Hans FLAATTEN
Patient-and hospital-related predictors Rui paulo MORENO
May the sabadell score change our discharge policy? Rafael FERNANDEZ
Top Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Diagnostic techniques: state of the art José-artur PAIVA
Sepsis: biomarkers to guide diagnosis Jerome PUGIN
Biomarkers to guide treatment Michel WOLFF
Can we really prevent vap? Jan DE WAELE
Can we predict vap? Jean-françois TIMSIT
Top Welcome in the 21st century: stem-cells therapy in the ICU
What can stem cell technology accomplish in critically ill patients? Claudia DOS SANTOS
Use of stem cells following trauma-hemorrhage Irshad CHAUDRY
Stem cell therapy in heart failure Philippe MENASCHE
Cell-based therapies for acute liver failure Faouzi SALIBA
Autologous stem cell transplantation to reset the immune system J. perren COBB
Cell-therapy for the regeneration of renal injury: is it feasible? Llyod CANTLEY
Top What is so alarming in our ICUs
Device alarms, human factors and ergonomics Yoel DONCHIN
Clinical alarms: inefficient or too complex? Jozef KESECIOGLU
Potential risks from device alarms Jean REIGNIER (La roche sur yon)
Do we need guidelines for settings Jean-daniel CHICHE
Computerized systems to improve alarms management Johan DECRUYENAERE
Toward intelligent alarms Michael IMHOFF
Tuesday, October 12
Top Abstract award winning session
Evaluation of the efficacy of corticosteroids in patients with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease receiving ventilatory support. a prospective, international, randomized double blind clinical trial Miguel angel DE LA CAL
Atrophy gene expression is upregulated during early critical illness and associated with selective type-iia fibre atrophy Steffen WEBER-CARSTENS
Type 2 diabetes, antidiabetics and mortality among intensive care patients: a danish cohort study Christian CHRISTIANSEN
Top Adcances in imaging
Latest computed tomography advances in emergency environment Johan DE MEY
The heart: cardiac mri José HIDALGO
The lung Marcelo AMATO
The bleeding gi tract Marta BURREL
Our genes Jean-paul MIRA
Top Advanced ventilation modes: Do they really change anything?
Variable vt ventilation Paolo PELOSI
Neurally adjust ventilatory assist: from physiology to clinical application Paolo NAVALESI
Does patient/ventilator asynchrony impact patients' prognosis? Bob KACMAREK
Closed-loop pressure ventilation Laurent BROCHARD
Top Arrhythmias
Arrhythmias Josep BRUGADA
Top Biomedical devices & strategies to prevent infection
Endotracheal tubes Jordi RELLO
Advanced oral care Jean CHASTRE
Protecting the line Emilio BOUZA
Cost-effectiveness Christian BRUN-BUISSON
Top Cardio-renal interactions
Classification of cardio-renal syndromes Wilfred DRUML
Right ventricular dysfunction and kidney failure Marco MAGGIORINI
Biomarkers of renal dysfunction Eric HOSTE
Fluid management in heart failure patients Josep MASIP
Pharmacologic interventions Alexandre MEBAZAA
Top Citraate anticoagulation during CRRT
Metabolic effects of citrate in crrt Heleen OUDEMANS-VAN STRAATEN
Immunologic effects of citrate anticoagulation Anne-cornelie DE PONT
Complication of citrate anticoagulation Miet SCHETZ
Top Clinical trial design in the ICU
Clinical trial design in the icu : control group should receive protocolised care Djillali ANNANE
Clinical trial design in the icu: control group should receive standard care Peter ANDREWS
Top CMV or HSV pneumonia should be treated in immunocompetent patients
Cmv or hsv pneumonia should be treated in immunocompetent patients: pro Charles-edouard LUYT (Paris)
Cmv or hsv pneumonia should be treated in immunocompetent patients: con Jean CARLET
Top Colloids are harmful for the kidney
Colloids are harmful for the kidney: pro Frédérique SCHORTGEN
Colloids are harmful for the kidney: con Patrick HONORÉ
Top Dealing with strong emotions in the ICU
Source of emotions in the icu Robert WINTER
Patients and relative's distress as a source of emotions Julie BENBENISHTY
Emotionally-based decision making J randall CURTIS
Top Dysnatremias
Dysnatremias Wilfred DRUML
Top Endocarditis in the ICU
Endocarditis in the icu Michel WOLFF

Top Glucose management on ICU - in touch with the future
Measuring blood glucose levels in the icu Dieter MESOTTEN
Strict glycemic control in the surgical icu: feasibility, effectiveness and safety Stefan SUTTNER
First results from the medical icu - targeted glucose control with the b. braun sgc system Karin AMREIN
Top H1N1 pneumonia: Experience across the world
Introduction after the pandemic: lessons learned George DIMOPOULOS
