10th Annual Spring Scientific Symposium in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care
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Friday
21
07:00pm Constantinus Hall
OPENING CEREMONY

Radmilo Janković, MD, PhD, Chair of the Scientific Committee
HONORARY INVITED LECTURES
Cardiac complications after noncardiac surgery

Stefan De Hert, MD, PhD, Department of Anaesthesiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Perioperative medicine: a continuum of care

Edoardo De Robertis, MD, Department for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Saturday
22
09:00-11:00am Constantinus 1 Hall
Session: AIRWAY AND RESPIRATION
Chairs: Massimiliano Sorbello, Edoardo De Robertis
,,Difficult Airway“ – is the concept universal or should be redefined

Tatjana Goranović, MD, Clinic for Anaesthesiology, Reanimatology and Intensive Therapy, Clinical Hospital ’’Sveti Duh’’, Zagreb, Croatia
PUMA (prevention of unrecognized esophageal intubation guidelines):
a step forward in patient’s safety

Massimiliano Sorbello, MD, FEAMS, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care AOU Policlinico San Marco, Catania, Italy
Pediatric airway: past, present and future

Marijana Karišik, MD, PhD, Clinic for Pediatric Surgery, University Clinical Center, Podrgorica, Montenegro
Helmets to deliver nonivasive ventilation: pros and cons

Giacomo Bellani, MD, PhD, University of Milan-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
Saturday
22
09:00-11:00am Constantinus 2 Hall
Session: PAIN
Chairs: Ivan Palibrk, Nebojša Lađević
Epidural or intradiscal injections for treating low back pain?

Nick Knežević, MD, PhD, Department of Anaesthesiology, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
Opioids for the treatment of the nonmalignant pain

Nebojša Lađević, MD, PhD, Center for Anaesthesia and Resuscitation, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Perioperative analgesia for thoracic surgery – Alice in Wonderland

Dušica Stamenković, MD, PhD, Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia
Efficacy and safety of radiofrequency ablation for treatment of knee pain

Ljiljana Gvozdenović, MD, PhD, Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
Neuropathic pain: mechanisms and therapeutic approach

Jasna Jevđić, MD, PhD Center for Anaesthesia and Resuscitation, Clinical Center Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia
Saturday
22
09:00-11:00am Tami I Hall
Session: TARGETING HAEMODYNAMICS
Chairs: Frank Brunkhorst, Zsolt Molnar
Hydroxyethyl starch in the perioperative period: friend, foe, or still an unsolved issue?

Wolfgang Buhre, MD, PhD, Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Utrehcht Universitair Medisch Centrum, Utreht, The Netherlands
Hemodynamics optimization and hypotension – where we are and where we will be

Predrag Stevanović, MD, PhD, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Clinic, University Clinical Hospital Center “Dr Dragiša Mišović - Dedinje”, School of Medicine University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Haemodynamic management and monitoring in septic shock

Goran Rondović, MD, PhD, Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia
Should we redefine the term: “fluid responder”?

Serban Bubenek, MD, PhD, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davilla, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit – Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases “Prof. C.C. Iliescu”, Bucharest, Romania
Saturday
22
09:00-11:00am Tami II Hall
Session: SURGICAL ICU
Chairs: Vojislava Nešković, Gordana Jovanović
ICU acquired weakness. New insights and potential strategies

Jelena Veličković, MD, PhD, Center for Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation, Clinic for Abdominal Surgery, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Brain death is that the end?

