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 |
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