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Abstract & SIZ Award
Submission

This congress offers the opportunity to present your scientific work.

The submission period for abstracts will start on April 1 and will end on May 21, 2025 at 23:59.

General information & requirements

  • Abstracts should include animal or human research study results interesting conditions in the field of intensive care medicine.

  • Abstracts should meet universal ethical standards.

  • Submitted abstracts must describe unpublished work, which is not in press, nor has been submitted as an abstract or a manuscript.

  • Abstracts in narrative/opinion review, will not be accepted.

  • Must be typed in Times New Roman, font size 11, single-spaced.

  • The total length text must not exceed 2000 characters.

  • All abbreviations must be defined at first use except for the very well-known.

  • The submitting author will be the contact author. She/he will be notified via email of the submission’s acceptance or rejection in June 2024.

  • The first author must be present at the congress to present her/his work.

  • The winner of the best abstract will be invited to present her/his work at the SIZ Annual Meeting (21/06/2025) during one of the sessions.

  • All the accepted abstracts will have the possibility to become posters, which will be displayed at the joint SIZ-BVIKM-SBIMC Meeting and presented in a poster round during lunchtime.

  • All the accepted abstracts will be published during 1 year on the SIZ website, which is enough for the recognition commission (excluding case reports and/or series).

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How to build an abstract?

  • Title: Must be short and specific. Type in sentence format, in bold font.

  • Introduction: The first sentences should state the hypothesis, purpose of the study.

  • Methods: Briefly describe the study design, patients or subjects, procedures, and measurements

  • Results: A summary of the results should be provided with relevant data.

  • Conclusion: The abstract should close with a brief statement of conclusion.

  • References: If included, cite number in text using square brackets. In reference list, then journal name, volume, page range and year of publication. (e.g., Jones P. et al. SIZ News 1:1-5, 2024)

  • Table/Figure: A maximum of 1 table OR 1 figure can be included. All tables/figures must be cited in the text. Tables can have a maximum of 5 columns and 8 rows. Figures must be submitted in jpg or png

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SIZ AWARD

We kindly ask you to submit your scientific work for the Annual SIZ Award (3.750,00 €) which aims to promote scientific research in the field of Intensive Care Medicine. The requirements of this orginal scientific work to go for a SIZ-award:

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  • The works presented should be submitted by researchers of less than 40 years old at the submission date.

  • The price will award an experimental or clinical work in the field of Intensive Care Medicine. The work should be either original and of high scientific quality or equivalent to a thesis for fellowship.

  • The Award will be attributed to congratulate the author and to encourage him to pursuit a scientific activity.

  • The jury, composed of the members of the Board of the SIZ, will assign the Award annually but if there is a lack of scientifically acceptable submissions, the Award may not be allowed.

  • The awarded work will be presented at the meeting​​

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The deadline for submission is the 21st of May 2025 at the SIZ-secretariat

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