PROGRAM

Updated April 17, 2026

08:30-10:00

Silfurberg A

Session - ECMO

Session Moderator: Hjörtur Már Reynisson

Who to ECMO: A framework

Suraj Yalamuri

Ethical fast approach to an ECMO ECPR/CS

Stefan Wiebe

Alternative outcomes in ECMO

Inga Lára Ingvarsdóttir

Update on ECMO in Cardiogenic Shock

Bengt Redfors

ECMO in Trauma, OB, Sepsis

Matthew Read

Silfurberg B

Session - From fear to trust – Managing procedural and peri-operative distress in children - Part 1

Session Moderators: Theodór Skúli Sigurðsson

From procedural distress to procedural comfort – A framework for managing procedural distress in children

Piet Leroy

From fear to trust - Interpersonal methods for establishing trust with children

Baruch Krauss

The child and family friendly operating theatre – optimizing comfort care in the perioperative environment

Eva Schaffrath

Kaldalón

Session - The Elderly Patient

Session Moderators: Einar Freyr Ingason

Can we optimise perioperative outcomes for elderly patients - the view of a geriatrican

Anna Björg Jónsdóttir

Can we optimise perioperative outcomes for elderly patients - the view of the anaesthetist

Elin Aakre

ICU for the very old

Hans Flaaten

Ríma A

Workshop

Pacemakers

Workshop Moderators: Martin Slettengren & Edda Vesteinsdottir

Jonathan H. Rosser

RÍMA B

Free Paper Session -Hemodynamics

Moderator: Per Möller

Reliability of noninvasive finger cuff technology for monitoring blood pressure in healthy volunteers and cardiac surgical patients

Rissanen, Jemina Eveliina

Reliability of ProAQT technology in measuring cardiac output during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Tuukkanen, Pasi Antero

Myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery – a prediction model using continuous vital sign monitoring

Holm, Julie Terp

Automatic monitoring of single-wall MAPSE by transesophageal echocardiography tracks global LV function irrespective of regional hypokinesia

Yu, Jinyang

Perioperative right- and left-sided pressure ratios as a measure of interventricular balance and outcomes – a retrospective observational study

Hjortrup, Peter Buhl

Agreement of four minimally invasive and non-invasive monitoring devices in the detection of fluid responsiveness

Laakso, Maaret Johanna

Reliability of minimally invasive and non-invasive stroke volume variation monitoring devices in microvascular free flap surgery of head and neck

Laakso, Maaret Johanna

Heart Rate Variability After Surgical Incision - Phenotypes and Postoperative Outcomes.

Mølgaard, Jesper

Agreement between suprasternal and transoesophageal Doppler measurements of aortic velocity-time integral during abdominal surgery

Djupedal, Håvard

VÍSA

Free Paper Session - OB Anaesthesia

Moderator: Ove Karlsson

Mini spinal to enhance the success rate of external cephalic version: - a protocol for a randomised controlled study

Tranberg Lindqvist, Anna

Neuraxial analgesia use among ethnic minorities – does ability to communicate directly with the staff increase the neuraxial analgesia use rate?

Pirsko, Luisa-Linda

Women’s experience of cesarean delivery with insufficient regional anesthesia and conversion to general anesthesia. A qualitative multicenter study

Nedergaard, Helene Korvenius

Pain relief, patient satisfaction, and recovery after cesarean section: Insights from an epidural-based multimodal analgesia approach

Langille, Saara Johanna

Can thromboelastography reliably reflect anti-Factor Xa activity in LMWH-treated pregnant women?

Carlberg, Niclas

Nordic Analgesia in Labor – an institutional cross-sectional survey

Haidl, Felix

Introducing remifentanil for labour analgesia: A qualitative study of midwives’ early experiences

Duch, Patricia

Remifentanil for labour analgesia: a qualitative study of Danish women’s experiences

Duch, Patricia

Implementation of a programmed intermittent epidural bolus protocol – quality assessment of labour epidural analgesia at Odense University Hospital

Madsen, Rasmus

Safer Births Scandinavia+: - A Nordic collaboration to learn together from neonatal resuscitation and improve practice

Haynes, Joanna Claire

10:00-10:30 Exhibition / Coffee

10:30-12:00

Silfurberg A

Session - Immunotherapy

Session Moderator: Sören Pischke & Matti Reinikainen

ICU-demanding complications of CAR-T treatments

Hallgerður Kristjánsdóttir

Critical care outcomes of hematologic oncology patients

Sangeeta Mehta

Increased cancer after sepsis

Johanna Hästbacka

Silfurberg B

Session - From fear to trust – Managing procedural and peri-operative distress in children - Part 2

Session Moderators: Theodór Skúli Sigurðsson

Case-based discussion on challenging situations, including:

• Planned vs emergency settings
• Setting the scene - environmental challenges
• Balancing safety and comfort
• Choice of procedural or pre-operative sedative regime: drug choices and routes

Piet Leroy

Kaldalón

Session - Is there a way to balance safety and efficiency of anesthesia

Session Moderators: Friðrik Thor Sigurbjörnsson

Safe reuse of infusion set components in anesthesia

Per Möller

Day surgery - is there a limit?

