ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

The submitted abstracts for the 22nd National Congress of the Society of Turkish Intensivists Specialists and the 14th Afro-Eurasian Meeting will be presented as oral presentations or electronic posters.

Abstracts should include animal or human research findings discussing rare or interesting cases in the fields of intensive care and critical care, or high-quality case reports. All abstracts must comply with universal ethical standards. For clinical studies, ethics committee approval and compliance with Turkish legislation will be required.

The Abstract Committee reserves the right to accept or reject submissions based on their content and, if accepted, to change the presentation format. Case reports will NOT be accepted as oral presentations.

Abstract Submission Rules:

• Abstracts must be submitted via the online abstract submission system available on the congress website. Abstracts sent by e-mail or post will not be accepted.
• For your first login, you must register as a new user. Please ensure that all information, especially your e-mail address is entered correctly during registration.
• Submitted abstracts must not have been previously presented at any national meeting and must not have been published in a national or international journal.
• Abstracts must be uploaded to the system in Turkish or English and must be no more than 400 words, excluding the title and author information.
• Arial, 11-point font must be used, including any tables or figures.
• Abbreviations used in the abstract must be spelled out clearly at first mention.
• The title must be bold and must not contain abbreviations.
• Authors: Names and affiliations must be entered separately. The corresponding author must provide an e-mail address and phone number for communication. Academic titles should not be used in author names.
• Abstracts must include the standard sections listed below, and the content of each section must be entered into the designated field (window) on the online abstract submission page.

1. Case Reports and Case Series:

• Introduction
• Case(s)
• Discussion and Conclusion
• References (if any)

2. Research Studies:

• Introduction and Objectives
• Patients and Methods
• Results
• Discussion and Conclusion
• References (if any; maximum 2 references, Vancouver style)
• Keywords: A maximum of 5 keywords must be entered in accordance with MeSH.
• Only one table or figure in high-resolution JPEG or PNG format should be uploaded. The table title should be placed above the table, and the figure caption should be placed below the figure.

Evaluation of Abstracts

• All abstracts will undergo peer review using a blinded (anonymous) review process conducted by the Abstract Evaluation Committee. Committee members will assess abstracts in terms of content, language quality, and novelty/innovation contributed to the literature. Acceptance of an abstract will be based on the reviewers’ evaluations. The Congress Organizing Committee reserves the right to make the final decision regarding the presentation format, and the decision will be communicated to the corresponding author.
• Abstracts prepared from ongoing studies with no final results yet, as well as submissions that do not include the required abstract sections listed above, will not be evaluated.
• For case reports, the aim should be to share experience with distinctive and rare cases and to increase awareness. Submissions that do not serve this purpose and/or do not follow the structured format will not be accepted.
• Based on the outcome of the peer-review process, abstract decisions (“ACCEPTED” or “REJECTED”) will be sent to the e-mail addresses of the submitting authors registered in the system.
• For accepted abstracts to be published in the Congress Abstract Book, the submitting author must have completed congress registration and the abstract must have been presented at the congress. Abstracts that are not presented will be removed from the abstract book.

E-Poster Preparation Guidelines:

• E-posters will not be physically displayed at the congress venue.
• E-poster presentations must be prepared in PPT format, and each e-poster must consist of a single slide.
• E-posters must follow the specified dimensions and must be uploaded to the congress website.
• E-poster sessions will be held at designated times in the poster discussion areas.
• For the Poster Template file, click here.