OF ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS
AND INTENSIVISTS
We will address innovations and challenges from all areas of our work: airway management, mechanical ventilation, haemodynamics, brain monitoring and protection, pain management, ERAS, nutrition, factors influencing patient outcomes, selected specifics of paediatric anaesthesia, and the care of parturient. The lectures will be modern, the speakers engaging, and the lecture duration strictly time-limited. Compared to the previous congress, we have made every effort to ensure that all topics are new and current.
We believe that the programme, together with the accompanying events, will inspire you and encourage you to join us at the largest event in Slovenia in the field of anaesthesiology, resuscitation, pain management, and perioperative intensive medicine.
Kind regards,
Assist. Prof. Marko Zdravković, MD, PhD
President of SSAIM
A special place in the programme has been dedicated to selected topics in the form of plenary lectures, which will cover anaesthesia care in developing countries, modern airway management with videolaryngoscopy, intravenous anaesthesia, staff fatigue and well-being, research, and the technological progress brought by digitalisation. To ensure broad accessibility of the congress, we have kept the registration fees at the same level as in 2017 and 2022. Lecture slides will be in English, while presentations will be delivered in Slovenian or English. Simultaneous translation into English or Slovenian will be available.
We will address innovations and challenges from all areas of our work: airway management, mechanical ventilation, haemodynamics, brain monitoring and protection, pain management, ERAS, nutrition, factors influencing patient outcomes, selected specifics of paediatric anaesthesia, and the care of parturient. The lectures will be modern, the speakers engaging, and the lecture duration strictly time-limited. Compared to the previous congress, we have made every effort to ensure that all topics are new and current.
A special place in the programme has been dedicated to selected topics in the form of plenary lectures, which will cover anaesthesia care in developing countries, modern airway management with videolaryngoscopy, intravenous anaesthesia, staff fatigue and well-being, research, and the technological progress brought by digitalisation. To ensure broad accessibility of the congress, we have kept the registration fees at the same level as in 2017 and 2022. Lecture slides will be in English, while presentations will be delivered in Slovenian or English. Simultaneous translation into English or Slovenian will be available.
We believe that the programme, together with the accompanying events, will inspire you and encourage you to join us at the largest event in Slovenia in the field of anaesthesiology, resuscitation, pain management, and perioperative intensive medicine.
Kind regards,
Assist. Prof. Marko Zdravković, MD, PhD
President of SSAIM
University Medical Centre Maribor
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
University of Maribor, Faculty of Medicine
President of SSAIM, representative in NASC at ESAIC
University Medical Centre Maribor
Secretery of SSAIM
University Medical Centre Maribor
Treasurer of SSAIM
General Hospital Novo mesto
Member of the SSAIM Management Board
University Medical Centre Maribor
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
University Medical Centre Maribor
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Kirurgija Bitenc, d.o.o.
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
General Hospital Novo mesto
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
Head of the Surgical Intensive Care unit at UMC LJ
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
University Medical Centre Maribor
University of Maribor, Faculty of Medicine
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Thoracic committee Member at EACTIC
General Hospital Ptuj
Head of the Department of Intensive Care, Nursing, Anesthesia and Pain Therapy, GH Ptuj
University Medical Centre Maribor
University Medical Centre Maribor
Paediatric Anaesthesia Committee Member, WFSA
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
General Hospital Slovenj Gradec
Member of the SSAIM Management Board
University Medical Centre Maribor
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University Medical Centre Maribor
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
National Coordiantor for Anaesthesiology, Reanimatology and Intensive Medcine Residency
Institure of Oncology Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
General Hospital Izola
Head of the Department of Anesthesia
University Medical Centre Maribor
University of Maribor, Faculty of Medicine
Head of the Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor
Institure of Oncology Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
Head of the Department of Clinical Nutrition OI LJ
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
Head of KOAIT UMC LJ
Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Croatia
University of Rijeka, Croatia
Vice Dean for the study of Medicine in English and International Relations at Faculty of Medicine Rijeka, Croatia
Institute for Medical Education, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Salem Spital, Hirslanden Medical Group, Bern, Switzerland
RISE-Health, Centre for Health Technology and Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Chair of the Education and Training Committee, ESAIC
Clinic of Traumatology, University Hospital Center “Sestre milosrdnice”, Zagreb
Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Wythenshawe Hospital, United Kingdom
The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Mater Dei Hospital, Malta
University of Malta, Malta
President of NASC, ESAIC
Faculty of Medicine, “Ss Cyril and Methodius” University, Skopje, Macedonia
Head of Department for Neurosurgical anaesthesia and Neurointensive care unit, Clinical Center “Mother Teresa”, Skopje, Macedonia
President of Macedonian Society of Anaesthesiology and
Intensive Care Medicine
Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Founder and former President of Society of Pediatric Anesthesiologists and Intensivists – Serbia (SPAIS);
Board member of the Section for Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Therapy of Serbian Medical Society – Pediatric anesthesia subsection president;
ESPA ACORNS member and former board member;
Former Chair of WFSA Committee for Pediatric Anesthesia;
Member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the Serbian Medical Society.
Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Slovakia
Department of Critical Care, East Slovak Institute for Cardiovascular Medicine, Košice, Slovakia
Clinical Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Vienna, Austria
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Consultant Anaesthetist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, UK
Honorary Professor, University of Glasgow, UK
Senior NHS Research Fellow, UK
Head of anaesthesia, Deputy head of anaesthesiology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
University Department of Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care Medicine, Sveti Duh University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
President and Secretary of the Croatian Society for Difficult Airway Management
Faculty of Medicine, University of Montenegro
Institute for Children Disease, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Clinical centre of Montenegro
Department of Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care, Cantonal Hospital Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
University of Zenica, Faculty of Medicine, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
13:45 – 14:05
Tatjana Goranović (Croatia)
Extubation strategies following difficult intubation
14:05 – 14:25
Katja Režonja (Slovenia)
Awake intubation or local tracheostomy: tailoring airway strategies to complex cases
14:25 – 14:45
Lilijana Markova (Slovenia)
Ultimate guide to HFNO in the perioperative settings
14:45 – 15:05
Tomislav Mirković (Slovenia)
Percutaneous or surgical tracheostomy in the ICU?
15:05 – 15:15
Discussion
15:20 – 15:40
Filip Depta (Slovakia)
The expiratory time constant in mechanically ventilated patients: does it really exist?
15:40 – 16:00
Marija Damjanovska (Slovenia)
One lung ventilation in children
16:00 – 16:20
Matej Jenko (Slovenia)
Postoperative pulmonary complications in one- and dual- lung ventilation
16:20 – 16:40
Sergej Godec (Slovenia)
Veno-venous ECMO in respiratory failure
16:40 – 16:50
Discussion
17:30 – 17:50
Gordana Taleska Štupica (Slovenia)
Perioperative capillary leak syndrome and evidence based use of albumins
17:50 – 18:10
Vlatka Sotošek (Croatia)
Endothelial dysfunction in cardiac and non-cardiac surgery
18:10 – 18:30
Arabella Fischer (Austria)
Perioperative acute kidney failure
18:30 – 18:50
Andreja Möller Petrun (Slovenia)
Renin – marker of critical illness
18:50 – 19:00
Discussion
08:50 – 09:10
Joana Berger Estilita (Switzerland)
Measuring what matters: the role of PROMs in modern anaesthesia
09:10 – 09:30
Primož Gradišek (Slovenia)
How to improve health of the injured brain?
09:30 – 09:50
Ivan Kostadinov (Slovenia)
Regional anaesthesia in Neuro and Cardiac ICU
09:50 – 10:10
Jasmina Markovič Božič (Slovenia)
Perioperative use of hypnosis
10:10 – 10:20
Discussion
11:30 – 11:50
Mojca Drnovšek Globokar (Slovenia)
ERAS for thoracic surgery
11:50 – 12:10
Jasna Uranjek (Slovenia)
ERAS for laparoscopic surgery
12:10 – 12:30
Robert Berger (Slovenia)
ERAS for open abdominal and gynecological surgery
12:30 – 12:50
Denis Sraka (Slovenia)
ERAS after cardiac surgery
12:50 – 13:00
Discussion
14:30 – 14:50
Nenad Živković (Slovenia)
Ultrasound guided cryoablation in pain therapy
14:50 – 15:10
Matija Primec (Slovenia)
Topical fenitoin and loperamid for neuropathic pain
15:10 – 15:30
Polona Gams (Slovenia)
Influence of regional anaesthesia on development of postoperative chronic pain in thoracic surgery
15:30 – 15:50
Simon Laganis (Slovenia)
Genetically modulated neural pathways for permanent treatment of chronic pain
15:50 – 16:00
Discussion
16:45 – 17:05
Paul Kessler (Germany)
Hip anatomy unlocked: a key to smarter regional anesthesia decisions
17:05 – 17:25
Milanka Simendić & Silva Ostojić Kapš (Slovenia)
Cryoneurolysis for reduction of postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty
17:25 – 17:45
Darjan Kos (Slovenia)
Epidurals in modern anaesthesia and ICU: pro et contra
17:45 – 18:05
Peter Poredoš (Slovenia)
Patient safety in regional anaesthesia
18:05 – 18:25
Marko Lokar (Slovenia)
Artificial intelligence and automated nerve blocks
18:25 – 18:45
Ira Skok (Croatia)
Gaps in acute pain treatment
18:45 – 19:00
Discussion
08:25 – 08:32
TBD
08:32 – 08:39
TBD
08:39 – 08:46
TBD
08:46 – 08:53
TBD
08:53 – 08:55
Closing poster discussion
MANAGING OBSTETRIC PATIENTS
09:00 – 09:15
Thierry Girard (Switzerland)
What is new in the last 5 years in obstetric anaesthesia?
