THE JOINT ESICM/ATS/ERS/SCCM/SRLF CONSENSUS CONFERENCES
International Consensus Conferences (ICC) are 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 is 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 consists 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, is provided with background documentation about the presentations to be made by the experts. After attending the Conference, the Jury meets 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.
Next Consensus Conference11th ICC will take place in Puerto Rico in 2009, 23-24 April, on the topic "Therapeutic hypothermia: To cool or not to cool". The SCCM will organise this conference. Please check on SCCM website for further details at www.sccm.org
Past Consensus Conferences10th 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 held the responsability for organising 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. The topici was "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. The topic chosen was Haemodynamic monitoring in shock and implications for management. The SRLF was in charge of the organisation of the conference. The corresponding manuscript has been published in Réanimation (French version) and in Intensive Care Medicine (English version) which is posted below.
7th ICC took place in Budapest, Hungary, on 28-29 April 2005. The topic was "Weaning from mechanical ventilation". The ERS was the organisation body. The manuscript is being reviewed and will be published shortly. 6th ICC on Necrotising Pancreatitis - Washington DC on 15-16 April 2004 . Critical Care Medicine Vol 32 (12): 2524-2536 .
5th ICC on Challenges in end-of-life care in the ICU - Brussels, Belgium on 24-25 April 2003 . The conference was under the auspices of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Mr Walter Schwimmer.
4th International Consensus Conference in Critical Care on ICU-Acquired Pneumonia - Chicago, Illinois, May 2002
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