Friðrik Thor Sigurbjörnsson / Hrólfur Einarsson

Managing a safe and effective day surgery unit

Snorri Laxdal Karlsson

Ríma A

Workshop -
Point-of care ultrasound: cardiac, pulmonary and gastric

Workshop Moderators: Diesh Kurian & Karl Kristinsson

RÍMA B

Free Paper Session -Airway

Moderator: Sigrún Ásgeirsdóttir

One lung ventilation for left lobectomy in patients with type II tracheal bronchus

Hagihira, Satoshi

Factors associated with awake tracheal intubation during anesthesia induction in adult head and neck cancer surgery: an audit

Wajekar, Anjana Sagar

Can intubate, cannot ventilate: A proposed algorithm to handle problems with ventilation and oxygenation after intubation

Fosse, Kjetil

Hyaluronic acid lubrication of the endotracheal tube and postoperative airway symptoms: a randomized controlled trial

YOON, JUNG-PIL

Navigating difficult airway: Complex Robotic Oesophagectomy with postoperative vocal cord paralysis

Leong, Gee Huey

Large airway growth – debulking and stenting: Anesthesia challenges in shared airway:- A series of 12 cases

GARG, SHALOO

Pilot study investigating the efficacy of lignocaine nebulisation through a mouthpiece for topical anesthesia for awake flexible bronchoscopy

Shetmahajan, Madhavi

Customized pillow elevation reduces difficult laryngoscopy during tracheal intubation in adults

Prakash, Avinash

Vísa

Free Paper Session - ICU

Moderator: Christian Rylander

Association of mixed venous oxygen saturation and cardiac index with the development of postoperative organ dysfunction after cardiac surgery

Yliheikkilä, Henna Amanda

Outcomes of intensive care patients treated in university vs. non-university hospitals

Ihalainen, Ville

Association of SOFA and SOFA-2 scores with survival after ICU admission

Ihalainen, Ville

Limited Utility of Analgesia Nociception Index for Pain Assessment in Critically Ill Patients: A Prospective Observational Study

Kang, Christine

Patients with deep neck infections in the ICU; microbiology, treatment and complications

Broman Leveau, Lina

Bedside Detection of Low Stroke Volume and Vasodilation Using Pulse Pressure and Diastolic Blood Pressure in Critically Ill Patients

Palsdottir, Edda

Prevalence and characteristics of metaraminol use in critically ill patients: a retrospective observational study

Vu, Linh

Cerebrovascular Effects of Vasopressors and Inotropes: A Scoping Review

Yang, James

Severe Amanita poisoning with ventricular fibrillation during liver transplantation

Knudsen, Kai

Björtuloft

Workshop

ECMO cannulation

Hjörtur Már Reynisson / Suraj Yalamuri

The workshop teaches participants the basics of percutaneous sheaths and wires, as well as hands-on training in percutaneous ECMO cannulation. The number of participants in each session is limited to 12. The workshop is in partnership with EINZ.

12:00-13:00 Exhibition / Lunch

13:00-14:30

Silfurberg A

Session - Balancing it all - is it possible

Session Moderators: Martin Ingi Sigurðsson

Finding the balance in a large academic department of anaesthesiology and critical care

Jochen Danny Muehlschlegel

Balancing research and clinical care in the ICU - is it possible

Susanne Muehlschlegel

Balancing education and providing safe anesthesia - is it possible

Annemarie Thompson

Silfurberg B

Session - Balancing coagulation

Session Moderators: Johanna Hästbacka & Christian Rylander

Fibrinolytic balance

Anders Åneman

Platelets

Lene Russell

DOAKs

Mirka Sivula

How to transfuse

Allan Klompas

Kaldalón

Session - Advanced Haemodynamics in the perioperative setting

Session Moderators: Ólöf Viktorsdóttir

The big picture – current evidence in perioperative hemodynamic management

Michelle Chew

Perioperative cardiac output monitoring – who, when and how?

Þórir Svavar Sigmundsson

The interaction between volume state, cardiac function and venous return – operating room relevance

Per Möller

Ríma A

Workshop

Feedback – how to give and receive valuable feedback among specialist anesthetists

Workshop Moderators: Cecilia Escher & Ebbe Hvidberg Bessmann

Doris Østergaard

Cecilia Escher

Owain Thomas

Jelena Oulasvirta

RÍMA B

Free Paper Session -ICU

Moderator: Hans Kristian Flaatten

How are ICU referral decisions made? Implications for AI deterioration prediction systems

Todsen, Anna Louise

Functional status and life satisfaction one year after intensive care

Paananen, Pauliina

Conducting conversations in the intensive care unit about future treatment and care – the patient's experiences

Smith, Mette Aaby

Psychometric properties of the Norwegian IPREA-N questionnaire for assessing discomfort in intensive care: A cross-sectional validation study

Johansen, Edda

Socioeconomic status and limitations of life-sustaining treatment in the ICU — an observational study using Finnish national registries

Ehn, Jenna Maria

Current treatment practices of postoperative delirium after cardiac surgery - a survey study in Scandinavian intensive care units

Saranko, Aino

Impaired pre-critical illness quality of life in elderly ICU patients

Frisvold, Shirin Kordasti

Prehospital identification of Sepsis: association with time to antibiotic treatment – a retrospective observational study from south Rogaland

Dretvik, Adrian Bruvoll

The association of severe early respiratory failure with mortality in adults resuscitated from cardiac arrest – A nationwide cohort study

Wittig, Johannes

Vísa

Free Paper Session - Basic science

Moderator: TBA

Adrenaline increases spinal cord oxycodone concentration after epidural administration

