Dear Colleagues,

The VIII Congress on Thoracic Anaesthesia, organised by the University General Hospital of Valencia, will be held from the 10th to 12th of November, 2022, in Valencia.

This congress has requested, as in previous years, endorsement from EACTAIC, SEDAR, EVES, the Spanish Ministry of Health, and Valencia University.

This year’s congress features the participation of a total of 61 speakers with great clinical experience in thoracic anaesthesia: 50 Spanish and 11 international speakers from Europe, America, the Middle East, and Japan.

The programme of this 8th congress includes, for the first time, a review of current know-how with regard to technical innovation in robotic thoracic surgery, which is beginning to be applied in some leading hospitals throughout the world, including Spain’s University General Hospital Consortium of Valencia (CHGUV).

The congress will also highlight the most useful techniques of locoregional analgesia that can be employed in thoracic surgery, adapting such to minimally invasive surgery and fast-track programmes that are being implemented in all hospitals.

In addition, the congress will present new recommendations on airway management for lung isolation and/or separation, which are being reviewed by a group of international experts from EACTAIC (TOSSCA Guide).

As a new feature this year, the programme will include a round table on COVID-19 patients and thoracic surgery, addressing invasive and non-invasive ventilation, including possible lung transplant.

Finally, the congress will focus on the optimisation of thoracic and oesophageal surgery patients through programmes such as prehabilitation. It will also review Perioperative Medicine concepts, neuromuscular management, brain monitoring, haemodynamics, anticoagulation, sepsis prevention, and safe sedation techniques for awake intubation.

A dedicated section on Clinical Simulation in Thoracic Surgery will include 4 specialised airway workshops, 2 ventilation workshops, 1 locoregional blocks workshop, and 1 hemodynamic monitoring and cerebral oximetry simulation workshop.

You will soon be able to register for the congress.

Best regards,

Prof. Dr. Manuel Granell Gil
Thoracic Surgery Member of SEDAR and EACTAIC
Head of Anaesthesiology Department, University General Hospital Consortium of Valencia
Lecturer and Doctor in Anaesthesiology, Medicine Faculty, Universitat de València, Spain