Intensive Spring Conference

✅ Day 1 of Intensive Spring Conference Warsaw 2026 is in the books!

It was a day filled with clinical insight, expert perspectives, and meaningful exchange in the field of intensive care medicine.

🧠 Sessions that took place today:

🔹 Blood Transfusion and Coagulation Disorders in Critically Ill Patients
Speakers: Gennaro Martucci (Palermo, Italy), Jan Beneš (Pilsen, Czechia) and Miłosz Jankowski (Warsaw, Poland)

🔹 Respiratory Failure – Part 1
Speakers: Domenico Luca Grieco (Rome, Italy), Emanuele Rezoagli (Monza, Italy), Marco Giani (Monza, Italy) and Giacomo Bellani (Trento, Italy)
Moderators: João Batista Borges (Prague, Czech Republic), Miłosz Jankowski (Warsaw, Poland)

🔹 Novelties in Intensive Care – Part 1
Speakers: Dominik Daszuta (Warsaw, Poland) and Miłosz Jankowski (Warsaw, Poland)
Moderators: Jan Beneš (Pilsen, Czechia), Emanuele Rezoagli (Monza, Italy),

Thank you to all speakers, moderators, and participants for an inspiring first day full of high-level discussions and knowledge sharing.

🎤 The first lecture sessions of Intensive Spring Conference Warsaw 2026 are already behind us — and what a strong start it has been!

🔹 IFAD Mini – Fluid Therapy and Hemodynamics
Moderated by: Manu Malbrain (Lovenjoel, Belgium)
Held under the patronage of the International Fluid Academy (IFA).

🔹 Cases – Interactive Scenarios
Moderated by: Niels Van Regenmortel (Antwerp, Belgium), Dominik Daszuta (Warsaw, Poland) & Miłosz Jankowski (Warsaw, Poland)

A big thank you to our outstanding moderators, speakers, and participants for making this opening part so inspiring.
Stay with us for more high-impact sessions, interactive learning, and expert discussions throughout Intensive Spring Conference Warsaw 2026. 💡🌍

🌿 Intensive Spring Conference Warsaw 2026 has officially begun! 🌿

We are delighted to open this year’s edition with a warm welcome from Dr. Konstanty Szuldrzynski Szułdrzyński, Medical Director, and Prof. Piotr Suwalski, Director of the Państwowy Instytut Medyczny MSWiA.
The opening keynote lecture was delivered by Prof. Jan De Waele from Ghent, Belgium, President of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM).
🎤 “Environmental sustainability in intensive care: why it matters and how to move forward”
A highly relevant and thought-provoking lecture highlighting one of the key challenges facing modern intensive care — how to deliver the highest quality of care while building a more sustainable future for healthcare.
We look forward to an inspiring edition filled with meaningful discussions, expert insights, and collaboration across the intensive care community.

We invite you to attend the “Paediatric Intensive Care” session at Intensive Spring, held under the scientific patronage of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy of the Children's Memorial Health Institute in Warsaw.

This session offers a comprehensive overview of current and emerging topics in pediatric critical care, including:
• Personalization in sepsis and updates from the 2026 Sepsis Guidelines
• Advances in extracorporeal therapies, including ECMO and cytoabsorption
• The role and limitations of blood purification
• Complex clinical conditions such as autoimmune encephalitis and esophageal chemical burns

Delivered by experienced clinicians and moderated by recognized experts, the programme combines evidence-based updates with practical clinical insights.

Register here: https://intensivespring.com

irway management in the critically ill remains one of the most high-stakes challenges in intensive care.

Join the “Difficult airway in critically ill” session at Intensive Spring for a focused update on practical strategies and decision-making in this critical area. The programme covers optimal intubation techniques in unstable patients and approaches to preventing extubation failure in the ICU — combining evidence with real-world experience.

Featuring expert insights from international faculty and an interactive discussion moderated by Giacomo Bellani and Piotr Nowakowski, this session is designed to support safer, more effective airway management at the bedside.

Register here: https://intensivespring.com

We invite you to join the session “Blood transfusion and coagulation disorders in critically ill” at Intensive Spring.

This focused programme addresses key challenges in transfusion practice and coagulation management in the ICU. Topics include optimal transfusion thresholds, advanced monitoring strategies in massive bleeding, and the complex interplay between sepsis and coagulation disorders.

With contributions from experienced European clinicians and an interactive discussion, the session offers practical, evidence-based insights to support everyday decision-making in critically ill patients.

Register here: https://intensivespring.com

We invite you to join the SepsEast Session – Sepsis, infection, antimicrobial treatment and extracorporeal blood purification at Intensive Spring, held under the scientific patronage of the – Central and Eastern European Sepsis Forum.

This comprehensive session brings together leading experts to address key challenges in the management of sepsis and septic shock — from precision antibiotic therapy and updated 2026 Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines, to evolving vasopressor strategies and biomarker-guided treatment.

The programme also explores cutting-edge developments, including haemoadsorption, AI-driven haemodynamic monitoring, and current debates such as the role of steroids in septic shock, alongside organ-specific complications like sepsis-associated liver injury.

Designed for clinicians seeking both evidence-based updates and practical insights, this session combines expert lectures with interactive discussions led by experienced moderators.

Register here: https://intensivespring.com

We invite you to attend the session “Novelties in intensive care” at Intensive Spring — a concise, forward-looking programme focused on emerging concepts and practical innovations in ICU care.

This two-part session brings together experts from across Europe to discuss key developments shaping modern intensive care practice. Topics include the impact of ICU environment on recovery, current approaches to temperature management after cardiac arrest, advances in post-resuscitation care, the growing role of clinical information systems in quality improvement, and targeted nutrition in severe neurological injury.

With short, focused talks and interactive discussions, this session offers actionable insights for clinicians aiming to stay aligned with evolving standards and technologies in critical care.

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We invite you to attend the “Respiratory failure” session at Intensive Spring, a comprehensive two-part programme addressing key challenges in modern respiratory support.

Part One focuses on foundational and controversial topics, including recruitment manoeuvres, ARDS centre models, ventilation in traumatic brain injury, monitoring during non-invasive ventilation, and the impact of body positioning.

Part Two shifts to practical management strategies, covering transition to assisted ventilation, weaning, selection of non-invasive respiratory support, respiratory mechanics, and lung–kidney interactions.

Chaired by experienced moderators and delivered by leading European experts, this session offers both evidence-based perspectives and clinically relevant insights.

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We invite you to attend the session “ECMO in respiratory failure, cardiac arrest and organ donation” at Intensive Spring.

This programme brings together experienced clinicians to address key questions in ECMO practice, including initiation thresholds, early management strategies, outcomes after ECPR, and the evolving role of ECMO and normothermic regional perfusion in organ donation.

Session highlights:�
• Starting ECMO: thresholds and early management�
• ECMO in organ donation �
• Long-term outcomes in ECPR�
• Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NRP)

Register here: https://intensivespring.com