Renal Replacement Therapy in ICU

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.

• 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

• 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

A total of 5 fellowships will be conducted from October 21-27 2024, 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 centre and mentor:

• Santa Chiara Regional Hospital, APSS – University of Trento, Italy – Silvia DE ROSA and the local team (October 21-27 2024)

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

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

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.
Applications close 1 month before the Live Event.

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

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.

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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!

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!