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Wednesday 29th May 2013
(all times listed are Lahore times).
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13.00
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Registration
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13.25
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Welcome and Introductory Remarks
by Dr John Wilson, Vice-President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh |
13.30
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Optimising survival from sepsis and complex infections
Professor Kevin Rooney, National Clinical Lead for Sepsis and Consultant in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde. * sepsis mortality in Scotland * progress with the ‘Sepsis Six’ |
14.00
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Managing infections in the expanding oncology population
Dr Fiona Nussey, Consultant in Medical Oncology, NHS Lothian * diagnosing and treating line sepsis * neutropenic sepsis * when to consider GCSF |
14.30
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When first line agents are not enough
Dr Andrew Seaton, Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Brownlee Centre, Glasgow * managing complex/recurrent infections * highlighting the role of newer antibiotic agents |
15.00
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COFFEE /TEA BREAK
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15.25
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STANLEY DAVIDSON LECTURE
Chair: Dr John Wilson, Vice-President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh ‘Together, we can stop HIV/AIDS’ Professor Julio Montaner, Director of British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS St Paul’s Hospital, Providence Healthcare; UBC and St Paul’s Hospital Foundation Chair in AIDS Research and Head of Division of AIDS in Faculty of Medicine University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada & Past President of International AIDS Society (IAS) * leading the way to the end of HIV transmission * HIV treatment as an HIV prevention strategy |
16.10
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How have new antiviral agents for Hepatitis C performed in clinical practice?
Dr John Dillon, Consultant Hepatologist and Gastroenterologist, NHS Tayside; Clinical Senior Lecturer, Biomedical Research Institute, University of Dundee * response rates and side effects following the addition of protease inhibitors * what hopes from future regimens |
16.40
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HI TEA
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17.30
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What’s new in immunisation?
Dr Syed Ahmed, Clinical Director, Public Health Protection Unit (PHPU), NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde * an overview of recent and proposed changes to the UK vaccination programme |
18.00
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Managing an outbreak – experiences from Legionnaires in Edinburgh 2012
Dr Duncan McCormick, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, NHS Lothian * mapping the time line of the outbreak * lessons learned in Infection control |
18.30
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Clinical lessons from the outbreak
Dr Michael Gillies, Consultant in Critical Care, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Clinical Director, Critical Care Directorate, Lothian University Hospitals Division * highlighting unusual clinical presentations during the outbreak |
19.00
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Symposium feedback / tea
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19.25
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Bad bugs from abroad
Dr David Livermore, University of East Anglia. * clinical cases * the impact of imported gram negative resistance * hopes for new antibiotics for this group |
19.55
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Could it be tropical?
Professor David Lalloo, Professor of Tropical Medicine at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Director of the Wellcome Trust Liverpool Tropical Centre and an Honorary Consultant at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. * clinical cases * best diagnostic approach and advice on treatment |
20.25
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