Format: Virtual
Dates: 27-28 May, 2024

Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) is commonly utilised in increasingly complex critically ill patients. While RRT is often delegated to ICU nurses, however, physicians’ intervention is required in critical moments. This e-Course brings a typical example of an interprofessional experience where bedside discussion is mandatory. After registering for the event, ensure you access the dedicated online classroom on the ESICM Academy.

Directors

  • Thomas RIMMELE MD PhD, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Lyon, France
  • Antoine SCHNEIDER MD PhD, Service de Médecine Intensive Adulte (SMIA), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland, Chair of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) section 

Endorsement: This Course is endorsed by the AKI section and the Nursing and Allied Healthcare Professionals (N&AHP) representative group, ESICM.

Objectives

  • To understand the principles of RRT in adult critically ill patients
  • To understand and learn how to deal with commonly encountered issues during RRT
  • To develop an interdisciplinary, problem based approach

Programme Content

  • Indications for therapy
  • Modalities (continuous vs intermittent including hybrid, haemodialysis vs hemofiltration)
  • Therapy selection (starting, transitioning and stopping)
  • Circuit setup (live demonstrations)
  • Practical issues with vascular access, filter
  • Common alarms management
  • Choice of anticoagulation regimen
  • How to combine CRRT and ECMO
  • Quality indicators
  • Challenges during CRRT
  • Ethical aspects

Fellowships

A total of 5 fellowships will be conducted in centres around Europe, giving fellows the opportunity to experience renal replacement therapy in real-life settings and learn directly from experts. Fellowship-related costs (accommodation and travel) up to 1000 EUR/fellow will be reimbursed by ESICM.

Eligibility for fellowships:

  • Must be a member of the ESICM (so join us now if not already a member!)
  • Fellowships will be awarded on basis of attendance at the course and highest performance in the post-course evaluation.

Fellowship center, dates and mentors to be confirmed at a later stage

Note! Priority will be given to those participants who haven’t benefitted from a fellowship on this topic before.

Target

  • Intensivists, nephrologists and critical care nurses with a particular interest in RRT.

Support LMI Countries

IMPORTANT! A total of 10 places will be offered for FREE to participants coming from Low and Lower Middle Income Countries (LMIC), as per the World Bank classification. If you are interested to apply for an LMIC place, send us your letter of interest and CV to education@esicm.org. Applicants from LMIC may be selected for a maximum of 3 ESICM eCourses for FREE every year. Applicants who have participated in 1 eCourse as a free LMIC applicant need to have an active ESICM membership for the current year before applying again. LMIC applications closed. 

Accreditation

An application will be made to the UEMS EACCME® for CME accreditation of this event.

Highlights of previous editions

2023

We welcomed 110 participants from 45 countries to the Renal Replacement Therapy e-Master Class! Engaging with 10 experts, they had the chance to broaden their knowledge of therapy initiation, circuit setup, how to combine CCRT & ECMO, troubleshooting & more!

Here are some of their comments on this innovative educational format:

  • Great course. Very good organisation. Positive spirit.
  • It was my first time participating in such an event and I was amazed to see such a beautiful arrangement. Doctors from around the world exchanging knowledge.
  • The best aspect in my opinion was that the speakers were able to communicate and explain very clearly the information they wanted to share.
  • Really high-quality teaching. Comprehensive course, expert faculty, good interaction, and the chance to discuss and ask questions.

2022

We welcomed 160 participants from 52 countries to the Renal Replacement Therapy e-Master Class! Engaging with 10 experts, they had the chance to broaden their knowledge of therapy initiation, circuit setup, how to combine CCRT & ECMO, troubleshooting & more!

Here are some of their comments on this innovative educational format:

  • Thank you for the wonderful 2 days. It was a pleasure to be part of this.
  • It changed my view on how to do things differently! 
  • It was a very informative 2-day master class!

2021

We just wrapped up the Renal Replacement Therapy Master Class! A total of 11 experts and 85 participants from 22 countries engaged in interactive activities and case-based discussions. Here are some of their comments on this innovative educational format:

  • A most interesting and enjoyable course!
  • Very helpful and useful 
  • Thank you! It was a fantastic day!

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