Hellenic Society of Anaesthesiology

19th Panhellenic Congress of Anaesthesiology

12-15 May, 2011Thraki Palace Hotel

Alexandroupolis Greece

FINAL SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

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Congress Secretariat

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Hellenic Society of Anaesthesiology

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12.00-18.00 Workshop I-Α

Training the trainers

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09:00 R E G I S T R A T I O N

09.00-13.00 Workshop I-Β

Training the trainers

11.00-13.30 Workshop ΙI

Airway management

12:00-13.30 Session I:Peri-operative

Neuroprotection

Session IΙ:Peadiatric Anaesthesia

13:00-14:00 Oral Presentations I

13:30-14:30 LUNCH – Visit to the Exhibition & e-posters P1-P62

14:30-16:00 Session III: Trauma

Session IV: The enderly patient for

Anaesthesia

Oral Presentations II

14.00-16.30 Workshop ΙV

Regional blocks with nerve stimulation

14.00-17.00 Workshop ΙIIIntraoperative

TransoesophagealEchocardiography

16:00-16:30 COFFEE – Visit to the Exhibition & e-posters

16:30-18:00 Session V: Training and research in

Anaesthesiology

Session VI: Obstetric Anaesthesia

Oral Presentations III

18:00-19:00 Satellite Lecture Sponsored by Janssen

19:30 O P E N I N G C E R E M O N Y Welcome Addresses • «Georgios Chassapakis» Named Lecture • Music Welcome

21:00 W E L C O M E R E C E P T I O N

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08.00-8.45 Refresher Course IEmergency non-cardiac surgery in patients with stents and anti-platelet

therapy

Refresher Course IISecondary brain damage:

can be prevented?

Refresher Course IIIGuidelines for prevention

and management of respiratory depression from neuraxial opioids

09:00-10.30 Session VΙΙ: Respiration and

Anaesthesia

Session VIII: Peri-operative Fluid & Transfusion Therapy

Oral Presentations IV

09.00-12.00 Workshop V

Mechanical Ventilation & Anaesthesia

10:30-11:00 COFFEE – Visit to the Exhibition & e-posters P63-P80

11:00-12:30 Session IX: Peri-operative Optimisation

Session X: Pharmacology for the

Anaesthesiologist

Oral Presentations V

12.30-15.30Workshop VII

Mechanical Ventilation & Anaesthesia

12:30-13:30 Forum: Safety in Anaesthesia

13:30-14:30 LUNCH – Visit to the Exhibition & e-posters P81-P137 1

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14:30-16:00 Session XI: The cardiac patient for

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Session XII:Acute and

chronic pain

Oral Presentations VI

BAF Meeting

16:00-19:00 UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF ALEXANDROUPOLIS

WorkshopVIII

Management of Neuromuscular blockade

Sponsored by MSD

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08:00-08:45 Refresher Course IVHyperactivity and

anaesthetic agents

Refresher Course VIntra-operative management of

hypothermia

Refresher Course VIESA guidelines for

neuraxial blockade and anti-platelet agents

09:00-10:30 Session XIII:Mechanical Ventilation

during Anaesthesia

Session XIVThe Social impact of PainOrganized by: Hellenic

Pain Society

Oral Presentations VII

09.00-12.00 Workshop IX

Ultrasound guided regional blocks and central

veins’ catheterisation

10:30-11:00 COFFEE – Visit to the Exhibition & e-posters

11:00-12:30 Joint Session European Society of

Anaesthesiology (ESA)

Session XV: Intensive Care

Oral Presentations VIII

11.00-14.00 Workshop X

Anaesthesia WorkstationSponsored by Draeger

12:30-13:30 Sponsored Session by MSD

13:30-14:30 LUNCH – Visit to the Exhibition & e-posters P138-180

14:30-16:00 Session XVI:Patient Safety in Anaesthesiology

Session XVII:Professional issues in

Anaesthesiology

Oral PresentationsNominated for Award

14.30-17.30 Workshop XI

Anaesthesia WorkstationSponsored by Draeger

16:00-18:00 Sponsored Session by ASTELLAS

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10:00-12:00 Junior Anaesthesiologists’

