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"