DAS 1998 Belfast

DAS 1998 BELFAST

Postgraduate Medical Centre­­
26-27th Nov­ember


Speaker Topic
Session I: Multi-disciplinary topic: Obstructive sleep apnoea
Dr A S Hiremath (Surrey) Obstructive sleep apnoea and difficult intubation
Dr I Gleadhill (Belfast) The respiratory physician’s view
Mr W Primrose (Belfast) The ENT surgeon’s perspective
Session II: Case reports : One slide wonders
Dr P Murphy (Leeds) Acromegaly
Dr M Weiss (Zurich) Video assisted airway management
Dr A Diba (London) Difficult decannulation predictable?
Dr A Diba (London) K + TTJV + FOI = OK
Dr R M Dravid (Oxford) Use of the flexible fibrescope for tracheal re-intubation in a patient with difficult extubation
Dr A Patel (London) Inhalational induction with 8% Sevoflurane for the difficult airway with acute respiratory distress
Dr A Patel (London) Tension pneumothorax associated with an airway exchange catheter in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis
Session III: Update of projects
Dr P Rich (London) Update on the difficult airway database
Dr T Strang (Manchester) A CD Rom update
Dr P A Farling (Belfast) Report from SAM, Boston
Dr D Gray (Liverpool) Waste not the butterflies
Dr E P McCoy (Belfast) Visions of heaven and hell
Session IV: Review Lecture and Free Papers
Dr T Randell (Helsinki) Fibreoptic review
Dr J Harten (Glasgow) Comparison of the Augustine Guide with the Ovassapian Airway for oral fibreoptic intubation in patients with normal airway anatomy
Dr G Rodney (Dundee) Propofol by target controlled infusion and the difficult airway
Dr H Manji (Oxford) Is an antisialogogue necessary for routine fibreoptic intubation under general anaesthesia?
Dr J Henderson (Glasgow) Increasing use of straight laryngoscopes by Consultant Anaesthetists in a Scottish hospital
Session V: Training and Education
Dr R Vaughan (Cardiff) The College’s view
Dr J Murray (Belfast) The REA’s view
Dr P McSorley (Belfast) The trainee’s view
Sr A Maginnis (Belfast) The assistant’s view
Dr T Turley (Cardiff) Training module update
Professor G Shorten (Cork) The virtual airway
Session VI: Lower Airway Problems
Dr D L Coppel (Belfast) The troubled airway
Dr E C Behringer (California) Airway problems in intensive care
Dr K G Lowry (Belfast) and Mr J McGuigan (Belfast) Problems in thoracic surgery
Session VII: Controversies in airway management
Dr R A Mason (Swansea) Anaesthesia for upper airway tumours
Dr E C Behringer (California) The COPA
Dr J Nolan (Bath) The intubating laryngeal mask
Dr G Greenslade (Bristol) Remifentanil during fibreoptic intubation