Forum

Anaesthesia Nursing Seminar:

Contemporary challenges for nurse anaesthesia

practice

12:00-12:30 CLOSING CEREMONY - AWARDS

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Workshop Ι-ΑTraining the Trainers Organised by the Hellenic chapter of ISIA (International School for Instructors In Anesthesiology)

Part A’

ISIA Chairman: Gabriel Gurman, Beer Sheva, Israel Co-ordinators: Kiriaki Vagdatli, Athens – Eleni Katsika, Thessaloniki, –

Alexia Papaioannou, Heraklion Speakers: Gabriel Gurman, Beer Sheva, Israel – Miodrag Milenovic, Belgrade, Serbia –

Vojislava Neskovic, Belgrade, Serbia

• Introduction: Why is good teaching important?Gabriel Gurman, Beer Sheva, Israel

• Planning and preparation of teachingVojislava Neskovic, Belgrade, Serbia

• Workshop Ι:Writing aims, outlines, summary

• Tips for improving your presentationΚiriaki Vagdatli, Athens

• Workshop ΙΙ:Putting the tips into practice

• Case Presentation Ι Alexia Papaioannou, Heraklion

• How to make your presentations interactive Vojislava Neskovic, Belgrade, Serbia

• Workshop ΙΙΙ:Teaching interactively

• Visual aidsEleni Katsika, Thessaloniki

• Workshop IV:Improving your Power Point presentations

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• Gaining and maintaining attentionAlexia Papaioannou, Heraklion

• Case presentation IIKiriaki Vagdatli, Athens

• How to evaluate a seminar Miodrag Milenovic, Belgrade, Serbia

• Workshop V: Students presenting

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Workshop ΙΙAirway ManagementCo-ordinators: Vassilis Dimitriou, Athens – Aggeliki Bairaktari, Athens

• Workstation I: Fiberoptic tracheal intubationΝikos Gorgias, Ioannis Zogogiannis, Amalia Douma, Kostas Andreopoulos

• Workstation II: Ventilation with a laryngeal maskGrigoris Voyagis, Georgia Nikolaidou

• Workstation III: Ventilation with supraglottic devices Maria Kokolaki, Μarianthi Varveri, Εvgenia Koursoumi

• Workstation IV: Cricothyrotomy Kyriakos Kokkinis, Giorgos Donas, Νikos Pentilas

• Workstation V: Transtracheal jet ventilationManolis Chatzopoulos, Despina Liotiri, Edela Kotso

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Session ΙPeri-operative NeuroprotectionChairs: Maria Peftoulidou, Thessaloniki – Georgia Stamatiou, Larissa Commentator: Georgia Tsaousi, Thessaloniki

• Brain preconditioning: Is there a challenge?Zeljco J. Bosnjak, Wisconsin, USA

• Statins and perioperative neuroscience Christian Werner, Mainz, Germany

• Glucose and the brain: poison or fuel?Irene Mavrommati, Athens

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Session ΙΙPaediatric AnaesthesiaChairs: Stavros Livanios, Athens, Maria Papageorgiou, Athens Commentator: Amalia Anagnostidou, Athens

• Risk assessment for respiratory complications in paediatric anaesthesia Panagiota Priftaki, Athens

• Rapid sequence induction in paediatric anaesthesiaGeorgios Noutsos, Athens

• Is the use of colloids for fluid replacement harmless in children?Despina Iordanidou, Thessaloniki

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13.30-14.30 LUNCH – Visit the Exhibition & e-poster P1-P62

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Session ΙΙΙTraumaChairs: Vassilis Grossomanidis, Thessaloniki – Stella Douvli, Trikala Commentator: Konstantinos Katsanoulas, Thessaloniki • The patient with traumatic cerebral oedema: which is the best approach?

