Industry symposia

Chairpersons: Azriel Perel, Tel Aviv, Israel

Maurizio Cecconi, London, UK

The impact of goal-directed therapy on post-operative complications

Bethold Bein, Hamburg, Germany

The impact of choosing the right ventilatory strategy on perioperative complications

Javier García Fernández, Madrid, Spain

Reducing post-operative complications. The financial benefit

Frederic Michard, Lausanne, Switzerland

Chairperson: Martin Westphal, Bad Homburg, Germany

TIVA versus inhalational anaesthesia in paediatrics

Isabelle Constant, Paris, France

The choice of anaesthetic matters: Intravenous anaesthesia versus inhalational and outcomes in cancer surgery

Timothy Wigmore, London, UK

Role of propofol for sedation of mechanically ventilated ICU patients

Claudia Spies, Berlin, Germany

Chairperson: Prof. Alexander Zarbock, Muenster, Germany

Myths and facts about crystalloids and colloids

Prof. Daniel Chappell,  Munich, Germany

Rationale, indications and limits of vasopressors in the management of hypovolemic shock

Prof. Olivier Huet, Brest, France

Update on 6% HES 130/0.4 (vs. other colloids) in surgery and trauma

Prof. Sibylle Kozek-Langenecker, Vienna, Austria

Chairperson: Oliver Grottke,  Aachen, Germany

Management of intracranial haemorrhage in warfarinized patients – outcome of a controlled clinical trial

Thorsten Steiner, Heidelberg, Germany

Effectiveness of PCC in NOAC reversal

Oliver Grottke,  Aachen, Germany

Use of PoC algorithm reduces transfusion requirements in cardiac surgery

Keyvan Karkouti, Toronto, Canada

Chairperson: Prof. Richard Langford, London, UK

Co-Chair: Prof. Albert Dahan, Leiden, Netherlands

Current practice and evidence in post-operative pain treatment. Post-operative pain – an underestimated problem?

Esther Pogatzki-Zahn, Munster, Germany

Is changing intravenous sufentanil to sublingual sufentanil real progress in post-operative pain management? An evolving role for sufentanil

Albert Dahan, Leiden, Netherlands

A new option for post-operative pain management. Introducing the sufentanil sublingual tablet system for acute moderate to severe post-operative pain

Richard Langford, London, UK

Chairperson: Thomas Fuchs-Buder, Nancy, France

Anesthesia and Surgery Collaborations During Laparoscopic Surgery

Ahmed Ahmed, London, UK

Jonathan Cousins, London, UK

Deep Block to Patient Outcomes: New Concepts

Thomas Fuchs-Buder, Nancy, France

Chairperson: Dr Stephen Luney, Belfast, UK

Adopt ADEPT – Adopting ADEPT and Protecting the Patient

Prof. Jaideep Pandit, Oxford, UK

LMA Protector – LMA Comes Home

Prof. Fritz Phringer, Tübingen, Germany

Chairperson: Jean-Louis Vincent, Brussels, Belgium

High-Risk Surgical Patients: Oxygen Delivery and Hemodynamic Strategies

Jean-Louis Vincent, Brussels, Belgium

Oxygen Reserve Index (ORI™): Validation and Application of a New Variable

Thomas W.L.Scheeren, Groningen, The Netherlands

Oxygen Delivery (DO²): An Oversimplified Concept?

Azriel Perel, Tel Aviv, Israel

Protective Mechanical Ventilation in the Operating Room

Prof. Paolo Pelosi, Genoa,  Italy

Perioperative Ventilation: The next generation

Dr. Georg Miestinger,  St. Pölten,  Austria

Chairperson: Dr. Charles W. Hogue, Baltimore, USA

Advanced monitoring in the perioperative setting to prevent postoperative delirium

Dr. Finn Radtke, Næstved, Denmark

A novel approach of nirs monitoring and target blood pressure management

Dr. Charles W. Hogue, Baltimore, USA

Chairperson: Giustino Varrassi, L’Aquila, Italy

Moderate to severe acute pain: therapeutic challenges

Magdi Hanna, London, UK

Dexketoprofen-Tramadol Combination: Rational and Pharmacological Features

Carmelo Scarpignato, Parma, Italy

Dexketoprofen-Tramadol: from clinical Trials to clinical Practice

Winfried Meissner, Jena, Germany

Discussion and final remarks

Giustino Varrasi, L’aquila, Italy

Chairperson Prof. Dr. Hendrik Bracht, Ulm, Germany

Clinical monitoring in the OR – the ultrasonic stethoscope

Dr. Pierre Pandin, Brussels, Belgium

Sedation and Delirium on ICU – new perspectives in detection and treatment

Prof. Dr. Hendrik Bracht, Ulm, Germany

Situation awareness during crisis in the OR – how to keep it

Daniel Arnal, Madrid, Spain

Chairperson: Nick Scott, Doha, Qatar

Fast track ambulatory surgery (FTAB): costs sparing or costs transfer?

