15^th WFSA World Congress
of Anaesthesiologists^®

Buenos Aires | Argentina | March 25 - 30 2012

WCA 2012 Interactive Lecture Programme

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State of the Art Lectures

Update Lectures

Spanish Sessions

Portuguese Sessions

Simultaneous Translation
Spanish / Portuguese

Industry Symposia

Monday, March 26th
Tuesday, March 27th
Wednesday, March 28th
Thursday, March 29th
Friday, March 30th

Monday, March 26th

Time

08:30-10:30

11:00-13:00

13:00-14:30

14:30-15:15

15:30-17:30

Room 1

Perito Moreno

Session 1

General Paediatrics

Session 13

General Paediatrics

13.00 - 14.30
SALA CEIBO C
Industry Symposium: Masimo
View Masimo Programme

STATE OF THE ART:

Characteristics of Anaesthesia at 3,600mts above sea level. Molina Penaranda, Jorge (Bolivia)

Session 25

Regional Anaesthesia in Paediatrics

Room 2

Iguazú falls

Session 2

Critical Care: Transfusion

Session 14

Interventions to improve patient's outcome: Surgical Stress

Break

STATE OF THE ART:

Anaesthesiology: from Patient Safety to Population Outcomes. Tremper, Kevin (USA)

Session 26

Interventions to improve patient's outcome: Fluid Management

Room 3

Puerto Madryn

Session 3

Total Intravenous Anaesthesia: What do I have to know to perform TIVA?

Session 15

Total Intravenous Anaesthesia: TIVA and Quality

Break

STATE OF THE ART:

Long term anaesthetic outcomes. Sessler, Daniel (USA)

Session 27

Total Intravenous Anaesthesia: TIVA in paediatrics and sedation in the elderly

Room 4

Bariloche

Session 4

Spanish Session

Session 16

Critical Care

Break

Session 28

14:30 - 17:30
1st International Meeting of Anaesthesiology Residents

Room 5

Aconcagua

Session 5

Information Technology and Anaesthesia

Session 17

11.00-12.30
Orthopaedics Anaesthesia

13.00 - 14.30
Industry Symposium: Abbott

Session 29

CRITICAL CARE: Sepsis

Room 6

Humahuaca

Session 6

Education: Postgraduate training and Continuous Medical Education/Continuous Professional Developement

Session 18

Airway Management

Break

STATE OF THE ART:

Stress models, ageing and neurogenisis: potential impact on the post-anaesthesia cognitive impairement. (In Spanish) Argibay, Pablo (Argentina)

Session 30

Airway Management

Time

08:30-10:30

11:00-13:00

13:00-14:30

14:30-15:15

15:30-17:30

Room 7

Tafí del Valle

Session 7

Anaesthesia in Elderly Patients

Session 19

11.00-12.30
Anaesthesia in Elderly Patients

13.00 -14.30
Industry Symposium: Baxter

Session 31

Portuguese 1
(in Portuguese)

Room 8

Ushuaia

Session 8

Quality and Safety: Improving Quality and Safety in Anaesthesiology

Session 20

Quality and Safety: Checklists and the Culture of Safety in Anaesthesiology

Break

STATE OF THE ART:

Why should we develop a wellness programme? Roizen, Michael (USA)

Session 32

Post Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU)

Room 9

Iberá

Session 9

Chronic Pain

Session 21

11.00 - 12.30
Chronic Pain

13.00 - 14.30
Industry Symposium: Octapharma
View Octapharma programme

STATE OF THE ART:

15:00 - 15:25
Monitoring of the balance between noci and antinociception. Barvais, Luc (Belgium)

Session 33

Chronic Pain

Room 10

Calamuchita

Session 10

WFSA Regional Section CLASA

Session 22

WFSA Regional Section: ESA Panel

Break

STATE OF THE ART

Current and future Status of Ambulatory Anaesthesia. Glass, Peter (USA)

Session 34

Highlights and challenges in Anaesthesia - WFSA Regional Section AARS

Room 11

Mar del Plata

Session 11

Update on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (Spanish)

Session 23

CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Break

STATE OF THE ART:

Stems cells: myths and reality. Geffner, Luis (Argentina)

Session 35

Education: Useful Strategies: Assessment of Training

Room 12

Talampaya

Session 12

Escoliosis: two perspectives. Do they merge?

Break

Future Directions in Clinical Research

Session 36

Current Ethical Dilemmas in Research (in Spanish)

Workshop Programme

Room 13

La Boca

WS25

08.00-12.00
BASIC TRANSESOPHAGIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY - TEE (ENGLISH)

12:00-14:00
Break

WS23

14.00-18.00
ADVANCED TRANSESOPHAGIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY - TEE (ENGLISH)

Room 14

Abasto

WS32

08.00-12.00
TRAUMA CARE (ENGLISH)

12:00-14:00
Break

WS39

14:00-16:00
ANAESTHESIOLOGY AND ANIMALS. SPECIAL FEATURES OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY IN DIFFERENT ANIMAL SPECIES (ENGLISH)

Title

Description

Dates and fees

Anaesthesiology and animals. Special features of anaesthesiology in different animal species

Chaiman: Prof. Pablo Otero MV, PhD

Co-Chairman: Prof. Marcela Rebuelto MV, PhD

Faculty:Zaccagnini, Andrea , Ceballos, Martin , Tarragona, Lisa , Rebuelto, Marcela

The workshop proposes to discover a world that, even though it is similar to the world of anaesthesiologists, it hides amazing details:

How to ventilate an individual of 30 grams.
How to keep haemodynamic balance with a heart beating 700 per minute.
How to ensure the airway in an 800 kg animal.
How to design tests respecting the animal welfare standards and ensuring reliable results.
How to handle aggressive animals

Objectives

That the professional:

Gets familiar with the special features relative to handling and management of different animal species.
Recognises the details associated with the airway management in different animals.
Learns about the equipment used to administer anaesthesia and for the monitoring in different species.
Gets familiar with the drugs used in veterinarian anaesthesia.
Knows the methodology used to recognize and evaluate pain in different species.
Learns about the rules of animal welfare and the role of the Institutional Committee for the Care and Use of Experimental Animals -Comité Institucional de Cuidado y Uso de Animales de Experimentación (CICUAL).

Contents

Anaesthesia in laboratory animals (mouse, rat, rabbit, pig, sheep). Immobilization, anaesthesia and analgesia protocols. Endotracheal intubation manoeuvres, vascular access, neuraxial blocks and neurolocatisation of peripheral nerves.
Bioethics. How to design an experimental protocol that gives priority to the welfare and care of the animals involved in experimental phases. The role of the CICUAL (Institutional Committee for the Care and Use of Experimental Animals - Comité Institucional de Cuidado y Uso de Animales de Experimentación).
Special features of anaesthesia in large animals.
Anaesthesia in exotic animals (birds, reptiles and non-traditional mammals).
Clinical anaesthesia at the Hospital-School of the School of Veterinarian Sciences, University of Buenos Aires. What and how do we do it?