Maja Mojsova Mijovska, MD, PhD, Univeristy Anaesthesia, Reanimation and Intensive Care Clinic, Medical Faculty, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, North Macedonia
Nutritional support in surgical ICU

Gordana Jovanović, MD, PhD, Clinic for Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, University Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
The most common indications for starting continuous hemodiafiltration in patients in the intensive care unit

Rade Vuković, MD, Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia
How to use dexmedetomidine for ICU sedation and ventilator weaning

Radmilo Janković, MD, PhD, Clinic for Anaesthesia and Intensive Therapy, Department for Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia

Saturday
22
09:00-11:00am Tami Residence Hall
Session: ANESTHESIA
Chairs: Biljana Kuzmanovska, Ivana Budić
Low Flow Anaesthesia and sustainability

Vojislava Nešković, MD, PhD, Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia
Comparison of the efficacy of thoracic epidural analgesia and periferal nerve block in thoracic surgery

Irena Simić, MD, Department of Anaesthesiology, Klinikum Westfalen, Westfalen, Germany
Challenges in anesthesia for tracheo brochial resections

Radu Stoica, MD, PhD, Institute of Pneumology Marius Nasta, Bucharest, Romania
Incidence of reperfusion syndrome after CEA

Dragan Milošević, MD, PhD, Clinic for Anaestehesia and Intensive Care, University Clinical Center of Republic of Srpska, Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Saturday
22
11:30am – 01:30 pm Constantinus 1 Hall
Session: SEPSIS UPDATE
Chairs: Zsolt Molnar, Frank Brunkhorst
Trigger tools to support the early identification of sepsis

Frank Brunkhorst, MD, PhD, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Jena, Jena, Germany
Beta-blockers in sepsis: fact or myth?

Zsolt Molnar, MD, PhD, Department for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Vasopressor combinations in septic shock

Sharon Einav, MD, MSc, Surgical Intensive Care, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Antimicrobial resisitance in the surgical ICU

Radmila Popović, MD, PhD, Clinic for Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, University Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
Saturday
22
11:30am – 01:30 pm Constantinus 2 Hall
Session: CARDIAC PATIENT
Chairs: Marija Zdravković, Alan Šustić
2022 guidelines on preoperative assessment of the nocardiac surgery patient: what is new?

Stefan De Hert, MD, PhD, Department of Anaesthesiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Management of anticoagulated patients with vitamin K antagonist and DOACs

Dragana Unić-Stojanović, MD, PhD, Department for Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Institute for cardiovascular diseases Dedinje, Belgrade, Serbia
Cardiac failure how to deal with

Wolfgang Buhre, MD, PhD, Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum, Maastricht, Netherlands
Cardiogenic shock

Marija Zdravković, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiology, Non-invasive Cardiovascular Imaging, University Hospital Medical Center Bežanijska kosa, Belgrade, Serbia
Saturday
22
11:30am – 01:00 pm Tami I Hall
Session: MANAGEMENT OF NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE:
MEET THE EXPERTS
Chairs: Dorel Sandesc, Marijana Karišik
European guideliness on neuromuscular blockade management

Thomas Fusch-Budder, MD, PhD, Department of Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation, Emergency Medicine, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Lorraine, Nancy, France
Intubation and NMBAs in 2023

Massimiliano Sorbello, MD, FEAMS, Anesthesia and Intensive Care AOU Policlinico San Marco, Catania, Italy
Do we still need new molecules? Relaxants or Antagonists

Radmilo Janković, MD, PhD, Clinic for Anaesthesia and Intensive Therapy, Department for Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia
01:00 – 01:25 pm Constantinus 1 Hall
THERMOFISHER INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM
Clinical utility of Procalcitonin in antibiotic stewardship

Radmilo Janković, MD, PhD, Clinic for Anaesthesia and Intensive Therapy, Department for Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia

Saturday
22
11:30am – 01:30 pm Tami II Hall
Session: THE ART OF THE NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION
Chairs: Kai Zacharowski, Giacomo Bellani
Potential benefits of HFNO

Edoardo De Robertis, MD, PhD Department for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Nonivasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure, for whom and how long?

Giacomo Bellani, MD, PhD, University of Milan-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
Non-invasive ventilation in cardiac failure

Ines Veselinović, MD, Clinic for Anaesthesia and Intensive Therapy, University Clinical Center Nis, Serbia
How do I select the best PEEP during NIV?

