The Third Egyptian Spanish Critical Care Symposium
PROGRAM
Wednesday, 1 October, 2025
9:00-10:00: Registration
10:00-10: 30 Welcome Messages & Overview
Session 1: 10:30 -12:30 Pulmonary Critical Care
Importance of Heart-Lung Interactions and Pulmonary Vascular Dysfunction in ARDS, Fernando Suarez Sipmann, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid
Lung and Diaphragmatic Protection during Assisted Ventilation, Laura Amado Rodriguez, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo (Online)
Pulmonary Emergencies in the ICU, Mohamed AbdelHakim
How to Manage Difficult to Wean Patients?, Oscar Peñuelas Rodriguez, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid
12:30-13:30 Break
Session 2: 13:30-15:30 Cardiac Intensive Care
Life Threatening Arrythmias & Electrical Storm in Critical Care Emergencies, Ahmed Taher, Cairo University
Mechanical Circulatory Support Modalities in Cardiogenic Shock: Options and Evidences, Luis Martin Villen, H.U. Virgen del Rocío, Seville (Online)
Preserving the Ischemic Brain in Cardiac Arrest, Ehab Shaker, Cairo University
Advanced Management of Right Ventricular Failure. Clara Hernandez Caballero, R. Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust. London (Online)
Workshop A: 16:00 -17:30: Advanced Mechanical Ventilation Course
Thursday 2 October, 2025
Session 3: 10:30 -12:30 Pulmonary Critical Care
Steroids in ARDS: Is there still a Role? Oscar Peñuelas Rodriguez, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid
Use of Electrical Impedance Tomography to individualize Mechanical Ventilation, Fernando Suarez Sipmann, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid
Update in Non-invasive Respiratory Support in Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure, Gonzalo Hernandez Martinez, Hospital Universitario de Toledo- ( Online)
Updated Guidelines for the Management of VAP, Adel Al Ansary, Ain Shams University
12:30-13:30 Break
Session 4: 13:30-16:00 Cardiac Intensive Care
Defining the best Fluid and Pharmacological Management Strategies in Cardiogenic Shock, Nora Palomo Lopez, H.U. Virgen del Rocío, Seville (Online)
Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure, Ahmed Obeid-Allah, Assiut University
Post Viral Myocarditis : Unexpected Risk in ICU Practice, Fawzia A. Fotouh, Cairo University
Update in Myocardial Dysfunction in Sepsis, Luis Zapata Fenor, H. de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona (Online)
The Expanding role of Cardiac Assist Devices, Alia Abdel Fattah, Cairo University
Workshop B: 16:00 -17:30 : ECMO Essentials