Workshops & Lunches Symposia

Workshops are by registration only:

CHF 100.00 / workshop for participants
CHF 70.00 / workshop for low, lower-middle, upper-middle income countries participants

You can book your workshop during your congress registration.
Only participant registered to the congress can register to workshop(s).

AM Wednesday, May 10, 2023 – 09:00-13:00

Workshop 1 – Newer ventilation modes, strategies and concepts in neonatal ventilation

Volume Targeted Ventilation during CMV (David Tingay, Australia)
Volume Targeted Ventilation during HFOV (Manuel Sanchez Luna, Spain)
Searching for optimal lung volumes (Anton van Kaam, Netherlands)
Case scenarios and hands-on

Workshop 2 – Non-invasive ventilation for acute and chronic respiratory failure in children

To delay or prevent endotracheal intubation (Joe Brierley, UK)
For weaning (Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, UK
Longterm non-invasive respiratory support (Juerg Hammer, Switzerland)
Negative pressure (biphasic cuirass) ventilation for acute and chronic respiratory failure (Omar Alibrahim, USA)
Case scenarios and hands-on
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant


PM Wednesday, May 10, 2023 – 14:00-18:00

Workshop 4 – How to set the ventilator: a practical approach to CMV and HFOV

Setting the ventilator: Basic concepts applied (Peter Rimensberger, Switzerland)
Setting the ventilator for restrictive, obstructive and mixed lung disease (Juerg Hammer, Switzerland)
Setting the oscillator in children (Martin Kneyber, Netherlands)
Case scenarios, simulations and hands-on
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant

Workshop 5 – Non-invasive ventilation in prematurely born infants

HFNC  (Manuel Sanchez Luna, Spain)
nCPAP: various working principals, setting pressures (David Tingay, Australia)
NIPPV (Haresh Kirpalani, USA)
nHFOV (Daniele de Luca, France)
Case scenarios and hands-on (Anna Lavizzari, Italy and faculty)
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant

Workshop 6 – ECMO; Workshop on VV and VA ECMO for beginners and advanced providers

Circuit Set Up for neonates and Pediatrics-Facts and pitfall (Malaika Menonca, Switzerland)
Cardiac VA ECMO: From on to off (start to weaning) (Aparna Hoskote, UK)
Respiratory ECMO: VV/VA when, why and how ? (Angelo Polito, Switzerland)
Addressing Complications and weaning of VV ECMO (Pete Roeleveld, Netherlands)
Case scenarios and hands-on: Troubleshooting, Component Complications, Scenarios and case discussions on VV ECMO and VA ECMO simulation in small groups
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant

AM Thursday, May 11, 2023 – 08:00-12:00

Workshop 7 – The use of various measures and monitoring concepts during mechanical ventilation in children and neonates

Monitoring gas exchange and ventilator parameters and what additional information can be gained from it (Peter Rimensberger, Switzerland)
Monitoring patient-ventilator synchrony and patient effort during assisted breathing (Martin Kneyber, Netherlands)
Clinical application of the Forced Oscillation Technique (FOT) (Anna Lavizzari, Italy)
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant

Workshop 8 – Closed loop oxygenation and its clinical application

Introduction & historical overview (Christian Poets, Germany)
A simulator to test different FiO2-controllers (Hylke Salverda, Netherlands)
FiO2-control in the delivery room (Tomasz Szczapa, Poland)
Pitfalls during automated FiO2-control (Chrtistoph Schwarz, Germany)
Hands-on session with rotating groups
Outlook & concluding remarks (Christian Poets, Germany)
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant

Workshop 9 – External and epicardial pacing in the PICU/NICU

Workshop leaders: Johan Lindhout and Pete Roeleveld (The Netherlands)
Basics in external/epicardial pacing:
– how does a pacemaker work
– types of pacing: aai, vvi, DDD
– determining sensing threshold 
– determining pacing threshold
– setting the pacemaker
Troubleshooting:
– oversensing
– undersensing
– problems with capture
– pacemaker induced arrhythmia
Note: This 2-hour workshop is limited to 12 participants and will be held from 10 am to 12 pm. In case of more registrations a second identical workshop will be held from 8 am to 10 am.

LUNCHES SPONSORED SYMPOSIA

included in your congress registration fees

Thursday May 11, 2023 – 12.15-13.15

Lunch Symposium sponsored by Sentec

Transcutaneous CO2 Monitoring in the NICU: Continuous Monitoring for Proactive Ventilator Management

Speaker: Tobias Werther (Austria)

Lunch Symposium sponsored by USCOM

USCOM Advanced Hemodynamics – The measure of life

  • Function and measure principals
  • Clinical application in the PICU and NICU

Speakers: Joe Brierley (UK) and Antonio Ferrario (Italy)


Friday May 12, 2023 – 12.05-13.05

Lunch Symposium sponsored by Vyaire

New techniques for optimizing patient care and ventilation strategy

Theme 1: Optimization of PEEP/MAP using FOT
Speaker: Raffaelle Dellaca’ (Italy) and Tobias Werther (Austria)
Learning objectives:
What is forced oscillation technique?
Application of FOT in the NICU
Results of research/clinical studies 

Theme 2: Automated control of FiO2 for the newborn
Speaker: Tomasz Szczapa (Poland)
Learning objectives:
Impact of hypoxia and hyperoxia
Closed loop control of FiO2
Research and data from PRICO multicenter RCT

Lunch Symposium sponsored by Xenios

Neonatal ECMO

ECMO in Neonates – an overview
VA vs. VV ECMO in patients with PPHN/CDH
Coagulation management in neonatal ECMO
Speakers: Matteo Di Nardo (Italy), Florian Kipfmüller (Germany) and Heleen van Ommen (The Netherlands)