Duration: 2 hours

Monday 26 March
English (14:00-16:00)
Spanish (16:00-18:00)

WS40

16:00-18:00
ANAESTHESIOLOGY AND ANIMALS. SPECIAL FEATURES OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY IN DIFFERENT ANIMAL SPECIES (SPANISH)

Title

Description

Dates and fees

Anaesthesiology and animals. Special features of anaesthesiology in different animal species

Chaiman: Prof. Pablo Otero MV, PhD

Co-Chairman: Prof. Marcela Rebuelto MV, PhD

Faculty:Zaccagnini, Andrea , Ceballos, Martin , Tarragona, Lisa , Rebuelto, Marcela

The workshop proposes to discover a world that, even though it is similar to the world of anaesthesiologists, it hides amazing details:

How to ventilate an individual of 30 grams.
How to keep haemodynamic balance with a heart beating 700 per minute.
How to ensure the airway in an 800 kg animal.
How to design tests respecting the animal welfare standards and ensuring reliable results.
How to handle aggressive animals

Objectives

That the professional:

Gets familiar with the special features relative to handling and management of different animal species.
Recognises the details associated with the airway management in different animals.
Learns about the equipment used to administer anaesthesia and for the monitoring in different species.
Gets familiar with the drugs used in veterinarian anaesthesia.
Knows the methodology used to recognize and evaluate pain in different species.
Learns about the rules of animal welfare and the role of the Institutional Committee for the Care and Use of Experimental Animals -Comité Institucional de Cuidado y Uso de Animales de Experimentación (CICUAL).

Contents

Anaesthesia in laboratory animals (mouse, rat, rabbit, pig, sheep). Immobilization, anaesthesia and analgesia protocols. Endotracheal intubation manoeuvres, vascular access, neuraxial blocks and neurolocatisation of peripheral nerves.
Bioethics. How to design an experimental protocol that gives priority to the welfare and care of the animals involved in experimental phases. The role of the CICUAL (Institutional Committee for the Care and Use of Experimental Animals - Comité Institucional de Cuidado y Uso de Animales de Experimentación).
Special features of anaesthesia in large animals.
Anaesthesia in exotic animals (birds, reptiles and non-traditional mammals).
Clinical anaesthesia at the Hospital-School of the School of Veterinarian Sciences, University of Buenos Aires. What and how do we do it?

Duration: 2 hours

Monday 26 March
English (14:00-16:00)
Spanish (16:00-18:00)

Room 15

Palermo

WS13

08.00-12.00
ANAESTHESIA IN THORACIC SURGERY (ENGLISH)

12:00-14:00
Break

WS14

14.00-18.00ANAESTHESIA IN THORACIC SURGERY (SPANISH)

Room 16

San Telmo

WS1

08:00-10:00
REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA IN OPHTHALMIC SURGERY (ENGLISH)

WS2

10:00 - 12:00
REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA IN OPHTHALMIC SURGERY (SPANISH)

12:00-14:00
Break

WS20

14.00-17.00
MECHANICAL VENTILATION (ENGLISH)

Room 17

Puerto Madero

WS5

08.00-12.00
REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA IN ADULTS (ENGLISH)

12:00-14:00
Break

WS6

14.00-18.00
REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA IN ADULTS (SPANISH)

Tuesday, March 27th

Time

08:30-10:30

11:00-13:00

13:00-14:30

14:00-15:30

15:30-17:30

Room 1

Perito Moreno

Session 37

Paediatric Anaesthesia: Special Issues

Session 49

11:00-13:30
Paediatric Anaesthesia: Critical Care

Break

Session 61

Neonatology

Room 2

Iguazú falls

Session 38

Interventions to improve patient's outcome: Cardiovascular outcomes

Session 50

Interventions to improve patient's outcome: Cardiovascular outcomes

WFSA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Session 62

Interventions to improve patient's outcome: Epidemiology and Health Services

Room 3

Puerto Madryn

Session 39

Total Intravenous Anaesthesia: Clinical and technological monitoring of anaesthesia components

Session 51

Sedation and Offsite Anaesthesia

Break

Session 63

Current Trends in Ambulatory Anaesthesia and Perioperative Management: Patient safety is Paramount

Room 4

Bariloche

Session 40

Mechanisms of Perioperative Neurotoxicity

Session 52

Perioperative Cognitive Dysfunction (POCD)

Break

14:00 -15:30
Industry Symposium: CSL Behring

Session 64

Perioperative Cognitive Dysfunction (POCD)

Room 5

Aconcagua

Session 41

Ambulatory Panel: State of the Art in Ambulatory Practice

Session 53

Ambulatory Panel: State of the Art in Ambulatory Practice

Break

Session 65

An Insight of Anaesthesia in China

Room 6

Humahuaca

Session 42

Regional Anaesthesia

Session 54

Spanish Session (in Spanish)

Break

Session 66

Issues in Thoracic Anaesthesia

Time

08:30-10:30

11:00-13:00

13:00-14:30

14:00-15:30

15:30-17:30

Room 7

Tafí del Valle

Session 43

Education: Useful Strategies: International Educational Aid

Session 55

Education: Useful Strategies: WFSA Training Programmes

Break

14:00 -15:30
Industry Symposium: CASMED

Session 67

16:00-17:30
Education: Useful Strategies: Duplication of efforts - Debate

Room 8

Ushuaia

Session 44

Quality and Safety: Standards for Global Quality Improvement in Anaesthesiology

Session 56

Quality and Safety: The WFSA and Safer Anaesthesiology - Global Challenges and Potential Solutions

Break

Session 68

16:00-17:30
Anaesthesia in Robotic & Laparoscopic Surgery

Room 9

Iberá

Session 45

Neurosurgery

Session 57

Neurosurgery

Break

14:00-15:30
Industry Symposium: B Braun

Session 69

16:00-17:30
Neurosurgery

Room 10

Calamuchita

Session 46

New Knowledge about Recovery after Anaesthesia and Surgery

Session 58

Perioperative Echocardiography in the 21st century

Break

Session 70

Perioperative Echocardiography in the 21st century

Room 11

Mar del Plata

Session 47

08:30 - 11:00
WFSA Sedation Task Force

Session 59

11:15-13:00
Portuguese 2 (in Portuguese)

Break

Session 71

BJA Research Session

Room 12

Talampaya

Session 48

Best of CEEA Lectures

Break

Session 72

15:30-16:30
European Diploma: Educational Tool For A High Academic Standard

Workshop Programme

Room 13

La Boca

WS16

08:00-12:00
AIRWAY MANAGEMENT (ENGLISH)

Title

Description

Dates and fees

Airway Management

Chairman: Pedro Charco

Co-Chairman: Gustavo Garcia Fornari

Faculty: Gustavo Garcia Fornari, Alonso Mesa Mesa, Vicente Martinez Pons, Maria Jose Parra Gonzalez, Luis Gaitini, Hernando De Soto, Marino Medina, Fernando Montealegre, Antonio Sanchez, Xavier Marquez, Maximiliano Sorbello, Richard Cooper, William Rosenblatt, Carin A Hagberg, Pedro Garrido, Gavira Elmer, Michael Frass, Sonia Vaida, David Ferson, Jay Dasan, Daniel Cook, Vicente Torres Pedros, Christian Byhahn, Jorge Barrios Alarcon, Flavia Petrini

General Objectives

Provide the knowledge for advanced airway management and ventilation in all types of patients
Develop hands-on skills for airway control in all types of patients

Specific Objectives

Teach the clinical characteristics in order to identify, diagnose and treat patients with airway difficulties
Master the skills on the different devices for airway management

Skill Stations
Acquire the indispensable skills to utilize each device for a specific use in the management of a difficult airway

Unit I - Flexible And Rigid Fiberoptic Techniches
Develop basic skills in basic fibrobronchoscopy for oral intubation and advanced management for nasal intubation. To develop skills on intubation with optic stylets.

