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ETCO and ESICM continue joint sessions in Cardiff and Barcelona


Cardiff 24-26 September, 2010 ETCO will hold a joint session with ESICM.

Cooperation between ESICM and ETCO continues following the interesting session at the ESICM congress in Vienna October 2009 titled Coordination: The best link between intensive care medicine and organ-donation. ESICM will participate in a joint session at the Cardiff Congress in the following session on Saturday 25 September:

ETCO-ESICM Joint Session: Organ Donation as part of end of life care.

Chairs: Rui Moreno and Rui Maio

Speakers: Francis Delmonico, Boston. Challenges to defining death

Beatriz Domínguez-Gil, Madrid. Potential of deceased organ donation

Rui Moreno, Lisbon. Admission of potential donors in ICU. Is it a good practice?

Andrew Rhodes, London. Topic to be determined

ETCO will also participate in a joint session at the next ESICM congress to be held Oct 9-13, 2010: ESICM 23rd Annual Congress.  Barcelona, Spain, www.esicm.org

 


Posted by: andy Mar 17, 2010

Category: General

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