Aleksandra Plećaš, MD, PhD, Clinic for Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, University Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
Saturday
22
11:30am – 01:30 pm Tami Residence Hall
Session: HIGH-RISK PATIENT
Chairs: Vojislava Nešković, Mirjana Kendrišić
Preoperative assessment and optimization of high-risk elderly patient

Francisco Matos, MD, PhD, Department for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Coimbra, Portugal
Protective ventilation in obese patients during surgery

Lorenzo Ball, MD, PhD, Department of Integrated Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Morbid obesity: challenges on the ICU

Zsolt Molnar, MD, PhD, Department for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Frailty and peri-operative risk assessment in emergency surgery

Miodrag Milenović, MD, PhD, Center for Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation, Emergency Center, Clinical Center of Serbia, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
01:30 – 02:00pm Constantinus 1 Hall
PFIZER INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM
Challenges in anti infective treatment in the ICU

Cresemba /isavuconazole/- The treatment of invasive aspergillosis and mucormycosis

Branislava Jorović, MD, Clinic for Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University Clinical Center of Vojvodina
The role of the Zavicefta in the treatment of Gram negative MDR-do we have a magic bullet?

Radmilo Janković, MD, PhD, Clinic for Anaesthesia and Intensive Therapy, Department for Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia
02:00 – 02:30pm Constantinus 1 Hall
VIATRIS INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM
Thromboprophylaxis with low molecular weight heparin – do we know everything?

Dosing of Fraxiparin in special patient populations

Vojislava Nešković, MD, PhD, Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia
Prolonged thromboprophylaxis – a step in the right direction

Radmilo Janković, MD, PhD, Clinic for Anaesthesia and Intensive Therapy, Department for Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia
01:30 – 02:00pm Constantinus 2 Hall
AMICUS INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM
Monitoring of analgesia

Possibility of intraoperative continuous monitoring of analgesia

Nebojša Lađević, MD, PhD, Center for Anaesthesia and Resuscitation, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
02:00 – 02:30pm Constantinus 2 Hall
MSD INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM
How to manage a patient with HAP in ICU?

Innovative antibiotic therapy – therapeutic options and their availability in the Republic of Serbia

Siniša Sević, MD, PhD, Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University Clinical Center of Vojvodina
Case reports

Sanja Heckenberger, MD, Clinic for Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University Clinical Center of Vojvodina
01:30 – 02:00pm Tami Residence Hall
VICOR INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM

Radiofrequency ablation in pain therapy

Ivan Radoš, MD, PhD, Center of for neuromodulation in the treatment of pain, Clinic for Anesthesiology, Reanimatology and intensive therapy, University of Osijek, Croatia
02:00 – 02:30pm Tami Residence Hall
MINDRAY INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM

Non invasive lung ventilation strategy (HFOT and NIV)

Dejan Marković, MD, PhD, Center for anaesthesiology Clinical center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Saturday
22
03:30 – 05:30pm Constantinus 1 Hall
Session: STATE OF THE ART MECHANICAL VENTILATION
Chairs: Vojislava Nešković, Jovan Matijašević
Regional perfusion in hypoxiemic respiratory failure: the dark side of the moon!

Lorenzo Ball, MD, PhD, Department of Integrated Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Weaning from mechanical ventilation in patients with psychiatric disease and mental retardation

Sharon Einav, MD, MSc, Surgical Intensive Care, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Setting the ventilator for ARDS

Jovan Matijašević, MD, PhD, Institute for Pulmonary Diseases, Sremska Kamenica, Novi Sad, Serbia
Invasive mechanical ventilation in COPD/asthma attack patients

Peđa Kovačević, MD, PhD, FCCP, FCCM Medical Intensive Care Unit, University Clinical Center of the Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Saturday
22
03:30 – 05:30pm Constantinus 2 Hall
Session: CRITICAL CARE MANAGEMENT
Chairs: Ljiljana Gvozdenović, Jasna Jevđić
Principles of Disaster medicine – how to be better prepared for future pandemics

Biljana Kuzmanovska, MD, PhD, Anaesthesia, Intensive Care, Reanimation, Emergency Medicine, Pain Tretament. Medical Faculty Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, North Macedonia
Every breath you take – the changes of pardigm of mechanical ventilation

Dorel Sandesc, MD, PhD, Department for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “V. Babes”, Timisoara, Romania
Which fluid should we use in critically ill patients?

