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SIZ – the Belgian Society of Intensive Care Medicine

The Belgian Society of Intensive Care Medicine is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the care delivered to the critically ill patient and bringing together critical care healthcare professionals in order to exchange ideas, increase the knowledge and promote science in the field of intensive care medicine in Belgium.

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SIZ members get complimentary access to the CEBAM digital library

Xavier Wittebole takes over from Jan De Waele as SIZ President 2017-2019

At the 2017 Annual Meeting the SIZ new president, Xavier Wittebole from St-Luc in Brussels, took over from Jan De Waele.

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Steven Thiessen is the 2017 SIZ Award winner!

The 2017 SIZ Award aims to promote scientific research in the field of Intensive Care Medicine. The price is awarded to an experimental or clinical work in the field of Intensive Care Medicine. This year’s award goes to Steven Thiessen (KUL) – congratulations on behalf of the SIZ board!

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SIZ welcomed 49 new members in the last year!

In the last 12 months, 49 new members applied for membership of the SIZ, all of whom were approved at the 2017 Annual Meeting. This has been the biggest increase in SIZ members in the last years, a trend that will hopefully continue!

SIZ thanks the 2017 Annual Meeting sponsors

SIZ wholeheartedly thanks the industry partners for supporting the Society and the 2017 Annual Meeting and looks forward to future collaboration.

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Survey on antibiotic resistance in the ICU – participate today! - 20.06.2017

Surveys are an important way to investigate current opinions and attitudes. We kindly invite you to complete the ESICM-endorsed ARISE survey on the perception of and experience in managing multidrug resistant infections. Access the ARISE survey here.

Pre-Congress Satellite Symposium - 29.05.2017

On June 22nd 19:00, prior to the Annual meeting, a Satellite Symposium will be organised in collaboration with Orion Pharma, entitled “Securing more time and balance in critical care”. More information can be found in the invitation for the event.

Antibiotic Stewardship op de IC in Nederland en Vlaanderen - 15.09.2017

Rotterdam, Nederland

Op 15 september vindt het vierde symposium ABS plaats in congrescentrum ‘World Trade Center’, in Rotterdam, Nederland. Na de eerste succesvolle editie in Rotterdam, heeft de tweede meeting in Vlaanderen plaatsgevonden en de derde meeting in Gent. In 2017 is het World Trade Center in Rotterdam, Nederland gekozen als locatie. Opnieuw zal Nederlands de voertaal zijn, […]

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NAVAt – September 30th 2017 – Aalst, Belgium - 30.09.2017

Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Hospital , Moorselbaan 164 , 9300 Aalst ( Belgium)

FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON AUTOMATED LOW FLOW ANESTHESIA AND VISUAL DRUG DISPLAY SYSTEMS Measuring the cardiovascular effects of propofol anesthesia (Michael Pinsky, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) Is Swing the Thing? Responding to fluid responsiveness in the OR: do we have to? (Stefan De Hert, Ghent, Belgium) What Really Happens Right After You Inject propofol Front-end kinetics: the first two min after injecting propofol ( Michael Avram, Chicago, IL, USA) […]