Use of corticosteroid therapy in patients affected by severe pandemic (h1n1)v influenza a infection Ignacio MARTIN-LOECHES
Impact of corticosteroid therapy on mortality in critically ill patients affected by influenza a (h1n1)v pneumonia in spain Rafael ZARAGOZA
Critically ill adult patients with 2009 influenza a(h1n1) infection in france Jean-christophe RICHARD
Comparative study of patients admitted in intensive care with influenza a (h1n1)v. comparative study of europe versus latin america. results of the esicm influenza a (h1n1)v registry Ricardo MATOS
Top Hemodynamic monitoring in pediatrics
Management of septic shock in children Paolo BIBAN
Top Hospital-acquired bactaeraemia
Hosts at risk Jean-françois TIMSIT
Genetic issues Frank STUEBER
New and old drugs Emilio BOUZA
Health-care origin Stijn BLOT
Treatment Christian BRUN-BUISSON
Top I need to sedate patients in the neuro ICU
I need to sedate pts in the neuro icu: pro Nino STOCCHETTI
I need to sedate pts in the neuro icu: con Pedro NAVARRETE NAVARRO
Top Inhalation/exhalation: New approach to old problems
Inhaled gases Claude GUÉRIN
Inhaled antibiotics Charles-edouard LUYT
Inhaled anti-inflammatory or anti coagulation drugs Antonio ARTIGAS RAVENTOS
Exhaled biomarkers in ali and sepsis: h2s, no, co Oriol ROCA
Top Lipids in ICU nutrition
Evidence for omega-3 Pierre SINGER
Lipids and gas exchange Sergio RUIZ-SANTANA (Las palmas de gran canaria)
Any risks with lipids? Mette m BERGER
Top Liver cirrhosis
Liver cirrhosis Javier FERNANDEZ
Top Management of post-resuscitative disease after CPR
Markers of damage Bruno MÉGARBANE (Paris)
The management of myocardial dysfunction Jerry NOLAN
Brain protection Mauro ODDO
Protection of intraabdominal organs Claudio SANDRONI
Top Managing haemodynamics in severe sepsis and septic shock
Optimisation of loading conditions: how to do it? Maurizio CECCONI (London)
Echocardiography: improved titrated management? Philippe VIGNON
Cardiac output or lactate driven care? Jan BAKKER
Egdt - revisited: is setting up goals beneficial? Jeffrey VENDER
Top Mechanisms of lung injury and repair
Leukocyte/endothelial activation Jerome PUGIN
Fibrosis and remodeling of the lungs Geoffrey BELLINGAN
Mesenchymal stem cells and resolution of ali Paolo PELOSI
Top Metabolic control after acute brain damage
Temperature control Giuseppe CITERIO
Insulin infusion therapy: sccm-aspen practice guidelines Judith JACOBI
Endocrine failure after acute brain injury Robert d. STEVENS
Top Oliguria is an indication to start renal replacement therapies
Oliguria is an indication to start renal replacement therapies: pro Olivier JOANNES-BOYAU
Oliguria is an indication to start renal replacement therapies: con Frédérique SCHORTGEN
Top Palliative noninvasive ventilation
Different results in different patients Miquel FERRER
Outcome considerations when implementing niv Massimo ANTONELLI
Survival hopes for dying patients: the paradox of palliative care Marcio SOARES
Can futile care becomes beneficial care? Doug WHITE
Striving for excellent palliative care Judith NELSON
Top Pathomechanisms of microcirculatory failure during sepsis
Role of the no/co system Michael BAUER
Role of endogenous vasoactive substances Djillali ANNANE
Role of reactive oxygen species Mervyn SINGER
Role of membrane channels Bruno LEVY
Exogenous vasopressors - always beneficial? Can INCE
Top Perioperative intesive care in the elderly
Haemodynamic monitoring in the elderly Michael SANDER
Postoperative delirium Karim ASEHNOUNE

No age limitations for surgical icu? Claudia SPIES
Fast track for elderly patients? Brian MARSH
Top Post-ICU follow up & long-term outcome of critical illness
The magnitude of the problem Paulo MAIA
From symptoms to syndrome (definitions with timelines) Judith NELSON
Can we improve life after the icu? Bara RICOU
Physicians responsibilities: who should do that? Mitchell LEVY
Post-icu cognitive dysfunction Margaret s. HERRIDGE
Physical & neurological disabilities Tarek SHARSHAR
Top Prevention and therapy of acute kidney injury
Defining and monitoring aki: the role of biomarkers Llyod CANTLEY
Prevention of contrast nephropathy in the icu Eric HOSTE (Gent)
Volume expansion Heleen OUDEMANS-VAN STRAATEN
Vasopressors or vasodilators Arie bastiaan johan GROENEVELD
Pharmacotherapy Lui FORNI
Early initiation of rrt: does it help? Miet SCHETZ
Top SDD/SOD should be standard practice
Sdd/sod should be standard practice: pro Michael SANDER
Sdd/sod should be standard practice: con Claude MARTIN
Top Sedation and muscle relaxation in ARF