Milena Stojanović, MD, Clinic for Anaesthesia and Intensive Therapy, University Clinical Center Niš, Niš, Serbia
How to ventilate the critically ill obese patient?

Marija Đukanović, MD, MSc, Center for Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation, Clinic for Digestive Surgery, Clinical C enter of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Biomarkers of tissue hypoperfusion

Vladan Cvetanović, MD, Clinic for Anaesthesia and Intensive Therapy, University Clinical Center Niš, Niš, Serbia
Saturday
22
03:30 – 05:30pm Tami I Hall
Session: PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA
Chairs: Dušica Simić, Tatjana Goranović
Paediatric fasting guidelines and where to go from here

Arash Afshari, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatric and Obstetric Anaesthesia, University of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
TIVA in paediatric anaesthesia

Vladimir Dolinaj, MD, PhD, Department for ENT Anaesthesia, Clinic for Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, University Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
Intraabdominal pressure before, during and after liver transplantation in children

Ina Filipović-Grčić, MD, Department of Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care, University Hospital Center Split, Split, Croatia
Pediatric procedural sedation outside of the OR – how to perform it safe

Ivana Budić, MD, PhD, Clinic for Anaesthesia and Intensive Therapy, Department for Pediatric Anesthesia and Intensive Therapy, University Clinical Center Niš, Niš, Serbia
Saturday
22
03:30 – 05:30pm Tami II Hall
Session: TRANSFUSION AND HEAMOSTASIS
Chairs: Gordana Jovanović, Jasmina Jakupović Smajić
Platelets – friend or foe in daily life?

Kai Zacharowski, MD, PhD, Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Management of Postpartum hemorrhage

Vladimir Milić, MD, Clinic for Anaesthesia and Intensive Therapy, University Clinical Center Nis, Serbia
Patient Blood Management – why, how, what

Markus H. Huppertz, MD, MHBA, DESAIC, Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy, Düren, Germany
Intraoperative transfusion of blood products in adults – an update

Branka Terzić, MD, Center for Anaesthesia and Resuscitation, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Saturday
22
03:30 – 05:30pm Tami Residence Hall
Session: CURRENT CONCEPTS IN REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA
Chairs: Nebojša Lađević, Dušica Stamenković
Epidural catheter in liver surgery

Ivan Palibrk, MD, PhD, Center for Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation, Clinic for Abdominal Surgery, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Current evidence on combined spinal-general anaesthesia for laparoscopic surgery

Marko Zdravković, MD, PhD, Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Management, University Medical Centre Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
Erector spinae plane block – explosion of use and lack of evidence

Mirjana Kendrišić, MD, PhD, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, General Hospital, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia
Fast-track orthopedics surgery concept

Mirka Lukić-Šarkanović, MD, Clinic for Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, University Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
Sunday
23
10:30am – 12:30pm Constantinus 1 Hall
Session: ANAESTHESIA AND ONCOLOGY PATIENT
Chairs: Radmilo Janković, Dragana Radovanović
Anesthesia after neoadjuvant chemiotherapy in colo-rectal surgery

Ana Cvetković, MD, PhD, Department for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Institute for Oncology and Radiology, Belgrade, Serbia
Anaestesia after neoadjuvant immunotherapy in cancer care – implications for the perioperative period

Ana Cvetanović, MD, PhD, Oncology Clinic, University Clinical Center Niš, Niš, Serbia
Chemo you can use in ICU

