Mastering near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) in cardiovascular anaesthesia: fundamentals, case studies and evidence base

Learning Objectives:

This EACTAIC webinar is designed for professionals interested in Cardiac Anaesthesia and Vascular Anaesthesia, including non-invasive cerebral monitoring during the operation, optimizing brain oxygenation during surgery and how to improve postoperative neurocognitive outcomes

Participants will learn about:

The webinar is a free educational live online event to address the UpToDate on the current evidence and best practice with regard to non-invasive cerebral oxygenation monitoring in cardiovascular anaesthesia:

  • Background, physiological fundamentals
  • non-invasive cerebral oxygenation monitoring in cardiac anaesthesia
  • non-invasive cerebral oxygenation monitoring and in vascular anaesthesia
  • Specific intraoperative situations and case studies
Chairs/Moderators:
Prof. Andrea Szekely
Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Prof. Hanne Berg Ravn
Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

REGISTRATIONS ARE OPEN, click here to register

Programme:
Time Topic Speaker
18:00 – 18:20 NIRS Fundamentals and Cerebral monitoring in cardiac anaesthesia – what is the evidence? Dr. Benjamin Milne
(King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom)
18:20 – 18:40 NIRS in Vascular Surgery and Cognitive Recovery – Safeguarding the Brain? Prof. Andrea Szekely
(Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)
18:40 – 19:00 Intraoperative NIRS applications – case studies Prof. Felix Ulbrich
(Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany)
19:00 – 19:30 Q&A



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“The Mastering near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) in cardiovascular anaesthesia: fundamentals, case studies and evidence base, ROME, Italy 11/06/2025 – 11/06/2025, has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 1.5 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.”

“Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications .”

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Each participant can only receive the number of credits he/she is entitled to according to his/her actual participation at the event once he/she has completed the feedback form. Cf. criteria 22 of UEMS 2023.07.
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Date Credit
11/06/2025 1.5

The EACCME® awards ECMEC®s on the basis of 0,5 ECMEC® for 30 minutes of CME with a maximum of 8 ECMEC®s per day. cf. Chapter XIII of UEMS 2023.07.

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