Abstract Submission Platform

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 19, 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 and/or infectious diseases. 
• 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• Submitted abstracts must describe unpublished work, which is not in press, nor has been submitted as an abstract or a manuscript, unless it is an abstract that has been presented in an international congress in 2025. If this is the case, the abstract may be submitted.
• 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).

How to build an abstract?

1. Title: Must be short and specific. Type in sentence format, in bold font.
2.  Introduction: The first sentences should state the hypothesis, purpose of the study.
3. Methods:  Briefly describe the study design, patients or subjects, procedures, and measurements
4. Results: A summary of the results should be provided with relevant data.
5. Conclusion: The abstract should close with a brief statement of conclusion.
6.  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)
7. 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.

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:

• 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 

The deadline for submission is the 19th of May 2025.

Abstract submission platform:

For submitting your abstract first create your personal account by filling in your account information. After which an email will be send to activate your account. Please check your spam folder. You can use this account to submit or manage your abstract in your personal dashboard.