World Congress of Abdominal Compartment Society

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WCACS programme

See programme below:

World Congress of the Abdominal Compartment Society (WCACS) 2023

Dear Colleagues,

We are excited to announce that after long delay we will again be gathering the Abdominal Compartment Society (WSACS) in Tartu, Estonia in September 2023. We invite you to celebrate the 10^th Anniversary WSACS World Congress in conjunction with the 11^th International Baltic Congress of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. Please save the date, September 28-30, and join us for what will be an inspiring line up of international experts conveying the latest science and therapy in abdominal compartment pathology, anaesthesia and intensive care medicine. Stay in touch for more program details here as well on the WSACS website (https://www.wsacs.org ) and future correspondence from the WSACS Executive Committee. We look forward to seeing you in beautiful Tartu in September.

Edward Kimball

President of the WSACS

Preliminary programme overview

The Congress highlights a multidisciplinary approach to abdominal problems. Specialists and trainees of general and trauma surgery, anaesthesia, intensive care and emergency medicine, internal medicine, nephrology and cardiology are warmly welcomed to participate.

Basics concepts of intra-abdominal hypertension

Pathophysiology and measurement of intra-abdominal pressure
Epidemiology and impact on outcome
Management

Medical conditions leading to disturbed blood supply for abdominal organs

Non-occlusive mesenteric ischaemia
Concept and measurement of venous congestion
Right heart failure and abdominal blood supply: pathophysiology-based management
Intra-abdominal hypertension and kidney function: pathophysiology-based management
Case discussion

Workshop VEXUS (The Venous Excess Ultrasonography Score)

Open abdomen