Unit II - Extraglottic Devices
To develop dexterity in securing the airway without the need of intubation. To master the skills in the advanced use of extraglottic devices. To identify the indication for using an extraglottic device as a rescue technique. To describe extraglottic devices for intubation and its indications.

Unit III - Trans-Glottic Devices And Safe Extubation
To master skills in the use of intubating styles such as Frova and Bougie. To describe and complete a safe extubation technique. To use correctly a tube exchanger.

Unit IV - Video-Laryngoscopes
To acquire the skills to intubate using a channelled and non-channeled video-laryngoscope.

Unit V - Trans-Cutaneous Techniques
To successfully rescue a NINV situation. To accomplish in less than 60 seconds a cricothyrotomy on a model or an animal specimen. To master a trans-tracheal jet ventilation. To learn to perform a percutaneous tracheostomy.

Duration: 4 hours

Price: US$ 100.00

Tuesday 27 March
English (8.00- 12.00)
Spanish (14.00-18.00)

Wednesday 28 March
English (14.00-18.00)
Spanish (8.00-12.00)

12:00-14:00
Break

WS17

14:00-18:00
AIRWAY MANAGEMENT (SPANISH)

Title

Description

Dates and fees

Airway Management

Chairman: Pedro Charco

Co-Chairman: Gustavo Garcia Fornari

General Objectives

Provide the knowledge for advanced airway management and ventilation in all types of patients
Develop hands-on skills for airway control in all types of patients

Specific Objectives

Teach the clinical characteristics in order to identify, diagnose and treat patients with airway difficulties
Master the skills on the different devices for airway management

Skill Stations
Acquire the indispensable skills to utilize each device for a specific use in the management of a difficult airway

Unit IV - Video-Laryngoscopes
To acquire the skills to intubate using a channelled and non-channeled video-laryngoscope.

Duration: 4 hours

Price: US$ 100.00

Tuesday 27 March
English (8.00- 12.00)
Spanish (14.00-18.00)

Wednesday 28 March
English (14.00-18.00)
Spanish (8.00-12.00)

Room 14

Abasto

WS9

08:00-12:00
REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA IN PAEDIATRICS (ENGLISH)

12:00-14:00
Break

WS10

14:00-18:00
REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA IN PAEDIATRICS (SPANISH)

Room 15

Palermo

WS15

08:00-12:00
ANAESTHESIA IN THORACIC SURGERY (ENGLISH)

12:00-14:00
Break

WS26

14:00-18:00
CARDIOPULMONARY REANIMATION - RCP (ENGLISH)

Room 16

San Telmo

WS38

08:00-12:00
CARDIOPULMONARY REANIMATION - RCP (SPANISH)

12:00-14:00
Break

WS28

14:00-18:00
TOTAL INTRAVENOUS ANAESTHESIA (ENGLISH)

Room 17

Puerto Madero

WS41

ANAESTHESIA IN HUMANITARIAN ORGANISATIONS

12:00-14:00
Break

WS36

14:00-16:00
ULTRASOUND-GUIDED NEUROAXIAL AND ABDOMINAL WALL BLOCKS (ENGLISH)

WS37

16:00-18:00
ULTRASOUND-GUIDED NEUROAXIAL AND ABDOMINAL WALL BLOCKS (SPANISH)

Wednesday, March 28th

Time

08:30 - 10:30

10:45 - 11:30

11:30 - 14:30

14:30 - 15:15

15:30 - 17:30

Room 1

Perito Moreno

Session 73

Regional Anaesthesia

UPDATE LECTURE:

An update on consciousness monitoring - what is the best monitor and what is the best way to use it. Hemmerling, Thomas (Canada)

11:30-13:00
HAROLD GRIFFITH SYMPOSIUM: LIFEBOX: GLOBAL OXIMETRY PROJECT

STATE OF THE ART:

Ultrasound for Regional Anaesthesia: where are we today? Chan, Vincent (USA)

Session 85

Regional Anaesthesia

Room 2

Iguazú falls

Session 74

Acute Pain

UPDATE LECTURE:

How our brain learns. Himmelseher, Sabine (Germany)

Break

STATE OF THE ART:

Liberal vs Restricted Fluid Regimen in Bowel Surgery. Gan, Tong J (USA)

Session 86

Acute Pain

Room 3

Puerto Madryn

Session 75

Critical Care: Drugs

UPDATE LECTURE:

An update on new anticoagulants and antiplatelets. Ng, Jacobus KF (Hong Kong)

Break

STATE OF THE ART:

Fragile Brains: Impact of Anaesthetics in the Young and the Elderly. Cottrell, James (USA)

Session 87

Ciritical Care: Drugs

Room 4

Bariloche

Session 76

Depth of Anaesthesia

UPDATE LECTURE:

Hippocratic ethics and modern medicine. Askitopoulou, Helen (Greece)

Break

Session 88

Pharmacology: Optimising Drug Administration by the use of Smart monitoring

Room 5

Aconcagua

Session 77

Pharmacogenomics

UPDATE LECTURE:

Spanish system for the information of incidents in anaesthesia Gómez-Arnau, Juan Ignacio (In Spanish)

13:00-14:30
Industry Symposium: Fresenius-Kabi

STATE OF THE ART:

Statins in Anaesthesia. Foex, Pierre (UK)

Statins in Anaesthesia

Professor Pierre Foëx

Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, University of Oxford

Statins are known to reduce the risk of major coronary events, stroke, all-cause mortality, and the need for repeat revascularisation after PCI. They improve outcome in heart failure and appear to protect patients during critical illnesses. They are also effective in preventing perioperative complications of non-cardiac surgery1 and cardiac surgery2, including atrial fibrillation. Most of the evidence comes from observational studies in patients on chronic statin medication. Indeed, the largest study with over 77,000 out of 780,000 patients taking statins, showed a 30% reduction in all-cause mortality in those treated with statins3. Few randomised controlled trials have examined the deliberate introduction of statins prior to surgery4, 5: benefits were observed mostly in high risk patients. While the results are encouraging, there is need for more randomised controlled trials, but the widespread use of statins may make almost impossible.

Guidelines from the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association (ACCF/AHA)6 and the European Society of Cardiology endorsed by the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESC/ESA) 7 both recommend to continue therapy in patients currently taking statins. The ACCF/AHA guideline considers their introduction to be reasonable in patients undergoing vascular surgery and suggests that statins may be considered in patients with at least one clinical cardiac risk factor who are undergoing intermediate-risk procedures. By contrast the ESC/ESA guideline advocates to start statin treatment only in high-risk surgery patients, optimally between 30 days and at least one week before surgery.

