2nd BRACE (Brain Critical Care and Emergencies) Meeting

Start

Mon, 20 Jun 2016, 08:00

End

Tue, 21 Jun 2016, 00:00

Venue:

Exhibit

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Organiser

Sponsor

From 20/6/2016 to 21/6/2016

Location :
Erasme University Hospital
Route de Lennik 808
1070 Brussels
Belgium

Goals:
This timely topic is only partially covered in existing guidelines and our clinically-oriented meeting will offer participants the chance to interact with leading experts in the field and learn more about the neurological effects of cardiac arrest and the potential strategies for cerebral resuscitation in this context.

Target:

Our target audience is doctors working in general ICUs or the emergency department (ED) who are interested in the clinical management of cardiac arrest survivors.

Cost of registration
Payment	Before March 31, 2016	From March 31, 2016
Doctors - Members of the ESICM	290 EUR	350 EUR
Doctors - Non-members	350 EUR	420 EUR

ESICM member Register Here
Non-Member ESICM Click Here

Monday, June 20 2016

9.00-9.05	Welcome
	Jacques CRETEUR (Brussels, Belgium)
	The basics of cardiac arrest
9.05-9.30	Epidemiology of cardiac arrest – Michael FRIES (Frankfurt, GERMANY)
9.30-10.00	Guidelines for cardiac arrest management – Alain CARIOU (Paris, FRANCE)
10.00-10.30	The role of ECPR – Fabio Silvio TACCONE (Brussels, BELGIUM)
10.30-10.45	Discussion
10.45-11.05	Coffee break
11.05-11.35	Perspectives in optimizing brain perfusion and protection during CPR – Michael FRIES (Frankfurt,GERMANY)
11.35-12.05	The pathophysiology of post-anoxic brain injury and post-cardiac arrest syndrome –
12.05-12.35	Initial diagnostic work-up – Alain CARIOU (Paris, FRANCE)
12.35-12.50	Discussion
12.50-13.30	Lunch

Management of cardiac arrest survivors

13.30-14.00	Hemodynamic management – Kjetil SUNDE (Oslo, NORWAY)
14.00-14.30	Respiratory management – Michael FRIES (Frankfurt, GERMANY)
14.30-15.00	How to optimize brain monitoring and perfusion – Cathy DE DEYNE (Genk, Belgium)
15.00-15.15	Discussion
15.15-15.40	Coffee break
15.40-16.10	Metabolic management – Jean-Charles PREISER (Brussels, BELGIUM)
16.10-16.40	Extra-cerebral organ injury – Cathy DE DEYNE (Genk, BELGIUM)
17.00-18.15	PLENARY LECTURE *
	Targeted Temperature Management after Cardiac Arrest in 2016 –

Tuesday, June 21 2016

Targeted Temperature Management

8.30-9.00	Early is better? – Fabio Silvio TACCONE (Brussels, BELGIUM)
9.00-9.30	The unanswered questions – Kjetil SUNDE (Oslo, NORWAY)
9.30-10.00	A clinical case: the first 24 hours of clinical management – Alain CARIOU (Paris, FRANCE)
10.00-10.15	Discussion
10.15-10.40	Coffee break
10.40-11.40	Clinical demonstration – How to do manage CA patients?
	a) pre-hospital setting – Fabio Silvio TACCONE (Brussels, BELGIUM)
	b) in-hospital setting – Alain CARIOU (Paris, FRANCE)
11.40-12.10	Short-term vs. long-term outcomes – Kjetil SUNDE (Oslo, NORWAY)
12.10-13.00	Lunch

Neuroprognostication after Cardiac Arrest

13.00-13.30	Clinical examination and electrophysiology – Nicolas GASPARD (Brussels, BELGIUM)
13.30-14.00	Do I need imaging and biomarkers? –
14.00-14.30	A multimodal approach – Michael FRIES (Frankfurt, GERMANY)
14.30-14.45	Discussion
14.45-15.10	Coffee Break
15.10-15.40	My worst clinical case – Cathy DE DEYNE (Genk, BELGIUM)
15.40-16.10	Withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies –
16.15	Final remarks and End of the meeting