23nd Symposium "Pediatric intensive care up to date"

PLATINUM CONGRESS HALL

THURSDAY, 29.01.2026

 

8:00 – 8:10 Introduction - Opening ceremony

08:10 - 08:20 What we shouldn't miss

Chairman: T. Zaoral (Ostrava)

08:20 – 09:50 What we didn't/were successful at

Chairman: O. Petrík (Banská Bystrica), P. Pavlíček (Prague)

  • Could the difficult course of events have been prevented?
    V. Pellantová (Hradec Králové)
  • Adenovirus, a killer pathogen
    P. Heinige, P. Pokorná (Prague)
  • What could we have done differently?
    B. Lomnická (Banská Bystrica)
  • Septic shock on ECMO: risks that cannot be avoided  
    J. Jonas (Prague)

09:50 - 10:00 Break

10:00 - 12:00 Sepsis in children

Chairman: M. Fedora (Brno), T. Zaoral (Ostrava)

  • Definition of sepsis in children: from SIRS to Phoenix criteria
    M. Fedora (Brno)
  • Protocolization in the treatment of pediatric sepsis
    T. Zaoral (Ostrava)
  • Phenotypes of sepsis in children – relevance for practice
    M. Průcha (Prague)
  • Septic shock in children - a current view
    P. Pavlicek (Prague)
  • Septic shock in children and ECMO
    J. Vujčíková, D. Raffaj (UK)
  • Sequelae of sepsis in children and their impact on quality of life, data from BEATsep
    M. Hortová Kohoutková, Ž. Kocurová, L. Homola, J. Frič (Brno)
  • Post-hospitalization syndrome in critically ill children
    T. Hecht (Prague)

13:30 - 15:00 Coagulation in PICU, perioperative bleeding management and PBM in children (EN)

Chairman: K. Laukova (Bratislava, Slovakia), F. Schmitt (Marburg, Germany)

  • VET diagnostics in children (bleeding and sepsis)
    F. Schmitt (Heidelberg, Germany)
  • Fluid management in pediatric anesthesia
    A. Zivkovic (Heidelberg, Germany)
  • From Chaos to control: Goal‑Directed Management of Perioperative Bleeding in Children – Interactive Cases
    K. Laukova (Bratislava, Slovakia)

15:00 - 15:10  Break

15:10 - 16:45  Beyond the Snapshot: Serial Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Chest, Brain, and Clinical Rounds (EN)

Chairman: D. Raffaj (Nottingham, UK), J. Fremuth (Pilsen)

  • Serial Fluid Overload Assessment in Critically Ill Children Using POCUS
    E.C. Alexander (London, UK)
  • Many Roads, One Goal: Point-of-Care Ultrasound for ICP Assessment in Pediatric TBI
    D. Raffaj (Nottingham, UK)
  • Point of care ultrasound LUNGS – do we need X-ray
    J. Fremuth (Pilsen)
  • Standardization of USG examination as part of the daily visit of a critically ill patient
    (Standardization of POCUS as part of daily rounds)

    O. Petrík, J. Čutora (Banská Bystrica)

16:45 - 17:00  Break and poster viewing

17:00 - 18:00 Sedaconda – another form of sedation

Chairman: P. Pokorná, P. Pavlíček (Prague)

  • Monitoring analgosedation in children in intensive care
    P. Pokorná (Prague)
  • Sedaconda ACD – principle, overview of indications
    M. Nowakova (Ostrava)
  • Sedaconda ACD in children - our experience
    T. Skříšovská (Brno)
  • Sedaconda ACD in pediatric patients - our experience
    S. Micica (Prague)

PLATINUM CONGRESS HALL

FRIDAY, 30.01.2026

 

08:30 - 11:15 Other

Chairman: P. Dominik (Brno), S. Nosáľ (Martin, Slovakia)

  • Implementation of rapid whole-genome sequencing in children hospitalized in the ICU in the Czech Republic: interim results from the nationwide “Baby Fox” study
    K. Slabá (Brno)
  • Optimizing ATB in the critically ill patient
    N. Mikušová (Banská Bystrica)
  • Use of protein C in pediatrics
    P. Mazánek (Brno)
  • Sepsis and Protein C: our experience
    Mr. Dominic (Brno)
  • ICIS Score: A Game-Changer in Detecting Infection in Burned Children
    B. Bachelor (Prague)
  • Tramadol intoxication
    T. Čábelová (Prague)
  • AI: "the dark side of the moon"
    S. Nosáľ (Martin, Slovakia)

11:15 - 11:30 Break

11:30 - 12:30 News 2025 GL: pediatric life support – new ERC and CRD recommendations 2025

Chairman: P. Štourač (Brno), M. Nowaková (Ostrava)

  • Recognition of a critically ill child, basic emergency resuscitation
    P. Rozsíval (Ústí nad Orlicí)
  • Advanced resuscitation in children
    M. Nowakova (Ostrava)
  • Cardiac arrest in specific situations
    P. Štourač (Brno)
  • Post-resuscitation care, prognosis and discharge care
    J. Djakow (Hořovice)

12:30 CONCLUSION OF 23nd Symposium "Pediatric intensive care up to date"