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Due to COVID-19, we regret we had to postpone our Glasgow ASM to 2021. Instead we will hold a virtual half day symposium in collaboration with BADS (British Association of Day Surgery).
Programme Download Programme as PDF Abstract booklet (PDF)This virtual event is free for SIVA and BADS members. SIVA members should register from their member home page. BADS members will receive an email with a discount code. Non-members pay a nominal fee of £35.
Each delegate will be emailed a website address and a unique password to access the virtual meeting shortly before the event.
SIVA members will be able to revisit the presentations for one year after the event has taken place and if you are a BADS member or non-member of either society, you will be entitled to three months post-event access.
The Society gratefully acknowledges the support from Narcotrend for the SIVA Mini Symposium 2020.
The Narcotrend pEEG monitor has been developed by an interdisciplinary research group at the University Medical School of Hannover, Germany; it has been commercially available for over 15 years and has meanwhile received US Food and Drug Administration approval and is included in the NICE guidelines. The main purpose and passion of the Narcotrend Group is to support the assessment of the patients` hypnotic state in both OR and ICU; the use of 3 standard cost-effective ECG/ EEG electrodes means pEEG can benefit many more patients.
The company is committed to continuously support the use and understanding of pEEG and translate knowledge into improved technology and validated algorithms for all age groups. There lies so much more beyond just an index number or classification.
Narcotrend was introduced to the UK by the distributor Gwenagen Ltd. For UK and Ireland enquiries please contact their Partner Distributor PharmedUK.
Clinical application
In a large multi-centre study including over 4600 patients, clinical benefits of EEG monitoring could be demonstrated. Propofol consumption was significantly reduced and emergence times were significantly shortened. Recent studies advocate the use of the Narcotrend in paediatric anaesthesia.
In November 2000, Dr JB (Iain) Glen became SIVA's first Honorary Member. In 2018 he received a prestigious award from the Lasker Foundation in New York City.
The 2018 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award honors John B. (Iain) Glen (retired from AstraZeneca), who discovered and developed propofol, a chemical whose rapid action and freedom from residual effects have made it the most widely used agent for induction of anesthesia in patients throughout the world. In 2016, the World Health Organization deemed propofol an “essential medicine” and at the time of that decision, more than 190 million people had received the drug.
More details can be found here and from 38:28 onwards in the video below.
The Society for Intravenous Anaesthesia - a forum for information, education and debate about intravenous anaesthesia.
Regrettably we have taken the decistion to postpone SIVA ASM 2020 due to CoViD-19. Instead we are now offering a 1/2 day symposium in collaboration with the British Association of Day Surgery (BADS).
Our new meeting dates are:
The joint AAGBI-SIVA guidelines for the safe practice of total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) are available online:
TIVA guidelines (Anaesthesia)This guideline was developed jointly by SIVA and AAGBI. The authors include Dr A F Nimmo and Prof A R Absalom (both past SIVA presidents).