14th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the Perioperative Care of the Obese Patient - ESPCOP

BMCC - Beurs-, Meeting- en Congrescentrum - Bruges - Belgium

11 - 12 December 2023

ESPCOP 2023 Meeting:

Please find here the preliminar programme.

Programme

December 11, 2023

07:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee

07:30 - 08:00: Opening Session

J.P. Mulier & B. Dillemans

Morning Session: Pharmacology, ecology & ethics

08:15

Is our carbon footprint higher in Anesthesia for the patient with obesity?
Alain Kalmar

08:45

Do gender equity and imposter syndrome play a role in implementing sustainability goals?
Sarah Saxena

09:15

Can a combined intravenous volatile anesthesia concept for patients with obesity reduce opioids and carbon emission?
Tomasz Gaszyński

09:45

Value of the Eleveld TIVA model for the patients with obesity.
Hugo Vereecke

10:15 Coffee Break - visit to the exhibition hall

10:15

Demonstration of TCI-OA for bariatric metabolic surgery using the Eleveld model
H Vereecke

11:15

Demonstration of TIVA/inhalation-OFA for bariatric metabolic surgery.
T Gazynski

11:45

Panel of speakers. Each speaker gives his personal view on 5 questions. Discussing & Voting by attendees on what steps we all should take tomorrow to reduce our carbon footprint.

Questions to prepare. What is your priority for an environmental friendly?

1.

Should we turn on the vaporizers before intubation?

2.

Should we use low fresh gas flow (manual or end tidal control) in every procedure when using inhalation gases?

3.

Should we avoid desflurane use even when low fresh gas flow and vapor capture is available?

4.

Should we use vapor capture systems (Contrafluran)?

5.

Should we try to use Propofol maintenance (TCI or TIVA) as much as possible?

12:30 Lunch Break - visit to the exhibition hall

Afternoon Session Ventilation:

Ventilation of obese patients during laparoscopy
Peripheral airway closure as mechanism for atelectasis: lung recruitment + high PEEP, variable volume ventilation, constant flow ventilation or negative pressure ventilation

14:00

Peripheral airway closure, a higher risk in patients with obesity?
Jan Van Egmond

14:30

Options to prevent peripheral airway closure with recorded video’s
Jan Mulier

15:00

Q & A

15:00 Coffee Break - visit to the exhibition hall

Honored Guest Session:

15:45

Toxicology. Beyond the opioid crisis: Tranq/Special K
Jan Tytgat

Paolo Pelosi Workshop:

16:30

Paolo Pelosi Workshop on isolated lungs using different modes of ventilation. Limited places (available for the first 25 bookings)

Jan van Egmond, Jan Mulier, Luc Debaerdemaeker, Tomasz gazinscki, Sarah Saxena, Daniella Mike Margarson …….

18:30

Adjourn together with BEST

20:00

ESPCOP - BEST Meeting Dinner

December 12, 2023

08:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee

Morning Session Bariatric Anesthesia: Preventing complications

Obstructive Breathing, Nausea & Vomiting, Bleeding, Leak, Delirium

08:15

Sleep Disordered Breathing - The Red Flags we all need to recognize.
Mike Margarson

08:45

Recent advances in Anesthesia for patients with morbid obesity.
Luc Debaerdemaeker

09:45

Overcoming logistic challenges of patients with obesity
Daniela Godoroja-Diarto

10:00 Coffee Break - visit to the exhibition hall

10:30

What does Opioid sparing means for the Erabs guidelines?
Hans Deboer

10:30

Can we protect the brain of patients with obesity ? Safe Brain Initiative
Sarah Saxena

11:00

Value of anti-inflammatory anesthesia for the patient with metabolic syndrome undergoing laparoscopy.
Jan Mulier

12:15

Q & A

12:30 Lunch Break - visit to the exhibition hall

Afternoon Session Opioid Free Anesthesia:

World wide experience of OFA in any setting.

14:00

History and future of opioid & opioid free anesthesia
Jan mulier

14:45

Demonstration of OFA
by Adrian Sultana

15:15

Demonstration of OFA .
by M Clanet

15:45

Q & A
[15 min.]

16:00 Coffee Break - visit to the exhibition hall

16:30

Recorded case of OFA
by Luiz Fernando R Falcao

17:15

What locoregional blocks to suggest for OFA in laparoscopic bariatric surgery?
To be announced

17:45

Panel discussing and voting with the audience on what should be “the definition of opioid free anesthesia and the definition of opioid free analgesia”. .

18:30

Closing remarks with BEST
Adjourn together with BEST