title: The 21st International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Brussels, Belgium, 20-23 March 2001.
abstract: The 21st International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine was dominated by the results of recent clinical trials in sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The promise of extracorporeal liver replacement therapy and noninvasive ventilation were other areas of interest. Ethical issues also received attention. Overall, the 'state of the art' lectures, pro/con debates, seminars and tutorials were of a high standard. The meeting was marked by a sense of renewed enthusiasm that positive progress is occurring in intensive care medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care, St George's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Venn
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000628:therapy*