Scientific program

HourAtena Hall
08:00 - 09:00OPENING CEREMONY
Dan Sebastian Dîrzu host, on behalf of ARAR
Marc Van de Velde, Gabriel Gurman, on behalf of organizing and scientific committee
Emmanuel Guntz on behalf of BARA
Eleni Moka on behalf of ESRA
Dmytro Dmytriiev on behalf of UARATB
09:00 - 10:00Roundtable: Medical malpraxis - a new dimension
Andrei Nanu, Romania
this activity is being held in Romanian Language and makes reference only to Romanian Laws
10:00 - 10:30Coffee break
10:30 - 12:30Warmup Panel - General topics
Moderator: Ana Maria Cotae
10:30 - 11:00Regional vs general anesthesia
Gabriel Gurman, Israel
11:00 - 11:30ESAIC-ESRA Recommendations 2022 – Regional anesthesia and antithrombotic medication
Paul Kessler, Germany
11:30 - 12:00Outcome and regional anesthesia
Thomas Volk, Germany
12:00 - 12:30Comforting techniques in awake patients
Margaretha Breebaart, Belgium
12:30 - 13:00Dr. Reddys Symposium
Adverse reactions and complications in the postanesthetic period

Dan Sebastian Dirzu, Romania
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 16:00Techniques I
Moderator: Radu Tabacaru
14:00 - 14:30TAP
John Mc Donnell, Ireland
14:30 - 15:00QL
Jens Børglum , Danemark
15:00 - 15.30Chest Wall Fascial Plane blocks
Brian O'Donnel , Ireland
15:30 - 16:00Pericapsular blocks: PENG, I-Pack
Phillipe Gautier, Belgium
16:00 - 16:30Coffee break
16:30 - 17:30Pro Con Fascia iliaca Vs PENG for hip surgery
Moderator: Raluca Ungureanu
16:30 - 17:00Fascia iliaca is best block for hip surgery
Jason Habeck, USA
17:00 - 17:30PENG is better
Daniela Ologoiu, Romania
17:30 - 19:00Awake surgery
Moderator: Marius Papurica
17:30 - 18:00Continuous spinal anaesthesia – theoretical background and practical applications
Andrzej Daszkiewicz, Poland
18:00 - 18:30Laparoscopic surgery on awake patients
Ophelie Grimaud, France
18:30 - 19:00Regional anesthesia options in managing mastectomy: how far are we from awake surgery?
Mihai Popescu, Romania
20:00Train the trainers workshop - Location to be anounced. Offered only to faculty members by organizers. Dinner will be served during training.
Chair: Dan Sebastian Dirzu
Lecturers: Horia Hasnas, Ovidiu Mate, Dorin Nemeș
HourViena Hall
09:00 - 18:00Obstetric Anesthetist Association full day course
Problem solving in obstetric anaesthesia

