Abstract Submission Guidelines

The abstract submission for the International Winter Symposium in Intensive Care Medicine is closed.

 

General information

The organizing committee of the International Winter Symposium in Intensive Care Medicine 2026 encourages the submission of abstracts with the general conditions:

  • The focus of abstracts is on clinical medicine in practice, with clinical cases or case series, novel scientific information including physiology, pathophysiology, disease assessment and treatment, which will have immediate impact on the practice at bedside
  • Already published work or work/abstracts presented in another event can also be submitted to the International Winter Symposium in Intensive Care Medicine 2026
  • At least one author of accepted abstract must participate in the International Winter Symposium 2026

Information for drafting your abstract

  • Language: All abstracts must be submitted in English
  • Structure of the abstracts: Please include the following structure: Background, Message, Impact on patient care
  • Limit: Max. 300 words (pure abstract text, not including title and author list)
  • Author list: The authors need to be added in a separate step. Please do not include author names in the abstract text. Please add the authors in the correct order and with the full affiliation (name of institutions or company, department, city and country) - If an author has multiple affiliations, please separate them in one text field with a "|"
  • Further information:
    • References can be added in a separate text field. Please use the following reference format: Author name, name of journal, publishing year, volume, start page (e.g. (Smith AG et al. J Fant 2022:79,567).
    • Calculation symbols have to be separated with a space (e.g. p > 0.5, not p<0.5)
    • Tables and graphics cannot be included
    • Disclosures of financial interests and grant, and conflics of interests do not have to be submitted with the abstract (but indicated on the presented poster if accepted)

Abstract evaluation and publication

Submitted abstracts will be evaluated by the members of the organizing committee following the abstract submission deadline. Accepted abstracts are to be presented in the form of a printed poster on-site.

Abstract notifcations with the decision of the evaluation process are planned to be sent end of October 2025.

All accepted abstracts will be published on the symposium website in the list of posters.

Contact

For any questions regarding the abstract submission, please contact the IMK congress secretariat: abstracts@imk.ch