The evidence upon which these recommendations are based, and their strength, will be discussed, including the role of the pleiotropic effects of statins in perioperative medicine.

References
1. Le Manach Y, Coriat P, Collard CD, Riedel B. Statin therapy within the perioperative period. Anesthesiology 2008;108:1141-1146.
2. Kuhn EW, Liakopoulos OJ, Choi YH, Wahlers T. Current evidence for perioperative statins in cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2011;92:372-379.
3. Lindenauer PK, Pekow P, Wang K, Gutierrez B, Benjamin EM. Lipid-lowering therapy and in-hospital mortality following major noncardiac surgery. JAMA 2004;291:2092-2099.
4. Schouten O, Boersma E, Hoeks SE, et al. Fluvastatin and perioperative events in patients undergoing vascular surgery. N Engl J Med 2009;361:980-989.
5. Dunkelgrun M, Boersma E, Schouten O, et al. Bisoprolol and fluvastatin for the reduction of perioperative cardiac mortality and myocardial infarction in intermediate-risk patients undergoing noncardiovascular surgery: a randomized controlled trial (DECREASE-IV). Ann Surg 2009;249:921-926.
6. Fleisher LA, Beckman JA, Brown KA, et al. 2009 ACCF/AHA focused update on perioperative beta blockade incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2007 guidelines on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation and care for noncardiac surgery. Circulation 2009;120:e169-276.
7. Poldermans D, Bax JJ, Boersma E, et al. Guidelines for pre-operative cardiac risk assessment and perioperative cardiac management in non-cardiac surgery. Eur Heart J 2009;30:2769-2812.

Session 89

Pharmacology: Opioids

Room 6

Humahuaca

Session 78

Mechanical Ventilation

UPDATE LECTURE:

Neonatal Surgery in Rural Africa. Newton, Mark (South Africa)

Break

STATE OF THE ART:

The most reknowned anaesthesiologists of Latin America. Aldrete, Jorge Antonio (USA)

Session 90

Mechanical Ventilation

Time

08:30 - 10:30

10:45 - 11:30

11:30 - 14:30

14:30 - 15:15

15:30 - 17:30

Room 7

Tafí del Valle

Session 79

History of Regional Anaesthesia

UPDATE LECTURE:

Trends in Neonatal Anaesthesia in last 30 years. Awalegaonkar - Kulkarni, Bharati (India)

13:00-14:30
Industry Symposium: Nihon Kohden

Session 91

History of Regional Anaesthesia

Room 8

Ushuaia

Session 80

08:00 - 11:30
Developing the Ideal Anaesthetic Department

Break

STATE OF THE ART:

Sensitisation and Neuroplasticity: The Role in Chronic Pain States. Schug, Stephan (Australia)

Session 92

Debate: You Should Train Your Own Anaesthesiologists!

Room 9

Iberá

Session 81

Critical Care: Burnt Patients - Spanish

UPDATE LECTURE:

Functional haemodynamic parameters (SPV, PPV, SVV) - temptations and pitfalls. Perel, Azriel (Israel)

13:00-14:30
Industry Symposium: Maquet

Session 93

Critical Care: Burnt Patients (In Spanish)

Room 10

Calamuchita

Session 82

Pre Anaesthetic Clinical Evaluation (PACE) Clinic

UPDATE LECTURE:

Ophthalmic anaesthesia in Latin America. Galindo Arias, Manuel (Colombia) (In Spanish)

Break

STATE OF THE ART:

Protection against ischaemia and reperfusion injury. Bosnjak, Zeljko (USA)

Protection Against Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury

Zeljiko, J. Bosnjak, PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukeee, Wisconsin USA

Cardiovascular disease remains a major health care problem in the world. A high incidence of myocardial ischemia and infarction, encountered during the intra- or post-operative periods incited research efforts to develop protective interventions for decreasing cardiac risk in patients with cardiovascular disease. Parallel to the most powerful endogenous cardioprotective mechanism of ischemic preconditioning, pharmacologic preconditioning with volatile anesthetics emerged as a considerably less risk bearing and equally effective cardioprotective intervention. It is well documented that the detrimental impact of the ischemia/reperfusion episode can be substantially mitigated by pretreating the heart with short periods of volatile anesthetic administration. These preconditioning strategies are aimed at preserving mitochondrial bioenergetics during the metabolic stress, which leads to improved mitochondrial and cellular function with reduced necrotic and apoptotic cell death. The observation that volatile anesthetics protect ischemic myocardium is of important clinical significance for patients with coronary artery disease. Morbidity and mortality, secondary to perioperative myocardial ischemia, is disproportionately high. Current data indicate that anesthetic-induced preconditioning occurs and myocardium can be rendered more resistant to ischemia and reperfusion injury. Anesthetic-induced preconditioning displays many similarities to ischemic-induced preconditioning including a window of protection that has also been confirmed in patients undergoing coronary bypass graft and other surgeries. Indeed, the experimental evidence of anesthetic cardioprotection appears to translate to a clinically relevant cardioprotection with a beneficial effect on patients' outcome. Nevertheless, despite the promising data from the initial clinical studies, additional efforts are necessary to firmly establish these beneficial effects.

Session 94

Residency Assessment

Room 11

Mar del Plata

Session 83

08:30 - 11:30
Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthesia

Break

STATE OF THE ART:

Perioperative Heart Failure: evaluation and pharmacological management. Drenger, Benjamin (Israel)

Perioperative evaluation and management of a patient with congestive heart failure

Prof. Benjamin Drenger, Jerusalem, Israel

Assessing the severity of background diseases among patients with hip fractures may be inadequate by the difficulty in generating reliable communication with an elderly patient, the urgency of the operation and the absence of accurate medical history. Furthermore, the severity of the underlying heart disease is often unclear and diagnosis can be difficult because some patients remain asymptomatic, and even patients with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction may have normal cardiac size and left ventricular ejection fraction. Early recognition of preoperative ischemia or congestive heart failure (CHF) is frequently skewed by a parallel administration of analgesics or dyspnea of pulmonary origin.

Our hypothesis is that intensive perioperative management of patients with heart failure undergoing hip fracture repair will improve surgical outcome and reduce mortality. Our aims as anesthesiologists in CHF patient management in the perioperative setting are: a. early identification of patients in active CHF state and b. providing best preemptive medical care. The diagnostic task will be performed by reviewing patient's history and his current medications, by echocardiographic examination or dobutamine stress echocardiography, and by quantitative identification of the severity of the patient's heart disease using a relatively new bed-side blood test for NT-proBNP.

The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System (RAAS) is an important mediator in pathogenesis of CHF. Hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipidemia-induced release of angiotensin II through the stimulation of AT1 receptor will result in deleterious effects throughout the cardiovascular continuum, with end effect of remodelling of the myocardium and the development of heart failure. Thus medications such as angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, and diuretics such as spironolactone are an important therapy in CHF patients.

Important objective involves improving the patient's heart function during surgery, using multi-modal approach of monitoring and drug therapy targeted at augmenting myocardial performance. Such approach may reduce surgical risk and prevent postoperative cardiac, cerebral and renal complications, and may improve patient outcome in the first postoperative year.

