CONSENSUS CONFERENCES
International Consensus Conferences (ICC) were organised jointly by the ESICM with the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the European Respiratory Society (ERS), the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the Société de Réanimation de Langue Française (SRLF).
The purpose of a Consensus conference was to produce an informed debate on a limited subject presented in the form of 5 main questions, with the aim of evaluating available scientific information and to advance understanding of the issue in question. It consisted of a two-day conference, during which experts from different disciplines and/or from different schools make short presentations, aimed at answering the 5 questions previously defined by the Scientific Advisors. Prior to the conference, the jury, made up of 11 non-experts in the field, was provided with background documentation about the presentations to be made by the experts. After attending the Conference, the Jury met up over two days, in order to prepare a Consensus Statement on the issues raised. The Consensus text may then be published by the 5 organising Societies.
Past Consensus Conferences11th ICC took place in Puerto Rico in 2009, 23-24 April, on the topic Therapeutic hypothermia: To cool or not to cool. The SCCM organised this conference.
10th ICC took place in Florence, Italy, on 17-18 April 2008 on the topic Diagnosis and management of adrenal insufficiency in the critically ill. The ESICM organised this conference. Flash conferences recorded during the Consensus Conference are posted on this website. Here is the final programme.
9th ICC took place in Montreal, Canada, on 3-4 May 2007 on the topic Management and prevention of acute renal failure in an ICU patient. The ATS has organised this conference.
8th ICC took place in Paris, France, on 27-28 April 2006 on the topic Haemodynamic monitoring in shock and implications for management. The SRLF has organized this conference. The corresponding manuscript has been published in Réanimation (French version) and in Intensive Care Medicine (English version) which is posted below. (ESICM/ATS/SRLF/SCCM/ERS) Intensive Care Medicine (2007) 33:575-590
7th ICC took place in Budapest, Hungary, on 28-29 April 2005 on the topic Weaning from mechanical ventilation. The ERS organized the conference.
6th ICC took place in Washington DC on 15-16 April 2004 on the topic Necrotising Pancreatitis.
The manuscript is published in Critical Care Medicine Vol 32 (12): 2524-2536 .
5th ICC took place in Brussels, Belgium on 24-25 April 2003 on the topic Challenges in end-of-life care in the ICU. The conference was under the auspices of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Mr Walter Schwimmer.
4th ICC took place in Chicago, Illinois, May 2002 on the topic ICU-Acquired Pneumonia
3rd European consensus conference in intensive care medicine Tissue hypoxia
2nd European consensus conference in intensive care medicine Predicting outcome in ICU patients
1st European consensus conference in intensive care medicine Selective decontamination of the digestive tract
Manuscripts from other Consensus ConferencesNon-invasive positive pressure ventilation in acute respiratory failure, Paris, 13-14 April 2000
Ventilator-associated lung injury in ARDS,
Consensus conference on mechanical ventilation
Report of the American-European consensus conference on ARDS |
(ESICM/ATS/SRLF/SCCM/ERS) Vol 30(5): 770-784, 2004
