Programme

The Hirslanden Anesthesia Symposium 2018 will be held on June 8-9th 2018 at the hotel Beau-Rivage Palace in Lausanne.
The main subjects will be the chronic pain patient and the perioperative risk stratification. National and international experts in anesthesia and intensive care medicine will deliver lectures, interactive case presentations and discussions with an emphasis on 2018 updates.

9 SGAR/SSAR credits are attributed to participants.

All conferences are in English.

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Friday 8th June

The Chronic Pain Patient: An Unsolved Problem?

  • 13:30
    13:30 – 17:00 | Léman
    Hirslanden Institute Director meeting (ILS)ILS only
  • 17:00
    17:00 – 17:45 | Bibliothèques & Arcades
    Welcome coffee & registration
  • 17:45
    17:45 – 17:50 | Rotonde
    Introduction "The chronic pain patient: an unsolved problem?"
    Dr. René-Andréas Marti, Clinique Cecil, Lausanne
  • 17:50
    17:50 – 18:25 | Rotonde
    Chronization of acute postsurgical pain?
    PD Dr. Marc Suter, CHUV Lausanne
  • 18:25
    18:25 – 19:00 | Rotonde
    Ketamine, rediscovery of an old drug?
    Dr. Benno Rehberg-Klug, HUG Geneva
  • 19:00
    19:00 - 19:45 | Bibilothèques & Arcades
    Aperitif for all participants
  • 20:00
    20:00 - 22:30 | Léman
    Hirslanden private dinner

Saturday 9th June

Perioperative Risk Stratification: An Update

  • 8:30
    8:30 – 9:00 | Hallway
    Welcome coffee & registration
  • 9:00
    9:00 – 9:05 | Rotonde
    Introduction "Perioperative risk stratification: an update"
    PD Dr. Werner Baulig, Klinik Im Park, Zürich
  • 9:05
    9:05 – 9:40 | Rotonde
    The cardiac risk in non-cardiac surgery: an update in 2018
    Prof. Manfred Seeberger, Klinik Hirslanden, Zürich
  • 9:40
    9:40 – 10:15 | Rotonde
    Perioperative thromboembolic risk according to the type of surgery: an update 2018
    Prof. Dimitrios Tsakiris, UHBS Basel
  • 10:15
    10:15 - 10:45 | Bibilothèques & Arcades
    Coffee break
  • 10:45
    10:45 – 11:20 | Rotonde
    Perioperative risk of infection according to the type of surgery: an update 2018
    Dr. Bruno Grandbastien, CHUV Lausanne
  • 11:20
    11:20 – 11:55 | Rotonde
    Perioperative risks related to active smoking: what is the evidence?
    Prof. Bertrand Dautzenberg, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris
  • 11:55
    11:55 – 13:30 | Bibliothèques & Arcades
    Standing lunch
  • 13:30
    13:30 – 14:00 | Rotonde
    The brain is not just a number: applications and advances for processed EEG monitoring - from the theory to the practice
    Dr. Pierre Pandin, CUB Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium
  • 14:00
    14:00 – 14:30 | Rotonde
    Post-operative delirium & POCD: improving patient safety – clinical advances in brain monitoring
    Dr. Francisco A. Lobo, Hospital Geral de Santo António, Porto, Portugal
  • 14:30
    14:30 – 15:05 | Rotonde
    Legal risks for the anesthesiologist and intensive care physician from the point of view of liability insurance
    Dr. Daniela Schönenberg, Center of Competence, AXA Winterthur, Winterthur
  • 15:05
    15:05 - 15:35 | Bibilothèques & Arcades
    Networking coffee break
  • 15:35
    15:35 – 16:10 | Rotonde
    Prevention and treatment of PONV: the state of the art in 2018
    Prof. Martin Tramèr, HUG, Geneva
  • 16:10
    16:10 – 16:45 | Rotonde
    Perioperative risk of allergy/anaphylaxis: an update 2018
    Prof. Paul-Michel Mertes, CHRU, Strasbourg
  • 16:45
    16:45 – 17:00 | Rotonde
    Closing speech