On September 6, 2019, the "Chinese Critical Care Analgesia and Sedation Summit 2019" hosted by the Chinese Medical Association Critical Care Branch, the Critical Care Department of West China Hospital, Sichuan University and Sichuan International Medical Exchange & Promotion Association (SCIMEA) was grandly opened in Chengdu. The purpose of this conference is to further promote the development of analgesia and sedation in China, better implement new concepts and new guidelines, discuss in depth the existing problems and development directions, strive to upgrade critical care analgesia and sedation, and drive analgesia and sedation to a new height.

Nearly 500 critical care medical practitioners from major hospitals across the country and representatives of domestic and international analgesic and sedative drug manufacturers attended the meeting to discuss the cutting-edge information, hotspots, focus and pain points in the theory and practice of critical care analgesia and sedation in China. Extensive lectures and discussions were held in the form of reports, topic discussions and conference summary.

Professor Guan Xiangdong, director of the Intensive Care Medicine Branch of the Chinese Medical Association and director of the Critical Care Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Professor Yu Kaijiang, director of the Fourth Session of the Critical Care Branch of Chinese Medical Association and president of the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Professor Ma Xiaochun, deputy director of the Critical Care Branch of Chinese Medical Association and director of the Critical Care Department, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Professor Wang Xue, member of the Critical Care Branch of Chinese Medical Association, Zhang Mengfan, secretary general of SCIMEA, Professor Cheng Yongzhong, deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Professor Kang Yan, director of the Critical Care Department, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, attended the opening ceremony.

Zhang Xijing, president of Xijing Hospital of Air Force Medical University, and Ms. Liao Xuelian from the Critical Care Department, West China Hospital Sichuan University, co-emceed the opening ceremony of the conference. They introduced the participating experts and extended their warm welcome all participants from afar. 

Mr. Kang Yan, chairman of the conference, deputy director of the Critical Care Branch of Chinese Medical Association, and director of the Critical Care Department, West China Hospital Sichuan University, delivered a speech. Director Kang Yan said that he hoped participants could conduct professional and substantial exchanges and discussions at different levels of the hospital through this analgesia and sedation summit where they could find the concept of analgesia and sedation with Chinese characteristics and in line with the Chinese critical care patients, and truly realize medical care out of doctor’s benevolence and warmth in the ICU ward.

Mr. Kang Yan, chairman of the conference, deputy director of the Critical Care Branch of Chinese Medical Association, and director of the Critical Care Department

Cheng Yongzhong, deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of West China Hospital Sichuan University, expressed his warm welcome to the experts present at the conference. He said that as a key subject of West China Hospital, critical care needs to be integrated with other disciplines. He also said that critical care treatment goes beyond surgery and antibiotics. He stressed the importance of patient-oriented care in nutrition, rehabilitation and analgesia & sedation. He expressed his expectation of improving the management of analgesia and sedation for critical care patients, and of improving the patient’s comfort and satisfaction in China. 

Professor Cheng Yongzhong, deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of West China Hospital, Sichuan University

Secretary General Zhang Mengfan of SCIMEA said in her speech that under the leadership of Director Kang Yan, the Critical Care Committee of SCIMEA has actively carried out various academic activities in critical care. The benevolence for critical care patients regarding analgesia and sedation matches the development philosophy of “medical home of warmth and positive attitude”.

Zhang Mengfan, secretary general of SCIMEA

Professor Guan Xiangdong, director of Chinese Medical Association Critical Care Branch and director of the Critical Care Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, first expressed his congratulations on the establishment of the Critical Care Analgesia and Sedation Collaboration Group, and with the examples of neurosurgery and critical care, he shared his experience of the integration and developments of disciplines, and he hoped to achieve the psychological and physical care for patients in analgesia and sedation.

Professor Guan Xiangdong, director of Chinese Medical Association Critical Care Branch and director of the Critical Care Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University

Professor Guan Xiangdong, Professor Yu Kaijiang, Professor Ma Xiaochun, Secretary General Zhang Mengfan, Secretary Cheng Yongzhong, and Professor Kang Yan took the stage to launch the opening ceremony of the Critical Care Analgesia and Sedation Collaboration Group of the Chinese Medical Association Critical Care Branch, announcing the Chinese Critical Care Analgesia and Sedation Summit 2019 academic exchange officially began.

At the theme report in the morning, Professor Guan Xiangdong, Professor Yu Kaijiang, Professor Ma Xiaochun, Director Kang Yan, Professor Wang Xue and Professor Huang Xiaobo shared their academic achievements and valuable experience.

Professor Guan Xiangdong, The Status and Direction of Analgesia and Sedation in China

Professor Yu Kaijiang, Application of AI in Analgesia and Sedation

Professor Ma Xiaochun, Quality Control of Critical Care: How to Evaluate Quality Control of Analgesia and Sedation

Professor Kang Yan, The Development of Critical Care and the Change of Analgesic and Sedative Goals in China

Professor Wang Xue, Critical Care Analgesia and Sedation Guide in China 2018: Guide for Seeking Consensus among Differences at Home and Abroad

Professor Huang Xiaobo, Concept and Norms of Analgesia and Sedation to Be Improved for Grassroots Critical Care Physicians

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