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PROGRAM: Sepsis Update 2025 program will be available soon.

Get up to date on the current state of knowledge about the latest diagnostic and therapeutic advances of sepsis. Meet your colleagues and friends in your field and exchange ideas and experiences with them.

Improving sepsis outcomes: cutting edge in diagnostics & therapy

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Sepsis Update 2025 program will be available soon

Preliminary program 2025

Thursday

09:00 – 12:00: Workshops

Workshop 1: German campaign #DeutschlandErkenntSepsis (DES)

Workshop 2: European group on immunology of sepsis (EGIS)

Workshop 3: Refresher course: anti-infective management

Workshop 4: Animal models in sepsis

      12:00 – 13:00 Break

13:00 – 14:50: Opening session – Transforming sepsis care: how to improve outcomes?
Chair: Michael Adamzik, Bochum, Germany; Sina Coldewey, Zurich, Switzerland

13:00 – 13:05: Opening address (Achim Kaasch, Magdeburg, Germany)

13:05 – 13:35: Key note lecture Future directions in clinical sepsis research (Mervyn Singer, London, United Kingdom, Patron of the German Sepsis Society)

13:35 – 14:00: Modifiable mechanisms and informative archetypes in sepsis? (Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Athens, Greece)

14:00 – 14:25: Translational perspectives in sepsis research (Hjalmar R. Bouma, Groningen, The Netherlands)

14:25 – 14:50: Is bigger better? – Platform trials in intensive care (Lennie Derde, Utrecht, The Netherlands)

      14:50 – 15:20 Break

15:20 – 17:10: Session 1 – Unravelling sepsis mechanisms

Chair: Sandra Frank, Munich, Germany; Felix C.F. Schmitt, Heidelberg, Germany

15:20 – 15:40: The plasma lipodome in pneumonia and sepsis (Matthijs Kox, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

15:40 – 16:00: (Epi)Genetics in sepsis: understanding susceptibility and progression (Brendon P. Scicluna, Msida, Malta)

16:00 – 16:20: The microbiome’s role in sepsis pathobiology (John Marshall, Toronto, Canada)

16:20 – 16:40: New sepsis endotypes (Lars Palmowski, Bochum, Germany)

      16:40 – 17:10 Break

17:10 – 18:10 Session 2 – Focus on sepsis outcomes in clinical trials

Chair: André Scherag, Jena, Germany, Patrick Meybohm, Würzburg, Germany

17:10 – 17:30: Mortality versus days alive and free of organ support (Kathy Rowan, London, United Kingdom)

17:30 – 17:50: Shortcomings in adverse events reporting (Deborah Cook, Hamilton, Canada)

17:50 – 18:10: PICS and patient-centered outcomes (Frank Brunkhorst, Jena, Germany)

from 18:30: Get together

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Friday

07:30 – 08:00: Morning rounds – my worst sepsis case

Presenter: Christina Scharf-Janßen, Munich, Germany

08:00 – 09:00: Session 3 – Innovations in (early) sepsis detection
Chair: t.b.a.; Frank Bloos, Jena, Germany

08:00 – 08:20: Organ dysfunction in sepsis: how to define, how to detect? (Markus A. Weigand, Heidelberg, Germany)

08:20 – 08:40: New culture-independent detection systems for infection (Evgeny Idelevich, Greifswald, Germany)

08:40 – 09:00: Artificial intelligence for early sepsis recognition (Thorsten Brenner, Essen, Germany)

      09:00 – 09:30 Break

09:30 – 10:30: Session 4 – Hemodynamics: (beyond) initial resuscitation

Chair: Mervyn Singer, London, United Kingdom; t.b.a.

09:30 – 09:50: Parameter guided initial resuscitation (Maximilian Dietrich, Heidelberg, Germany)

09:50 – 10:10: Fluid and vasopressor choices (Frank Bloos, Jena, Germany)

10:10 – 10:30: Betablockers and antiarrhythmics (Sebastian Rehberg, Bielefeld, Germany)

      10:30 – 10:45 Break

10:45 – 11:45: Session 5 – Cutting edge in therapy: anti-infective management
Chair: Elham Khatamzas, Heidelberg, Germany; Jan De Waele, Ghent, Belgium

10:45 – 11:05: Empirical strategies (Mathias Pletz, Jena, Germany)

11:05 – 11:25: Prolonged / continuous administration of beta-lactams (Stefan Hagel, Jena, Germany)

11:25 – 11:45: When is it time to (de)escalate? (Jan De Waele, Ghent, Belgium)

      11:45 – 12:00 Break

12:00 – 13:30: Lunchsymposia

See below

      13:30 – 14:00 Break

14:00 – 15:00: Session 6 – Antibiotic therapy of S. aureus bloodstream infection

Chair: Mathias Pletz, Jena, Germany; Alexander Brinkmann, Heidenheim, Germany

14:00 – 14:20: Risk stratification in S. aureus bloodstream infection (Achim Kaasch, Magdeburg, Germany)

14:20 – 14:40: The SNAP platform trial in the EU (Marjolein Hensgens, Utrecht, The Netherlands)

14:40 – 15:00: Antibiotic combination therapy in S. aureus bloodstream infection (Siegbert Rieg, Freiburg, Germany)

      15:00 – 15:30 Break

15:30 – 16:30: Session 7 – Prevention and treatment of sepsis-induced organ failure

Chair: Konstanty Szułdrzyński, Warszawa, Poland; t.b.a.

