Description
A practical update in respiratory medicineMonday 28 January 2019
Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4LE
Programme organiser: Dr Mohammed Munavvar, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and British Thoracic Society
09.30 Registration and coffee
09.55 Welcome and opening remarks
Dr Mohammed Munavvar, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and British Thoracic Society
Session 1
Chair: Dr Mohammed Munavvar, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and British Thoracic Society
10.00 Advances in the management of pneumothorax
Professor Naj Rahman, Churchill Hospital
10.30 Management of pleural effusions – an update
Professor Nick Maskell, University of Bristol
11.00 Coffee
Session 2
Chair: Dr Mark Elliott, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
11.20 Current management of pneumonia – a review
Professor Mark Woodhead, Central Manchester University Hospitals
11.50 Management of acute pulmonary embolism – changes and controversies
Dr Luke Howard, Imperial College London
12.20 Acute ventilatory failure and non-invasive ventilation in the emergency unit
Dr Mark Elliott, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
12.50 Lunch
Session 3
Chair: Dr Mohammed Munavvar, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and British Thoracic Society
13.50 ‘Tuberculosis on take’ – essential tips for the physician on call
Dr Marc Lipman, Royal Free London
14.20 Approach to lung cancer in 2019 – what’s new?
Dr Matthew Callister, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
14.50 Disease mimics in the thorax-case examples in A&E
Dr Sue Kearney, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals
15.20 Tea
Session 4
Chair: Dr Paul Walker, University Hospitals Aintree
15.40 Management of sarcoidosis and interstitial lung disease (ILD) – a brief summary
Dr Nazia Chaudhuri, Manchester University Hospitals
16.10 Treating acute exacerbations of COPD and asthma in 2019 – what’s different?
Dr Paul Walker, University Hospitals Aintree
16.40 Closing remarks by the chair
16.45 Close of conference
| Period | 28 Jan 2019 |
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| Held at | Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Psychiatrists. |