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DAILY PROGRAMME

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FRIDAY 23rd July 2010

0800 – 0815
Welcome Address
  cindai ballroom
By Assoc Prof Dr Roslina A Manap, President, Malaysian Thoracic Society and Dr Norhaya Mohd Razali, Organising Chairman

0815 – 0845
Plenary 1  cindai ballroom
Respiratory Medicine In Malaysia: Past, Present And Future Challenges

0900 – 1030
Symposium 1A cindai ballroom
ASTHMA
      
Symposium 1B helang
Paediatrics – Year in review

0900 – 0930
Improving asthma control – optimising medication and adherence

Asthma Treatment

0930 – 1000
The role of anti-IgE in severe allergic asthma

Neonatal Lung Disease

1000 – 1030
Chronic severe asthma – assessment and management
Sleep Medicine
 

1030 – 1110
POSTER VIEWING   poster/exhibition area

Coffee

1110– 1155
Airway  lecture  cindai ballroom

1155 – 1245
Lunch Satellite symposium
cindai ballroom/Verandah

1245  - 1415
BREAK & FRIDAY PRAYERS

1415 – 1500
PLENARY 2  cindai ballroom
Tuberculosis in Malaysia – Are we winning?

1500 – 1630
Symposium 2A rajawali 1
Tuberculosis

Symposium 2B helang
Paediatrics- respiratory infections

SYMPOSIUM 2C rajawali 2
Smoking Cessation 

1500 – 1530
Diagnostic tools in diagnosing TB – An update

Tuberculosis revisited

Pharmacological approach – What’s available?

1530 – 1600
Special considerations in treating tuberculosis

Paediatric H1 N1 infections: an update

Non pharmacological approach – Does it work?

1600– 1630
Diagnosis and management of MDR tuberculosis

Atypical and unusual pneumonias

How to keep patients off the cigarettes

1630 - 1730
MTS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
helang

Tea exhibition hall

1730 – 1830
ADULT CLINICAL GWR rajawali 1
Chairperson:
PAEDIATRIC CLINICAL GWR helang
Chairperson:
ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS SESSION rajawali 2
Chairperson:

1830 – 1845 
Registration

1845 - 1945 
Dinner Satellite Symposium  cindai ballroom/verandah
Chairpersons:
Dr Rus Anida Awang /
Dr Anna Marie Nathan
Cases from
Paediatric Institute
Gleneagles
HTAA
UMMC

SATURDAY 24th July 2010

0800 – 0840          
ACCP LECTURE   cindai ballroom

0840 – 0940        
ORAL SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATION   cindai ballroom

0940 - 1020
PULMONARY INFECTION LECTURE cindai ballroom

H1N1 PANDEMIC - LESSONS LEARNT

1020 – 1100
POSTER PRESENTATION  
poster area

Coffee   exhibition hall

1100– 1230
Symposium 3A rajawali 1

RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES

Symposium 3B rajawali 2

CLINICAL RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

Symposium 4B helang

HOME MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC LUNG DISEASES

1100– 1130
Approach to managing massive haemoptysis

Chronic cough- An update

Home physiotherapy – Is it feasible?

1130 -1200
Recent advances in managing acute pulmonary embolism

Bronchiectasis and  Diffuse Panbronchiolitis. Is there a difference?

Self management in asthma and COPD- A practical approach

1200 – 1230
Management of acute respiratory failure

Eosinophilic lung diseases

Managing the practical aspects of long term oxygen therapy

Lunch Satellite symposium cindai ballroom/verandah

1400  FREE TIME & MINI TOURS

1930 – 2030
Dinner Satellite Symposium
  cindai ballroom

2030 – 2230
Lung Foundation Malaysia & Malaysian Thoracic Society Gala Dinner

SUNDAY 25th July 2010

0800 – 0830   
ACCP LECTURE rajawali 1

0830– 1000
Symposium 4A rajawali 1

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

SYMPOSIUM 4B rajawali 2

INTERPRETATION OF RESPIRATORY INVESTIGATIONS

0830– 0900
Assessment of COPD patient – Practical recommendations

The indispensable chest X ray

0900 -0930
Improving outcomes of patients with COPD

Pitfalls in interpretation of spirometric results

0930– 1000
Managing systemic effects of COPD

Revolutionising imaging in respiratory medicine – The CT Scan

1000 – 1030
Coffee  
exhibition hall

1030 – 1115            
COPD  LECTURE   rajawali 1                                           

1115– 1200            
DEBATE:  Medical vs Surgical Management of Empyema rajawali 1

1145 – 1200              
CLOSING REMARKS by Dr Norhaya Mohd Razali, Organising Chairperson
rajawali 1

1200 – 1300
Lunch   verandah

 

 
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