Marina Cekić, MD, Department for Bronchology, Pulmology Clinic, University Clinical Center Niš, Niš, Serbia
Anesthesia for cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC

Dragana Radovanović, MD, PhD, Department of Anaestesiology and Intensive Care, Oncology Institute of Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia
Regional anaesthesia for breast surgery

Aleksandar Nikolić, MD, Clinic for Anaesthesia and Intensive Therapy, University Clinical Center Niš, Niš, Serbia
Sunday
23
10:30am – 12:30pm Constantinus 2 Hall
Session: HOT TOPICS IN CRITICAL CARE MANAGEMENT
Chairs: Jelena Veličković, Dragana Unić-Stojanović
Early goal directed therapy in sepsis

Jasmina Jakupović Smajić, MD, PhD, Department for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lung Ultrasound & Mechanical Ventilation

Alan Šustić, MD, PhD, Depatment of Anaesthesiology, Reanimatology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
New insights in the treatment of the acute pancreatitis

Biljana Stošić, MD, PhD, Clinic for Anesthesia and Intensive Therapy, University Clinical Center Niš, Niš, Serbia
Micronutrient requirements in ICU, the clinical evidence

Natalija Vuković, MD, MSc, Clinic for Anaesthesia and Intensive Therapy, University Clinical Center Niš, Niš, Serbia
Sunday
23
10:30am – 12:30pm Tami I Hall
Session: CHALLENGES IN ANTI INFECTIVE TREATMENT
Chairs: Goran Stevanović, Mirjana Kendrišić
Perioperative handling of antimicrobial prophylaxis

Gordana Dragović, MD, PhD, Department of Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Invasive candidosis in critical care: can we meet all the challenges

Suzana Tasić-Otašević, MD, PhD, Department of Microbiology, Medical Faculty, University of Niš, Public Health Institute, Niš, Serbia
Inhaled antibiotics in VAP

Goran Stevanović, MD, PhD, Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Neuroinvasive infection in the Intensive Care Unit

Ivana Milošević, MD, PhD, Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Nosocomial infections surveillance

Nikola Milenković, MD, Department for Intrahospital Infections Surveillance, University Clinical Center Niš, Niš, Serbia
Sunday
23
10:30am – 12:30pm Tami II Hall
Session: THE PEDIATRIC PATIENT
Chairs: Arash Afshari, Ivana Budić
What every intensivist should know about pediatric patients

Dušica Simić, MD, PhD, University Children’s Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia
Management of pediatric burn patient

Arash Afshari, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatric and Obstetric Anaesthesia, University of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen Denmark
Specificity of neonatal anesthesia

Anna Uram-Benka, MD, PhD, Clinic for Pediatric Surgery, Institute for Children and Youth Health Care, Novi Sad, Serbia
Mechanical ventilation in pediatric patient

Ana Mandraš, MD, PhD, Department for Anaesthesiology, Institute for Mother and Child Healthcare, Belgrade, Serbia
Sunday
23
10:30am – 12:30pm Tami Residence Hall
Session: NEURO CRITICAL CARE
Chairs: Miodrag Milenović, Jasna Jevđić
Intraoperative brain protection

Federico Bilotta, MD, PhD, Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome Italy
Controversies in the management of the patient with subarachnoid hemorrhage

Anita Vuković, MD, Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Intesive Therapy, University Clinical Center Niš, Niš, Serbia
Neurocritical care for every intensivist?

Goran Milošević, MD, Clinic for Anaesthesia and Intensive Therapy, University Clinical Center Niš, Niš, Serbia
Why do we still need barbiturates in the ICU

Anita Đurđević Švraka, MD, Department of anaesthesia and ICU, General Hospital Gradiška, Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Delirium in ICU, incidence, prevention and treatment

Dejan Marković, MD, PhD, Center for anaesthesiology Clinical center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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