Sedation and muscle relaxation in arf: deep sedation and muscle relaxation improve outcome Laurent PAPAZIAN
Top Sedation: an update
Sedation: evidence for change of practice Stephen BRETT
Alpha or µ-agonists: agents of choice? Scott BRUDNEY
Monitoring sedation Susanne TOUSSAINT
Do expensive drugs give a roi? Carl WALDMANN
Top Steroid therapy in ALI/ARDS
Steroids save life in ali/ards Djillali ANNANE
Steroids are ineffective in ali/ards Arthur SLUTSKY
Top The ESICM live session
Expert panel - interactive case-discussions on the icu management of an hemodynamically unstable hypoxemic patient. Diederik GOMMERS
Expert panel - interactive case-discussions on the icu management of an hemodynamically unstable hypoxemic patient. Marco RANIERI
Expert panel - interactive case-discussions on the icu management of an hemodynamically unstable hypoxemic patient. Jean-daniel CHICHE
Preload responsiveness indices Jean-louis TEBOUL
Top The high risk surgical patient
Risk assessment: what's new? Maurizio CECCONI
Should we admit the hr surgical patient preoperatively to the icu? David BENNETT
Preoperative cardiac assesment & revascularization: who needs it and how? Charles-edouard LUYT
Biomarkers to assess perioperative risk Alexandre MEBAZAA
Could intraoperative checklists help? Ravi PRAKASH MAHAJAN
Postoperative management Rupert PEARSE
Top The spanish nursing track
Building a safety culture in the icu Rosi GARCIA
Interdisciplinar team work for icu patients' safety Maria teresa MORENO CASBAS
Implementing a blood glucose control protocol Sonia LABEAU
Early mobilization of the mechanical ventilated patient David MCWILLIAMS (Manchester)
Top The Spanish Nursing Track NAHP update
Nahp update Christina JONES

Top The Spanish Nursing Track Session 3: Improving ICU patients' comfort
Assessing pain after procedures and mobilization Gemma ROBLEDA
Analgesic & sedative agents Carl WALDMANN
Top The Spanish Nursing Track Session 1: Teaching communication skills to critical care nurses and doctors
Some clinical vignettes you should be aware of Ana ROSA
Communicating with children Jos LATOUR
Top The Spanish Nursing Track Session 4: Role of NAHP in noninvasive ventilation
Selecting the best nursing practice for niv Lidia MARTI HEREU
Noninvasive vs invasive ventilation: a different role for nahp Barbara MCLEAN
Expected benefits of niv Jordi MANCEBO
Techniques to provide niv Carmen SANCHEZ FERNANDEZ
Top The year in review
Introduction, aim of the yir and some statistics Massimo ANTONELLI
The best on hemodynamics Daniel DE BACKER
The best on neuro intensive care Giuseppe CITERIO

The best on sepsis and metabolism Jean-charles PREISER

The best on mechanical ventilation Salvatore m MAGGIORE

The best on nephrology and epidemiology Michael JOANNIDIS

The best reviews Jordi MANCEBO
Top Update on sepsis diagnosis
Infectious vs. non-infectious cause of sirs Michael BAUER
Role of biomarkers Elias KNOBEL
Does pct add to the sepsis diagnosis? Jean CHASTRE
Role of bacterial dna/rna analysis Michael BAUER
What will the future bring? J. perren COBB
Top What do I use to set PEEP
Lung & chest wall mechanics Salvatore m MAGGIORE
Pleural pressure Bob KACMAREK
Hemodynamics Antoine VIEILLARD-BARON
Ct scan & eit Marcelo AMATO
Intraabdominal pressure Manu MALBRAIN
Top What is the story after intensive care?
The hidden cognitive dysfunction Hans FLAATTEN
Is long-term outcome changing? Margaret s. HERRIDGE
How to prevent ptsd? Christina JONES
Wednesday, October 13
Top Anemia and coagulopathy in the neuro ICU
Effects of anemia on the injured brain: experimental and clinical data Peter HORN
Blood transfusion targets in sah and tbi Nino STOCCHETTI
The anticoagulated patient Giuseppe CITERIO
Manipulating coagulation after a cerebral event Mauro ODDO
Top ARDS in fulminant pneumonia and influenza
Which pathogens cause fulminant pneumonia? which antibiotics help? Hartmut LODE
What should we do if no pathogen is identified? Jean CHASTRE
Experiences from the h1n1 epidemics Thiago LISBOA
Top Bariiatirics equipement for the super-obese
Icu technical pitfalls for the super-obese Max JONAS
Handling the super obese icu-patient Barbara MCLEAN
Beds for the super obese David GOLDHILL
Diagnostic tools and tricks for the super obese Michael IMHOFF
Top Blood glucose monitoring in practice
Iv microdialysis Jan WERNERMANN
Percutaneous glucose monitoring Pierre SINGER
Continuous blood glucose monitoring in the icu Marcus SCHULTZ
Top Blood pressure management in neuroemergencies
Blood pressure management in neuroemergencies Nino STOCCHETTI
Top Chosing vasopressors and inotropes in sepsis: Any downsides?