Haataja, Anna

Combined complement and platelet inhibition attenuates decompression-induced thromboinflammation in a human whole blood diving/decompression model

Storm, Benjamin Stage

The impact of different types of mechanical ventilation on the pathohistological changes of the lungs due to aspiration pneumonia

Zdravković, Ranko

Azithromycin and its non-antibacterial derivative EP317 attenuate ventilator-induced lung Injury in an animal model

Karason, Sigurbergur

Astrocytic Histone Lactylation: A Novel Metabolic-Epigenetic Bridge Driving Synaptic Dysfunction in Sepsis-Associated Encephalopathy

Zhang, Meixian

Simultaneous Intraoperative Monitoring of Electrocorticography and Motor-Evoked Potentials during Epilepsy Surgery under Remimazolam Anaesthesia

Kamata, Kotoe

Remimazolam-Specific EEG Signatures During ERCP: Spectral Monitoring Supports Hemodynamic Superiority

Lai, Wen-Yi

Machine Learning-Based Predictive Model for Early Lung Injury Following Lung Transplantation: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Miao, Qing

Intramuscular tranexamic acid as an alternative to intravenous infusion – a viable option in low-resource settings?

Bakke, Håkon Kvåle

Björtuloft

Workshop

ECMO cannulation

Hjörtur Már Reynisson / Suraj Yalamuri

14:30 - 15:00 Exhibition / Coffee

15:00-16:30

Silfurberg A/B

OPENING Ceremony

Welcome to the SSAI congress

Martin Ingi Sigurðsson, Congress President

Welcome to Iceland

Alma Möller, the Minister of Health and 2015 SSAI Congress President

Laerdal Lecture

The Pivotal Role of Anaesthesia in Patient Safety

Helen Higham

08:30-10:00

Norðurljós

Session - Guidelines in anaesthesiology

Session Moderators: Kirsten Møller & Markus Skrifvars

Highlights from the Perioperative Cardiovascular Management for Noncardiac Surgery

Annemarie Thompson

The European Pediatric Fasting Guidelines

Theódór Skúli Sigurðsson

Not so fast...! - on fasting guidelines

Rationale, utility and application

Geir Ivar Elgjo

PROSPECT Guidelines for pain management of common surgeries: what is new?

Axel Sauter

Silfurberg A

Session -Complications

Session Moderators: Sigurbjörg J. Skarphéðinsdóttir

NAP5: the problem of awareness during anesthesia

Jaideep Pandit

Perioperative anaphylaxis

Helgi Jóhannsson

Analysis of Never Events in the UK

Jaideep Pandit

The SAFEST Project, reducing preoperative complications through standardisation

Daniel Arnal

Silfurberg B

Workshop - The New London Protocol - a framework for system-based analysis of safety incidents in healthcare part I

Session Moderators: Kári Hreinsson

Helen Higham

Prof Charles Vincent

Olivia Lounsbury

Kaldalón

Session - Balancing decision-making in withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments and prognostication

Session Moderators: Sundararajan Krishnaswamy and Matti Reinikainen

Self-Fulfilling Prophecies Through Withdrawal of Care

Susanne Muehlschlegel

Prognostication in Neurocritical Care

Susanne Muehlschlegel

End-of-life care in ICU

Iben Strøm Darfelt

Ríma A

Ventilator workshop

Workshop Moderators: Anders Aneman & Idunn Morris

The focus of the workshop is hands-on training stations focused on
1) Balancing excessive / insufficient respiratory effort,
2) PEEP titration / alveolar recruitment
3) Recognizing dysynchrony

Ríma B

Free Paper Session - Acute Pain

Moderator: Ole Mathiesen

Analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided External Oblique Intercostal Plane Block versus Erector Spinae Block in open upper abdominal surgeries

Sinha, Chandni

Methoxyflurane and its short term economic impact from a Norwegian perspective, in Patients with Pain using locally relevant unit costs.

Skare, Ole-Christian

iPACK and saphenous block for cruciate ligaments reconstructive surgery - rather before than after?

Holgersen, Christian

Perioperative analgesia use based on PROPECT guidelines for Complex Spinal Surgery in 70 consecutive adult patients

Kare, Ravi Manohar

Spinal anaesthesia with administration of liposomal bupicaine infiltration leading to Local Anaesthesia Systemic Toxicity (LAST) in THR

Fernandez, Tacson

Ultrasound-Guided Lateral Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block with Lidocaine or Ropivacaine for Closed Reduction of Distal Radius Fractures

Steensbæk, Mathias Therkel

Clinical performance of single-shot Interscalene block in shoulder arthroplasty: prospective evaluation of pain control in the first 36 hours

Köykkä, Olli Oskari

A novel integrated nerve block catheter matches single-shot nerve block speed and precision: a randomised non-inferiority study in a tissue model

Lange, Kai Henrik Wiborg

Brachial plexus nerve block vs haematoma block for closed reduction of distal radius fracture – The BLOCK Trial: a protocol for a multicentre RCT

Jellestad, Anne-Sofie Lindev

VÍSA

Free Paper Session - Medications

Moderator: Christian Rylander

Dexmedetomidine versus propofol sedation for the reduction of duration of mechanical ventilation after cardiac surgery
– a randomized controlled trial

Preveden, Mihaela

Dexmedetomidine vs. propofol for reduction of delirium after cardiac surgery – a randomized controlled trial

Preveden, Mihaela

Dexmedetomidine vs. propofol for reduction of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery – a randomized controlled trial