Session 95

Thoracic Anaesthesia in Paediatrics

Room 12

Talampaya

Session 84

08:30-09:30
Oximetry video (In Spanish)

14:15 - 15:15
Trauma Anaesthesiology Society Meeting

Session 96

Annual Meeting of the International Society for The Perioperative Care of the Obese Patient (ISPCOP)

Workshop Programme

Room 13

La Boca

WS18

08:00-12:00
AIRWAY MANAGEMENT (SPANISH)

Break

WS19

14:00-18:00
AIRWAY MANAGEMENT (ENGLISH)

Room 14

Abasto

WS11

08:00-12:00
REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA IN PAEDIATRICS (SPANISH)

Break

WS12

14:00-18:00
REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA IN PAEDIATRICS (ENGLISH)

Room 15

Palermo

WS24

0800 -1200
BASIC TRANSESOPHAGIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-TEE (SPANISH)

Break

WS43

0800 -1200
ADVANCED TRANSESOPHAGIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-TEE (SPANISH)

Room 16

San Telmo

WS3

08:00-10:00
REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA IN OPHTHALMIC SURGERY (ENGLISH)

WS4

10:00-12:00
REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA IN OPHTHALMIC SURGERY (SPANISH)

Break

WS30

14:00-18:00
TOTAL INTRAVENOUS ANAESTHESIA - TIVA (SPANISH)

Room 17

Puerto Madero

WS27

08:00-12:00
CARDIOPULMONARY REANIMATION - RCP (SPANISH)

Break

WS42

14:00-18:00
NURSES WORKSHOP (English)

Thursday, March 29th

Time

08:30 - 10:30

11:00 - 13:00

13:00 - 14:30

14:30 - 15:15

15:30 - 17:30

Room 1

Perito Moreno

Session 97

Obstetric Anaesthesia

Session 109

Obstetric Anaesthesia

Break

UPDATE LECTURE:

The right ventricle and its implications during anaesthesia and intensive care. Wouters, Patrick (Belgium)

Session 121

Obstetric Anaesthesia

Room 2

Iguazú falls

Session 98

Anaesthesia in Morbid Obesity

Session 110

Anaesthesia in Morbid Obesity

Break

UPDATE LECTURE:

Ophthalmic regional anaesthesia for modern ophthalmic surgery. Kumar, Chandra (Singapore)

Session 122

Anaesthesia in Morbid Obesity

Room 3

Puerto Madryn

Session 99

Critical Care

Session 111

Monitoring in Cardiac Patients

Industry Symposium

UPDATE LECTURE:

15:00 - 15:30
Septic Cardiomyopathy: From Basic research to Clinical implications. Hoeft, Andreas (Germany)

Session 123

15:30-18:00
Monitoring

Room 4

Bariloche

Session 100

Battlefields and Mass Casualties

Session 112

Critical Care: High Risk

Break

UPDATE LECTURE:

Perioperative thermoregulation and heat balance. Sessler, Daniel (USA)

Session 124

Critical Care: Infections

Room 5

Aconcagua

Session 101

08:30 - 10:45
Pharmacology

Session 113

Pharmacology: Muscle relaxants

Break

UPDATE LECTURE:

Perioperative infections. Kurz, Andrea (USA)

Session 125

Pharmacology: Muscle relaxants

Room 6

Humahuaca

Session 102

Anaesthesia in Cardiovascular Surgery

Session 114

Anaesthesia in Cardiovascular Surgery

Break

UPDATE LECTURE:

A rational approach to perioperative fluid management. Jacob, Matthias (Germany)

A RATIONAL APPROACH TO PERIOPERATIVE FLUID MANAGEMENT

Matthias JACOB, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology
Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany

Applying crystalloids generously and avoiding colloids are main characteristics of traditional perioperative fluid handling. Recent data indicated that this approach leaving blood volume unchanged while increasing body weight significantly might be associated with perioperative complications [1]. From a pathophysiological standpoint this is not surprising. As, in contrast to the common assumption, fasting deficits [2] and insensible perspiration are negligible [3] and the existence of a relevant "third space" has never been proven [4], crystalloids, applied in traditional amounts to replace extracellular losses, must accumulate interstitially. Beyond that, basic physiology and direct measurements in humans revealed that these preparations load the interstitial space by 80% even when applied to stabilize cardiac preload in a bleeding patient. But also when using colloids for this indication one must carefully envision that hypervolemia deteriorates the endothelial glycocalyx, a key structure of the vascular barrier [5]. This leads to a continuing pathological protein-rich shift across the vascular wall, resulting in interstitial edema compromising microcirculation and oxygen delivery. As it most probably takes several days to restore the glycocalyx this problem should also influence postoperative intensive care and convalescence.

Liberal and undifferentiated fluid handling appears not to be a necessary therapy of unavoidable perioperative losses, but the primary cause of an avoidable shift towards the interstitial space. Using the right kind of fluid in appropriate amounts at the right time might improve patient outcome [1]. As outcome-based evidence is still incomplete, a practical approach to perioperative fluid handling in 2012 is physiology-based and evidence-supported [6].

1 Chappell D and Jacob M et al. A rational approach to perioperative fluid management. Anesthesiology 2008, 109:723-40.
2 Jacob M. and Chappell D et al. Blood volume is normal after pre-operative overnight fasting. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2008, 52:522-9.
3 Lamke et al. Water loss by evaporation from the abdominal cavity during surgery. Acta Chir Scand 1977, 143:279-84.
4 Jacob M, Chappell D, Rehm M. The `third space`- fact or fiction? Best Practice Res Clin Anaesthesiol 2009, 23:145-57.
5 Jacob M et al. The endothelial glycocalyx affords compatibility of Starling`s principle and high cardiac interstitial albumin levels. Cardiovasc Res 2007, 73:575-86.
6 Jacob M, Chappell D et al. Perioperative fluid administration: another form of "work-life balance". Anesthesiology 2011, 114:483-4.

Session 126

Anaesthesia in Cardiovascular Surgery

Time

08:30 - 10:30

11:00 - 13:00

13:00 - 14:30

14:30 - 15:15

15:30 - 17:30

Room 7

Tafí del Valle

Session 103

General Topics in Transplantation

Session 115

Renal, Cardiac and Lung Transplant

13:30-14:15
Industry Symposium: Covidien

UPDATE LECTURE:

15:00 - 15:30
Civil-military regional anesthesia. Kucik, Corry (USA)

Session 127

Liver Transplant

Room 8

Ushuaia

Session 104

Portuguese 3 (In Portuguese)

Session 116

Management of a Modern Anaesthesia Department - Effective us of resources to create excellence: Session I

Break

Session 128

Management of a Modern Anaesthesia Department - Effective us of resources to create excellence: Session II

Room 9

Iberá

Session 105

Professional Wellbeing in Anaesthesiologists

Session 117

11:00 - 12:30
Trauma: current topics (In Spanish)

Industry Symposium

Session 129

Trauma: we are all potential patients (Spanish)