Metabolic effects Djillali ANNANE
Myocardial effects Bruno LEVY
Neuro-inflammatory effects Michelle CHEW (Malmö)
Top Clinical information systems are useful to assess and improve quality
Clinical information systems are useful to assess and improve quality: pro Johan DECRUYENAERE
Clinical information systems are useful to assess and improve quality: con Carl WALDMANN
Top Encephalopathy in critical illness
Hepatic encephalopathy Julia WENDON
Encephalopathy in sepsis Tarek SHARSHAR
Encephalopathy after cardiac arrest Jerry NOLAN
Top End of life (EOL) care
How do i support junior staff through eol care? Julie BENBENISHTY
How do i set up a bereavement service for families? Christina JONES
How do i address patient & family spiritual needs at eol in a multi-cultural world? Jos LATOUR
Top ESICM/ESA - Intraoperative checklist: Impact on postoperative outcome?
The use of an intraoperative checklist in europe: a survey Claudia SPIES
Intraoperative checklists and systems approach to errors Ravi PRAKASH MAHAJAN
Limits of an intraoperative checklist Bernhard WALDER
Can it change postoperative management? Rupert PEARSE
Top ESICM/ETCO - Improving processes in organ donation : New challenges
Organ donation in europe: quantitative aspects (epidemiology, indications, results) Beatriz DOMINGUEZ-GIL
Death by neurological criteria agreements and disagreements. time for a consensus Jose m DOMINGUEZ ROLDAN
Admission of potential organ donors in icu: is it good practice? Rui paulo MORENO
Extended criteria donors: an inevitable source of organs Rui MAIO
Barriers to family consent: can we improve it? Doug WHITE
Icu doctors as transplant coordinators Teresa PONT
Top Every hospital should have a met
Every hospital should have a met: pro Francesca RUBULOTTA
Top Faciliting autonomy for patients, families & NAHP
Aiding patient autonomy Ruth ENDACOTT
Facilitating difficult family discussions Julie BENBENISHTY
Making your voice heard in the team Jos LATOUR
Training independent decision-making nahp Carole BOULANGER
Advanced roles in the icu for non medics Michelle NORRENBERG (Brussels)
Top Heart-lung interactions
Heart-lung interactions Michael PINSKY
Top Hot topics session
Effect of rigvastigmine on delirium and outcome: a multicentre, double-blind randomized trial Arjen SLOOTER
The icerea study Nicolas DEYE
Hydrocortisone therapy for corticosteroid insufficiency related to trauma: the hypolyt study Karim ASEHNOUNE
Prognosis and prognostication after cardia arrest and normal hypothermia: the propac ii study Janneke HORN
Top How do I implement current knowledge in my institution?
How do i implement current knowledge in my institution? Miquel FERRER
Top How do I organize sepsis management in my unit?
How do i organize sepsis management in my unit? Antonio ARTIGAS RAVENTOS
Top How to train residents in mechanical ventilation?
Understanding your ventilator Salvatore m MAGGIORE
Training in mv using simulators Torsten SCHRÖDER
Patient-ventilator interaction Anders LARSSON
Should we teach different modes of mv Charles GOMERSALL
Do we need specific teaching programmes Laurent BROCHARD
Top Imported diseases in a global world
How many and where they come from Kathryn ROWAN
Outcome and ethnicity Derek ANGUS
What about their infectious and non infectious diseases? Marcio SOARES
Cultural issues Andrej MICHALSEN
Abc of justice Andrej MICHALSEN
Top Management of patients with suspected MRSA & VRE
Management of patients with suspected mrsa & vre Mercedes PALOMAR
Top Metabolic acidosis
Metabolic acidosis Lui FORNI
Top Monitoring macrocirculation vs microcirculation?
Do we have to measure cardiac output? Bernard CHOLLEY
Do i need central/mixed venous oxygen saturation? Richard BEALE
Clinical assessment of microcirculation: futile? Can INCE
Sto2 monitoring in evolution Bruno LEVY
Do i need a monitoring of sublingual microcirculation? Daniel DE BACKER
Top Perioperative infection control: All we need is prevention
Intraoperative care is key Claude MARTIN
Postoperative care is key Rupert PEARSE
Barriers to implementation: attitude is key Bernhard WALDER
Barriers to implementation: equipment is key George DIMOPOULOS
Top Postoperative care of the lungs
Is it a problem ? postoperative impairment of lung function Goran HEDENSTIERNA
Pain treatment to improve respiratory function Michael HIESMAYR
Cpap & niv Giorgio CONTI
Does the open lung concept reduce postoperative lung dysfunction? Diederik GOMMERS
Physiotherapy including mobilisation/ambulation Rik GOSSELINK
Top President's session - Intensive Care Medicine today and tomorrow: Challenges and opportunities
How we arrived here: from negovsky, ibsen and safar to icm today Malcolm FISHER
The status of icm in europe today Andrew RHODES
Closing the gap between the southern and northern hemispheres Elias KNOBEL
Closing the gap between the eastern and western hemispheres Younsuck KOH
From several to make one: the creation of icm as a global speciality Rui paulo MORENO
Top Recruiting manpower in our ICUS: how can we succeed?