Xavier Capdevila, Montpellier, France

Neuraxial Blocks

José Aguirre, Zürich, Switzerland

Peripheral Blocks

Alain Borgeat, Zürich, Switzerland

Chairpersons: Oliver Grottke, Aachen, Germany
Jerrold Levy, Durham, NC, USA

Why is reversal important?

Oliver Grottke, Aachen, Germany

Periprocedural management of patients taking NOACs

James Douketis, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

NOAC reversal agents: innovation in anticoagulation care

Jerrold Levy, Durham, NC, USA

Reversal in your clinic: case study discussion

Peter Verhamme, Leuven, Belgium

Panel discussion and Q&A

Oliver Grottke, Aachen, Germany

Jerrold Levy, Durham, NC, USA

Chairperson: Francis Bonnet, Paris, France

How do we treat postoperative pain today and what challengers do we face?

Francis Bonnet, Paris, France

Development of IONSYS®

J. Bradley Phipps, San Francisco, USA

Clinical results of IONSYS®

Stefan Grond, Lippe, Germany

Economic aspects of postoperative pain treatment

Peter Kranke, Würzburg, Germany

Use of IONSYS® in clinical practice

Anna Spacek, Vienna, Austria

Q&A

Chairperson: Dominique Gilsoul, Neuss, Germany

Prevalence of perioperative hypothermia in daily anesthetic practice in France: preliminary results of a large prospective observational multicenter survey

Pascal Alfonsi, Paris, France

Perioperative hypothermia in the new millennium – Is it still a problem?

Anselm Brauer, Göttingen, Germany

Audience Questions

Dominique Gilsoul, Neuss, Germany

Chairperson: Dr. David Whitaker, Manchester, UK

Respiratory Compromise beyond the OR – Advances in Patient Monitoring

Prof. Peter Kranke, Wurzburg, Germany

Integrated pulmonary index after off-pump coronary surgery: is it helpful to assess recovery?

Prof. Mikhail Kirov, Arkhangelsk, Russia

Capnography for sedation in clinical practice

Dr. Amit Prakash, Cambridge, UK

Chairperson: Jan Jakobsson, Stockholm, Sweden

Real time recovery assessment using the PostopQRS – can we make a difference?

Colin Royse, Melbourne, Australia

Assessing patient recovery and changes in practice: the French experience

Nicolas Bruder,  Marseille, France

ERAS guidelines implementation: demonstrated benefits

Michael Scott, Guildford, England

Chairperson: Isabelle Constant, Paris, France

Anaesthesia and ventilation strategies in children with asthma

Britta Regli-Von Ungern Sternberg, Crawley, Australia

Understanding anaesthesia devices in neonatal and paediatric ventilation

Erik Koomen, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Inhalational induction of paediatric anaesthesia: from natural spontaneous ventilation to target-controlled inhalational induction

Karine Nouette-Gaulain, Bordeaux, France

Chairpersons: Thomas Scheeren, Groningen, The Netherlands

Monty Mythen, London, UK

Hemodynamic physiology and its clinical impact

Thomas Scheeren (Groningen, The Netherlands)

Defining the moderate to high risk surgical patients

Rupert Pearse (London, UK)

PGDT protocols; adoption, compliance & reality

Bart Geerts, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Too much evidence to ignore?

Monty Mythen, London, UK

Chairpersons: Peter Marhofer, Vienna, Austria

Xavier Capdevila, Montpelier, France

Outpatients Clinical Experience in postoperative Patient Controlled Perineural Analgesia: 800 home patients remotely monitored through MicrelcareTM

Axel Maurice-Szamburski, Marseille, France

Inpatients Clinical Experience for Patient Controlled Intravenous, Epidural, and Perineural Analgesia: 560 hospital patients remotely monitored through MicrelcareTM

Yvan A.Ruetsch, Delémont, Switzerland

Multi-centric Inpatients Clinical Study: Medical and Economic comparative evaluation of “remote controlled” vs “bedside managed” patients in postoperative Patient Controlled Perineural Analgesia

Xavier Capdevila, Montpelier, France

Live show and panel discussion on MicrelcareTM

All speakers

Audience Questions and Answers