Virtual attendance possible for all days.
Meet our established speakers.
Pre-Congress Day
Pre-Congress Day
Wednesday, may 1, 2024
ROOM: GLASSAAL
Registration and Check-In
Chair: Annette Kutter
Errors and safety in anaesthesia - Prof. Daniel Pang (University of Calgary)
Coffee break
Morbidity and Mortality rounds - Prof. Daniel Pang (University of Calgary)
Lunch
Chair: Simone Ringer
Perioperative care for the elective and emergency equine anesthesia patient: fasting, fluids and analgesics - Dr. Thijs Van Loon (University of Utrecht & Sporthorse medical diagnostic centre Altano)
Coffee break
Group quiz-resident get together - Olivia D’Anselme, Gerardo Citarella, Fabiola Jörger (University of Zurich)
Get together evening – In Casino Baden
8.15 - 9.00
9.00 - 10.30
10.30 - 11.00
11.00 - 12.30
12.30 - 14.30
14.30 - 16.00
16.00 - 16.30
16.30 - 18.00
19.00
main-Congress Day 1
main-Congress Day 1
THursday, may 2, 2024
ROOM: trafohalle
or room: GLASSAAL
Registration and Check-In
Chair: Regula Bettschart-Wolfensberger (Congress Hall Trafohalle)
Opening session Welcome of new ECVAA Diplomates
Chair: Thijs Van Loon (Congress Hall Trafohalle)
Human factors and non-technical skills in veterinary Anaesthesia - Dr. Stephen Greenhalgh (University of Edinburgh)
Situation Awareness and the Future of Anaesthesia Monitoring
- PD Dr. David Tscholl (University of Zurich)
Coffee break and Industrial Exhibition
8.15 - 9.00
9.00 - 09.15
09.15 - 10.00
10.00 - 10.45
10.45 - 11.15
11.15 - 11.30
11.30 - 11.45
11.45 - 12.00
12.00 - 12.15
12.15 - 12.30
12.30*- 15.00
*13.15 - 14.45
15.00 - 15.15
15.15 - 15.30
15.30 - 15.45
15.45 - 16.00
16.00 - 16.30
16.30 - 16.45
16.45 - 17.15
19.00- 19.30
Chair: Rima Bektas (Congress Hall Glassaal)
M & M: Unrecognized Intra-operative Hyperthermia: Implications on Morbidity and Mortality in Canine Cervical Disc Herniation Surgery - Paul F.& Alef M.
Discussion of M & M
M & M: Accidental intraarterial propofol injection in a dog: Morbidity and mortality round - Medina-Bautista F., Navarrete-Calvo R., Granados M.M.
Discussion of M & M
Chair Kathy Clark (Congress Hall Glassaal)
Emergence delirium in small animals: a single centre descriptive analysis - Mattei L.I., Mirra A., Spadavecchia C.
Performance of five different flow sensors for equine spirometry: a bench top study using clinical monitors - Pimenta E.L.M., da Silva R.V., Soares J.H.N.
Population pharmacokinetics and clinical evaluation of acetaminophen and metabolites after intravenous administration in horses - Granados M.M., Medina F., Navarrete R., Arguelles D., De los Santos L., Quirós- Carmona S., Serrano J.M.
Assessment of equine anaesthetic risk: utility and predictivity of a German version of the two-part CHARIOT - Brumund L., Wittenberg-Voges L., Rohn K., Kästner S.B.R.
Chair Chair Isabelle Iff (Congress Hall Glassaal)
Propofol total intravenous anaesthesia in dogs undergoing elective surgery, a comparison of MADTCI® and conventional variable rate infusion. - Langton S.D.
M & M: Clevidipine treatment for hypertension during laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheocromocytoma in a dog. - Machado M.L., Soares J.H.N.
Chair: Inken Henze (Congress Hall Trafohalle)
Risk of Burnout among Veterinary Anaesthesia Specialists: a call for action (R1)- Tayari H., Flaherty D., Dugdale A., Bennett R., Auckburally A.
Second victim in veterinary anaesthesia: psychological impact – Part 1 - Santos L., Goodwin W., McArthur M.
Second victim in veterinary anaesthesia: support structures – Part 2- Santos L., Goodwin L., McArthur M.