Room 10

Calamuchita

Session 106

Patient Safety and Liability Session I: Adverse Outcomes and Medical Malpractice: Ways to Improve Patient Safety

Session 118

Patient Safety and Liability Session II: Trends in Medical Malpractice

Break

UPDATE LECTURE:

Anaesthesiologists and "Green Hospital". Macaire, Philippe (United Arab Emirates)

Session 130

Medico-Legal Issues

Room 11

Mar del Plata

Session 107

Innovative Educational Approaches

Session 119

Innovative Educational Approaches

Break

SPANISH SESSION

50th anniversary of the Confederation of Latin American Societies of Anaesthesiologists (CLASA) / Helsinki Declaration on Patient Safety in Anaesthesiology

Session 131

Current trends in Ambulatory Anaesthesia in Spanish

Room 12

Talampaya

Session 108

Course: Nephrology concepts for Anaesthesiologists (In Spanish)

Session 120

Course in Spanish: Nephrology concepts for Anaesthesiologists

UPDATE LECTURE:

The Role of Stroke Volume Variation as a predictor of Fluid Responsiveness and Intraoperative Fluid Optimisation: Why Fly Blind if you have a GPS? Mena, Gabriel (USA)

UPDATE LECTURE:

15:30 - 16:30
Anaesthetic management of an adult patient with Noonan syndrome: Solid tumour In Posterior Fossa Causing Hydrcephalus. Santos Gracia, Jose (Chile)

Workshop Programme

Room 13

La Boca

WS7

08:00-12:00
REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA IN ADULTS (SPANISH)

Break

WS8

14:00-18:00
REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA IN ADULTS (ENGLISH)

Room 14

Abasto

WS21

08:00-12:00
MECHANICAL VENTILATION (SPANISH)

Break

WS22

14:00-17:00
MECHANICAL VENTILATION (ENGLISH)

Room 15

Palermo

Break

WS33

14:00-18:00
NURSES WORKSHOP ( Spanish)

Room 16

San Telmo

WS31

08:00-12:00
TOTAL INTRAVENOUS ANAESTHESIA - TIVA (ENGLISH)

Break

WS29

14:00-18:00
TOTAL INTRAVENOUS ANAESTHESIA - TIVA (SPANISH)

Room 17

Puerto Madero

WS34

08:00-12:00
AIRWAY IN PAEDIATRICS (ENGLISH)

Break

WS35

14:00-18:00
AIRWAY IN PAEDIATRICS (SPANISH)

