18th Congress of the European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ESBRA)

18th Congress of the European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ESBRA) is organized by European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ESBRA), Romanian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology / Societatea Romana de Gastroenterologie si Hepatologie (SRGH), Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy / Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Victor Babes din Timisoara (UMFT) and will be held from Oct 07 - 10, 2021 at Timisoara Convention Center, Timisoara, Timis, Romania.

Description:
As part of ESBRA’s major goal to support, network and promote education, science and patient care in alcohol-related disorders, they are establishing for the first time a general CME credited postgraduate course on Alcoholism and Alcohol-related disorders, targeted not only for the specialist but also to wider audience including medical students and general practitioners or specialists from other medical areas.

Main topics:
Epidemiology

Alcohol use evaluation
• Alcohol in Europe a Epidemiological/Public Health Perspective
• Patterns of alcohol consumption and related behavior in Romania

Hepatology/Gastroenterology
• Alcoholic liver disease- prevention, screening, treatment and future developments
• Alcoholic pancreatitis
• Alcoholic associated gastrointestinal neoplasia
• Alcohol and microbiota

Genetics
• Environment versus DNA in Alcohol addiction.
• Overview of the Genetics of Alcohol Use Disorders
• Genetics and Addiction: Is Alcoholism Hereditary or Genetic?

Legal and forensic implications
• Recent biomarkers for alcohol determination
• The influence of chronic alcohol consumption in increasing domestic aggression
• Association of alcohol consumption with illicit substances – potentiated effects
• Increased risk of road accidents caused by alcohol consumption

Intensive care
• Severe acute ethanolic intoxication
• Particularities of anesthesia in patients with alcohol use disorder
• Acute liver failure due to alcohol intoxication

Cardiology
• The Ethanol- Heart Friend or Enemy

Addiction
• Potential New Medications for the treatment of alcohol use disorder and experimental medications
• Special population

Basic Science
• Animals models used to study alcohol use disorder

Neuroscience and brain
• Multileveled approach of alcohol dependence – from person to society
• Alcoholic withdrawal syndrome
• Psychosocial impact of patients with alcohol use disorder
• How alcohol impact on the brain
• Wernicke- Korsakoff Syndrome

Postgraduate course on Alcoholism and Alcohol-related disorders

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.