Christian Werner, Mainz, Germany• Goal-directed hemodynamic and fluid optimisation

Vassilis Bekos, Athens• Management of hypothermia in trauma patient

Vassiliki Vrettou, Athens

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Session IVThe elderly patient for AnaesthesiaChairs: Stella Sgouromalli-Kostaki, Athens – Marianthi Vafiadou, Athens Commentator: rev. Georgios Roussakis, Athens • The agitated elderly patient in the post-operative period

Alexandra Papaioannou, Heraklion • Management of post-operative pain in the elderly patient

Varvara Fyntanidou, Thessaloniki• Optimising the outcome of the geriatric surgical patient

Maria Papastamou, Athens

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Workshop ΙΙΙIntraoperative Transoesophageal EchocardiographyCo-ordinators: Stavroula Lacoumenta, Athens – Marina Balanika, Athens• Physics of ultrasounds

Theofili Kousi, Athens • Assessment of systolic function of left ventricle

Anastasios Petrou, Ioannina • Assessment of diastolic function of left ventricle

Georgios Karatasakis, Athens • Assessment of the mitral valve

Marina Balanika, Athens • Assessment of the aortic valve

Konstantinos Patris, Athens • Transoesophageal echocardiography

Dimitrios Tsiapras, Athens • Interactive session 5

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Workshop IVRegional blocks with nerve stimulationCo-ordinators: Theodossia Vogiatzaki, Alexandroupolis – Georgia Kritharidou, Athens

• Workstation I: Anatomy of the brachial plexus. Upper extremity blocks (Interscalene, Infraclavicular, Acillary approach)Bouled Kiamiloglou

• Workstation II: Anatomy of the brachial plexus. Upper extremity blocks (Interscalene, Infraclavicular, Acillary approach)Panagiota Dimou

• Workstation III: Anatomy of the lumbo-sacral plexus. Lower extremity blocks (Posterior-Intertendinous approach of sciatic nerve, femoral nerve)Christina Balakera

• Workstation IV: Anatomy of the lumbo-sacral plexus. Lower extremity blocks (Posterior-Intertendinous approach of sciatic nerve, femoral nerve)Pelagia Chloropoulou

16.00-16.30 COFFEE – Visit the Exhibition & e-posters

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Session VTraining and Research in AnaesthesiologyChairs: Argyro Fassoulaki, Athens – Ioanna Siafaka, AthensCommentator: Stavroula Lacoumenta, Athens

• Strengths and weaknesses of meta-analysis Martin Tramer, Geneva, Switzerland

• Training the trainers: does it improve the quality of Anaesthesiology education? Gabriel Gurman, Beer Sheva, Israel

• Proposed guidelines for Anaesthesiology training in Greece Anna Malissiova, Athens

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Session VIObstetric AnaesthesiaChairs: Christos Iatrou, Alexandroupolis – Aikaterini Balali, AthensCommentator: Konstantinos Spanopoulos, Thessaloniki

• Pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndromeStavroula Frantzeskaki, Chania

• Oxytoxic agents for labour: Friend or enemy?Efthymia Evodia, Athens

• Obesity and pregnancy Pelagia Klimi, Athens

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OPENING CEREMONYWelcome Addresses

«Georgios Chassapakis» named LectureChairs: Eleni Mavrommati, Congress President -

Dionysios Verettas, Chair Medical Department of Medicine, Demokritos University of Thrace

• Hippocratic ethics & modern medicineHelen Askitopoulou, Heraklion

Music Welcome

21.00 WELCOME RECEPTION

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Friday May 13, 201108.00-08.45

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1 Refresher Course I Emergency non-cardiac surgery in patients with stents and anti-platelet therapyChairs: Konstantina Romana, Athens – Chloi Yapana, NicosiaSpeaker: Christina Antzaka, Athens, Greece