09:15 – 09:30
Pia Vovk Racman (Slovenia)
Anaesthesiologist’s role in treatment of pre-eclampsia in the peripartal period
09:30 – 09:45
Andrej Hostnik (Slovenia)
Rapid sequence spinal anaesthesia in urgent cesarian section
09:45 – 10:00
Jure Jordan (Slovenia)
Anaesthetic management of patients with placenta accreta spectrum
10:00 – 10:10
Discussion
12:00 – 12:15
Marijana Karišik (Montenegro)
Paediatric airway management: current concepts
12:15 – 12:30
Špela Pirtovšek Štupnik (Slovenia)
Vascular access in children: current guidelines
12:30 – 12:45
Adisa Šabanović (Slovenia)
Intraoperative replacement of fluids and blood products in children
12:45 – 13:00
Vesna Sok (Slovenia)
Procedural sedation in children
13:00 – 13:15
Dušica Simić (Serbia)
How to manage acute brain injury in paediatric patient
13:15 – 13:30
Discussion
13:30 – 13:40
Anja Oleksy, Ajda Šenk, Lara Vigini & Marko Zdravković (Slovenia)
Perioperative quality indicators: Hypothermia in post anaesthesia care unit
13:40 – 13:50
Marko Žličar (Slovenia)
State-of-the-art perioperative respiratory care
13:50 – 14:00
Martina Munda (Slovenia)
Medical emergency team: organization and experiences in University Clinical Center Ljubljana
14:00 – 14:10
Andrej Grynyuk (Slovenia)
Artificial intelligence in ICU
14:10 – 14:20
Iztok Potočnik (Slovenia)
Pain management at home
14:20 – 14:35
Discussion
14:35 – 14:45
Vesna Durnev (Republic of North Macedonia)
Benefits of dexmedetomidine sedation in soft tissue surgery
14:45 – 14:55
Boris Ban (Slovenia)
Are hydroxyetyl starches returning in clinical practice?
14:55 – 15:05
Nermina Rizvanović (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Preoperative oral carbohydrate loading and outcomes in abdominal surgery
15:05 – 15:15
Lea Andjelković (Slovenia)
Frailty and abdominal surgery
15:15 – 15:25
Nada Rotovnik Kozjek (Slovenia)
Intestinal failure
15:25 – 15:40
Discussion
Present your clinical case or research in the form of a poster and share it with the professional community. Accepted submissions will be presented at the 9th International Congress of Anaesthesiologists and Intensivists of Slovenia.
Deadline for submission of poster abstracts: 21 May 2026
Over three intensive days, we will open key topics in modern anaesthesiology, perioperative medicine, intensive care, and pain management.
You can expect top-level plenary lectures, practically oriented workshops, professional discussions, and the exchange of experiences with colleagues from Slovenia and abroad.
The congress is an opportunity to upgrade your knowledge, connect, and gain insight into the future of our profession.
Join the largest professional meeting in the field of anaesthesiology in Slovenia.
Secure your place in time and take advantage of early registration.
Early registration until 16 June 2026
200EUR
Four Points by Sheraton Ljubljana Mons
Pot za Brdom 4
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
*The number of places is limited, therefore early booking is recommended.