Preveden, Mihaela

Intraoperative administration of dexmedetomidine and inflammatory response in cardiac surgery

Zdravković, Ranko

The effect of continuous intraoperative dexmedetomidine infusion on acute kidney injury after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a randomized trial

Zdravković, Ranko

The effect of intraoperative dexmedetomidine on the length of mechanical ventilation after cardiac surgery – double-blind randomized study

Zdravković, Ranko

Successful completed pregnancy after cardiac surgical reoperation in the first trimester of pregnancy – a case report

Drobnjak, Vanja

Comparison of effect of intravenous ketamine and dexmedetomidine infusion on postoperative analgesia in otorhinolaryngeal surgeries

Paliwal, Bharat

Use of dexmedetomidine in adult intensive care unit patients
- An international cross‐sectional survey

Havshøj, Ulrik

10:00-10:30 Exhibition / Coffee

10:30-12:00

Norðurljós

Session - Research collaboration in the Nordic countries and beyond

Session Moderators: Sigurbergur Kárason

Establishing The Collaboration for Evidence based Practice and Research in Anaesthesia (CEPRA)

Ole Mathiesen and Anders Kehlet Nørskov

Lessons learned from Collaboration in Intensive Care

Anders Perner

The PERISAFE trial

Christina Cleveland Westerdahl Laursen

The GODIF trial

Sine Wichman

Silfurberg A

Session -Transporting critically ill patients in remote areas

Session Moderators:

Viðar Magnússon & Christian Rylander

Iceland HEMS experiences

Sigurjón Örn Stefánsson

Fixed wing operations in Iceland

Corina Labitzke

Svalbard transportation system

Ole Tveiten

Arctic condition challenges

Anita Sole-Gärtner

Preparedness for EMS in Greenland

Nanna Kruse

Silfurberg B

Workshop -The New London Protocol - a framework for system-based analysis of safety incidents in healthcare part II

Session Moderators: Kári Hreinsson

Helen Higham

Olivia Lounsbury

Anna Louise Todsen

Kaldalón

Session - The patient, their family and the ICU

Session Moderators: Gunnar Thorarensen and Katrín M. Thormar

Clinician‑family meetings and shared decision‑making in goals‑of‑care

Susanne Muehlschlegel

The ICU environment – what is important to patients and their families

Sangeeta Mehta

The family as clinical actor: The conversation is the intervention

Gunnar Thorarensen

Ríma A

Workshop -Viscoelastic hemostatic assays:- role in obstetric anesthesia with discussion of real cases.

Ove Karlsson

RÍMA B

Methods of Achieving the Balance in Respiratory Assistance

Workshop Moderators: Dmitry Stepanov

The workshop focuses on the assessment of patient respiratory drive and respiratory effort and post-inspiratory activity, with a focus on lung protection and transition to spontaneous ventilation. This will be explained in an introductory lecture followed by practical application via clinical scenarios and discussion.

Stemma

Free Paper Session - Cardiac

Moderator: TBA

Association of statin adherence with long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting

Miettinen, Heikki Eerik

Abrupt pressure increase during cardiopulmonary bypass – case series on high pressure excursions at St. Olavs hospital

Mohus, Randi Marie

Sex differences in functional capacity influence surgical selection and outcomes in lung cancer surgery

Kristenson, Karolina

Use of perioperative treatment algorithms in adult cardiothoracic patients: Approaches by cardiothoracic centres in Northern Europe

Jeppesen, Anni Nørgaard

Unplanned intraoperative ECMO during bilateral lung transplantation

Trabjerg, Cecilia

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with acute myocarditis supported with VA-ECMO

Campoccia Jalde, Francesca

Preoperative platelet-to-leukocyte ratio and postoperative acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study.

Bülow Anderberg, Sara

Machine learning-based prediction of short- and long-term mortality after orthotopic heart transplantation

Koritsanszky, Kinga

Variability in perioperative management in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS): a Scandinavian survey

Dalgaard, Camilla Roedbro

12:00-13:00 Exhibition / Lunch

13:00-14:30

Norðurljós

Session -
Balancing patient safety and eduction - in memoriam of Dr Jannicke Mellin-Olsen

The session is dedicated to the loving memory of Dr. Jannicke Mellin-Olsen - a pioneer of patient safety

Session Moderators: Michael Haney

Introduction

Michael Haney

The future of simulation teaching in anaesthesia and critical care - the ACTA lecture

Doris Østergaard

Simulation for system resilience in healthcare

Helen Higham

Faculty development and competence retention in simulation

Owain Thomas

Silfurberg A

Session - The pediatric airway

Session Moderators: Theodór Skúli Sigurðsson

The Pediatric Airway

Tom Hansen

How to stay away from problems

Thomas Engelhardt

Pediatric eFONA case - a personal experience

Sigrún Ásgeirsdóttir

Silfurberg B

Session - Adult congenital heart disease patients for non-cardiac surgery and in the ICU

Session Moderators: Liisa Petäjä & Andreas Nygren

ACHD patients for non-cardiac surgery - red flags and when to refer to specialized centers?

Jane Heggie

Anesthesiologic challenges in ACHD with pulmonary hypertension for non-cardiac surgery

Jesper Brøndum Poulsen

ACHD patients in the ICU

Andrew Curry

Kaldalón

Session - Postoperative monitoring: Beyond the PACU and ICU?

