The 2023 Annual Meeting of the Anesthesiologists Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association (CAA2023) was held at the Shanghai International Convention Center from February 29 to March 3, 2024. The annual meeting was hosted by the Chinese Medical Doctor Association and the Anesthesiologists Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, and hosted by Ruijin Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.
Yu Buwei, chairman of the conference, pointed out that after more than 70 years of development, China's anesthesiology has made great progress and entered the ranks of developed countries in the world. The Department of Anesthesiology has played an active role in the treatment of critically ill patients, especially in the rescue of new coronavirus infection. However, the influence and voice of anesthesiology in the entire medical system need to be improved. Professor Yu Buwei proposed that "the construction of a fully functional department of intoxication" is an urgent task for the modern development of the discipline, including the development of anesthesiology artificial intelligence medical treatment, the expansion of anesthesiology, and the establishment of anesthesiology ICU. While emphasizing the importance of the development of anesthesiology, Professor Yu Buwei hopes that the younger generation will have a critical spirit, dare to question, not blindly follow, have ambitions, have the courage to surpass the world level, improve their vision, pattern and mind, link the development of anesthesiology with the destiny of the country, and expect that anesthesiology will achieve more brilliant results in the future.
The annual meeting invited well-known experts at home and abroad to conduct academic exchanges and special reports, covering scientific research achievements in clinical and basic fields, as well as discipline construction, humanities education, physician training and anesthesia quality control, etc., aiming to improve the level of diagnosis and treatment of special diseases by physicians, promote exchanges between physicians with the same research direction, and form a learning atmosphere of independent participation and willingness to learn. The participating physicians conducted in-depth discussions and sharing on diagnosis and treatment in related fields, standardized the level of clinical diagnosis and treatment, and promoted the construction of grassroots physicians.
During the meeting, participating physicians from all over the world took the opportunity to meet in Shanghai to further exchange ideas. Chongqing Yubei District People's Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xinjiang Aksu Hospital, The First People's Hospital Affiliated to Harbin Medical University, The Second People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanxi Medical University, Changzhou Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen Fuyong People's Hospital, Anhui Fuyang People's Hospital, Zhengzhou Xingyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and other anesthesiology directors and experts have come to Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, together with Professor Li Qifang, director of the Department of Anesthesia and Sleep of the hospital, to exchange views on insomnia strategies, methods, and efficacy of anesthesiology. Further develop and innovate anesthesiology, and reach a consensus: sleep medicine is a new direction for the development of anesthesiology, which is attracting more attention from colleagues; Anesthesiologists are deeply integrated with various disciplines to solve problems for insomnia patients, and anesthesiology has a strong vitality. In addition, visiting colleagues from all over the world also discussed the dispatch of physicians to the Department of Anesthesiology and Sleep of the Fourth Hospital for further study.
The Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine of Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital affiliated to Tongji University is a key medical specialty in Shanghai, a key laboratory of anesthesia and brain function regulation in Shanghai, and a member of the National Geriatric Anesthesia Alliance. The Department of Anesthesiology and Sleep is the first modern clinical department in China that integrates medical treatment, teaching and scientific research, led by Professor Li Qifang, specializing in chronic intractable insomnia. In order to help patients reduce and stop sleeping drugs, fundamentally change the wrong sleep cognition, break the vicious circle of insomnia, anxiety and insomnia, and find independent sleep, Li Qifang's team has adopted a multi-mode innovative sleep **, which has shown considerable effects and broad application prospects through clinical practice.
The successful holding of this annual meeting not only promoted the grassroots popularization and publicity of anesthesiology, made the concept of anesthesia deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but also allowed anesthesia technology to serve the public, and further integrate with other disciplines to enhance the influence of anesthesiology. Through such an academic exchange platform, it will help promote the development of anesthesiology, promote the progress and innovation of the industry, and promote the cause of anesthesiology in China to a new level.