Thanks again to everyone who attended #SIVA25 in Liverpool last month.
We had a great time, and we hope you did too.
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Save the date! SIVA Annual Scientific meeting 2026 Sandy Park Way, Exeter, EX2 7NN 26th - 27th November 2026
As we wind up today's excellent content at #SIVA25, planning is already well underway for next year.
We hope to see you all again in Exeter, if not before. You have all been wonderful company!
SIVA wouldn't exist or be successful without your support, folks, and we appreciate it.
Goldilocks principle to processed EEG, showing a typical spectral pattern for processed EEG under anaesthesia.
Really excellent talk in the processed EEG session this afternoon from Dr Joana Berger-Estilita.
The goldilocks zone between too deep and too light "looks" a certain way.
If alpha is dropping out and beta is coming back, one of two things is happening. Neither is good.
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Schedule for the final session of the SIVA ASM 2025.
The final session of #SIVA25 is all about processed EEG and monitoring.
We are finishing strong today!
Keep the questions coming via slido, folks, ahead of the final panel discussion at the end of the session.
Slide of generational differences, from Boomers through to Generation Alpha. We have a range of these folks in the room today.
The first talk of the final session of #SIVA25 is about teaching processed EEG, by Dr Joana Berger-Estilita, who has travelled to us from Bern.
How does a doctor learn a new skill, such as pEEG interpretation?
Well, it depends on a lot of things...
Dr Mark Barley stands in front of the lectern, with a slide summarising the rest of this session's content behind him.
Opening the final session of this year's #SIVA25, focussed around processed EEG, is SIVA Honorary Secretary @chronotrope.bsky.social.
Fantastic content, delivered by international experts. We hope you folks have enjoyed all this as much as we have!
If and five anaesthetists or interested others could follow the @sivanaesthesia.bsky.social account, you'd be putting me out of my misery.
I am curating the account for the duration of #SIVA25, and I want to get it to 100 followers.
My content has been top notch, honestly!
Panel from session 2 of day 2, SIVA's Winter Scientific Meeting.
Queation of the conference has been asked, on day 2 of #SIVA25:
"Was Prince Andrew's inability to sweat a result of exposure to long-acting anticholinergics?"
Wing Commander Alice Humphrey's talk about surviving chemical weapons has clearly got the crowd thinking.
Meeting Alice has been one of the highlights of this conference for me. I am delighted that we will get to work together at @sivanaesthesia.bsky.social.
Her talk is proving awesome, and terrifying, in equal measure.
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Wing Commander Humphreys at the lectern, in front of her title slide.
The final talk of this #SIVA25 session is delivered by military anaesthetist Wing Commander (Dr) Alice Humphreys, who is also a new SIVA committee member, elected yesterday.
She is speaking about Military TIVA, and TIVA use in low power or no power environments, or after a nuclear blast.
Dr Tasbihgou at the lectern, in front of his summary slide. A lot of excellent advice here.
Next up this morning at #SIVA25 is Dr Seth Tasbihgou, who has travelled to us from Groningen to speak today.
His excellent talk on "TIVA - how not to do it", is focussed around how to avoid some of the more common pitfalls, including standardisation, equipment checking, and monitoring.
Schedule for session 2, day 2 of SIVA's annual scientific meeting 2025.
The second session of day 2 of #SIVA25 has started with some excellent poster presentations, and more safety and error based content.
Make sure to visit our friends in the trade exhibition hall over lunch. These folks are an important part of delivering these conferences.
View over the Liverpool skyline. Two cathedrals and the Radio City tower, with the waterfront in the distance. Blue sky, with a few scattered clouds.
Another lovely day in Liverpool for #SIVA25!
We are quite enjoying this view from the conference venue, with the two cathedrals and the Radio City tower, with the waterfront in the distance.
Professor Kenny, standing in front of a slide of Contad Murray and Michael Jackson to illustrate the risks of oversedation.
Last up in our first session of the day of #SIVA25, on safety and design, we have Professor Kenny giving his second talk of the day.
Patient controlled sedation might allow us to achieve the optimal balance between patient satisfaction, and avoiding the risks of oversedation.
Professor Kenny at the lectern, in front of a slide titled "Diprofusor Design Features".
