Maternal and peripartum sepsis

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Maternal and peripartum sepsis

Join us on Tuesday, 23 June 2026, 16:00 CEST

Maternal and peripartum sepsis remain major challenges in intensive care, requiring rapid recognition, multidisciplinary management, and timely intervention to improve outcomes for both mother and child.

This webinar brings together intensive care experts in infection management alongside specialists in maternal and obstetric care to provide a comprehensive perspective on this complex condition. Join us and upgrade your skills in recognising, managing, and supporting patients with maternal and peripartum sepsis across the different phases of care.


Key Learning Objectives:

  • Explore the detection, early treatment, and management of maternal and peripartum sepsis from both the ICU infection and obstetrical perspectives
  • Understand the presentation and management of the post-acute phase and recovery process

Topics & Speakers 

Detection, early treatment and management (ICU/infectious standpoint)
Pedro POVOA
NOVA Medical School and São Francisco Xavier Hospital, Lisbon (PT)

Detection, early treatment and management (the obstetric standpoint)
Manon VOUGA
Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne (CH)

Post-acute phase
Margaret HERRIDGE
Toronto General Hospital and Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto (CA)

MODERATORS

Hannah WOZNIAK 
University of Geneva, Geneva (CH)

Gennaro DE PASCALE 
Sacro Cuore Catholic University and Agostino Gemelli University Hospital Foundation (IRCCS), Rome (IT)