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CALL OF THE CZECH-SLOVAK FORUM FOR SEPSIS ADDRESSED TO THE PURKYNJE CZECH MEDICAL SOCIETY AND THE SLOVAK MEDICAL SOCIETY
During the ceremonial opening of the 7th PG Sepsis and MODS course, the Call of the Czech-Slovak Sepsis Forum addressed to the Czech Medical Society JE Purkyně and the Slovak Medical Society to start cooperation with the aim of fulfilling the content of The Surviving Sepsis Campaign launched in Barcelona in 2002 was presented.
A scientific action that has
the 7th successful repetition in a row does not need to be particularly promoted. It has found its place in the calendar, an interesting content focus and above all the interest of the participants, who this year, despite the truly arctic conditions, gathered almost three hundred. The postgraduate course dedicated to the issues of sepsis and MODS this year also brought an interesting opportunity to meet our colleagues from the field of surgery and provided space for pediatricians-intensivists to meet. It is gratifying to observe the ever-growing interest, the increasing scope of the course, the quality of the presentations and the interesting discussion. The Sepsis and MODS postgraduate course has also become a traditional meeting place for Slovak and Czech colleagues. It is also an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the excellent level of medicine in the Moravian-Silesian region. The Czech Society of Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Medicine highly values this event and will support it in every way.
doc. MD Karel Cvachovec, CSc.
Let's go back in time and see
into history. I don't know where I read it, but I remember the sentence: "He who does not know his history, however short, cannot see even a step into the future". In 1993, we split into Čechov and Slovákov, as many split today, but even this energy that led to the split could not lead to a different path on which we found ourselves. Is it a coincidence or fate that the paths of intensivists - Čechov and Slovákov met again at the "SEPSA and MODS course" thanks to a Slovak living in Bohemia? It's probably not a coincidence. Regardless of nationality, race, religion, or gender, all of us who practice intensive care medicine are faced with problems that nature has put in our way, and one of them is SEPSIS and the difficulties associated with it. It is an even if unpleasant "glue" that brought us together and brings us together to exchange information and experience, drawing on the knowledge of the other, who gives us his knowledge free of charge - despite the fact that some see only "business" in medicine. At the beginning of the "course", several dozen people sat in the "wagon" called "PG Sepsis and MODS course". In 2005, there were around 300 people, and I wonder if it is still a course, or is it a congress? Actually - the name is unimportant, but the important thing is that the interest of intensivists, and not only from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, raised the level of this event to the level of international importance. Despite the seriousness, something funny. If we were to calculate the percentage of sepsis mortality reduction by the individual presented methodologies and procedures at the last "course", we would find a negative number, which in this case means that more patients should survive than are actually affected (patients should reproduce). We know very well that this is not the case and probably won't be in the near future. It is a paradox if I say that there will be enough reasons to gather in Ostrava and discuss sepsis for many years to come. I would like to wish the organizers and founder of this course MUDr. to Roman Kula, CSc. to successfully organize this event until the time when about ten participants gather at it, who conclude that the discussion about sepsis is no longer relevant, because there are no septic patients. I want to believe that it will not be in 2006, which we are looking forward to again. Not because of sepsis, but because of the interpersonal relationships and friendships that the Ostrava atmosphere created and creates.
MD Pavol Török, CSc.
I am pleased to state that
that the popularity of the Ostrava course grows every year, and this year was no different. More than 300 doctors from the Czech and Slovak Republics were present and more than 50 postgraduate lectures were given. The discussion was rich and the blocks entitled "Meeting with experts" contributed significantly to its provocation. An extraordinary benefit was the numerous and historically increasing participation of other specialists who care for patients with severe sepsis - surgeons, neurologists, traumatologists, pediatricians, infectious disease specialists, hematologists, microbiologists and immunologists. Part of the professional program was composed entirely under their direction; for example, blocks of lectures organized by intensive care sections in surgery and neurology. A well-received group of presentations by leading Czech and Slovak microbiologists was also well received. All this signals a very important fact - we managed to create a platform on which we can collaborate effectively. Undoubtedly, it is an expression of the issue we are dealing with. She has severe sepsis - a disease that is the most common cause of death for patients in intensive care units. There is certainly no place here for detailed citations of the truly catastrophic epidemiological data associated with this disease. Details can be found in numerous publications; perhaps the fact that more people die from this disease annually than from breast, lung and colon cancer combined will help to clarify the situation. On the other hand, the low level of awareness of the seriousness of this situation is noted in one breath. The disease is not usually recognized at an early stage, when it is potentially solvable. The scope and intensity of the initial treatment intervention is often insufficient or applied late. Procedures that have yielded promising results in clinical trials are not uniformly introduced into practice. The frequency of occurrence of these deficiencies is unacceptably high and the need to introduce a new style of work that ensures the early availability of the correct treatment for each patient is highlighted. And these were the reasons why CSFS activities in Ostrava and during the 7th PG course on Sepsis and MODS, "transformed" into the "Challenge of the Czech-Slovak Forum for Sepsis addressed to the Czech Medical Society J. E. Purkyně and the Slovak Medical Society" to start cooperation with the goal of a concentrated fight against this disease and to fulfill the content of The Surviving Sepsis Campaign - reducing the mortality from this disease by 25 percent by 2009. We wish this activity a lot of success. What to say in conclusion? The eighth year of the course will be held again in Ostrava on the 25th-27th. January 2006. Activities during the event will be expanded to include "Pro-Con Discussions", "Meetings with Experts", "Learning Sessions", "Panel Discussions", "Poster Sessions" and "Company Minisymposia". An integral part of the course is also the Minisymposium on Intensive Care in Pediatrics. The gratifying administration is the effort to further expand the number of lecture blocks organized by the intensive care sections of the professional medical societies ČLS JEP and SLS. So we have something to look forward to and as the organizers, I now feel it is my duty to cordially invite you all to this event!
Roman Kula