Speakers: Sarah Devroe, Nicoletta Filetici, Nuala Lucas, Marc Van de Velde, Pierre-Yves Dewandre, Damien Hughes
09:00 - 10:30Session 1 - 90 mins (all talks 15 mins max)
09:00 - 09:15Multiparous woman in labour – should I do an epidural or CSE?
Marc Van de Velde
09:15 - 09:30The epidural has stopped working and she is 7 cm dilated -should I resite?
Pierre-Yves Dewandre
09:30 - 09:45The platelet count is 72 can I do an epidural?
Nicoleta Filetici
09:45 - 10:00The woman has a profound motor block in labour – is this a problem?
Marc Van de Velde
10:00 - 10:30Discussions
10:30 - 11:00Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30Session 2 - 90 mins (all talks 15 mins max)
11:00 - 11:15My patient wants a GA for elective CS – how shall I counsel her?
Nuala Lucas
11:15 - 11:30Can I top-up an epidural for category 1 CS?
Sarah Devroe
11:30 - 11:45The spinal for CS is not working – what now?
Pierre Yves Dewandre
11:45 - 12:00 My patient has pain during CS what can I do?
Nuala Lucas
12:00 - 12:30Discussions
13:00 - 14:00Lunch break
14:00 - 15:30Session 3 - 90 mins (all talks max 12 mins)
14:00 - 14:12The patient has preeclampsia – what’s the optimal anaesthetic for CS?
Nicoleta Filetici
14:12 - 14:24The patient has had an eclamptic seizure - what’s the optimal anaesthetic for CS?
Sarah Devroe
14:24 - 14:36Failed intubation during CS – optimal management
Damian Hughes
14:36 - 14:48How can I minimise the risk of a high neuraxial block?
Nuala Lucas
14:48 - 15:00My patient is worried about analgesia after CS- how can I reassure her?
Marc Van de Velde
15:00 - 15:30Discussions
16:00 - 16:30Coffee break
16:30 - 18:00Session 4 - 90 mins (all talks max 12 mins)
16:30 - 16:42How can I minimise the risk of PPH at CS?
Marc Van de Velde
16:42 - 16:54My patient is tachycardic in recovery
Damian Hughes
16:54 - 17:06My patient has a placenta percreta -what’s the optimal anaesthetic for CS?
Pierre-Yves Dewandre
17:06 - 17:18My patient has a headache after delivery
Nuala Lucas
17:18 - 17:30I’ve done a blood patch but it hasn’t worked – what now?
Marc Van de Velde
17:30 - 17:42Top tips for managing the obstetric patient with cardiac disease?
Sarah Devroe
17:42 - 18:00Discussions
HourFoyer
09:00 - 10:30Workshop - Extensive Sonoanatomy sessions - Upper Extremity
Gerbrand J. Groen, Steve Coppens
10:30 - 11:00Coffee break
11:00 - 13:00Workshop - Extensive Sonoanatomy sessions - Lower Extremity
Gerbrand J. Groen, Steve Coppens
13:00 - 14:00Lunch break
14:00 - 16:00 Wokshop 2 Limbs - Ultrasound
Scanning on volunteers
Steve Coppens, Clara Lobo, Peter Merjavy, Marcus Neumuller
16:00 - 16:30Coffee break
16:30 - 18:30 Hands on Workshop 3 Trunk and Spine Ultrasound
Scanning on volunteers
Emmanuel Guntz, Phillipe Gautier, Luc Sermeus, Margaretha Breebaart
HourOrthopedics Clinic
8:00Clinical Workshop 4
Adela Onuțu, Adrian Grunfeld
maximum 10 delegates
HourRegina Maria Private Hospital
14:00 - 18:00Fluoroscopy Workshop 5
basic needling, interlaminar epidural, caudal, SI joint
Aurel Neamtu, Adrian Grunfeld
HourDiplomat Hall
11:00 - 13:00Workshop 1 Needeling Hands - on tageting, needeling with US guidance
Radu Tăbăcaru, Virgil Poltorac, Denisa Anastase, Eugen Oleineac
VIP Workshop - On request, participants can determine the lecturers and the topics taught - contact the congress secretariat for details
HourAtena Hall
08:00 - 09:00Icebraker: pro-con debate - Asleep vs Awake in RA
Moderator: Liliana Mirea
08:00 - 08:30Asleep
Peter Merjavy, Ireland
098:30 - 09:00Awake
Morne Wolmarans, UK
09:00 - 10:00Interfascial plane block or neuraxial block for breast surgery? Pro-con debate
Moderator: Mihai Popescu
09:00 - 09:30Neuraxial
Ophelie Grimaud, France
09:30 - 10:00Fascial plane
Steve Coppens, Belgium
10:00 - 10:30Baxter Symposium
Managing the septic patient in the ICU - extracorporeal blood purification options

