Saturday, Nov 26: 12th International Fluid Academy Day 2022 with Focus on Fluids, Sepsis, and ARDS – Onsite and Livestream

It is time to treat fluids as drugs

The International Fluid Academy Day – #IFAD2022 – is back in Brussels, Belgium on November 26, 2022.

The past 2.5 years have been challenging for all healthcare professionals. When conferences and meetings were moved online, it became apparent that the human contact of speaking to friends and colleagues face-to-face can never be replicated on any online platform.

With this in mind, and true to IFA’s spirit of innovation, this year’s event will be unlike any of the previous years. We will cover, discuss, dissect and collaborate on sepsis and all things fluids focused on the 4 phases of fluid management, hemodynamic monitoring, and the concept of fluid stewardship. A neglected topic for way too long, the interest in fluid therapy seems to be quickly rising as the medical community is making a shift from looking at fluids as a mere method of stabilization towards the appreciation of its relevant side effects.

Uniquely, lectern-based lectures will be limited. Instead, there will be panel discussions where all colleagues can ask questions and as well as examine in detail clinical practice and research findings.

Come join us in the IFAD lounge and share your thoughts, views, and opinions. We look forward to seeing you.

We will build again a repository with video lectures. Access to these lectures will remain available for premium delegates (3 months in Whova - 6 months via tablet or smartphone - 12 months via embedded agenda).

We are pleased to announce that this year's IFAD will be organized together with the 9th Emergency Medicine Symposium (BEMS), at the Erasmus Campus - Building W in Brussels (1070). This year's SympoMed theme is EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF SEPSIS AND RESPIRATORY DISTRESS. This congress will be held in English, French, and Dutch. The English track is dedicated to the IFAD.
We look forward to seeing you in Brussels on November 26 or virtually via the Repository App! The IFAD/BEMS meeting will be held in English, Dutch and French.

Discount Codes and Registration

To register for onsite participation, please use the code BEMSIFAD35 for a 35% discount.

To participate in the live stream, use code ifad22gsa35 for a 35% discount, or code ifad22gsa100 to enter the daily free ticket raffle.

Objectives

After participation in the 12th IFAD, delegates will learn the following:

  • Fluids should be considered drugs that come with indications, contraindications, and potential adverse effects, they have a dose, rate, timing, etc…

  • The 4 D’s of fluid therapy are important: Drug – Dose – Duration and De-escalation

  • The 4 questions that need to be answered regarding fluid therapy: when to start fluids – when to stop fluids – when to start fluid removal – when to stop fluid removal

  • The 4 phases of fluid therapy according to the ROSE concept: Resuscitation – Organ support – Stabilization – Evacuation

  • The 4 indications for fluid therapy: Resuscitation – Maintenance – Replacement – Metabolic (nutrition)

  • Different fluid types: Colloids (starches vs gelatins) vs Crystalloids vs Albumin vs Blood products and when to give and when not to give them

  • Dangers of fluid overload/accumulation and its impact on organ function, morbidity, and mortality

  • Fluid stewardship: how to implement

  • Acid-base disturbances, the Stewart approach, and the strong ion difference

  • Balanced vs unbalanced solutions

  • Organ function monitoring in sepsis (cardiac output and beyond)

  • Triggers, markers, and endpoints of successful resuscitation

  • Fluids in specific populations: obese, heart failure, pediatrics, trauma, neurologic,

  • Overview of the recent major trials in critical care: SPLIT, SALT, SMART, BASICS, PLUS

  • Dangers of underfilling, hypovolemia, and hypoperfusion

Marvin Zick