Management of Infections in the Critically Ill Patients: a Hands-on Course on Current Challenges and Future Directions, ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
8 - 9 May 2015, Grado, Italy
Organisers
- ESCMID Study Group for Infections in Critically Ill Patients (ESGCIP)
- Società Italiana Di Terapia Antinfettiva, Antibatterica, Antivirale, Antifungina (SITA)
Course Coordinators
- Matteo Bassetti, Udine, Italy
- Garyphallia Poulakou, Athens, Greece
- Jordi Rello, Barcelona, Spain
Course Objectives
The course will present hot topics for physicians treating critically ill patients. The content will be organised roughly as hot topics in epidemiology, prevention, PK/PDs, treatment and development of infections in critically ill patients. A hands-on device will be used and several case reports will be the framework
for discussions.
Course Venue
Grand Hotel Astoria
Via Marina 59
34073 Grado, Italy
www.hotelastoria.it
Target Audience
60 – 120 practicing intensivists and those who manage critically ill patients, but
also infectiologists, clinical microbiologists, internal medicine specialists, surgeons and pharmacists.
CME Accreditation
The organisers of the course will apply for European CME accreditation through EACCME.
Contact Person (Scientific Programme)
Prof Matteo Bassetti
Infectious Diseases
Santa Maria Misericordia Hospital
Piazzale Misericordia 15
33100 Udine
Italy
Phone +39 04 325 59 353
Fax +39 04 325 59 370
mattba[at]tin.it
Administrative Secretariat
Lucia Citarella
Academy S.r.l.
Via Aosta 4/A
20155 Milano
Italy
Phone +39 028 706 33 70
Fax +39 029 285 32 86
lucia.citarella[at]academy-congressi.it
Course Programme
Presentations are availabe in the ESCMID Online Lecture Library.
Friday, 8 May 2015
08:30 Welcome: opening remarks. M. Bassetti & J. Rello
Epidemiology and prevention strategies for critically ill patients
08:45 Epidemiology of MDR in the European ICUs: current status and future concerns. G. Rossolini
09:15 The role of selective digestive decontamination in the ICU in an era
of increasing resistance:
– Pros. L. Silvestri
– Cons. G. Dimopoulos
10:15 Prevention of VAP: is zero rate feasible? J. Rello
11:00 Coffee break
Management of Gram-positive infections
11:30 Are we ready to treat all MRSA pneumonia with linezolid?
– Pros. J. Chastre
– Cons. H. Giamarellou
12:30 Best duration of antimicrobial treatment for staphylococcal infections.
M. Akova
13:00 Lunch
PK/PD issues for the treatment of critically ill patients
14:00 Practical application of PK/PD and pharmacokinetic variations in patients
with vasopressors and mechanical ventilation. F. Pea
14:30 Optimising the use of old drugs (colistin, fosfomycin, rifampin) to suppress emergence of resistance and minimise toxicity in severe infections. G. Poulakou
15:00 TDM, ICU and antimicrobial: one size fits all? J. Roberts
The new problems
15:30 Interpretation of multistage PCR to detect respiratory viruses in patients with respiratory failure. G. Poulakou
16:00 Immunocompromised hosts in the ICU: current challenges. F. G. De Rosa
16:30 Elderly patients in the ICU: management and perspectives.
G. Dimopoulos
Interactive cases
17:00 Approaching severe intra-abdominal sepsis. Suzana Bukovski
17:30 Complicated skin and soft tissue infections. Igor Muzlovic
18:00 Closing remarks of the first day
Saturday, 9 May 2015
Interactive cases on management of Gram-negative infections in the ICU
08:30 Carbapenemases. M. Bassetti
09:00 Acinetobacter. M. Akova
09:30 Pseudomonas. F. Menichetti
10:00 ESBL. M. Tumbarello
10:30 Coffee break
Fungal infections
11:00 Advances in trials in candidaemia. C. Viscoli
11:30 The best antifungal treatment strategy for severe abdominal infections.
P. Montravers
12:00 Candida, catheter and source control: the infernal trio. M. Bassetti
13:00 Lunch
Anticipating the future
14:00 Antibiotic stewardship:
– Perspective from the ICU. J. Rello
– Perspective from outside the ICU. C. Eckmann
14:30 Is it possible to reduce antimicrobial resistance in the era of XDR pathogens? H. Giamarellou
15:00 Exploring antivirulence strategies. J. Chastre
16:00 Closing remarks
Faculty Members
- M. Akova, Ankara, Turkey
- M. Bassetti, Udine, Italy
- S. Bukovski, Zagreb, Croatia
- J. Chastre, Paris, France
- F. G. De Rosa, Torino, Italy
- G. Dimopoulos, Athens, Greece
- C. Eckmann, Peine, Germany
- H. Giamarellou, Athens, Greece
- F. Menichetti, Pisa, Italy
- P. Montravers, Paris, France
- I. Muzlovic, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- F. Pea, Udine, Italy
- G. Poulakou, Athens, Greece
- J. Rello, Barcelona, Spain
- J. Roberts, Liverpool, UK
- G. Rossolini, Florence, Italy
- L. Silvestri, Gorizia, Italy
- M. Tumbarello, Rome, Italy
- C. Viscoli, Genoa, Italy