Where do we go with the cobatrice project? Julian BION
Adopting & adjusting competencies to individual countries Akos CSOMOS
More to intensive care than competencies? Sten RUBERTSSON
Maintaining competencies: continuous medical education in the icu Hans FLAATTEN
Top Research awards
Research awards Daniel DE BACKER
Top Targeted nutrition
Bolus vs. continous protein intake Sergio RUIZ-SANTANA
Protein intake and bedrest Annika REINTAM BLASER
The 'nutrition day' experience Michael HIESMAYR
Global undernutrition Mette m BERGER
Studies over supplemental pn Jan WERNERMANN
Top The clinician in front of practice guidelines
What is the life expectancy of clinical guidelines? Herwig GERLACH
Why and when should care be guideline-directed? Julian BION
Can clinical guidelines be applied to every patient? Paolo MERLANI
Do clinical guidelines prevent clinician autonomy? Robert TRUOG
Do clinical guidelines absolve clinicians from responsibility for error? Jozef KESECIOGLU
Top The ICU as place to die
Is end-of-life care improving? Robert TRUOG
Did advance directives fail? J randall CURTIS
Is the icu becoming the best place for dying? Judith NELSON
Is admitting patients to icu just to be organ doners acceptable? Julie BENBENISHTY
Top The ISF controversies session
Pro: manipulating the host response in sepsis is harmful Mervyn SINGER
Con: manipulating the host response in sepsis is harmful John MARSHALL
Pro: hemodynamic monitoring in septic shock - an arterial and a central venous line are enough Derek ANGUS
Con: hemodynamic monitoring in septic shock - an arterial and a central venous line are enough Charles SPRUNG
Top The surviving sepsis campaign session
Should sepsis bundles be mandated ? John MARSHALL
The evolution of bundled sepsis therapies Richard BEALE
State of the art Mitchell LEVY
Making sense of controversies Derek ANGUS
The importance of education Martin DÜNSER
What can be made of ssc guidelines with limited resources? Charles GOMERSALL
Improving sepsis treatment from bangladesh to nepal Marcus SCHULTZ
Old antibiotics revisited Hartmut LODE
Top Thoracic trauma
Aortic & myocardial assessment Philippe VIGNON
Lung & pleural assessment Jean-jacques ROUBY

Management of major thoracic trauma Karim BROHI
Top Treating the specific patient
How do i monitor a septic patient? Maurizio CECCONI
How do i resuscitate a septic patient? Tobias SCHÜRHOLZ
How do i ventilate a septic patient? Salvatore m MAGGIORE
Top Update on sepsis management: therapy and long-term sequelae
Pct guidance of antibiotic therapy Jerome PUGIN
Delirium after sepsis Claudia SPIES
Volume resuscitation Arie bastiaan johan GROENEVELD
Nutritional and metabolic aspects Richard BEALE
Outcome: post-sepsis sequelae Margaret s. HERRIDGE
Top We should deliver individual ICU performance data to the public
We should deliver individual icu performance data to the public: pro Goran KARLSTROM
We should deliver individual icu performance data to the public: con Evert DE JONGE
Top When and how do I use non invasive ventilation?
When and how do i use non invasive ventilation? Jordi MANCEBO
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Friday, June 11
Top Assessing TBI and SCI in the ICU
Centralizing care of tbi to optimize outcomes: a must or an utopia? Peter ANDREWS (Edinburgh)
Intracranial pressure monitoring Giuseppe CITERIO (Monza)
Cpp targeting and autoregulation evaluation in icu David MENON
Advanced monitoring Paul VESPA
Top Controversies & conundrums in neurocritical care
Blood pressure in brain haemorrhage and stroke: how high is too high? Giuseppe CITERIO (Monza)
Tight glucose control: what’s so special about the brain? Nino STOCCHETTI (Milan)
Forget t-pa, it’s all about clot retrieval Paul BRENNAN
Warfarin reversal in trauma and stroke: is time brain? Claude HEMPHILL
Surgery for cerebral haemorrhage: to clip, coil, or take out the clot? Michael O'SULLIVAN
Top Minimizing ischemic cerebral damage
Applying evidence to acute ischemic stroke critical care: extended window iv t-pa and decompressive craniectomy Paul VESPA
Resuscitating the brain from global ischemia: hypothermia and beyond Peter ANDREWS (Edinburgh)
Top Strategies for improving outcome
Medical strategies for controlling icp Giuseppe CITERIO (Monza)
Spinal cord injury: update on treatment Gavin LAVERY (Belfast)
Top TBI: State of the Art
Treatment of tbi: what has changed in the past 20 years Nino STOCCHETTI (Milan)
Impact of tbi guidelines on acute management Claude HEMPHILL
Saturday, June 12
