34th Annual Meeting - June 13th, 2014 - Living Tomorrow

Session 1: Ventilatory support

• Optimal treatment for ARDS anno 2014 (P. Jorens, UZA)
• Evidence for closed loop ventilation during weaning (C. Roosens, UZ Gent)
• Indications for referral and limitations of ECMO (D. Vlasselaers, UZ Leuven)

Session 2: Optimizing therapeutic strategies

• Which child should be admitted to a pediatric ICU? (A. De Jaeger, UZ Gent)
• Management of pain, agitation and delirium anno 2014 (G. Meyfroidt, UZ Leuven)
• Treatment of acute severe heart failure (I. Michaux, UCL)

Session 3: Can we do better?

• Which child should be admitted to a pediatric ICU? (A. De Jaeger, UZ Gent)
• Management of pain, agitation and delirium anno 2014 (G. Meyfroidt, UZ Leuven)
• Treatment of acute severe heart failure (I. Michaux, UCL)

Session 4: Preventing disability in the ICU patient

• Pathophysiology of muscle weakness is the ICU (G. Hermans, UZ Leuven)
• Prevention of deconditioning during the ICU stay (M. Norrenberg, ULB)
• Rehabilitation after the ICU (C. Kiekens, UZ Leuven)

Session 5: Ethics

• Nomenclature article 13: yesterday, today and what about tomorrow? (R. Rutsaert, Antwerpen)