Meeting report

26th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, 21–24 March 2006, Brussels, Belgium

Jeannie Wurz

Author Affiliations

Medical Writer/Editor, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland

Critical Care 2006, 10:309 doi:10.1186/cc4935

Published: 18 May 2006

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A total of 4,956 medical professionals from 84 countries attended the 26th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM) in Brussels, Belgium. The 4-day conference, which took place from 21 to 24 March 2006, featured 769 presentations in 124 sessions, and covered a vast range of general, clinical, and experimental medicine topics in a variety of formats, from lectures to tutorials to pro-con debates.