Seminar: Hematology in the Intensive Care Unit

Join us for the seminar “Hematology in the Intensive Care Unit” on Saturday 22 September 2018. A seminar held by the divisions of Hematology of the Antwerp University Hospital (UZA) and the Ghent University Hospital (UZGent).

za, 22/09/2018 - 09:00 tot 14:15
Gorilla Rooms, Flanders Meeting & Convention Center Antwerp, Koningin Astridplein 20 (2018 Antwerpen)

The divisions of Hematology of the Antwerp University Hospital (UZA) and the Ghent University Hospital (UZGent) are pleased to invite you to attend our seminar “Hematology in the Intensive Care Unit”, which will be held on Saturday 22 September 2018 at the “Gorilla Rooms” of the Flanders Meeting & Convention Center Antwerp (located next to the Antwerp Zoo). This is an educational event that targets an audience of physicians (hematologists, intensive care specialists, oncologists, internal medicine), pharmacists and physicians in training.

Program

09:00-09:15 Welcome & Introduction
| Dr. Ine Moors (Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium)

09:15-09:45 Survival of hematological patients in the ICU and its predictors: why, when and who?
| Prof. dr. Etienne Lengliné (Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France)

09:45-10:15 Chemotherapy in the ICU
| Dr. Ine Moors (Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium)

10:15-10:45 Acute leukemia in the ICU: specific complications and treatment
| Dr. Lynn Rutsaert (Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium)

10:45-11:15 Coffee break

11:15-11:45 Infectious complications in immuncompromised patients
| Dr. Tobias Liebregts (Uniklinik, Essen, Germany)

11:45-12:15 Complications of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
| Dr. Anke Verlinden (Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium)

12:15-12:45 Immunotherapies and their complications: focus on checkpoint inhibitors, BiTE’s and CAR’s
| Dr. Sébastien Anguille (Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium)

12:45-13:30 Lunch break

13:30-14:00 Ethical considerations: long-term outcome, QoL and end-of-life decision making
| Prof. dr. Dominique Benoit (Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium)

14:00-14:15 Closing remarks
| Dr. Ine Moors (Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium)

Accreditation

Requested (category Ethics and Economy)

Conference language

English

Attendance fee

Free

Sponsors (alphabetical order)

Gold: Abbvie, Celgene, Pfizer

Silver:  Amgen, BMS, Janssen, Jazz, MSD, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi, Teva
Bronze: Takeda

More information?

Contact sebastien [dot] anguille [at] uza [dot] be or ine [dot] moors [at] ugent [dot] be

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