Session Moderators: Ívar Gunnarsson

Monitoring from a patient safety perspective

Daniel Arnal

At-home monitoring

Christian Meyhoff

Post-ICU/PACU in-hospital monitoring

Eske Aasvang

Ríma A

Remimazolam in Modern Anesthesia: From Evidence to Everyday Implementation

Practical Approaches, Dosing Pathways, and Lessons from Early Clinical Adoption

Finn Vestergaard, MD, Denmark

Kristian A. Groth, MD, PhD, Denmark

ssai2026 sponsors gold paion pharma

RÍMA B

Workshop - Brain in balance or brain imbalance?

Workshop Moderators:

Rosa Vieweg and
Sigurður Þór Sigurðsson

Brain Oxygenation
and Cerebral Microdialysis

Markus Harboe Olsen

Pupillometry

Anders Feyling

Continuous electroence-phalography

Kirsten Møller

Brain ultrasound

Dag Netteland

VÍSA

Free Paper Session - Perioperative Medicine

Moderator: Ib Jammer

A Comparative Analysis of AI Systems for Effectiveness in Addressing Frequently Asked Questions in Anesthesiology

Ngassa, Yvane

Patterns and predictors of elective surgery cancellations in a tertiary care hospital: a prospective observational study

Prakash, Avinash

Educating and Closing the recycling loop with Plastify

Tan, Kah Heng

Gender Representation and Quality Indicators in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Podcasts:
A Systematic Review

Steinsdóttir, Perla

Continuous professional development among consultants in anaesthesiology and intensive care: a cross-sectional analysis of activity patterns

Brun Kjelstrup, Kirsten

A Scandinavian Survey on Physicians’ Readiness and Resistance Towards Environmental Sustainability in Pediatric Anesthesia.

Vabo, Ingvald

Transforming Fragility Hip Fracture Care: An Anaesthesia-Led Multidisciplinary Collaboration for Early Nerve Blocks

Ng, Carol Chin Yee

Prospective long-term follow-up of infectious surgical complications and general health after preoperative optimization for primary arthroplasty

Karason, Sigurbergur

Quality of life improves during a 12-month follow-up after thyroid surgery

Honkanen, Juha Ilari

Stemma

Free Paper Session - General anesthesia

Moderator: Erik Litonius

Incidence of Awareness During General Anesthesia in Procedures Using the Apnoeic Oxygenation Technique: A Prospective Observational Study.

Amin, Nayana

Comparing postoperative morbidity between general and regional anaesthesia following urgent orthopaedic surgery. A randomised controlled trial

Hazarika, Amarjyoti

Comparison of spinal and general anaesthesia in ankle fracture patients: the SpinAnkle trial

Ebeling, Mattias Robert

Anesthesia for transplantation of deceased donor upper limb: Insights from a series of cases, Unilateral and Bilateral

GARG, SHALOO

Delirium in cardiac, orthopaedic, and other surgical departments in German hospitals: longitudinal analysis of health insurance claims, 2011–2023

Neuner, Bruno

Anesthetic Considerations for Intravenous Sedation in Dental Outpatient Procedures

Herodes, Veiko

Airway and Aspiration Risk in Zenker’s Diverticulum: A Case Report

Toh, Charmaine Jan Li

The Effect of Intraoperative Magnesium Administration on Estimated Blood Loss and Postoperative Pain in Patients Undergoing Myomectomy

Park, Juyeon

Propofol vs sevoflurane anaesthesia and postoperative acute kidney injury after colorectal cancer surgery: a secondary analysis of a randomised trial

Taavo, Micael

Comparison of postoperative respiratory radiographic abnormalities between Pyridostigmine and Sugammadex after laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy

Pak,Yujn

Björtuloft

Difficult airway

Kristinn Ö Sverrisson

Sigurbjörg J Skarphéðinsdóttir

Sigurjón Ö Stefánsson

Alfreð Harðarsson

ssai2026 sponsors bronze storz

15:00-16:30

Norðurljós

Session -

Academic Anesthesia

Session Moderators: Martin Ingi Sigurðsson

Mentorship in Academic Medicine

Stanton Shernan

AI in scientific publishing

Michelle Chew

The future of Academic Anesthesia

Jochen D. Muehlschlegel

Silfurberg A

Session -Multimodal anaesthesia for total joint arthoplasty of the lower extremity

Session Moderators: Luis Romundstad

Multimodal analgesia: what we already know and what we want to achieve

Axel Sauter

Peripheral nerve blocks as part of multimodal anesthesia for total joint arthroplasty

Guðrún María Jónsdóttir

Is total joint arthroplasty a feasible day surgery

Jinlei Li

Silfurberg B

Session - Adult congenital heart disease patients and patients with circulatory failure: Case based discussion

Session Moderators: Liisa Petäjä

Adult congenital heart disease patients: Case based discussion

Jane Heggie

Adult congenital heart disease patients: Case based discussion

Andrew Curry

Balancing act or false choice? Harm minimisation in intermediate-high risk pulmonary embolism

Ben Gerhardy

Achy Breaky (Left) Heart

A case based discussion on the escalation of support in acute left heart failure

Michael Farquharson

Kaldalón

Session - Is my anesthetist up to date?

Session Moderators: Cecilia Escher and Ebbe Hvidberg Bessmann

Overview of current evidence in relation to patient safety

Mette Lind Kristensen

Anesthetists' opinion regarding CPD- results from a web survey in Sweden

Owain Thomas

Planning for sustained competency - the Tromsö example

Kirsten Brun Kjelstrup

How do we know what we don't know?