Iris Aszalos, Romania
10:30 - 11:00Coffee break
11:00 - 13:00Orthopedics/trauma
Moderator: Denisa Anastase
11:00 - 11:30Blocks in Orthopedics / Traumatology - Current Trends
Paul Kessler, Germany
11:30 - 12:00Awake shoulder surgery
Morne Wolmarans, UK
12:00 - 12:30Military RA. Which block is best?
Dmytro Dmytriiev, Ukraine
12:30 - 13:00Ankle and foot surgery
Alain Delbos, France
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 16:00Safety
Moderator: Eugen Oleineac
14:00 - 14:30Safety when performing PNB (40 min)
Luc Sermeus, Belgium
14:30 - 15:00Neurologic Complications Associated with Regional Anesthesia - PBLD (40 min)
Paul Kessler, Germany
15:00 - 15:30Bloodpatch (10 min)
Luc Sermeus, Belgium
15:30 - 16:00Position on the operating table and medicolegal problems
Gabriel Gurman, Israel
16:00 - 16:30Coffee break
16:30 - 19:00Organisational aspects and RA
Moderator: Radu Tabacaru
16:30 - 17:00Ambulatory and RA
Clara Lobo, EAU
17:00 - 17:30Shortage of anaesthetists
Eleni Moka, Greece
17:30 - 18:00Eras abdominal surgery
Steve Coppens, Belgium
18:00 - 18:30Transitional pain services
Clara Lobo, EAU
18:30 - 19:00RA cost effectiveness
Eleni Moka, Greece
20:00Networking event: PRO-CON debates, „this is how I do it sessions”, clinical demonstrations. PBLD. Registration required.
Dinner will be served during the panel.
Chair: Dan Sebastian Dirzu
HourViena Hall
08:00 - 08:50Back to the Future Peri-Operative Pain Management
Christopher Gharibo, USA
08:50 - 10:00PBLD - What we learned from dificult cases
Christopher Gharibo, Daiana Voiculescu - USA
10:30 - 11:00Coffee break
11:00 - 13:00Cancer pain
Moderator: Cosmin Sandulescu
11:00 - 11:30Cancer pain, can we influence life expectancy through pain treatment modalities and interventions? - updates in cancer pain interventions
Magdalena Anițescu, USA
11:30 - 12:00Advances in Interventional Cancer Pain management
Brian Bruel, USA
12:00 - 12:30The Polyanalgesic Consensus Conference (PACC): Recommendations on Intrathecal Drug Infusion Systems Best Practices and Guidelines
Emanuel Narcis Husu, USA
12:30 - 13:00Lumbosacral sympathetic blockade - lumbar, hypogastric and ganglion impar
Daiana Voiculescu, USA
13:00 - 14:00Lunch break
14:00 - 16:00Pain management
Moderator: Ionut Branea
14:00 - 14:40Complex regional pain syndrome
Christopher Gharibo, USA
14:40 - 15:20Neuromodulation: an update
Aurel Neamțu, USA
15:20 - 16:00Stellate Ganglion blocade- in pain therapy and beyond
Daiana Voiculescu, USA
16:00 - 16:30Coffee break
16:30 - 19:00Techniques in Chronic pain
Moderator: Lucian Baila
16:30 - 17:00Chronic spinal pain: where does it come from?
Gerbrand J Groen, The Nethertlands
17:00 - 17:30Spinal cord stimulators: how do they work?
Magdalena Anițescu, USA
17:30 - 18:00Ultrasound in chronic pain
Aurel Neamțu, USA
18:00 - 18:30Rx in chronic pain
Emanuel Narcis Husu, USA
18:30 - 19:00Pain medicine, a novel anesthesia subspecialty: how can we collaborate with other disciplines
Magdalena Anițescu, USA
HourFoyer
Live Scaning sessions ALL Faculty ALL day
Limited seats!
08:00 - 08:30 ENT
Stefan Frunza
08:30 - 09:00 Interscalene
Clara Lobo
09:00 - 09:30 Supraclavicular
Dan Sebastian Dirzu
09:30 - 10:00 Infraclavicular
Brian O'Donnel
10:00 - 10:30 Axilary
Paul Kessler
10:30 - 11:00Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30 Distal nerves upper limb
Marcus Neumuller
11:30 - 12:00 Spine
Emmanuel Guntz
12:00 - 12:30Paravertebral & ESP
John Mc Donnell
12:30 - 13:00 PECS & Seratus plane
Luc Sermeus
13:00 - 14:00Lunch break
14:00 - 14:30 QL, TAP
Jens Børglum
14:30 - 15:00 Femoral & fascia iliaca
Dmytro Dmytriiev
15:00 - 15:30 Sciatic
Peter Merjavy
15:30 - 16:00 Ankle
Alain Delbos
16:00 - 16:30Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00 Shoulder & Suprascapular nerve
Cosmin Sandulescu
17:00 - 17:30 Hip, knee (+PENG and geniculates)
Anca Ionescu
17:30 - 18:00 Thoraco-lumbar spine: medial branch , facet joint , selective root, costo-transverse
Ionut Branea
18:00 - 18:30 Cervical Spine Nerve Roots / Medial Branches / Cervical Plexus / Stellate Ganglion, GON
Cosmin Sandulescu
18:30 - 19:00 Sacroiliac Joint, Caudal, (depending on the model availability)
Posterior pelvis: Gluteal Pain Syndrome, trochanteric bursae

Anca Ionescu
HourRegina Maria
14:00 - 17:00Fluoroscopy Workshop 6
Thoraco-Lumbo-sacral sympatetic