Top Brain Death and Organ Donation
Brain death – standardisation of diagnosis Thomas BLECK (Chicago)
Controversies in maximising organ donation Rory DWYER
Top Encephalopathies & Seizures
Sepsis-associated encephalopathy Tarek SHARSHAR (Paris)
Hepatic encephalopathy Thomas BLECK (Chicago)
Seizures in the icu: diagnosis and treatment Tarek SHARSHAR (Paris)
Top Summary
What the future holds Claude HEMPHILL
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Saturday, October 10
Top Acute renal failure & metabolism
Oliguria and acute renal failure Dermot PHELAN (Dublin)
Renal replacement therapy (rrt): continuous & intermittent Christophe VINSONNEAU (Paris)
Metabolic acidoses, diagnosis and treatment Janice ZIMMERMAN (Houston)
Enteral & parenteral nutrition Jan WERNERMAN (Stockholm)
Glycaemic control in the critically ill Jean-charles PREISER (Liège)
Top Cardiovascular failure
Acute heart failure Marco MAGGIORINI (Zurich)
Different thermodilution techniques used for haemodynamic monitoring Andrew RHODES (London)
Vasoactive drugs used in the critically ill Armand GIRBES (Amsterdam)
Cardiac pacing and mechanical support in the critically ill Pierre SQUARA (Neuilly-sur-seine)
Top Neuro-critical care & gastrointestinal failure
Treatment of subarachnoid haemorrhage Peter ANDREWS (Edinburgh)
Critical care neuro-myopathy Tarek SHARSHAR (Paris)
Treatment of patients after cardiac arrest Sten RUBERTSSON (Uppsala)
Acute abdominal problems Graham RAMSAY (Hemel hempstead)
Liver dysfunction in the critically ill Ludwig KRAMER (Vienna)
Top Respiratory failure
Adjunctives to ippv for severe hypoxemia Giles PEEK (Leicester)
Difficult weaning Anders LARSSON (Uppsala)
Tracheostomy in the icu Hans FLAATTEN (Bergen)
Sunday, October 11
Top Inflammation & sepsis
Inflammation and sepsis Herwig GERLACH (Berlin)
Ventilator associated pneumonia Despoina KOULENTI (Athens)
Necrotizing fasciitis Christian BRUN-BUISSON (Creteil)
Sepsis: epidemiology and outcome Esko RUOKONEN (Kuopio)
Top Intensive care in extreme ages
The critical ill child Hans FLAATTEN (Bergen)
Intensive care in the very old (> 80 years) Brian MARSH (Dublin)
Top Opening session
22nd congress highlights Jean-daniel CHICHE (Paris)
Keeping a clear head - a risk reduction programme in high-level motorsport Gary HARTSTEIN (Liège)
Seasonal and pandemic influenza: how to prepare? Albert OSTERHAUS (Rotterdam)
Esicm research & awards Daniel DE BACKER (Brussels)
Top Organisation & environmental hazards
Quality markers in intensive care Hans FLAATTEN (Bergen)
Communication about end of life in the icu Dermot PHELAN (Dublin)
Hypo & hyperthermia Armand GIRBES (Amsterdam)
Top Round table on Patient Safety
Welcome & opening remarks Rui MORENO (Cascais)
Patient safety: a priority for the european comission A VASSILIOU

Patient safety: the who prospective I LARIZGOITIA JAUREGUI
Human factors engineering approach to medical (and icu) safety Yoel DONCHIN (Jerusalem)
Tracking sentinel events in the icu Andreas VALENTIN (Vienna)
Improving patient safety through information technology Jean-daniel CHICHE (Paris)
Improving patient safety through clinical research Charles SPRUNG (Jerusalem)
Improving safety of practice through education Charles GOMERSALL (Shatin)
Icu volume, models of care and patient safety Derek ANGUS (Pittsburgh)
The path to improve patient safety in the icu – closing remarks Andrew RHODES (London)
Top Trauma & coagulation
Multiple trauma Gavin LAVERY (Belfast)
Coagulation disorders in icu patients Marcel LEVI (Amsterdam)
Obstetric emergencies and intensive care Brian MARSH (Dublin)
Monday, October 12
Top A breath of fresh air
How do i use ventilator waveforms to care for my patients? George NTOUMENOPOULOS (London)
When & how i do a recruitment manoeuver in a patient? Anders LARSSON (Uppsala)
Top Advanced neurological monitoring
Current guidelines for monitoring Giuseppe CITERIO (Monza)
Clinical utility of rcbf measurement Peter HORN (Berlin)
Does advanced monitoring make a difference? Juan SAHUQUILLO (Barcelona)
How to integrate the information into patient care? Nino STOCCHETTI (Milan)
Top Analgesia in critically-ill patients
Is morphine still the reference? Bernhard WALDER (Geneva)
How to avoid gi side-effects Sonja FRUHWALD (Graz)
Top Breaking bad news
Medical errors or iatrogenic events Robert TRUOG (Boston)
Nosocomial infection Jean CHASTRE (Paris)
Withholding and withdrawing life sustaining therapies J randall CURTIS (Seattle)
Top Can we have cost considerations in medical decisions?