Ebbe Hvidberg Bessmann

How can we teach team resilience in Anesthesia and Intensive Care?

Helen Higham

Ríma A

Free Paper Session - Chronic pain

Moderator: Birkir Örn Hlynsson

Glucocorticoids in postoperative pain management after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery – A systematic review and meta-analysis

Vorm, Bertram

Phantom limb pain after amputation in Singapore: A prospective cohort study of incidence and risk factors

Lim, Zhen Wei

Bilateral Pudendal and Superior Hypogastric Plexus Neurolysis for Refractory Perineal, Anorectal and Vaginal Cancer Pain: A Staged Approach

Ng, Carol Chin Yee

Pain, functional capacity and health-related quality of life after shoulder surgery; a prospective observational study

Köykkä, Olli Oskari

Ultrasound-guided serratus anterior plane block for analgesia after minimally invasive esophagectomy: a prospective pilot comparison study

Salunke, Bindiya

Preoperative pregabalin reduces postoperative pain and opioid consumption in patients undergoing breast surgery: a randomized, controlled trial

Plöchl, Walter Helmut

Pain management of aSAH patients in Tampere University Hospital

Sariola, Hanna Maritta

The effect of perioperative video interventions on postoperative pain control: A systematic review

Danielsson, Adam

Factors Associated with Postoperative Opioid Requirements in the PACU: Secondary Analysis of Two Prospective Clinical Studies

Karlsen, Siri

Björtuloft

Workshop - Pediatric airway

Workshop Moderators: Theodór Skúli Sigurðsson and Helga Mogensen

Tom Engelhart

Tom Hansen

The workshop provides hands-on training for management of the pediatric airway. Number of participants is limited to 20

16:30 - 17:30

Kaldalón

SSAI General Assembly

RÍMA B

Free Paper Session -
Paediatric AEP Program

Moderator: TBA

Educational voice-over video-slideshow for teaching pediatric airway management

Atladottir, Hjördis Osk
Stene-Johansen, Jens Kristian
Borchorst, Søren
Brynol, Anne

How little teaching can we offer – and still get away with it? Insights from the LUCA - project (Lung Ultrasound in Children for Anesthesiologists).

Stavnes, Stig

A survey on the clinical use of transcranial Doppler in Nordic paediatric intensive care units

Emami, Arash

Hemodynamic monitoring in paediatric intensive care units in the Nordic countries:
an observational survey study

Ahlerup, Maria Christina

Triggers for use of platelets in neuro-axial blockade and vascular catheterization in children – A survey among Nordic paediatric anaesthetist

Grevit, Maria

Maintenance and neonatal general anesthesia outcomes in the Nordic countries (MANGO) – an exploratory survey on anesthetic management of neonates

Krite Svanberg, Emilie

Parents´ experience of their child undergoing anesthesia: a qualitative study

Sjælland, Amalie Abildtrup

Clinical practice of central venous catheter placement and thromboprophylaxis in pediatric patients with central venous catheters in nordic PICUs/ICUs

Thue, Magnus

Attitudes and experiences towards decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment in children among intensive care physicians in Sweden

Ahlerup, Maria Christina

08:30-10:00

Silfurberg A

Session - Balance in the blood

Session Moderators: Morten H. Bestle, Sten Rubertsson

Hypocalcaemia

Heikki Kiiski

Hypernatraemia

Sine Wichmann

Metabolic acidosis and alkalosis made simple

Matti Reinikainen

Silfurberg B

Session - Preeclampsia (SSAI OBAN AEP program)

Session Moderators: Íris Ösp Vésteinsdóttir

Pre-eclampsia: what can we learn from each other?

Joanna Haynes

From research to labour ward: critical illness and pre-eclampsia

Camilla Edvinsson

Platelet counts and neuraxial anaesthesia/
analgesia

Ove Karlsson

General anesthesia and pre-eclampsia

Tomi Hurskaine

Kaldalón

Session -POMM session

Session Moderators: Ívar Gunnarsson

Artificial Intelligence!

Ib Jammer

Fear not Thine AI

Lauri Bolszak

How do we take leadership into medicine

Marja Lindqvist

Implementation of a high risk management program at The Dept of Abdominal surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna

Ann-Charlotte Lindström

Ríma A

Session -Work-life balance session I

Workshop Moderators: Michelle Chew & Rosa Vieweg

Workplace Bullying

Stefan Blomberg

The Consequences of Toxic Workplace Environments on Psychological Safety in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care – and What We Can Do About It.

Joana Berger-Estilita

Ríma B

Session - Current updates on pain, sedation, and opioid use disorder management in intensive care settings

Session Moderators: Aurora Quaye

Managing Pain and Opioid Use Disorder in the ICU: Integrating Buprenorphine, Methadone, and Sustained Harm-Reduction Support Across Care Transitions

Aurora Quaye

Balancing Analgosedation and Nonsedation: Guidelines, Real-World Practice, and Palliative Care in the Ventilated Patient

Rae Allain

Acquired Substance Use Disorder after ICU opioid exposure

Olof Viktorsdottir

Vísa

Free Paper Session - Paediatric and General Anaesthesia

Moderator: Gunnar Bentsen

Utility of the STBUR questionnaire to assess sleep-disordered breathing and emergence delirium in children: a prospective study