A systematic review of perioperative use of artificial intelligence since 2010 in anaesthesia and it’s critical application to veterinary anaesthesia. - Dunham O., Dupont J., Sandersen C.
AVA Informs
Lunch
Chair Louise Clark (Congress Hall Trafohalle)
M & M: “Whisper down the lane” can lead to morbidity and mortality in veterinary anaesthesia. A fatal outcome after multiple intra-anaesthetic, non- standardized handovers of a high-risk patient. - Henze I.S., Linke P.M., Fornacon A., Rupp V.
Discussion of M & M
Lubrication of endotracheal tube cuffs reduces gas leakage during positive pressure ventilation - Damian G., Auckburally A., Shortland J., Tayari H.
Management of cats undergoing elective ovariohysterectomy: practices of veterinarians in Ontario - Kerr C.L., Swanton W.E., Ron Johnson R., O’Sullivan T.
Chair Thijs Van Loon (Congress Hall Trafohalle)
Thoracolumbar erector spinae plane block: A preliminary experimental study in horses - Medina- Bautista F., Sanchez de Medina A., Di Franco C., Morgaz J., Nocera I., Granados M.M.
M & M: Unsuccessful management of epidural local anesthetic tachyphylaxis associated with repeated dosing in a horse - Hector R.C., Nottle B.F.
Optional Outdoor Hatha Yoga with Isi Iff (weather permitting - please bring your own towel or mat)
Coffe break and Industrial Exhibition POSTER PRESENTATION
Dinner Kloster Wettingen, Löwensaal – Bus departure from TRAFO 19.00 – 19.30
Or walking tour along river Limmat, departure 19.00 from TRAFO
main-Congress Day 2
main-Congress Day 2
friday, may 3, 2024
ROOM: trafohalle
or room: GLASSAAL
Chair: Elisabeth Ranninger (Congress Hall Trafohalle)
Human factors, safety and wellbeing – whose responsibility is it? Lessons from the human world- Dr. med. Adrian Wong (King’s College Hospital, London)
Coffee break and Industrial Exhibition
9.30 - 10.30
10.30 - 11.00
11.00 - 11.15
11.15 - 11.30
11.30 - 11.45
11.45 - 12.00
12.00 - 12.15
12.15 - 12.30
12.30 - 14.30
14.30 - 14.45
14.45 - 15.00
15.00 - 15.15
15.15 - 15.30
15.30 - 16.00
16.00 - 16.15
16.15 - 16.30
16.30 - 16.45
16.45 - 17.00
17.00 - 17.15
Chair: Carolyn Kerr (Congress Hall Glassaal)
Postoperative effects of adding detomidine to a lidocaine paravertebral anesthesia in cows undergoing standing abomasum displacement surgery - d’Anselme O., Hartnack A., Gerspach C., Bühlmann O., Torgerson P.R., Ringer S.K.
Perioperative analgesia requirements and postoperative motor function following saphenous and sciatic nerve blocks in goats anaesthetised for bilateral stifle surgery - Torruella X., Loughran C., Restitutti F., Brama P., Huuskonen V.
Assessment of the electrical impedance tomography changes in etorphine immobilized sheep - Binetti A., Rattanathanya H., Braun C., Pohlin F., Kalogeropoulu S., Auer U., Schramel J.P., Meyer L., Stalder G., Mosing M.
Effects of intravenously administered gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) in Holstein-Friesian calves -Cuypers C., Alonso B., Devreese M., Schauvliege S.
M & M: Intra-operative temporary pacing for atrial standstill in a steer calf with bladder rupture: managing morbidity and mortality - Cuypers C., Flyps J., Chantillon L, Haspeslagh M., Schauvliege S., Van Loon G.
Discussion of M & M
Chair Stijn Schauvliege (Congress Hall Glassaal)
M & M: Successful management of two horses with suspected pulmonary haemorrhage in recovery from general anaesthesia - Hordle T., Ranninger E, Bettschart-Wolfensberger R.
Discussion of M & M
M & M: Post-anesthetic seizure-like activity in four horses after non-neurological procedures - Hector R.C., Rezende M.L.
Discussion of M & M
Chair Sabine Kästner (Congress Hall Glassaal)
Refinement of analgesia in Wistar rats undergoing vascular surgery: a prospective randomized, blinded trial. - Casoni D., Garcia Casalta L.G., Nettelbeck K., Parodi C., Rieben R., Bergadano A.
