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Programme
Three-day Course: 8 - 10 November 2010
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Monday
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08.30 |
REGISTRATION, COFFEE & EXHIBITION |
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09.45 |
Opening remarks |
Dr Roshan Fernando |
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Session 1: Topical Issues 1 |
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Chairman: |
Dr Roshan Fernando |
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09.50 |
Epidural adjuvants for labour analgesia - from bupivacaine to ropivacaine, clonidine to neostigmine; mixing & matching |
Professor Patricia Lavand'homme |
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10.10 |
What's new in obstetric anaesthesia - top 10 papers influencing clinical practice in 2009/ 2010 |
Professor Richard Smiley |
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10.50 |
Discussion |
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11.00 |
COFFEE & EXHIBITION |
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Session 2: Topical Issues 2 |
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Chairman: |
Dr Paul Howell |
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11.25 |
Ultrasound guided blocks for the obstetric anaesthetist - epidurals, spinals & TAP blocks |
Professor Jose Carvalho |
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11.55 |
Pharmacogenetics in pregnancy - practical implications for the obstetric anaesthetist |
Professor Richard Smiley |
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12.20 |
Medical simulation in obstetric anaesthesia - improving our practice, increasing patient safety |
Dr Ralph Mackinnon |
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12.50 |
Discussion |
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13.00 |
LUNCH & EXHIBITION |
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Session 3: Labour Analgesia |
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Chairman: |
Dr Chris Elton |
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14.00 |
Initiating neuraxial labour analgesia - CSE or epidural? |
Professor Marc Van de Velde |
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14.25 |
PCEA for maintainence of epidural analgesia - from programmed bolus to wifi - state of the art |
Professor Richard Smiley |
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14.50 |
Remifentanil for labour analgesia - improving analgesia, increasing safety |
Professor Jose Carvalho |
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15.15 |
Discussion |
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15.30 |
TEA & EXHIBITION |
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Session 4: Medicolegal issues |
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Chairman: |
Dr Roshan Fernando |
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16.00 |
Medicolegal tales from across the pond - watch your back, not the patients! A North American perspective |
Professor Richard Smiley |
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16.30 |
Top 10 medicolegal tips for the obstetric anaesthetist - keeping away from the lawyers |
Dr David Bogod |
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17.00 |
Discussion |
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17.15 |
DRINKS (close 18.15) |
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Tuesday 9 November |
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08.15 |
REGISTRATION, COFFEE & EXHIBITION |
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Session 5: Blood Issues |
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Chairman: |
Dr Mark Scrutton |
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09.00 |
Obstetric Haemorrhage - protocols, rFVIIa, interventional radiology, cell salvage and beyond |
Professor Marc Van de Velde |
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09.25 |
Oxytocin & other uterotonics - advances in the pharmacological management of postpartum haemorrhage |
Professor Jose Carvalho |
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09.50 |
Regional block in patients with coagulation disorders - from haemophilia to thrombophilia; the evidence |
Dr David Levy |
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10.15 |
Discussion |
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10.30 |
COFFEE & EXHIBITION |
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Session 6: Caesarean Section |
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Chairman: |
Professor Marc Van de Velde |
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11.00 |
Update in improving post caesarean section analgesia - from continuous NSAID wound infiltration to epidural Depodur |
Professor Patricia Lavand'homme |
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11.25 |
Managing the difficult airway in obstetrics - whats new? |
Dr Nuala Lucas |
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11.50 |
Spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section - drug / dose / position / fluid / vasopressor; optimising your technique |
Professor Richard Smiley |
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12.20 |
Discussion |
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12.30 |
LUNCH & EXHIBITION |
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Session 6 (cont): Caesarean Section |
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Chairman: |
Dr Nuala Lucas |
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13.30 |
Pregnancy thromboprophylaxis - from low molecular weight heparin to dabigatran: new horizons |
Dr Mark Scrutton |
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13.55 |
Modern methods for cardiac output monitoring during caesarean section - understanding maternal physiology |
Professor Jose Carvalho |
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14.15 |
Predicting and preventing severe pain after delivery - the anaesthetist's role |
Professor Patricia Lavand'homme |
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14.35 |
Discussion |
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14.45 |
TEA & EXHIBITION |
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Session 7: The baby - 1 |
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Chairman: |
Dr Roshan Fernando |
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15.10 |
The decision to deliver - the obstetrician's viewpoint |
Professor Andy Shennan |
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15.40 |
Emergency Caesarean section following the decision to deliver - the anaesthetist's viewpoint |
Dr Chris Elton |
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16.00 |
Intrapartum fetal assessment and resuscitation - what the anaesthetist needs to know |
Professor Steve Robson |
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16.30 |
Discussion |
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Wednesday 10 November |
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08.15 |
REGISTRATION, COFFEE & EXHIBITION |
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Session 8: Challenges for the obstetric anaesthetist |
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Chairman: |
Dr Bernard Norman |
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09.00 |
H1N1 infection in pregnancy |
Dr Chris Elton |
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09.20 |
Cardiac disease in pregnancy - anaesthetic implications |
Professor Richard Smiley |
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09.40 |
Prevention & treatment of postdural puncture headache |
Dr Surbhi Malhotra |
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10.05 |
Discussion |
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| 10.15 |
COFFEE & EXHIBITION |
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Session 9: The baby - 2 |
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Chairman: |
Dr Surbhi Malhotra |
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10.45 |
Current issues in neonatal resuscitation |
Dr Ian Laing |
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11.10 |
Breastfeeding & the obstetric anaesthetist - assessing the evidence, dispelling the myths |
Dr Bernard Norman |
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11.40 |
Discussion |
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11.55 |
LUNCH & EXHIBITION |
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Session 10: Pre-eclampsia revisited |
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Chairman: |
Dr Roshan Fernando |
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12.45 |
Obstetric issues |
Professor Andy Shennan |
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13.10 |
Medical management |
to be confirmed |
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13.35 |
Anaesthetic issues |
Dr Geraldine O'Sullivan |
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14.00 |
Discussion |
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Keynote Lecture |
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Chairman: |
Dr Paul Howell |
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14.10 |
The problem with obstetric anaesthetists . . . |
Dr Robin Russell |
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14.35 |
Discussion & Closing Remarks |
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14.45 |
TEA |
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15.15 |
Close |