Khanna, Puneet

Anemia, blood loss, and transfusion exposure in spring-assisted surgery for sagittal craniosynostosis

Stubelius, Ingrid JM

A single arm study to evaluate the effectiveness of cricoid pressure in children by inability to pass a nasogastric tube using videolaryngoscopy

Doctor, Jeson Rajan

Study Protocol: Perioperative Anesthetic and Fluid Strategies in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation

Jensen, Kristian Møller

General Anesthesia for Pediatric Dentistry

Herodes, Veiko

Effects of low vs. high hemoglobin transfusion trigger on ROTEM parameters in vascular surgery: a pre-planned secondary outcome of a randomized trial

Møller, Anders

10:00-10:30 Exhibition / Coffee

10:30-12:00

Silfurberg A

SAFETOTS -Safe Anaesthesia for every TOT

Session Moderators: Theódór Skúli Sigurðsson

Background of the SAFETOTS initiative

Tom G Hansen

The 10Ns

Jacob Karlsson

Teaching the principles

Thomas Engelhardt

Silfurberg B

Session - NYA session

Session Moderators: Lilja Dögg Gísladóttir, Lauri Husa, Eir Starradóttir

Rethinking Impostor Syndrome: Why Capable Experience Impostor Syndrome and How to Overcome It

Valerie Young

Kaldalón

Session - ACTA journal session

Session Moderators: Kirsten Møller and Michael Haney

How to think as a referee when assessing a manuscript

Markur Skrifvars

How does the editor think about manuscripts

Jaideep Pandit

The darker side of science

Michael Haney

Ríma A

Session -Work-life balance session II

Workshop Moderators:

Michelle Chew & Rosa Vieweg

Burnout and ICU conflicts

Francesca Rubulotta

Microaggressions in anaesthesiology and critical care

Sangeeta Mehta

Prevention and recovery from stress-related disorders

Rosa Vieweg

Ríma B

Session -Finding the Balance for the lungs

Session Moderators: Idunn Morris

Oxygenation targets in adult ICU patients – update after UK-ROX and MEGA-ROX

Bodil Steen Rasmussen

Pleural effusion in ICU patients with respiratory failure

Olav Lilleholt Schjørring

Amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity in ICU patients – myth or fact?

Bodil Steen Rasmussen

The ARDS paradox: Why Doing Less Might Save More Lives: Balancing the Management of ARDS

Krishnaswamy Sundararajan

Vísa

Free Paper Session - Cardiac

Moderator: Andreas Nygren

Predictors of mortality after type A aortic dissection surgery – a single-center analysis

Zdravković, Ranko

An unusual case of cerebrovascular occlusive disease in patients with elective aortic valve replacement – a case report

Zdravković, Ranko

Prognostic Value of Leuko-glycemic Index as a Marker of Immediate Postoperative Events After Repair of Complete AV Septal Defect in Down Syndrome

Alzadjali, Muzna Yahya

Performance of four different ACT tests in detecting low-to-moderate heparin concentrations in vitro

Baldin, Pavel

The impact of mechanical ventilation during cardiopulmonary bypass on postoperative pulmonary complications after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Zdravković, Ranko

Free-floating right heart thrombus with pulmonary embolism – A case report

Preveden, Michaela

Predictors of Extended Mechanical Ventilation After Repair Of Complete Atrioventricular Canal Defect in Children with Trisomy 21

Al Rashdi, Dr Kawther

Comparison of Classroom-Based Cardiac Arrest Training vs. In-Situ Cardiac Arrest Training within the Clinical Department: A Self-Reported Evaluation

Have, Mads

First-aid training in Norwegian schools: an increase in awareness over a 9-year period

Bakke, Håkon Kvåle

12:00-13:00 Exhibition / Lunch

13:00-14:30

Silfurberg A

Session - ICU Futures: Redesigning Care, Capacity, and Connection

Session Moderators: Sigrún Ásgeirsdóttir and Einar Freyr Ingason

Beyond the Intensive Care Unit: Rethinking ICU Utilisation in a Changing Case Mix

Dr Sean Kelly

Artificial Intelligence in the Intensive Care : Promise, Perils and the Human Connection

Nhi Nguyen

ICU V1 to ICU V2: From Polio to Purposeful Transformation

Neil Orford

Silfurberg B

Session - ACTA best of session

Session Moderator: Michael Haney

External validation of a clinical risk tool to predict chronic postsurgical pain in adults: a prospective multicenter cohort study

Mathilde Sofie Danielsen

Comparison of three different types of airway management during laparoscopic cholecystectomy – A prospective observational study

Ranko Zdravković

Fibrinolysis resistance in sepsis is dynamic and associates with organ failure, coagulopathies, tissue hypoxia and ICU death

Lucy Coupland

An Observational Study to Find the Correlation of the Mechanical Power of Ventilation and VILI

Pradeep Kumar Bhatia

Frailty as a predictor of long-term survival after traumatic cervical spinal cord injury: a comparison of four instruments within a single cohort

Maria Nattestad Sørensen

Outcomes of critically ill non-COVID patients in Finnish intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective register-based study

Salla Kattainen

Early aortic compression in postpartum hemorrhage management reduces severe bleeding and anemia

Barbro Malin Granström Lovén

Kaldalón

Session - Opioids - where do we stand as clinicians?

Session Moderator: Eske Aasvang

Opioids - Friend or Foe and do we know what to do?

