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11th Current Controversies in Anaesthesia & Peri-Operative Medicine Conference and Intensive Care Society of Ireland Autumn Meeting


CEPD Approved: 18 POINTS
The 11th Current Controversies in Anaesthesia & Peri-Operative Medicine and Intensive Care Society of Ireland Autumn Meeting has been awarded the following CEPD points (maximum allowance) by the Royal College of Anaesthetists:

Wed 14th Oct 2009: 3 Points; Th15th Oct 2009: 5 Points; Fr 16th Oct 2009: 5 Points; S 17th Oct 2009: 5 Points.


Day 1-Wednesday 14th October 2009 
 
13:30-14:00 Registration
 
Session 1 Anaesthesia Chair: Dr Mike Grocott
14.00-14.30 Oral anti-thrombotics Prof Sam Machin
14.30-15.00 Can anaesthetic technique influence cancer outcome? Prof Donal Buggy
15.00-15.30 Fluids update Prof Monty Mythen
 
15:30-16:00 Refreshments
 
Session 2 Pain Chair: Dr Natasha Curran
16.00-16.30 Acute pain management in children: evaluating the evidence Dr Glyn Williams
16.30-17.00 The transversus abdominus plane block for major abdominal surgery: Potential and pitfalls Dr John McDonnell
17.00-17.30 Pain Pathways in the 21st Century Dr Doug Justins
 
17:45 See 'Other Events'
 
Day 2-Thursday 15th October 2009 
 
Session 3 Critical Care Chair: Dr Danny McAuley
09.00-09.30 Acute lung injury Prof Michael Matthay
09.30-10.00 Ventilator associated pneumonia update Dr John Simpson
10.00-10.30 Resistant organisms and isolation on the ICU Dr Geof Bellingan
 
10:30-11:00 Refreshments
 
Session 4 Generalist session Chair: Prof Monty Mythen
11.00-11.30 National configuration of critical care services Dr Michael Power
11.30-12.00 H1N1 Prof Kathy Rowan
12.00-12.30 Critical Care services in the 21st century Dr Dave Howell
 
12:30-13:30 Lunch
 
Session 5 Anaesthesia and Pain Abstract Prize Presentations Chair: Dr Brian Mulllen/ Presentations: Prof Monty Mythen
13.30-15.00 Selected finalists will each give a presentation.
 
15:00-15:30 Refreshments
 
Session 6 Rodney Armstrong Plenary Lecture Chair: Dr John Laffey
15.30-16.30 Practice guidelines – seldom useful, sometimes harmful Prof Brian Kavanagh
 
19:30 See 'Other Events'
 
Day 3-Friday16th October 2009 (Delegates can choose from one of three choices-see Sessions 7a, 7b and 7c below) 
 
Session 7a Critical Care .
11.00-13.00 Critical care Chair: Dr Danny McAuley
11:00 Update on NHLBI ARDS Network Clinical Prof Michael Matthay
11:30 VALI – does age make a difference? Prof Brian Kavanagh
12:00 Cell and gene therapy in ALI Prof John Laffey
12:30 Understanding pathophysiology to identify novel pharmacological therapies Dr David Howell
13:00-14:00 Lunch .
14.00-16.00 Neurocritical care Chair: Dr Brian Marsh
14:00 Delirium Dr Tim Girard
14:40 Neuroimaging and outcome Dr Brian Mullan
15:20 Neuro ITU services Dr Rob Plant and Mr M O’Sullivan
16:00 Break .
16.15-18.15 Critical Care Abstract Prize Presentations Chair: Dr Robert Plant / Presentations: Dr Jeanne Moriarty
Session 7b Pain .
10.30-11.00 Pain Chair: Dr Natasha Curran
10:30-11:00 News and Views from the Faculty of Pain Medicine Dr Doug Justins
11.00 -13.00 Ultrasound use for chronic pain workshop Prof Dominic Harmon
13:00-14:00 Lunch .
14.00-15.30 . Chair: Dr Doug Justins
14:00 Long term impact of pain and surgery in early life Dr Glyn Williams
14:30 Diagnosis of CRPS Dr Andreas Goebel
15:00 Personalised analgesia why are we still climbing the ladder Dr Roman Cregg
15:30 Refreshments .
16.00-17.00 Chronic pelvic pain - guide to assessment and managemnent Dr Natasha Curran
17.00-18.00 Debate: ‘The future of acute pain training and management’
 
