Symposium Intensivmedizin Intensivpflege

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ICU (Intensive Care Unit)

Hospital unit for patients needing continuous monitoring and organ support, staffed by critical-care physicians and specifically trained intensive-care nurses.

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Intensive care medicine (Intensivmedizin)

The interdisciplinary specialty managing critically ill patients with respiratory, cardiovascular, renal, neurological or multi-organ failure, usually in a mixed medical-surgical ICU.

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Sepsis and septic shock

Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection; septic shock adds persistent hypotension requiring vasopressors plus elevated lactate.

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ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome)

Acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure with bilateral opacities, graded mild to severe by the PaO2/FiO2 ratio under positive pressure according to the Berlin definition.

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Lung-protective ventilation

Ventilation strategy using low tidal volumes of roughly 6 mL/kg predicted body weight plus limited plateau pressure to reduce ventilator-induced lung injury.

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PEEP

Positive end-expiratory pressure, the airway pressure held at end-expiration to keep alveoli open; PEEP titration is a core bedside decision in ARDS and post-operative ventilation.

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Prone positioning

Nursing the patient face down for prolonged periods, commonly 12-16 hours, to improve oxygenation in moderate-to-severe ARDS; it needs a trained turning team and specific pressure-injury precautions.

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Weaning and prolonged weaning

The stepwise reduction of ventilator support to test spontaneous breathing; prolonged weaning describes patients who fail repeated spontaneous breathing trials and need a structured weaning pathway.

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NIV and HFNC

Non-invasive ventilation delivered by mask and high-flow nasal cannula oxygen are escalation options used before, or instead of, invasive ventilation in respiratory failure.

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ECMO / ECLS

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and the wider family of extracorporeal life support oxygenate blood and remove CO2 outside the body in severe respiratory or cardiac failure; referral timing is a recurring congress topic.

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CRRT

Continuous renal replacement therapy, a slow continuous dialysis modality used in haemodynamically unstable ICU patients with acute kidney injury.

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Delirium and CAM-ICU

An acute, fluctuating disturbance of attention and awareness that is common in ICU patients; the CAM-ICU and ICDSC are the standard screening instruments.

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Analgosedation

A sedation strategy that treats pain first and adds hypnotics only as needed, often with daily interruption or light-sedation targets to shorten ventilation time.

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ICU-acquired weakness

Neuromuscular weakness that develops during critical illness through immobility, inflammation and sedation; early mobilisation and reduced sedation are the main countermeasures.

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POCUS

Point-of-care ultrasound performed by the treating clinician at the bedside for cardiac, lung, vascular and procedure-guidance questions.

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Care bundle

A small set of evidence-based actions carried out together within a defined timeframe, as in sepsis or ventilator-associated pneumonia bundles.

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DIVI

The German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, a publisher of German ICU guidelines and quality indicators widely referenced in day-to-day intensive-care practice.

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CME / continuing education credit

Accredited hours awarded for attending certified sessions and recognised by medical chambers and nursing bodies; recognition depends on the accrediting organisation, so check the credit statement in the programme.

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Specialist intensive-care nursing (Fachweiterbildung)

The German post-registration qualification in intensive-care and anaesthesia nursing that most ICU nursing delegates at this kind of congress already hold or are completing.