Friday, March 30th

Time	08:30 - 10:30	11:00 - 13:00	13:00 - 14:00
Room 1 Perito Moreno	Session 133 Obstetric Anaesthesia SESSION 133: OBSTETRIC ANAESTHESIA Chairman: Cerda, Sergio (Chile) - Co-chair: Voto, Liliana S (Argentina) Anaesthesia related maternal mortality-lessons learned from nationwide registry. Terui, Katsuo (Japan) What is beyond computer integrated patient-controlled epidural analgesia. Sia, Alex (Singapore) Regional Analgesia and Anaesthesia in parturients on antithrombotic agents. Chan, Yoo Kuen (Malaysia) How to safely and effectively provide postcaesarean analgesia. Terui, Katsuo (Japan) Anaesthesiologist's role in preeclampsia. Cerda, Sergio (Chile)	Session 145 Obstetric Anaesthesia SESSION 145: OBSTETRIC ANAESTHESIA Chairman: Casillas/Sanchez, Bernardette (Mexico) Maternal Dead Due To Anaesthesia. Hellp. Acute Fatty Liver In Pregnancy. Casillas Sanchez, Bernadette (Mexico) The Tap Block For Post-Caesarean Section Analgesia. Van De Velde, Marc (Belgium) Anaesthesia For Foetal Surgery. Lacassie, Héctor J (Chile) Obstetric Emergencies: The Anaesthesiologist´s Role. O Sullivan, Geraldine (UK)	Closing Ceremony
Room 2 Iguazú falls	Session 134 Regional Aneasthesia and Pain in Paediatrics SESSION 134: REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA AND PAIN IN PAEDIATRICS Chairman: Afshan, Gauhar (Pakistan) Regional Anaesthesia in the paediatric patient with severe comorbidity. de José María Galve, Belen (Spain) Complex Regional Pain syndrome in children. Afshan, Gauhar (Pakistan) Local Anaesthetics and Adjuvants in paediatric regional anaesthesia. Bosenberg, Adrian (USA) Cancer pain in children. Afshan, Gauhar (Pakistan)	Session 146 Trauma in Paediatric Patients SESSION 146: TRAUMA IN PAEDIATRICS PATIENTS Chairman: Cain, James (USA) Paediatric Trauma Care System Construction in Asia (Japan). Shimizu, Naoki (Japan) Neurotrauma in Paediatrics. de Armendi, Alberto José (USA) Prehospital Paediatric Trauma Care. Weatherall, Andrew (Australia) Multiorgan Failure Management in Paediatric Trauma. Cain, James (USA)
Room 3 Puerto Madryn	Session 135 Thoracic Epidural: towards a stress free anaesthesia? SESSION 135: THORACIC EPIDURAL ANAESTHESIA: Towards a Stress Free Anaesthesia? Chairman: Carli, Franco (Canada) Thoracic Epidural Anaesthesia: its role in fast-track programmes. Carli, Franco (Canada) Pathophysiological aspects. De Leon Casasola, Oscar (USA) Thoracic Epidural Anaesthesia: rate of failure. Technical aspects. Limitations. Alvarez, Adrián (Argentina) Thoracic Epidural Anaesthesia: and its effect on outcomes. A need for reconsideration. Van Aken, Hugo (Germany) Discussion	Session 147 Fast Track SESSION 147: FAST TRACK Chairman: Myles, Paul (Australia) Role of the Anaesthesiologist in Fast-Track Surgery. Carli, Franco (Canada) Role of the Surgeon. Overall results. Ljungqvist, Ollie (Sweden) Fast track surgery programmes. Design Issues. Myles, Paul (Australia) Fast track surgery programmes. Experience in a developing country. Alvarez, Adrián (Argentina)
Room 4 Bariloche	Session 136 General Pharmacology SESSION 136: GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY Chairman: Irwin, Michael (Hong Kong) Bowel Function, Ileus And Intravenous Lidocaine. Groudine, Scott (USA) Nitrous Oxide And Long-Term Outcomes From Anaesthesia. Leslie, Kate (Australia) Opioid Pharmacogenetics. Irwin, Michael (Hong Kong) Imulsified Isoflurane: Information From Preclinical Study And Phase 1 Clinical Trial. Liu, Jin (China)	Session 148 Anaesthesia General Issues SESSION 148: ANAESTHESIA: GENERAL ISSUES Chairman: Valenzuela De Mazariegos, Ellin (Guatemala) The problem of skeletal muscle behavior, from the anaesthesiologists' point of view. Lebedinski, Konstantin (Russia) Current status of low flow anesthesia. Subrahmanyam, Maddirala (India) New anaesthetic drugs. Gin, Tony (Hong Kong) Modern trends of technology in Anesthesia. Hemmerling, Thomas (Canada)	13:30-14:15 Industry Symposium: Covidien Brain Monitoring Technologies in Anaesthesia: Improving Patient Care & Outcome Speaker: Dr Scott D. Kelly
Room 5 Aconcagua	Session 137 Tissue Perfusion and Oxygenation SESSION 137: TISSUE PERFUSION AND OXYGENATION Chairman: Kurz, Andrea (USA) Tissue Oxygenation: factors involved. Kurz, Andrea (USA) Intravascular volume optimisation, and dynamic management and monitorisation. Kabon, Barbara (Switzerland) Microcirculation. Margarson, Michael (UK) Discussion	Session 149 Tissue Perfusion and Oxygenation SESSION 149: TISSUE PERFUSION AND OXYGENATION Chairman: Kurz, Andrea (USA) Interventions influencing tissue oxygenation (including TEA). Akca, Ozan (USA) Tissue Oxygenation in the morbidly obese patient. Alvarez, Adrián (Argentina) Vasoactive drugs: influences on perfusion and tissue oxygenation. Hiltebrand, Luzius (Switzerland) Discussion
Room 6 Humahuaca	Session 138 08:00-08:45 Nurses Central Lecture: The Role of The Nurse In Catastrophe Situations 09:00 - 11:00 Nurses Session SESSION 138: NURSES SESSION (Translation into Spanish and Portuguese) Chairman: Picardi, Raquel (Argentina) Difficult Airway Management in Paediatrics. Baraka, Anis (Lebanon) Education for Nurses in the XXI century. Knape, Hans (The Netherlands) Difficult Paediatric Patients: autism, combative adolescents: Professional challenge. Schure, Annette (USA) How to avoid sedation complications. Roelofse, James (South Africa)	Session 150 11:30 - 13:30 Nurses Session SESSION 150: NURSES SESSION (Translation into Spanish and Portuguese) Chairman: Picardi, Raquel (Argentina) Reanimation of the patient with multiple trauma. Montealegre, Fernando (Peru) New knowledge about recovery after anaesthesia and surgery. Wilkinson, David (UK) Fluid management in the surgical patient. Motta, Pablo (USA) Checklist and time out in the operating room: how do I do it? Gurman, Gabriel (Israel)
Time	08:30 - 10:30	11:00 - 13:00	13:00 - 14:00
Room 7 Tafí del Valle	Session 139 09:00 - 11:00 Nurses Session (In Spanish) SESSION 139: NURSES SESSION - Spanish Chairman: Leoni, Fernanda (Argentina) What a nurse must know about invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation. García-Fernández, Javier (Spain) How to avoid position complications in surgical patients. Saenz Larrache, Carlos (Mexico) Physiologic differences between adult and elder patients. Maurtúa, Marco (USA) Guidelines and procedures to be followed in the anaesthetic recovery room. Goldik, Zeev (Israel)	Session 151 11:30 - 13:30 Nurses Session (In Spanish) SESSION 151: NURSES SESSION - Spanish Chairman: Leoni, Fernanda (Argentina) What we cannot ignore about allergy to latex. Teijido, Carlos (Argentina) Post-surgical memory dysfunctions. Costantino, Carolina (Argentina) Monitoring in the critical patient. Mena, Gabriel E. (USA) Assessment and management of postoperative pain in children and adults. Ondjian, Isabel (Argentina)
Room 8 Ushuaia	Session 140 Malignant Hyperthermia SESSION 140: MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA Chairman: Rosenberg, Henry (USA) Introduction and History of Malignant Hyperthermia. Rosenberg, Henry (USA) Pathophysiology and Genetics of Malignant Hyperthermia. Parness, Jerome (USA) Clinical Presentations of Malignant Hyperthermia. Gillies, Robyn (Australia) Special concerns for outpatient surgery for Malignant Hyperthermia. Belani, Kumar (USA)	Session 152 Malignant Hyperthermia SESSION 152: MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA Chairman: Rosenberg, Henry (USA) Testing for Malignant Hyperthermia. Muldoon, Sheila (USA) Malignant Hyperthermia Management guidelines. Shukry, Mohanad (USA) Machine preparation for the Malignant Hyperthermia susceptible. Tae, Kim (USA) Conclusions and future developments. Rosenberg, Henry (USA)
Room 9 Iberá	Session 141 Anaesthesia in Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery SESSION 141: ANAESTHESIA IN HEPATO-PANCREATO-BILIARY SURGERY Chairman: Niemann, Claus (USA) Associated liver partition and portal vein occlusion for stage hepatectomy (ALPPS). A new method for avoiding postoperative liver failure. De Santibañes, Eduardo (Argentina) Management of central venous pressure in hepatic resections. Rewari, Vimi (India) Analgesia in hepatic resection surgery. Wagener, Gebhard (USA)	Session 153 Spanish Session SESSION 153: SPANISH Chairman: Whizar-Lugo, Víctor (Mexico) Anaesthesia y Turismo Médico. Whizar-Lugo, Víctor (México) Hiperglicemias - diabetes y anestesia. Argüello, Becket (Nicaragua) Complicaciones de la anestesia general. Centurión, Fernando (Paraguay) Analgesia - Sedación en cuidados críticos. Argüello, Becket (Nicaragua) Mg en cardioprotección. Santos Gracia, José (Cuba)
Room 10 Calamuchita	Session 142 08:30 to 10:45 Anaesthesia General Issues SESSION 142: ANAESTHESIA: GENERAL ISSUES 10:45 - 13:00 Chairman: Maddali, Madan (Oman) Anaesthesiologists as perioperative physician. Mishra, L.D. (India). Dealing with fire in the Operating Room. Cowles, Charles (USA). Laser safety: nuts and bolts. Jackson, Timothy A (USA). Sickle cell related problems and cardiac surgery. Maddali, Madan (Oman). Anaesthesia Outside the Operating Theatre. Jayaraman, Lakshmi (India). Quality Insurance and Lean Methods of Management in Anaesthesia. Martin, Lynn (USA).	Session 154 FAAAAR: Education in Latin America: An Interactive Experience SESSION 154: FAAAAR: EDUCATION IN LATIN AMERICA: AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE - Spanish/h2> Chairman: Crosara, Daniel (Argentina) Coordinator: Schkair, Juan Carlos (Argentina) Interactive Experience With Faaaar (Argentine Federation Of Anaesthesiology Societies) Based Upon Real Experiences Of The Anaesthesiology Practice Derived From The Questions Received In The Program "Faaaar Responds". Topics To Be Addressed: Pain, Pharmacology, Regional Anaesthesia, Professional Liability And Prevention Of Legal Risk, Critical Medicine, Haematology, Obstetrics, Paediatrics. Speakers: Sabino, Roberto ; Pires, Marisel ; Stinga, José Luis; Prozzi, Guillermo; Buffa, Martín; Azar, Héctor And Roitman, Corina
Room 11 Mar del Plata	Session 143 Interventions to improve patient's outcome: Persistent Incisional Pain SESSION 143: INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE PATIENT'S OUTCOME: Persistent Incisional Pain Chairman: Sessler, Daniel (USA): Genetic influences on perioperative pain perception. Candiotti, Keith (USA) Pharmaceutical approaches to prevention of persistent incisional pain. Turan, Alparslan (USA) Continuous ambulatory nerve blocks. Ilfeld, Brian (USA) Anti-Inflammatory anaesthetic strategies. Mendes Pereira, Ana (Brazil)	Session 155 State of the Art in Fluid Management SESSION 155: STATE OF THE ART IN FLUID MANAGEMENT Chairman: Gan, Tong J (USA) Fluid Management in the ICU Patients. Mythen, Monty (United Kingdom) Fluid Management in Neurosurgical Patients. Gelb, Adrian (USA) Fluid Management in Trauma. Miller, Timothy (USA) Fluid management and renal dysfunction. Stafford-Smith, Mark (USA)
Room 12 Talampaya	Session 144 08:30 - 09:30 How to avoid disasters in the operating room 09:30 - 10:30 Battlefield Resuscitation and Transport SESSION 144: How to avoid disasters in the operating room / Battlefield Resuscitation and Transport Chairman: Ledesma, Ivana (Argentina) 08:30 to 09:30 How to avoid disasters in the operating room. Ortega, Rafael (USA) 09:30 to 10:30 Battlefield Resuscitation and Transport. Kucik, Corry Jeb (USA)	Session 156 Identification and Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias - Spanish SESSION 156: Identification and Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias (Spanish) Chairman: Salzberg, Simón (Argentina), Crosa, Carlos (Argentina) Reconocimiento y manejo de las arritmias cardíacas. Salzberg, Simón (Argentina)