FULL - Session 7c Workshops (2 rooms running concurrently) .
11.00-13.00 ITU Echo OR Dr Paul Diprose
. CPEX Dr Denny Levett
14.00-16.00 CPEX OR Dr Denny Levett
. Upper Limb US guided regional blocks Dr John McDonnell
16:00-16:15 Refreshments .
16.15-18.15 Upper Limb US guided regional blocks OR Dr John McDonnell
. ITU Echo Dr Paul Diprose
 
20:00 See 'Other Events'
 
Day 4-Saturday 17th October 2009 
 
Session 8 Presentations Chair: Dr Dermot Phelan / Presentations: Dr Jeanne Moriarty
09.00-11.00 Kate Flynn Prize Critical Care Case History Presentations .
11:00-11:30 Refreshments .
Session 9 End of life care – international perspectives Chair: Dr Jeanne Moriarty
11:30 The American perspective Dr Tim Girard
11:50 The UK perspective Dr Mike Grocott
12:10 The Irish perspective Dr Dermot Phelan
12:30-13:15 Lunch .
Session 10 The big debate “20 years of critical care trials but no progress” Chair: Dr Brian Marsh
13.15-14.15 Proposer: Dr John Simpson Seconder: Dr Danny McAuley.
. Opposer: Prof Michael Matthay Seconder: Prof Kathy Rowan.
 
14:15 SUMMARY AND CLOSE OF CONFERENCE
 
Call for Abstracts

Call for Abstracts (research and/or clinical)
Other Events include:

  • Wednesday 14th October 2009
    Dingle 2009 Welcome Reception, Blasket Centre
  • Thursday 15th October 2009
    Centre for Anaesthesia Sponsored Black Tie Conference Dinner and Prize Giving
  • Friday 16th October 2009
    CSI Autumn Meeting Dinner and Prize Giving

Please see Information page for more details

Faculty

  • Prof Tim Girard, Nashville, USA
  • Prof Brian Kavanagh, Toronto, Canada
  • Prof Michael Mathay, USA and Paris, France

Ireland & UK

  • Dr Geof Bellingan, London
  • Dr Brigitta Brandner, London
  • Prof Donal Buggy, Dublin
  • Dr Roman Cregg, London
  • Dr Natasha Curran, London
  • Dr Paul Diprose, Southampton
  • Dr Andreas Goebel, London
  • Dr Mike Grocott, Southampton
  • Dr Dominic Harmon, Galway
  • Dr David Howell, London
  • Dr Doug Justins, London
  • Prof John Laffey, Galway
  • Dr Denny Levett, Southampton
  • Prof Samual J Machin, London
  • Dr Brian Marsh, Dublin
  • Dr Danny McAuley, Belfast
  • Dr John McDonnell, Limerick
  • Dr Jeanne Moriarty, Dublin
  • Prof Monty Mythen, London
  • Mr Michael O'Sullivan, Cork
  • Dr Dermot Phelan, Dublin
  • Dr Robert Plant, Cork
  • Dr Michael Power, Dublin
  • Prof Kathy Rowan, London
  • Dr John Simpson, Edinburgh
  • Dr Glyn Williams, London

Dingle 2009 Team

Chairmen
Dr Jim Down (UCL)
Dr Mike Grocott (UCL)
Prof John Laffey (ICSI)
Dr Danny McAuley (ICSI)
Dr Natasha Curran (UCL)
Prof Michael (Monty) Mythen (UCL)

Abstracts
Dr Ramani Moonsinghe (UCL)

Scientific Panel
Monty Mythen, Mike Grocott, Jim Down
Dr Colin Berry, Natasha Curran, John Laffey, Danny McAuley

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