International Winter Symposium in Intensive Care Medicine 

Dear colleagues

We are very pleased to invite you to the 26th International Winter Symposium in Intensive Care Medicine, which will take place from January 27 to February 1, 2019 in Lech, Austria.

The aim of the symposium is to review recent advances in intensive care and emergency medicine in a comprehensive manner for intensive care medicine physicians. At the end of the symposium participants will be able to integrate the acquired new information into their knowledge for patients care at the bedside. 

More information about the symposium will follow.

Prof. Marco Maggiorini, MD
Medical Intensive Care Unit
University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland    

Prof. Michael Joannidis, MD 
Intensive Care Unit 
University Hospital Innsbruck, Austria

Language

The official congress language is English

Objective of the symposium

The aim of the symposium is to review recent advances in intensive care and emergency medicine in a comprehensive manner for intensive care medicine physicians. At the end of the symposium participants will be able to integrate the acquired new information into their knowledge for patients care at the bedside.

Main topics

• Shock

• Lactate kinetics

• COPD

• NIV/High-flow oxygen therapy

• The abdomen of the critically ill patient

• Organ interactions

• The elderly patient in the ICU

• Long term outcome in the ICU

• Transfusion management

• Delirium

Credits

• Austrian Society for Internal Medicine and General Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ÖGIAIN:
  44 credits
• European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education EACCME: 32 credits
• Swiss Society of Intensive Care Medicine SSICM: 32 credits