No Jeremy KAHN (Philadelphia)
Top Closed loop ventilation to improve patient's safety (Hamilton Medical-Major Sponsor)
Why do we need closed loop ventilation? François LELLOUCHE (Quebec city)
Closed loop ventilation to reduce vili? Marc WYSOCKI (Bonaduz)
Closed loop controlled ventilation to help weaning the patient Charles GOMERSALL (Shatin)
Fully closed loop ventilation: description and preliminary results Erwan L'HER (Levis)
Top Current challenges for the intensivist: VAP, positioning and obesity (KCI)
Vap in the icu: how can we prevent it? Thomas STAUDINGER (Vienna)
The impact of vap on hospital budgets. "a health economic model" Paul TRUEMAN (York)
Top Dotrecogin Alfa (activated): Management of the high risk sepsis phenotype (Eli Lilly-Major Sponsor)
High risk phenotypes in sepsis: an introduction to the symposium's objectives Richard BEALE (London)
High risk dic. guidelines on patient identification and management Marcel LEVI (Amsterdam)
Top ESICM/ATS joint session: Weaning from sedation and mechanical ventilation
Prediction of difficult weaning Martin TOBIN (Maywood)
Protocols to wean from sedation and mechanical ventilation E. wesley ELY (Nashville)
Role of non-invasive ventilation in weaning Miquel FERRER (Barcelona)
Is extubation the end of the story? Laurent BROCHARD (Creteil)
Top ESICM/SCCM joint session: Do we need intensivists in the ICU?
History Julian BION (Birmingham)
Do intensivists bring safety or quality? Andreas VALENTIN (Vienna)
Effectiveness of medical decisions J randall CURTIS (Seattle)
Not sure Mitchell LEVY (Providence)
Top Extracorporeal therapies should be initiated very early in sepsis
Pro Olivier JOANNES-BOYAU (Pessac)
Con Catherine BOUMAN (Amsterdam)
Top Feeding recipes
How do i evaluate energy requirements? Pierre SINGER (Petah tikva)
How do i manage high gastric residual volume? Juan carlos MONTEJO GONZALEZ (Madrid)
How i establish a safe glucose control protocol Miet SCHETZ (Leuven)
Top Hemodynamic monitoring: Evolving with your ICU needs (Edwards Lifesciences - Major Sponsor)
From arterial pressure to cardiac output Michael PINSKY (Pittsburgh)
Cardiac output and scvo2: ying & yang Benoit VALLET (Lille)
Top How to improve patient safety and quality in sepsis management
Developing guidelines: lessons from the surviving sepsis campaign Richard BEALE (London)
Top How to prepare ICU residents to handle errors
The importance of the local icu culture Hans FLAATTEN (Bergen)
Training team work using simulation Guttorm BRATTEBO (Bergen)
How to communicate errors to patients and family? Colin FERGUSON (Plymouth)
Staff debriefing after severe adverse events Alain CARIOU (Paris)
Top How to train residents cardiovascular assessments?
Clinical presentation and assessment Marco MAGGIORINI (Zurich)
Invasive bp & blood flow measurements: what trainees need to know Xavier MONNET (Kremlin-bicetre )
Oxygen delivery and consumption Azriel PEREL (Tel aviv)
Invasive hemodynamic monitoring: how much is enough? Jacques-andré ROMAND (Geneva)
Top Innovations in non invasive patient monitoring (Masimo)
Non invasive and continuous monitoring of fluid responsiveness Marc DEKOCK (Louvain)

Continuous and non invasive hemoglobin monitoring Klaus MARKSTALLER (Mainz)
Top Is low-dose RRT safe in ICU patients?
No Claudio RONCO (Vicenza)
Yes John KELLUM (Pittsburgh)
Top Managing staff conflicts
Managing staff conflicts Elie AZOULAY (Paris)
Top Metabolic aspect of sepsis
Antioxidants in sepsis: useful? Peter RADERMACHER (Ulm)
Hormonal dysfunction in sepsis Djillali ANNANE (Garches)
Caloric requirements and nutrition in sepsis Jean-charles PREISER (Liège)
Top Neuro/emergency medicine 2
Advances in neurointensive care Peter HORN (Berlin)
Top Non invasive mechanical ventilation: New applications and limits
Niv assisted fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the icu Massimo ANTONELLI (Rome)
Niv: any risks of postponing intubation? Laurent BROCHARD (Creteil)
Top Optimising renal outcomes through balanced fluid therapy (Baxter - Major Sponsor)
Optimal clinical practice through balanced fluid therapy Dileep LOBO (Nottingham)
Loading to the right goals Martin WESTPHAL (Münster)

Reading between the lines: interpreting studies of fluid therapy and renal function John KELLUM (Pittsburgh)
Top Optimising therapy for invasive candidiasis in the ICU (Astellas)
New idsa guidelines Matthew FALAGAS (Athens)
Top Optimization of haemodynamics
Monitoring on the move Neil MCGUIRE (Oxford )
Pulmonary artery catheter: balance between safe and optimal use Xavier MONNET (Kremlin-bicetre )
Optimization of preload: fluid boluses revisited Michael PINSKY (Pittsburgh)
Top Pathophysiology of sepsis
