Scientific Program

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Scientific Focus Areas


Pre-congress Workshop on 5th February 2026 

Pre-congress Workshop
Workshop 1 Regional anesthesia Thai Society of Regional Anesthesia: Thai SRA staffs
Workshop 2 POCUS Assoc. Prof. Suwimon Tangwiwat and staffs
Workshop 3 Cadaveric Airway Workshop ASEAN Airway Network
Workshop 4 Perioperative critical care Prof. Suneerat Kongsayreepong and staffs

 

 

Potential Scientific Program for AACA 2026
Theme: The State of the Art and Future Trends in Anesthesia

Thematic session

  • Artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine learning
    • In perioperative care
      • Preoperative period
      • Machine learning and pattern recognition/prediction model
    • In anesthesia monitoring
      • AI and Machine learning in hemodynamics
      • Predictive analytics in hemodynamic management
      • Machine learning and echocardiography
      • Machine Learning for EEG Signal Processing
    • Personalized anesthesia
  • Future trend in anesthesia
    • Decision support systems 
      • In perioperative period
      • In hemodynamic management
    • The automation of perioperative hemodynamic management
    • Monitoring with wireless and wearable sensors
    • Microcirculation in anesthesia


CVT anesthesia

  • Adult CVT
    • Catheter guided procedure
    • Hemostasis and transfusion
    • Heart-lung transplantation
    • Mechanical circulatory support 
      • LVAD
      • ECMO
  • Pediatric CVT
    • Adult congenital heart disease
    • Update in hypoplastic left heart syndrome
    • Neurodevelopment after cardiovascular surgery

Pediatric anesthesia:

  • Avoiding anesthesia induced-neurotoxicity in difference levels of resources
  • Difficult airway in pediatric anesthesia
  • Update in Neonatal anesthesia
  • NPO guideline
  • Fluid management
  • Hemodynamic monitoring
  • Regional anesthesia

Neuroanesthesia

  • Anesthesia and brain health
  • EEG and neuromonitoring
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Neurointervention
  • Workshop in neuroanesthesia
  • EEG, neuromonitoring, simulation crisis management 


Obstetric Anesthesia

  • Neuraxial labor analgesia
    • Dural puncture epidural
    • Autism spectrum 
    • Epidural fever
    • Pro & Con: NPO vs Fed in labor
  • Pain in Cesarean delivery (CD)
    • Personalized analgesia: How to stratify patient with severe acute pain after CD
    • Predictors of failed spinal anesthesia and how to prevent
    • Buprenorphine in Ob analgesia
    • Spinal adjuvant in CD: Dexmedetomidine, Clonidine
  • PDPH
    • Beyond the guideline: how to improve patient outcome
  • Morbidity in pregnancy
    • PPH
      • Tranexamic acid to prevent obstetrical hemorrhage
      • Cutting edge research in uterine atony
    • Cardiovascular
    • Maternal sepsis

 

Critical Care Medicine

  • Hemodynamics
    • POCUS Spotlight: Perioperative Hemodynamic Assessment in Noncardiac Surgery
    • Personalized hemodynamic management
      • Perioperative BP management
      • Update in perioperative hemodynamic monitoring
      • Role of AI and machine learning in hemodynamic management
      • Future in critical care technology
    • Perioperative myocardial injury and infarction
    • Perioperative fluid management
    • Update in vasoactive drug
    • Perioperative shock management
    • Pulmonary HT: an update and management
  • Airway and Respiratory System
    • Update in Respiratory monitoring during surgery
    • ARDS
    • Perioperative mechanical ventilation
    • Airway management in ICU

Acute Pain Management

  • The role of anesthesiologists in multimodal pain management 
  • The opioid sparing techniques in pain management 
  • Acute pain management in Era of ERAS 
  • Non-opioid pharmacotherapy for acute pain: what’s new? 
  • Perioperative pain management in outpatient surgery 
  • Innovation in postoperative pain monitoring and management 
  • Which adjuvant to best improve analgesia?

Chronic Pain Management

  • Chronic pain management in special populations (pediatric, geriatric, pregnant, addicted, vulnerable patients) 
  • Chronic post-surgical pain
    • Chronic neuropathic pain after surgery
    • CPSP in children
    • Prevention and treatment 
  • Pain in trauma patients
    • CRPS
    • Phantom pain
    • post-surgical pain syndrome 
  • Emerging therapies in pain medicine (novel agents, regenerative medicine approaches, latest research, future directions) 
  • Pain management in context of long COVID 
  • AI in pain management

Live demonstration

  • 3D-Echocardiography
  • ECMO and troubleshooting
  • RA in thoracic surgery 
  • Advanced Hemodynamic Management for High Risk Non-Cardiac Surgery 
  • Respiratory monitoring
  • Ultrasound Scanning: Lumbar region

PBLD

  • TEE for Intraoperative Decision Making
  • Advanced Hemodynamic Management for High Risk Non-Cardiac Surgery
  • Trouble shooting with anesthesia machine 
     

 

LIVE Anesthesia Crisis Competition Event Agenda

Competition Process – (9 teams)

Time Project Person Note
13:15-13:30 The participating teams draw lots on the spot to determine the order of the competition and the judges draw lots to comment on the teams Team Leader & Judge The first, second and third competing teams are waiting outside the door and conducting pre-competition interviews
13:30-13:35 The host began the show, introducing the judges and guests Dr. Suraphong Lorsomradee (Thailand)
13:35-13:45 Opening Speech Dr. Varinee Lekprasert (Thailand)
Mr. Gary Choi (China)
13:45-14:00 The 1st participating team is competing Team 1 Each participating team does not introduce the hospital/country but the team name. The first three participating teams will be scored after the competition. 2. After the competition, each participating team can enter the venue to watch the game. If they have not arrived at the competition time, they should wait in the waiting area.
3. The third competing team is waiting outside the door
14:00-14:05 Judges' Comments The judges of the first participating team commented on the on-site performance and answered questions by the bedside
14:05-14:20 The 2nd participating team is competing Team 2 The fourth competing team was waiting outside the door and conducting pre-competition interviews
14:20-14:25 Judges' Comments    
14:25-14:40 The 3rd participating team is competing Team 3  
14:40-14:45 Judges' Comments    
14:45-15:00 The 4th participating team is competing Team 4  
15:00-15:05 Judges' Comments    
15:05-15:25 Tea Break    
15:25-15:40 The 5th participating team is competing Team 5  
15:40-15:45 Judges' Comments    
15:45-16:00 The 6th participating team is competing Team 6  
16:0-16:05 Judges' Comments    
16:05-16:20 The 7th participating team is competing Team 7  
16:20-16:25 Judges' Comments    
16:25-16:40 The 8th participating team is competing Team 8  
16:40-16:45 Judges' Comments    
16:45-17:00 The 9th participating team is competing Team 9  
17:00-17:05 Judges' Comments    
17:05-17:25 The leaders presented the awards respectively, took group photos as a memento, and the host announced the end of the competition Dr. Varinee Lekprasert (Thailand)
Mr. Bo He