First up in the main session today at #SIVA25 we have Professor Gavin Kenny, one of the key architects of the Diprifusor TCI system.
It is no exaggeration to say modern TCI and TIVA would not exist without him.
In the first of two talks he is giving today, he tells us how Diprifusor was created.
Timetable for the morning of day 2 of SIVA's Annual Scientific Meeting, 2025.
Morning folks!
We hope that those who attended the dinner last night had a splendid time and have woken up bright and refreshed, ready for today's #SIVA25 content!
Those who have registered for the workshop, please note it starts at 0900.
The first session of talks starts at 0915.
See you soon!
A "PERUSE before you Infuse" poster, resting on top of a stack of pre-packaged bundles of posters, each containing 20 posters and some Blu Tack, for putting them on walls. It is all about incentivising the good, innit?
Ahead of my talk today at #SIVA25, I have packaged up some #PERUSEbeforeYouInfuse posters, for anyone convinced by what I'm saying, who then wants to use the check.
The right things happen more often if you make them easy. Providing posters (and Blu Tack) is very much in the spirit of the talk.
Alice Humphreys, in front of an unidentified fruit tree.
We are delighted to welcome Dr Alice Humphreys, as newly elected member of the SIVA committee.
Alice works in a major trauma centre in the south of England and her interests include neuroanaesthesia, transfer and retrieval.
Welcome!
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Schedule for session 2 of day 1 of the SIVA Annual Scientific Meeting.
Session 2 of Day 1 of #SIVA25 gets cracking.
This session is focussed around the science, and is chaired by the always excellent Professor Tony Absolom.
The first talk is Dr Douglas Eleveld, speaking to us from Groningen about developing the model that shares his name.
Local organiser and session chair Dr Patrick Mullen at the podium, and speakers Dr Orla Lacey, Dr Mark Barley and Dr Paul McConnell.
Sessions 1, Day 1's presenters taking questions from the audience to close the session.
It has been an absolutely fascinating couple of hours.
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The spectrum of delirium, post-operative cognitive dysfunction, and neurocognitive disorders.
Next up at #SIVA25 is Dr Paul McConnell, speaking about defending the brain from the effects of anaesthesia, and the "Safe Brain Initiative".
Post-operative delirium and cognitive dysfunction exist within the spectrum of neurocognitive disorders, which may pre-exist and be worsened by our choices.
Dr Mark Barley at the podium.
Next up this afternoon we have SIVA's Honorary Secretary, Dr Mark Barley, @chronotrope.bsky.social.
A controversial topic, potentially, Mark is speaking to us about RSI with TIVA TCI.
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Alistair Baxter at the podium in front of a slide saying "Welcome to the 2025 SIVA Annual Scientific Meeting Day 1".
Opening the afternoon session of day 1 of #SIVA25 is our President, Dr Alistair Baxter.
He tells us there are no more places available at tonight's dinner. Sorry folks!
Agenda for the first half of this afternoon's SIVA ASM.
Getting ready for the second start of the day.
To the folks who attended a workshop this morning, hello again!
To the folks just arriving, welcome to Liverpool and #SIVA25!
Our next talks are focussed around some of the practicalities of TIVA, in the "how I do it" session.
Speaker stands in front of a slide that says "Why use pEEG?"
Several of our #SIVA25 workshops this morning are all about brains. Monitoring our end organ seems a good idea, for a lot of reasons.
We have a workshop on processed EEG interpretation for beginners, as well as one for folks seeking to consolidate existing expertise.
We hope you are enjoying them!
Timetable for the morning sessions of day 1 of SIVA's Annual Scientific Meeting 2025.
Morning all! Welcome to everyone arriving in Liverpool for day 1 of #SIVA25.
We look forward to seeing some of you this morning at our workshops, or the seminar sponsored by Arcomed, which starts at 1300.
Our main scientific content starts after a welcome from our President, Alistair, at 1325.
Screenshot of the SIVA 2025 ASM app, which is very good indeed.
To the folks attending #SIVA25 tomorrow, don't forget to download the app! It is your indispensable guide to all things SIVA ASM.
Available for android and apple, the instructions should have come with one of our recent emails.
