Conference program

Preliminary conference program

Friday, June 13

09:00-09:25 Opening Ceremony

  • Prof. Béla Merkely, Rector of Semmelweis University
  • Prof. Jan Benes, Head of Sepseast, Head of the Dept. of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charles University
  • Prof. Zsolt Molnár, Initiator of SepSeast, Head of Dept. of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Semmelweis University

09:30-11:10 How lessons of the past shape the path of the future

Chairs: Jan Benes, Zsolt Molnár

  • Do we really need the word ‘sepsis’? (15 min.)
    Jean-Louis Vincent
  • Curbing antimicrobial resistance through improved antimicrobial dosing (15 min.)
    Jan de Waele
  • ,,Old habbits die hard": struggling for the change in sepsis management (15 min.)
    Dorel Sandesc
  • The ALBIOSS-balanced Trial in septic shock patients: results of the new ALBIOSS trial (15 min.)
    Antonio Pesenti
  • Human error on ICU (15 min.)
    Axel Nierhaus
  • Panel discussion 

11:10-11:30 Coffee break

11:30-13:10 Acute respiratory insufficiency

Chairs: Konstanty Szuldrzynski, Giacomo Bellani

  • New directions in protective ventilation: the role of mechanical power (15 min.)
    Zoltán Ruszkai
  • Diaphragm protective ventilation: important aspects (15 min.)
    András Lorx
  • Co2 Removal and Ultra protective ventilation in ARDS : Quo vadimus? (15 min.)
    Antonio Pesenti
  • Prone position in ARDS, what did we learn from COVID? (15 min.)
    Giacomo Bellani
  • ECMO challenges in Eastren Europe (15 min.)
    Konstanty Szuldrzynski
  • Panel discussion

11:30-13:10 Nitric-oxide a possible life saving treatment in acute repiratory insufficiency

Parallel workshop - hall BARTÓK I-II

Chairs: Béla Merkely, Zsolt Molnár, Attila Szűcs

  • Welcome (5 min.)
    Prof. Béla Merkely (Rector of Semmelweis University), Zoltán Pékó (Managing Director SIAD Hungary)
  • The past: Lessons and opportunities from the NOMI study (10 min.)
    Stefan Janssens
  • Life -Saving Gas (10 min.)
    András Széll
  • Breath and Life:Inhaled nitric-oxide therapy in pediatrics (10 min.)
    Attila Szabó
  • Breathing Gas for the Heart:Applications of Nitric-oxide in Cardiovascular Care (10 min.)
    Endre Németh
  • Pulmonary Responses:The Role of Nitric oxide in ARDS treatment (10 min.)
    Viktor Misák
  • Nitric-oxide therapy in COVID-19:A Novel approach to managing respiratory complications (10 min.)
    Ildikó Madurka
  • Nitric-oxide the miracle molecula of health and longevity (10 min.)
    Zsolt Szelid
  • Panel discussion (25 min.)

13:10-14:10 Lunch break

14:10-15:50 Fluid management in the critically ill (IFA Symposium)

Chairs: Manu Malbrain, Jan Benes

  • Should we reduce the fluid balance in septic shock? (15 min.)
    Xavier Monnet
  • Perioeprative goal directed fluid therapy, hemodynamic optimization (15 min.)
    Jan Benes
  • Introduction to the 10D framework of fluid stewardship (15 min.)
    Manu Malbrain
  • Sepsis and the Kidney : Musings from the ADQI group (15 min.)
    Lui Forni
  • Why intensivists should think about veins (15 min.)
    Aarne Feldheiser
  • Panel discussion

15:50-16:10 Coffee break

16:10-17:50 Fighting pathogens

Chairs: Xavier Monnet, Krisztina Madách

  • Fighting against AMR - the gap between East and West (15 min.)
    Radmilo Jankovic
  • Antibiotics delivered through aerosols (15 min.)
    Ovidiu Bedreag
  • COVID lessons learned in Eastern Europe (15 min.)
    Milosz Jankowski
  • Leukocyte/neutrophil ratio in sepsis (15 min.)
    Roman Zahorec
  • Immunoglobulins for septic patients? (15 min.)
    János Fazakas
  • Panel discussion

20:00 Social gathering - Budapest Marriott Hotel, Liz Ballroom

Saturday, June 14

08:00-09:20 Paradigm shifts

Chairs: Jean-Louis Vincent, Zsolt Molnár

  • The influence of environmental noise and alarms on patient safety (15 min.)
    Gábor Élő
  • We are 90% microbes? A paradigm shift in combatting infections (15 min.)
    Krisztina Madách
  • Translation medicine approach to improve preventable death in medicine (15 min.)
    Péter Hegyi
  • How artificial intelligence will change sepsis management (15 min.)
    Jean-Louis Vincent
  • Panel discussion

09:20-09:40 Coffee break

09:40-11:20 Important factors influencing long term outcome

Chairs: Balázs Hauser, Jakub Szrama

  • Septic encephalopathy - long term sequale (15 min.)
    Béla Fülesdi
  • Neuromonitoring in the ICU (15 min.)
    Krisztián Tánczos
  • Nutrition of septic patients in the ICU (15 min.)
    Bojan Bagi
  • Dysphagia in critically ill (15 min.)
    András Lovas
  • Functional magnetic neuromuscular stimulation for prevention of ICU acquired muscle loss (15 min.)
    Matej Podbregar
  • Panel discussion

11:20-11:40 Coffee break

 11:40-13:20 Matters of the heart

Chairs: Daniel Lovric, Endre Zima

  • Heart failure care: status, barriers, route to improvement (15 min.)
    Mitja Lainscak
  • Non-pharmacological approach to hemodynamic control in heart transplantation-associated severe septic shock (15 min.)
    Endre Németh
  • Management of mixed distributive-cardiogenic shock (15 min.)
    Malgorzata Mikaszewska-Sokolewicz
  • Diagnosis and treatment of septic cardiomyopathy (15 min.)
    László Zubek
  • Management of infective endocarditis in the critically ill (15 min.)
    Andrea Székely
  • Panel discussion

13:20-14:10 Lunch break

14:10-15:50 Haemodynamics

Chairs: János Gál, Xavier Monnet

  • New hemodynamic parameters (15 min.)
    Jan Benes
  • Should we administer norepinephrine early in septic shock? (15 min.)
    Xavier Monnet
  • Perioperative hypotension - along with hemodynamic monitoring including the Hypotension Prediction Index (15 min.)
    Jakub Szrama
  • The multimodal, individualized concept (15 min.)
    Zsolt Molnár
  • How artificial intelligence can support us improving hemodynamics (15 min.)
    Aarne Feldheiser
  • Panel discussion

15:50-16:10 Coffee break

16:10-17:50 Extracorporeal therapies in sepsis- an overview

Chairs: Antonio Pesenti, Ilona Bobek

  • How to deal with sepsis on V-A ECMO (15 min.)
    Daniel Lovric
  • Blood purification - is it the right concept? (15 min.)
    Axel Nierhaus
  • ECOS and Sepsis. A tale of star struck lovers? (15 min.)
    Lui Forni
  • The indications for plasma exchange in ICU (15 min.)
    Vedran Premuzic
  • Adsorption therapies - current toolbank (15 min.)
    Zsolt Molnár
  • Panel discussion

17:50 Closing Ceremony

  • Prof. Jan Benes, Head of Sepseast, Head of the Dept. of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charles University
  • Prof. Zsolt Molnár, Initiator of SepSeast, Head of Dept. of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Semmelweis University