tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "26th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, 21–24 March 2006, Brussels, Belgium"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: 26th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, 21–24 March 2006, Brussels, Belgium. | Available online http content 10 3 309 Meeting report 26th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 21-24 March 2006 Brussels Belgium Jeannie Wurz Medical Writer Editor Department of Intensive Care Medicine University Hospital Bern Switzerland Corresponding author Jeannie Wurz Published 18 May 2006 This article is online at http content 10 3 309 2006 BioMed Central Ltd Critical Care 2006 10 309 doi cc4935 A total of 4 956 medical professionals from 84 countries attended the 26th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ISICEM in Brussels Belgium. The 4-day conference which took place from 21 to 24 March 2006 featured 769 presentations in 124 sessions and covered a vast range of general clinical and experimental medicine topics in a variety of formats from lectures to tutorials to pro-con debates. Although the majority of attendees traveled to Brussels to learn about advances in their disciplines the meeting also provided an opportunity to view intensive care from a broader perspective. What needs to be done to improve the quality of care How can people in different fields or in different countries work together How can we profit from the experiences - and experience - of others What can we do better And where is there a need for research The international experts who spoke at the 26th ISICEM provided a wealth of information from a variety of perspectives. Some themes and insights from the conference are identified in the following. We don t know One striking trend in the presentations was the frequent use of some variation of the phrase We don t know see Table 1 . From the very first morning in the opening session conference organizer Jean-Louis Vincent Brussels Belgium set the stage by asking why over many years so many studies have shown no impact on outcomes. Are we experts in negative studies he asked. After naming a variety of commonly used interventions that