The cardiovascular system Didier PAYEN DE LA GARANDERIE (Paris)
The immune system Herwig GERLACH (Berlin)
The microcirculation Yasser SAKR (Jena)
The coagulation system Bruno LEVY (Nancy)
Top PCT to guide antimicrobial therapy in a patient with organ dysfunction and probable VAP
Pro Jean CHASTRE (Paris)
Con Thiago LISBOA (Taragona)
Top Perioperative fluid management: Eminence-based or Evidence-based medicine? (B. Braun)
Peri-operative fluid therapy - which solution, when and how much? Matthias JACOB (Munich)
Top Perioperative infectious challenges
Infected pancreatic necrosis Jan DE WAELE (Gent)
Sternal wound infection after cardiac-thoracic surgery Tatjana FLECK (Vienna)
Necrotizing fasciitis Christian BRUN-BUISSON (Creteil)
Top Proactive nutrition in critically ill patients (Nestlé Nutrition-Major Sponsor)
Introduction Jean-daniel CHICHE (Paris)
New sccm guidelines for nutrition support therapy Robert g. MARTINDALE (Portland)
Inflammation phase in the icu patient: fish oil is key René CHIOLÉRO (Lausanne)
The importance of nutrition support therapy in the critically ill patient: the role of early enteral nutrition Michael HIESMAYR (Vienna)
Immunonutrition in trauma patients Pierre SINGER (Petah tikva)
Top Protective ventilatory strategies
How small should the tidal volume be? Arthur SLUTSKY (Toronto)
Impact of case volume on treatments success Jeremy KAHN (Philadelphia)
Top rhAPC as an adjunct in a patient with CAP and septic shock
Con Christian BRUN-BUISSON (Creteil)
Top Safety: A general problem
What is patient safety and how i measure it Rui MORENO (Cascais)
Improving safety in intensive care: what does it mean? Julian BION (Birmingham)
Patient safety: what have we learned during the past years Andreas VALENTIN (Vienna)
Building a safety culture in the icu Yoel DONCHIN (Jerusalem)
Is cost effectiveness a safety issue? Bertrand GUIDET (Paris)
Top Severe community-acquired pneumonia
New and old drugs for treatment Wolfgang KRUEGER (Konstanz)
Combination or monotherapy? Jose GARNACHO-MONTERO (Sevilla)
Viral cap: diagnosis and management Antonio TORRES (Barcelona)
Cap with hospital-acquired bacteria Despoina KOULENTI (Athens)
Genetic predispositions and outcome Jean-daniel CHICHE (Paris)
Top Should we be delivering intensive care outside of our units?
Con Gaetano IAPICHINO (Milan)
Top SIRS and sepsis
Re-thinking sepsis Clifford DEUTSCHMAN (Philadelphia)
Top Swine flu pandemia: What you always wanted to know on ?
The emergence of pandemic influenza Albert OSTERHAUS (Rotterdam)
The current situation Katelijn VANDEMAELE (Geneva)
The treatment options Wolfgang GRANINGER (Vienna)
The esicm registry & research effort Daniel DE BACKER (Brussels)
Top The acute management of blood pressure in the critical care setting: Needs, data & putting IT in practice (The Medicines Company)
Emerging perspectives on bp control Michel SLAMA (Amiens)
Top The ethics of lying
Therapeutic deception (beneficence of lying) Robert WINTER (Nottingham)
Why lying is wrong Stephen STREAT (Auckland)
Lies that we hear Robert TRUOG (Boston)
Autonomy is not the truth Elie AZOULAY (Paris)
Top The hematology patient is back in the ICU
Survival in most haematological malignancies: a reappraisal in 2009 Michael DARMON (Saint-etienne)
Therapeutic advances: the molecules for hope André GOY (Hackensack)
The course of organ dysfunctions: the only prognostic factor Marcio SOARES (Rio de janeiro)
The use of the icu for recipients of bmt Bekele AFESSA (Rochester)
Early versus late admission to the icu: what have we learned from the literature Dominique BENOIT (Gent)
Top The morbidly obese patient in the ICU
Nutritional challenges of the obese patient Michael HIESMAYR (Vienna)
Reverse epidemiology of body weight and outcome in critically ill patients Wilfred DRUML (Vienna)
Complications associated with obesity in the icu Alain CARIOU (Paris)
Therapeutic challenges of obese critically ill patients Martin DÜNSER (Bern)
Obstacle to nursing Christina JONES (Liverpool)
Top Thromboembolism after surgery
Epidemiology and risk assessment David GOLDHILL (Stanmore)
Prevention unfractionated vs lmw heparins Peter MACNAUGHTON (Plymouth)
Monitoring of thrombosis prophylaxis Dietmar FRIES (Innsbruck)
Top Trauma & emergency medicine
Management of massive bleeding after trauma Rolf ROSSAINT (Aachen)
What is the optimal arterial pressure in hemorrhage? Dietmar FRIES (Innsbruck)
Management of pelvic fracture Jacques DURANTEAU (Kremlin-bicêtre)
Management of thoracic injuries Gavin LAVERY (Belfast)
Top Traumatic brain injury
Spreading cortical depression: is it important? Anthony j. STRONG (London)
Outcome adjustment using baseline prognostic factors: implications for future trials