Saturday, November 14, 2009

The First Annual Meeting of the European
Society for Perioperative Care
of the Obese Patient. (ESPCOP)
Annual Meeting of the Society
of Anesthesia and
Resuscitation of Belgium (SARB)

Belgische Vereniging voor
Anesthesie en Reanimatie (BVAR)

Société Belge d’Anesthésie et de Réanimation (SBAR)

Morning Programme

Room Albert

Anaesthesia for a common disease: Obesity Common approaches for a common disease?

09:00 Opening: Jan Poelaert - President SARB Opening: Jan Paul Mulier - President ESPCOP

Chairman: B. Ickx (ULB, BE)

M. Margarson

(Sint-Richards Hospital Chichester, UK)

09:15 Pandemic problem of obesity is growing in Europe Y. Leykin. (S.M. degli Angeli Hospital, Pordenone, IT)

09:30 Pathophysiology of obesity: impact on laparoscopy J.P. Mulier (Sint-Jan Brugge - Oostende, BE)

10:00 Pharmacology in the obese: does weight matter? M. Struys (Universiteit Centrum Groningen, NL)

10:30 Coffee break

Chairman: E. Vandermeersch (KUL, BE)

M. Decock (UCL, BE)

P. Pepelos (University of Insubria, Varese, IT)i

Poster session on obesity

Chairman: P. Wauters (UGent, BE) J.F. Brichant (ULg, BE)

11:15 Bariatric surgery as preventive medicine L. Sjostrom

(Göthenburg Univerity, SV)

11:40 Is Europe ready for the ultra obese? J. Brodsky (Standford University, US)

12:00 Awards ceremony BVAR

5 Best Poster presentations on obesity ESPCOP general assembly

SBAR general assembly

13:00 Lunch and visit of the exhibition

Afternoon Programme
Room Albert

Respratory aspects in morbid obese patients

Chairman: J. Poelaert (UB, BE)

L. De Baerdemaeker (UGent, BE)

14:00 Difficult airway

L. Magnusson (University Hospital, Lausanne, CH)

14:15 Difficult ventilation

P. Pelosi (University of Insubria, Varese, IT)

14:30 Post operative respiratory problems G. Hans (ULg, Sart-Tilman, BE)

14:45 Discussion

15:00 Bariatric surgery state of the art:

what should the anesthetist know?

B. Dillemans (Sint-Jan Brugge - Oostende, BE)

15:15 How to anesthetize the patient

with a previous bariatric intervention

G. Dhonneur

(Jean Verdier, Paris North University Hospital, FR)

15:30 Locoregional anesthesia in obesity J. Brodsky (Standford University, US)

15:45 Discussion

16:00 Closing remarks

L. Debaerdemaeker (UGent, BE)

Organized by the SARB & ESPCOP

L. Barvais Bruxelles, BE

J.F. Brichant Liège, BE

L. De Baerdemaeker Gent, BE

M. De Kock Bruxelles, BE

B. Ickx Bruxelles, BE

M. Margarson Chichester, UK

P. Pelosi Varese, IT

J. Poelaert Brussel, BE

E. Vandermeersch Leuven, BE

M. Vercauteren Antwerpen, BE

P. Wouters Gent, BE

Y. Leykin J.P. Mulier M. Struys L. Sjostrom J. Brodsky

L. Magnusson

P. Pelosi

G. Hans

B. Dillemans G. Dhonneur

L. De Baerdemaeker

Pordenone, IT Brugge, BE Groningen, NL Gothenburg, SV Standford, US Lausanne, CH Varese, IT

Liège, BE Brugge, BE Paris, FR

Gent, BE

J. Berghmans L. Barvais

J.L. Demeere J.F. Brichant

J. Devulder M. De Kock

Ph. Dubois J. Poelaert

P. Ewalenko E. Vandermeersch

L. Herregods M. Vercauteren

L. Foubert P. Wouters