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INHALATION ANESTHESIOLOGY – 22 May 2009 – Hotel ”Holliday Inn” Skopje |
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MSA and the Department of anesthesiology of the Faculty of Medicine Skopje are organizing:
SCHOOL OF ANESTHESIOLOGY, COURSE 2 - INHALATION ANESTHESIOLOGY, CONTINIOUS EDUCATION OF ANESTHESIOLOGY (KME)
The course will be held at Hotel Holliday Inn Skopje on 22 May 11, 2009
Inhale Anesthesiology Program |
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3th International Symposium on Regional anaesthesia and Pain - Zagreb |
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We invite you to attend the 3th International Symposium on Regional anaesthesia and Pain therapy in Zagreb, Croatia, June 18.-20.2009.This forum provides cutting-edge information on developments in all areas of regional anaesthesia, therapy of acute and chronic pain, in obstetrics and pediatrics.
The conference will review recent developments of ultrasound in regional anaesthesia.
SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT FOR THE 3.th CSRAA.ESRA INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
18.-20.06.2009 | Zagreb, Croatia
www.mef.hr/hdraa
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Abstract Deadline: 31. March 2009
ABSTRACT TOPICS INCLUDE
Central Nerve Blocks
Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Obstetrics
Postoperative Pain Management
Chronic Pain Management
Pediatrics
Ultrasound in regional anaesthesia
This event provides a unique venue for attendees to network and meet with leading experts in the most comfortable and informal of settings.
We hope you can join your colleagues at this unique forum in Zagreb |
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Nocturnal pulse oximetry studies in patients with COPD |
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For more than 40 years, it has been understood that sleep can accentuate hypoxemia in patients with COPD [1]. The earliest nocturnal polygraph studies of patients were in 1975, and include intermittent blood gas tension measurements during sleep [2]. However, it was only with the advent of reliable pulse oximeters in 1976 that the respiratory "events" occurring during sleep could be clearly defined. After the landmark study by Flick and Block in 1977 [3], several groups went on to show that patients with COPD experienced a worsening of hypoxemia particularly during REM sleep [4,5,6].
The initial studies focused almost entirely on patients having severe disease, and who were clearly hypoxemic during the day. Publications studying nocturnal hypoxemia in patients with little or no daytime hypoxemia (i.e. arterial oxygen tension, PaO2 > 60mmHg) appeared only later [7,8,9].
In this short review, we will present the characteristics of nocturnal hypoxemia in COPD patients, its mechanisms and consequences, and we will consider the treatment options currently available. Finally, practical issues about pulse oximetry during nocturnal studies will be exposed.
Nocturnal pulse oximetry |
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Core Curriculum in Emergency Medicine integrated in the Specialty of Anaesthesiology |
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European Board of Anaesthesiology
Anaesthesiology is a medical specialty, which has developed from a specialty with responsabilities for anaesthesia for surgical procedures to a specialty with expertise in pre- per- and postanaesthesia care and as a consequence of the knowledge and skills in that field with expertise in a broader scale in emergency medicine, intensive care medicine and pain medicine. Sharing and communicating the ensuing responsibilities with other medical and surgical specialties has resulted in considerable improvement of quality of medical care.
The postoperative period, critical care and pre and in-hospital management of emergency situations have such great similarities to the work in the operating room that anaesthesiological expertise in these areas has been recognized in many countries as integral parts of the specialty of anaesthesiology.
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