Eske Aasvang

Epidemiology of opioid use in the Nordic countries and internationally

Helga Zoega

Surgery as a gateway into persistent opioid use

Martin Ingi Sigurðsson

Ríma A

Workshop - Regional Anesthesia

Workshop Moderator: Guðrún María Jónsdóttir

Jinlei Li

Guðrún María Jónsdóttir

Axel Sauter

The workshop provides hands-on training for regional anaesthesia of the lower extremities. Number of participants is limited to 15

Ríma B

Free Paper Session - OB Case reports

Moderator: Sigurbjörg Jóhanna Skarphéðinsdóttir

Eclampsia out of the blue: a case report

Day, Charlotta

Cortical Blindness in a Parturient with Preeclampsia and Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES)

Abildgren, Malene Lund

Elective C-section going terribly wrong - finding the holes in the Swiss cheese?

Dyning, Jakob

Anesthetic and obstetric challenge: A case report of massive obstetric hemorrhage in a Jehovah’s Witness parturient

Alge, Ida Lovisa

The partner’s role during cesarean delivery with inadequate neuraxial and conversion to general anesthesia. A qualitative multicenter study

Nedergaard, Helene Korvenius

Chronic postsurgical pain and recovery following caesarean delivery: A nationwide prospective cohort study

Duch, Patricia

Inadequate neuraxial anesthesia in patients undergoing emergency caesarean delivery. A scoping review

Lund, Johan Christian

Mothers’ experiences of inadequate neuraxial anesthesia during cesarean delivery without conversion to general anesthesia: a qualitative study.

Dornonville de la Cour, Sofia Kunø

Comparison of effect of intravenous and intrathecal dexamethasone on prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in caesarean section

Paliwal, Bharat

Stemma

Free Paper Session - Perioperative Medicine

Moderator: Christian Wamberg

Documentation of local anaesthetic drugs used in wound infiltration for abdominal surgeries.

Riaz, Muhammad Muneeb

Higher step count after spine surgery is associated better recovery at 12 months

Kokki, Merja

Evaluating Mobile Electronic Health Record Access for Optimising Anaesthesia Practice in the Operating Theatre

Wong, Teresa Marie

Prospective observational study of calls for help in operating Rooms for anaesthesiologists
in a Tertiary Cancer Institute

Joshi, Malini

Detecting if change in EtCO2 signifies change in Cardiac Output for the prediction of fluid responsiveness in major abdominal oncosurgery

Solanki, Sohan Lal

Continuous glucose monitoring for patients with diabetes - is the technology accurate in the perioperative and intensive care settings?

Pedersen, Casper

Can Six minute walk test predict post operative outcome in major GI surgeries? A prospective interventional study in India. (CAPACITY study)

Ambulkar, Reshma

Association of cognitive frailty with postoperative complications and readmissions among older surgical patients: A Prospective Cohort Study

Rabelo, Luis Gísli

14:30 - 15:00 Exhibition / Coffee

15:00-16:30

Silfurberg A

Session - Other specialties: Finding the balance

Session Moderators: Katrín María Þormar

GLP-1 Agonists from the Endocrinologist

Guðrún Þuríður Höskuldsdóttir

AKI from the Nephrologist

Ragnar Pálsson

Perioperative management of the patient with advanced heart failure from the cardiologist.

Ævar Örn Úlfarsson

Silfurberg B

Session - Pain session

Session Moderators: Elín Edda Sigurðardóttir and Haraldur Már Guðnason

Finding the balance between evidence, experience and expertise in pain medicine

Audun Stubhaug

Chronic pain in perioperative care – the central role of the anaesthetist

Eske Kvanner Aasvang

The anesthesiologist in pain practice - on interventions, practice and evidence

Haraldur Már Guðnason

Kaldalón

Session -

Finding the balance

Session Moderators: Søren Pischke and Johanna Hästbacka

Baseline balance in research – the importance of frailty as confounder

AndersÅneman

Is discrimination common in one of the world's most equal countries

Michelle Chew

Gender equity in critical care medicine

Francesca Rubulotta

Ríma A

Workshop -

Regional Anesthesia

Workshop Moderators: Guðrún María Jónsdóttir

Jinlei Li

Guðrún María Jónsdóttir

Axel Sauter

The workshop provides hands-on training for regional anaesthesia of the upper extremities. Number of participants is limited to 15

Ríma B

Free Paper Session - ICU

Moderator: TBA

Early Albumin Administration in Secondary Periotonitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

ANAND, Rahul

The Robot Physician’s Management Care in ICU Oncology Patients

Agzamov, Alisher

Coding vs. Reality: Sepsis incidence and the impact of sex on outcomes in a population-based EHR study

Hallengren, Mikael

Management of hypernatremia in the icu - an international survey

Seitz-Rasmussen, Hans Eric Sebastian

Early Prediction of ICU Acquired Weakness Using a Composite Nutrition, Sarcopenia, and Sonographic Score (mNUTRIC-S2)

Khanna, Puneet

Interventions to prevent and treat burnout among ICU physicians and nurses: A scoping review

Rasmussen, Katrine M. Voergaard

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is a poor diagnostic marker for sepsis in the ICU – an observational multicentre study

Boström, Lisa

Caring for patients nearing end of life:
perspectives of prehospital emergency physicians

Smith, Mette Aaby

Anesthesiologist Dispatch in Video-Supplemented 112 Emergency Calls: A Descriptive Study from the Capital Region of Denmark

Linderoth, Gitte