The effect of lidocaine in postoperative recovery for gastrointestinal foreign body surgery in canine patients - Burns C.C,, Barletta M, Junis Z.B.S., Moore G.B.S., Dantino S., Reed R.A., Quandt J.
Chair: Paul MacFarlane (Congress Trafohalle)
M & M: Ventricular fibrillation during thoracoscopic pericardiectomy in a St. Bernard dog -Mattei L.I., Iff I.
Discussion of M & M
M & M: Death of an English bulldog during general anaesthesia for thoracic radiographs – the tip of an iceberg – Iff I., Morath-Huss U.
Discussion of M & M
M & M: Isoproterenol and phenylephrine infusions in a dog with sick sinus syndrome following external pacing failure: morbidity and mortality - Mattaliano G., Alonso B., Mosing M., Rocchi A.
Discussion of M & M
Lunch
Chair Natali Verdier (Congress Hall Trafohalle)
Return of sensation after epidural or perineural administration of ropivacaine to the femoral and the sciatic nerves in dogs undergoing TPLO – a randomized clinical trial - Szabo Z., Jutzi E., Duever P., Spadavecchia C., Rohrbach H.
Return of sensation after perineural injection of ropivacaine, bupivacaine or lidocaine to the femoral and sciatic nerves in dogs: a double blinded randomized clinical trial - Jutzi E., Szabo Z., Duever P., Spadavecchia C., Rohrbach H
Ultrasound-guided proximal radial, ulnar, median, musculocutaneous (RUMM) nerve block in rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) cadavers: medial versus lateral approach. - Teotino G., Felisberto R., Flaherty D., Tayari H.
Peribulbar anesthesia decreases corneal and periocular sensation and can improve rat welfare during ophthalmic procedures -Shilo-Benjamini Y., Eliav A., Kushnir Y., Ofri R.
Chair Martina Mosing(Congress Hall Trafohalle)
Immobilization and recovery using medetomidine-tiletamine-zolazepam versus medetomidine-ketaminemidazolam followed by atipamezole in captive collared peccary (Pecari tajacu): A randomized, blinded clinical trial - Bernstain Υ., Kushnir Υ., Avni-Magen Ν., Paz-Sonnenfeld Α., Shilo-Benjamini Υ.
Effect of atipamezole with or without flumazenil on recovery time and quality following medetomidine-midazolam immobilization in captive golden jackals (Canis aureus) - Shilo-Benjamini Y., Freud T., Abu Ahmad W., King R.
M & M: Even a small button can lead to “morbidity and mortality” case in equine anaesthesia - tracheal rupture caused by a faulty hoist remote-control switch - Bódai E., Bakos Z., Bodó G.
Discussion of M & M
Coffee break and Industrial Exhibition POSTER PRESENTATION (authors be with your poster)
Awards and Closing ceremony
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Speakers
Dr Stephen Greenhalgh
Dr Stephen Greenhalgh is a Lecturer in Animal Bioscience at the University of Edinburghand works primarily in the Wellcome Critical Care Laboratory for Large Animals, part of the Large Animal Research and Imaging Facility. He moved to Edinburgh in 2013 to undertake a Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellowship. This resulted in a doctoral thesis on the cellular and molecular methods of liver regeneration. He completed a specialty trainingprogramme in veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia in 2021 and specialises in anaesthesia and intensive care for large animal translational models. He is a course organiser on the University’s online Master’s programme in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, leading courses on ventilators and non-technical skills. He is also Co-Chair of the Veterinary Ethical Review Committee. Away from work, he is a keen student of Italian and wishes there were more hours in the day for sport and music.
Dr Greta Gasciauskaite, MD
Dr Gasciauskaite is a Anaesthesiology Resident at the University of Zurich and is currently deeply engaged in exploring burnout and its determinants among anesthesiologists in Switzerland, with a keen interest in the environmental sustainability of anesthesia practices. Additionally, she is involved in the development and implementation of situation awareness-based, user-centered visualization technologies in the medical field. Her work also extends to cooperation in various human research projects, showcasing a broad range of interests in medical research and innovation.
Dr Adrian VK Wong, Bsc (Hons), MRCP(UK), FRCA, EDIC, FFICM
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