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S Refresher Course ΙISecondary brain damage: can be prevented?Chairs: Argyro Mela, Athens – Georgia Provataki, AthensSpeaker: Irene Drimeri, Athens

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Session VIIRespiration and AnaesthesiaChairs: Dimitris Vassilakos, Thessaloniki – Kamil Toker, Turkey Commentator: Aggeliki Pantazi, Athens

• Post-operative pulmonary complications following abdominal and thoracic surgery: are they diminished by epidural analgesia?Martin Tramer, Geneva, Switzerland

• Practice Guidelines for perioperative management of patients with obstructive sleep apnea Chara Paloumbi, Athens

• Lung isolation techniques for patients with difficult airwayGrigoris Vogiatzis, Athens

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Session VIIIPeri-operative Fluid & Transfusion TherapyChairs: Anastassia Trikoupi, Thessaloniki – Dimitris Ablianitis, Athens Commentator: Eleni Katsika, Thessaloniki

• Intraoperative fluid approach: how is balance achieved?Pinelopi Kouki, Athens

• Hydroxyethyl starches: Different products – Different effectsJean Francois Baron, Paris, France

• New agents in treating massive hemorrhage Afrodite Pavlakou, Athens

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Workshop VMechanical Ventilation and AnaesthesiaCo-ordinators: Vassilia Nyktari, Heraklion – Metaxia Bareka, Larissa

Basics of mechanical ventilation and Applied physiology

• Basics of mechanical ventilation Georgios Stefanakis, Heraklion

• Mechanics of the respiratory systemEleni Diamantaki, Heraklion

Clinical applications of mechanical ventilation

• Clinical effects of mechanical ventilationManolis Mathioudakis, Heraklion

• Lung protective ventilation strategies during anaesthesiaVassilia Nyktari, Heraklion

• Mechanical ventilation in patients with asthma and COPDKostas Fakiris, Heraklion

• Interactive session (4 groups)

10.30-11.00 COFFEE – Visit the Exhibition & e-posters P63-P80

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Session ΙXPeri-operative optimizationChairs: Georgios Vretzakis, Larissa – Kyriakos Kokkinis, Aigion Commentator: Konstantinos Mandragos, Athens

• PEEP and recruitment in morbidly obese patients during general anaesthesia Paolo Pelosi, Varese, Italy

• Prevention and Management of Acute Renal Failure Aristidis Vakalos, Xanthi

• Dilemmas in Infusion therapy: “Wet” or “Dry”?Georgios Vretzakis, Larissa

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Session XPharmacology for the Anaesthesiologist Chairs: Mary Gouliami, Athens – Eleni Arnaoutoglou, Ioannina Commentator: Anastassios Petrou, Ioannina

• Neurotoxicity of anaesthetic agents Zeljco J. Bosnjak, Wisconsin, USA

• Update on inhalational anaesthetics Stefan De Hert, Ghent, Belgium

• Sedation trends in the 21st century: the use of DexmedetomidineAntonia Dimakopoulou, Athens

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1 Forum: Safety in AnaesthesiaChairs: Helen Askitopoulou, Heraklion – Efthymios Sofianos, Thessaloniki

• From WHO to the Helsinki Declaration on Safety of Anaesthesia Jannicke Mellin Olsen, EBA-UEMS President, Vestre Viken, Norway

• 15 years after the first safety guidelines in Greece Christos Derveniotis, Athens, Greece

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Workshop VIIMechanical Ventilation and AnaesthesiaCo-ordinators: Vassilia Nyktari, Heraklion – Metaxia Bareka, Larissa

Basics of mechanical ventilation and Applied physiology

• Basics of mechanical ventilation Georgios Stefanakis, Heraklion

• Mechanics of the respiratory systemEleni Diamantaki, Heraklion

Clinical applications of mechanical ventilation

• Clinical effects of mechanical ventilationManolis Mathioudakis, Heraklion

• Lung protective ventilation strategies during anaesthesiaVassilia Nyktari, Heraklion

