SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME | PROGRAMME

The 7th UAE International Conference on Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
&
The 9th Pan Arab Federation of Societies of Anesthesia,
Intensive Care and Pain Management Congress.

Sharjah - United Arab Emirates
Campus of The University of Sharjah

Saturday 31 January TO Monday 02 February 2009







Preliminary Program :

Anesthesia :
    • History of Anesthesia (Arabic Anesthesia & Analgesia prior to modern times).
    • Pediatric Anesthesia
    • Obstetric  Anesthesia
    • Cardiac Anesthesia
    • Neuro Anesthesia
    • Anesthesia and Endocrinology
    • Anesthesia for periatric patients
    • Outpatient anesthesia
    • Anesthesia and laparoscopic surgery
    • Recent advances in muscle relaxant
    • New concepts in the reversal of neuromuscular blockade
    • Inhalational Anesthesia
    • Total intravenous anesthesia
    • Anesthetic management of difficult airway
    • Awareness in Anesthesia
ICU:
    • Mechanical ventilation
    • Acute respiratory distress syndrome
    • Sedation and Analgesia in ICU
    • Sedation: Is there a role for dexmedetomidine or clomidine?
    • Recent guidelines for management of Sepsis
    • Hospital acquired infections
    • Serious gram positive infections
    • Nutrition in ICU
Pain:
    • Acute pain management
    • Chronic pain Syndromes
    • Regional blocks (upper & lower limb)
    • Neuroaxial blocks
    • Paracetamol : The forgotten agent
    • COX 2 Inhibitors ; future
Trauma :
    • Trauma Anesthesia
    • Blood Transfusion : New thoughts
    • Recombinant Factor VII a in catastrophic hemorrhage
    • Factor VII in catastrophic hemorrhage
    • Damage control surgery
    • State of the art: Recent advances in cardiovascular resuscitation
Patient Risk & Safety :
    • Critical incident monitoring
    • Strategies to reduce drug administration errors in Anesthesia
    • Sharp injuries: Do safety needles make a difference?