15th WFSA World Congressof Anaesthesiologists®

WCA 2012 Interactive Lecture Programme

Monday, March 26th

SESSION 1: GENERAL PAEDIATRICS

SESSION 13: GENERAL PAEDIATRICS

SESSION 25: REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA IN PAEDIATRICS

SESSION 2: CRITICAL CARE: Transfusion

SESSION 14: INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE PATIENT'S OUTCOME: Surgical stress

Anesthesiology: From Patient Safety to Population Outcomes

SESSION 26: INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE PATIENT'S OUTCOME: Fluid Management

SESSION 3: TOTAL INTRAVENOUS ANAESTHESIA: What do I have to know to perform TIVA?

SESSION 15: TOTAL INTRAVENOUS ANAESTHESIA: TIVA and Quality

SESSION 27: TOTAL INTRAVENOUS ANAESTHESIA: TIVA in paediatrics and sedation in the elderly

SESSION 4: SPANISH SESSION

SESSION 16: CRITICAL CARE

SESSION 28: 1st International Meeting of Anaesthesiology Residents

SESSION 5: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ANAESTHESIA

SESSION 17: ORTHOPAEDICS ANAESTHESIA

SESSION 29: CRITICAL CARE: Sepsis

SESSION 6: POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND CONTINUOUS MEDICAL EDUCATION/ CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

SESSION 18: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT

SESSION 30: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT

SESSION 7: ANAESTHESIA IN ELDERLY PATIENTS

SESSION 19: ANAESTHESIA IN ELDERLY PATIENTS

Clinical Applications of Suprane in daily practice - Does predictability matter?

SESSION 31: PORTUGUESE 1

SESSION 8: QUALITY AND SAFETY: Improving quality and safety in Anaesthesiology

SESSION 20: QUALITY AND SAFETY: Checklists and the Culture of Safety in Anaesthesiology

SESSION 32: POST ANAESTHESIA CARE UNIT (PACU)

SESSION 9: CHRONIC PAIN

SESSION 21: CHRONIC PAIN

SESSION 33: CHRONIC PAIN

SESSION 10: WFSA Regional Section CLASA

SESSION 22: WFSA Regional Section: ESA Panel

SESSION 34: HIGHLIGHTS AND CHALLENGES IN ANAESTHESIA - WFSA Regional Section AARS

SESSION 11: UPDATE ON CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (SPANISH)

SESSION 23: CPR CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION

SESSION 35: EDUCATION: USEFUL STRATEGIES: Assessment of training

SESSION 12: ESCOLIOSIS: TWO PERSPECTIVES: DO THEY MERGE?

FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN CLINICAL RESEARCH

SESSION 36: Current Ethical Dilemmas in Research (in Spanish)

Tuesday, March 27th

SESSION 37: PAEDIATRIC ANAESTHESIA: SPECIAL ISSUES

SESSION 49: PAEDIATRIC ANAESTHESIA: CRITICAL CARE

SESSION 61: NEONATOLOGY

SESSION 38: INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE PATIENT'S OUTCOME: Cardiovascular Outcomes

SESSION 50: INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE PATIENT'S OUTCOME: Cardiovascular Outcomes

SESSION 62: INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE PATIENT'S OUTCOME: Epidemiology and Health Services

SESSION 39: TOTAL INTRAVENOUS ANAESTHESIA: Clinical and technological monitoring of anaesthesia components

SESSION 51: SEDATION AND OFFSITE ANAESTHESIA

SESSION 63: CURRENT TRENDS IN AMBULATORY ANAESTHESIA AND PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT: PATIENT SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT

SESSION 40: MECHANISMS OF PERIOPERATIVE NEUROTOXICITY

SESSION 52: PERIOPERATIVE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION (POCD)

Treatment of massive bleeding : New insights - New approaches

SESSION 64: PERIOPERATIVE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION (POCD)

SESSION 41: AMBULATORY PANEL: State of the Art in Ambulatory Practice

SESSION 53: AMBULATORY PANEL: State of the Art in Ambulatory Practice

SESSION 65: AN INSIGHT OF ANESTHESIA IN CHINA

SESSION 42: REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA

SESSION 54: SPANISH SESSION

SESSION 66: ISSUES IN THORACIC ANAESTHESIA

SESSION 43: EDUCATION: USEFUL STRATEGIES: International Educational Aid

SESSION 55: EDUCATION: USEFUL STRATEGIES: WFSA training programmes

Current Status of Cerebral Oximetry in Adult Cardiac Surgery

SESSION 67: EDUCATION: USEFUL STRATEGIES: Duplication of efforts - Debate

SESSION 44: QUALITY AND SAFETY: Standards for Global Quality Improvement in Anaesthesiology

SESSION 56: QUALITY AND SAFETY: The WFSA and Safer Anaesthesiology - Global Challenges and Potential Solutions:

SESSION 68: ANAESTHESIA IN ROBOTIC & LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY

SESSION 45: NEUROSURGERY

SESSION 57: NEUROSURGERY

SESSION 69: NEUROSURGERY

SESSION 46: NEW KNOWLEDGE ABOUT RECOVERY AFTER ANAESTHESIA AND SURGERY

SESSION 58: PERIOPERATIVE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE 21st CENTURY

Current Status of Cerebral Oximetry in Adult Cardiac Surgery

SESSION 70: PERIOPERATIVE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE 21st CENTURY

SESSION 47: WFSA Sedation Task Force

SESSION 59: PORTUGUESE 2 (in Portuguese)

SESSION 71: BJA Research Session

SESSION 48: CEEA development in the World: Europe, Latin-America, Asia and Africa

Wednesday, March 28th

15^th WFSA World Congress
of Anaesthesiologists^®