• Mechanical ventilation in patients with asthma and COPDKostas Fakiris, Heraklion

• Interactive session

13.30-14.30 LUNCH – Visit the Exhibition & e-posters P81-P137

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Session ΧΙThe cardiac patient for non-cardiac surgeryChairs: Theodora Asteri, Thessaloniki – Mary Vassili, AthensCommentator: Poly Stratigi, Athens

• Cardioprotection during anaesthesia: does it affect outcome?Stefan De Hert, Ghent, Belgium

• ESA-AHA Guidelines for pre-operative cardiovascular risk assessment Fotini Danou, Athens, Greece

• Monitoring the cardiac patient for non-cardiac surgery Georgios Kyrvasilis, Athens, Greece

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Session ΧΙΙAcute and Chronic PainChairs: Athina Vadalouca, Athens – Anna Zaralidou, ThessalonikiCommentator: Elpida Antonopoulou, Xanthi

• Postoperative management of patients with chronic painPelagia Chloropoulou, Alexandroupolis

• Postoperative analgesia in the drug addict Aikaterini Tsirogianni, Katerini

• Transition of acute postoperative in chronic neuropathic pain Aikaterini Melemeni, Athens

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1 Refresher Course IV Hyperactivity and anaesthetic agents Chairs: Kalliopi Panagiotaki, Heraklion – Nikos Agrotis, TripolisSpeaker: Katerina Labropoulou, Kalamata

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S Refresher Course V Intra-operative management of hypothermia Chairs: Lucina Ritsoti, Athens – Olivia Petropoulou, Athens Speaker: Elli Karanika, Kos

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Session ΧΙΙΙMechanical Ventilation during AnaesthesiaChairs: Georgia Anastassiadou, Thessaloniki – Pantelia Nassopoulou, Athens Commentator: Dimitrios Matamis, Thessaloniki

• Non invasive ventilation in the perioperative period Paolo Pelosi, Varese, Italy

• Mechanical ventilation during anaesthesia: Lung protective strategiesVassilia Nyktari, Heraklion

• Mechanical ventilation of the COPD patientTheofanis Vrettos, Patras

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Session XIVThe Social impact of PainOrganized by the Hellenic Pain Society Chairs: Evnomia Vrachnou, Athens – Irene Kouroukli, Athens Commentator: Manolis Anastassiou, Athens

• Epidemiological data of acute pain Aikaterini Amaniti, Thessaloniki

• Epidemiological data of chronic pain Aggeliki Bairaktari, Athens

• The psychosocial impact of pain Dionyssis Sakkas, Athens

• The socio-economic impact of painJohn Yfantopoulos, Athens

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Workshop IXUltrasound guided regional blocks and central veins’ catheterisationCo-ordinators: Lucas Theocharis, Athens – Amalia Douma, Athens

• I. Basics on Ultrasound guided peripheral nerve blocks and central line placementNikos Zafeiris, Ioannis Thanopoulos, Eleni Theodorou, Lucas Theocharis, Manolis Chatzopoulos

• II. Ultrasound guided common peripheral nerve blocksIoannis Zogogiannis, Amalia Douma, Panagiota Priftaki,Tilemachos Paraskevopoulos

• III. Ultrasound guided uncommon peripheral nerve blocksTheodosios Saranteas, Ioannis Serpetinis

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1 Joint Session with European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) Chairs: Paolo Pelosi, President ESA – Eleni Mavrommati, President HSA

• UEMS guidelines on EducationJannicke Mellin Olsen, EBA-UEMS President, Vestre Viken, Νorway

• Implementing Quality in Anaesthesiology in Europe Andrew Fairley Smith, ESA Committee for guidelines, Lancaster, UK

• The best most recent publications in Anaesthesiology Argyro Fassoulaki, EJA Associate Editor, Athens