Brian Bruel, Adrian Grunfeld
HourDiplomat Hall
09:00 - 09:30Executive committee meeting
09:30 - 10:30ARAR General Assembly
VIP Workshop - On request, participants can determine the lecturers and the topics taught - contact the congress secretariat for details
HourAtena Hall
08:00 - 10:00Tehniques II
Moderator: Radu Tabacaru
08:00 - 08:30Upper limb rescue blocks
Margaretha Breebaart, Belgium
08:30 - 09:00Erector spinae: where are we
Phillipe Gautier , Belgium
09:00 - 09:30Lumbo-sacral periferic blocks
Marcus Neumuller, Austria
09:30 - 10:00Adductor canal block
Phillipe Gautier, Belgium
10:00 - 10:40Astra Zeneca Symposium
Major bleeding in patients treated with direct-acting oral anticoagulants, an important pathology
The need for an effective solution
Assoc. Prof. Anca Farcas, Romania
Ondexyya, the only antidote for activated Factor X inhibitors
Prof. Serban-Ion Bubenek-Turconi, Romania
10:40 - 11:00Coffee break
11:00 - 13:00Drugs
Moderator: Marius Papurica
11:00 - 11:30LA resistance
Morne Wolmarans, UK
11:30 - 12:00Perioperative dexamethasone- Effectiveness and side effects
Liliana Mirea, Romania
12:00 - 12:30Local Anesthetic adjuvants
Jacob Hutckins, USA
12:30 - 13:00Short and intermediate acting local anesthetetics
Emmanuel Guntz, Belgium
13:00 - 14:00Lunch break
14:00 - 16:00Art & science in RA
Moderator: Denisa Anastase
14:00 - 14:30The Art and Science of Regional Anesthesia: The Journey Thus Far and Beyond
Manoj Karmakar, China
14:30 - 15:00What's new in regional anesthesia front?
Alparslan Turan, USA
15:00 - 15:30Non technical skills in RA
Morne Wolmarans, UK
15:30 - 16:00Subparaneural Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block – There is More to it than Meets the Eye
Manoj Karmakar, China
16:00 - 16:30Coffee break
17:00 - 19:30Perioperative analgesia
Moderator: Liliana Mirea
17:00 - 17:30Outpatient knee and hip surgery, what to do for pain?
Alparslan Turan, USA
17:30 - 18:00Essentials of Multimodal perioperative analgesia
Eleni Moka, Greece
18:00 - 18:30Chronic pain patients undergoing surgery
Thomas Volk, Germany
18:30 - 19:00Cryo-analgesia
Jacob Hutchins, USA
HourViena Hall
08:00 - 10:00Chronic pain - diagnostic blocks
Moderator: Emanuel Narcis Husu
08:00 - 08:30Diagnostic blocks: basic principles
Ionut Branea, Romania
08:30 - 09:00Diagnostic blocks in musculoskeletal pain
Anca Ionescu, Romania
09:00 - 09:30Diagnostic blocks in facial and head pain
Sandulescu Cosmin, Romania
09:30 - 10:00Diagnostic blocks in pelvic pain
Anca Ionescu, Romania
10:00 - 10:30Interdisciplinary multimodal therapy and the role of the anesthesiologist in a CITD (integrated Pain Therapy Center), according to the European models
Monica Papaianu, Romania
10:30 - 11:00Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00Ultrasound use in General Anesthesia - Dificult airway prediction and the evaluation of the gastric content
1 hour masterclass
Adrian Grunfeld, Israel
12:00 - 13:00Sequential Ultrasound Imaging Technique (SUIT) for the Brachial Plexus Above the Clavicle
1 hour masterclass
Manoj Karmakar, China
13:00 - 14:00Lunch break
14:00 - 16:00CESIMUS ULTRASONOGRAFIA PACIENTULUI CRITIC
this activity will be presented in Romanian Language
Coordonatori Program: Prof. Dr. Șerban Bubenek, Dr. Cosmin Bălan
14:00 - 14:30Ecografie transtoracică (ETT) – secțiuni, patternuri și măsurători
Prof. Dr. Șerban Bubenek, Dr. Cosmin Bălan
14:30 - 15:00Evaluarea responsivității si tolerantei la fluide
Prof. Dr. Șerban Bubenek, Dr. Bianca Moroșanu
15:00 - 15:30Evaluarea disfuncției diastolice
Prof. Dr. Serban Bubenek, Dr. Liana Valeanu
15:30 - 16:00Ecografie protocolizată
Prof. Dr. Șerban Bubenek, Dr. Bianca Moroșanu
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
17:00 - 19:30Cazuri clinice – prezentare orală
Dr. Mihai Ștefan, Dr. Ioana Marinica (Raileanu), Dr. Liana Văleanu, Dr. Cornel Robu
17:00 - 17.30Ecografie pulmonară (EP) - secțiuni, patternuri și măsurători
Prof. Dr. Șerban Bubenek
17:30 - 18:00Tehnici de abord vascular (EV)
Prof. Dr. Șerban Bubenek, Dr. Bianca Moroșanu
18:00 - 18:30Cazuri clinice interactive
Dr. Cosmin Bălan
HourFoyer
08:00 - 10:00Hands on Wokshop 7 Nerve blocks without ultrasound
Aurel Neamtu, Steve Coppens, Jacob Hutchins, Jason Habeck
10:30 - 11:00Coffee break
11:00 - 13:00Hands on WS 8 trunk & spine
Szederjesi Janos, Lucian Baila, Radu Tabacaru, Eugen Oleineac
13:00 - 14:00Lunch break
14:00 - 16:00 Hands on Wokshop 9 Limbs - Ultrasound
Scanning on volunteers