15:30 – 15:50: Targeting sepsis-induced endotheliopathy (Morten Bestle, Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark)

15:50 – 16:10: Is it time to redefine ARDS? (Pro: Christoph Bösing, Mannheim, Germany; Con: Onnen Mörer, Göttingen, Germany)

16:10 – 16:30: Thiamine for renal protection (Josef Briegel, Munich, Germany)

      16:30 – 17:00: Break

17:00 – 18:00: Session 8 – Up to date: the new German sepsis guidelines
Chair: Frank Brunkhorst, Jena, Germany; Christina Scharf-Janßen, Munich, Germany

17:00 – 17:20: Ventilation (Onnen Mörer, Göttingen, Germany)

17:20 – 17:40: Renal support (Stefan John, Nürnberg, Germany)

17:40 – 18:00: Additional therapies (Patrick Meybohm, Würzburg, Germany)

Saturday

07:30 – 08:00: Morning rounds – my worst sepsis case

Presenter: Jannick Clemens, Heidelberg, Germany

08:00 – 09:00: Session 9 – Nutrition and metabolism
Chair: Aileen Hill, Aachen, Germany; Jan Beneš, Prague, Czech Republic.

08:00 – 08:20: Glucose control (Gunnar Elke, Kiel, Germany)

08:20 – 08:40: Vitamins to improve organ dysfunction (tba)

08:40 – 09:00: Permissive hypofeeding (Tim Rahmel, Bochum, Germany)

      09:00 – 09:30 Break

09:30 – 10:30: Session 10 – Adjuncts and recent developments 1

Chair: Thorsten Brenner, Essen, Germany; Josef Briegel, Munich, Germany

09:30 – 09:50: Update on plasma exchange (Sascha David, Zürich, Switzerland)

09:50 – 10:10: AT-II, methylen-blue … new tools for refractory septic shock? (Mervyn Singer, London, United Kingdom)

10:10 – 10:30: Mesenchymal stem cells for severe pneumonia and sepsis (Marius A. Möbius, Dresden, Germany)

      10:30 – 10:45 Break

10:45 – 11:45: Session 11 – Adjuncts and recent developments 2
Chair: Nana-Maria Wagner, Würzburg, Germany; t.b.a.

10:45 – 11:05: Fludrocortisone in septic shock (Balasubramanian Venkatesh, Sydney, Australia)

11:05 – 11:25: Steroids in ARDS and CAP (Djillali Annane, Paris, France)

11:25 – 11:45: CAR-engineered immune cells: strengths and flaws (Christina Weisheit, Bonn, Germany)

      11:45 – 12:00 Break

12:00 – 13:30: Lunchsymposia

See below

      13:30 – 14:00 Break

14:00 – 15:00: Hot topics session

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Lunch Symposia

The lunch symposia take place on Friday and Saturday from 12:00-13:30 in cooperation with our partners.

Lunch Symposium Friday

Our lunch symposium on Friday is supported by Pfizer.

Schnelle Diagnostik – next generation

(Prof. Dr. med. Thorsten Brenner, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen)

Leitliniengerechte Antibiotikatherapie bei Sepsis

(Prof. Dr. med. Markus Weigand, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Chair)

Was bringt die Zukunft – ein Ausblick auf die nächsten 10 Jahre des Antibiotika-Zeitalters

(PD Dr. med. Stefan Hagel, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena)

Lunch Symposium Friday

Our lunch symposium on Friday is supported by Shionogi.

12:00 – 12:10: Begrüßung und Einleitung

(Prof. Dr. med. Irit Nachtigall, Vivantes Netzwerk für Gesundheit GmbH, Berlin)

12:10 – 12:30: Sepsis aus Sicht der Kardiologin

(Dr. med. Elisabeth Schönherr, Universitätsklinikum Wiener Neustadt, Wien)

12:30 – 12:50: Sepsis aus der Sicht der Infektiologin und Infektionspräventionsmedizinerin

(Prof. Dr. med. Irit Nachtigall, Vivantes Netzwerk für Gesundheit GmbH, Berlin)

12:50 – 13:10: Sepsis aus Sicht des Notfallmediziners

(Dr. med. Jan-Christoph Lewejohann, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena)

13:10 – 13:30: Moderierte Diskussion

(Prof. Dr. med. Irit Nachtigall)

Lunch symposium Saturday

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By attending the Sepsis Update, you will be eligible to earn Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits. The State Medical Association of Thuringia offers up to 23 CME credits for your active participation in this event.

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