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Session XVIntensive Care Chairs: Elissavet Stamataki, Athens – Suzanna Anissoglou, Thessaloniki Commentator: Efrosyni Sourgiadaki, Patras

• Treating shock: Old Drugs, New Ideas Metaxia Bareka, Larissa

• TRALI and TACO: Transfusion related acute lung injuryTheonymfi Papavassilopoulou, Athens

• Planned post-operative admissions to ICUAlexandra Michaloglou, Athens

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Workshop XAnaesthesia Workstation Co-ordinators: Panagiotis Georgakis, Athens – Christos Derveniotis, Athens

• Understanding the anaesthesia machineStylianos Kyriakoulakos, Giannitsa, Virginia Tanou, Athens, Andreas Fassaris, Athens

• Modern anaesthesia ventilatorsAnastasios Stathopoulos, Athens, Panagiota Papacharalampous, Athens, Aikaterini Tsiftsi, Athens

• Checking anaesthesia machine: Guidelines Eleni Chrona, Athens, Panagiota Stratigopoulou, Athens, Evagelia Samanta, Athens

• Problems and hazards of anaesthesia machines and ventilators. Management of risks using clinical scenarios and simulators Interactive session

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1 Sponsored LectureCo-ordinators: Eleni Plesia, Athens – Emmanuel Anastasiou, Athens

• The need for proper neuromuscular blockade and the management of residual blockade with SugammadexClaude Meistelman, Vandoeuvre, France

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13.30-14.30 LUNCH – Visit the Exhibition & e-posters P138-P180

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Session XVIPatient Safety in Anaesthesiology Chairs: Eleni Plessia, Athens, Karen Politi, RethymnonCommentator: Evagelia Kalliardou, Athens

• Educating and training for safety Andrew Fairley Smith, Lancaster, UK

• Postgraduate education in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care: New challengesIvan Smilov, Sofia, Bulgaria

• An Update on maternal patient safety Maria Manolaraki, Heraklion

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Session XVIIProfessional issues in Anaesthesiology Chairs: Vassilis Dimitriou, Athens, Dragan Vucovic, Belgrade, SerbiaCommentator: Niki Palgimesi, Athens

• Mental fatigue of the AnaesthesiologistDimitris Valsamidis, Athens

• Substance abuse by anaesthesiologists Maria Papadopoulou, Ioannina

• The ageing anaesthesiologistIoanna Christodoulou, Pafos, Cyprus

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Workshop XIAnaesthesia Workstation Co-ordinators: Panagiotis Georgakis, Athens – Christos Derveniotis, Athens

• Understanding the anaesthesia machineStylianos Kyriakoulakos, Giannitsa, Virginia Tanou, Athens, Andreas Fassaris, Athens

• Modern anaesthesia ventilatorsAnastasios Stathopoulos, Athens, Panagiota Papacharalampous, Athens, Aikaterini Tsiftsi, Athens

• Checking anaesthesia machine: Guidelines Eleni Chrona, Athens, Panagiota Stratigopoulou, Athens, Evagelia Samanta, Athens

• Problems and hazards of anaesthesia machines and ventilators. Management of risks using clinical scenarios and simulatorsInteractive session

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1 Junior Anaesthesiologists’ Forum Chairs: Charissios Skourtis, Thessaloniki – Paraskevi Matsota, Athens

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Anaesthesia Nursing SeminarContemporary challenges for nurse anaesthesia practice Chairs: Venetia Zoi, Athens – Popi Drakaki, Heraklion

• Nurse Anaesthetist’s education: what is the next step?Evangelos Konstantinou, Athens

• Burnout and psychosomatic symptoms among anaesthesia nursesIosif Dougioutzou, Thessaloniki

• The role of anaesthesia nurses in the surgical teamDespina Christopoulou, Heraklion

• Anaesthesia nurses and nurse anaesthetists: the situation in Europe Flora Damigou, Athens

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