Liliana Mirea, Ana Maria Cotae, Daniela Ologoiu, Raluca Ungureanu
16:00 - 16:30Coffee break
16:30 - 19:00Hands on WS 10 US for pain procedures
scanning on volunteers

Anca Ionescu, Cosmin Sandulescu, Ionut Branea, Brian Bruel, Emanuel Narcis Husu
HourDiplomat Hall
08:30 - 10:30WS 11 Research
How to design a scientific study

Alparslan Turan, USA
10:30 - 11:00Coffee break
11:00 - 13:00WS 12 Research
How to write a scientific paper

Alparslan Turan, USA
VIP Workshop - On request, participants can determine the lecturers and the topics taught - contact the congress secretariat for details
HourRegina Maria
14:00 - 17:00Fluoroscopy Workshop 13
Spine procedures

facet joint, transforaminal,
Aurel Neamtu, Adrian Grunfeld
HourAtena Hall
09:00 - 11:00Regional anesthesia in difficult scenarios
Moderator: Denisa Anastase
09:00 - 09:20Spinal anaesthesia in patients with aortic stenosis- Across the line?
Ana Maria Cotae, Romania
09:20 - 09:40Regional anesthesia for frail patient
Denisa Anastase, Romania
09:40 - 10:00Prometheus bound: regional anaesthesia in major liver surgery
Mihai Popescu, Romania
10:00 - 10:20Regional anesthesia in the patient with pre-existing neuropathy. To block or not to block?
Raluca Ungureanu, Romania
10:20 - 10:40Optimal Clinical Decision Making, How Sure Are You?
Adrian Grunfeld, Israel
10:40 - 11:00Discussions
11:00 - 11:30Coffee break
11:30 - 14:00Mixed Content
Moderator: Radu Tabacaru
11:30 - 11:55Locoregional anesthesia for awake intubation
Szederjesi Janos, Romania
11:55 - 12:20Spinal anesthesia in pediatric population
Radu Tabacaru, Romania
12:20 - 12:45Peculiarities and efficacy of QL block in children
Eugen Oleineac, Romania
12:45 - 13:10Cervical epidural in anesthesia practice
Lucian Baila, Romania
13:10 - 13:35Regional anesthesia and pain management in the ICU
Ciprian Nita, Ireland
13:35 - 14:00Procedural sedation of the pediatric patients
Cristian Tănase, Romania
14:00 - 15:00Closing remarks. Closing ceremony
Dan Sebastian Dirzu
HourFoyer
09:00 - 11:00Sesiune practica ETT
6 stații, 6 modele umane
11:00 - 11:30Coffee break
11:30 - 14:00Sesiune practica ETT + EP
6 stații, 6 modele umane
Test de autoevaluare & Discuții libere
HourDiplomat Hall
VIP Workshop - On request, participants can determine the lecturers and the topics taught - contact the congress secretariat for details
e-Poster Presentations, Friday, 24th of March, 10.30 - 11.00 Foayer
PP1Stelian Mociu, Alina Moldovan, Paula Mihalache, Roxana BuiucaLumbar lateral plexus nerve block and dexmedetomidine infusion in the surgery of the lower limb
PP2Stelian Mociu, Paula Mihalache, Alina Moldovan, Roxana BuiucaUltrasound guided genicular nerve cryoablation
PP3Stelian Mociu, Roxana Buiuca, Paula Mihalache, Raluca FodorAwake craniotomy performed under scalp nerve block and continuous dexmedetomidine infusion
PP4Yaroslav Semkovych, Dmytro DmytriievMyofascial Blocks as a method of Analgesia and Prevention of Chronic Postsurgical Pain in Children
PP5Maksym BarsaThe Impact of the Method of Anesthesia and its Side Effects on Postoperative Rehabilitation during Spine Surgery