Program

14:00-15:30

Speakers and trainers:
Prof. Bram Rochwerg (McMaster University, Canada)
Max. number of participants: 25
Fee: free of charge
Eligible participants: Physicians and students
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

Description: Curious about nasal high flow therapy and its application outside of COVID-19? Join us at this workshop to put nasal high flow into practice through a series of patient case studies. The workshop will cover the clinical evidence relating to the use of the therapy and provide an opportunity to use/play with the equipment.

Learning Objectives:

• Gain an understanding of the current evidence based uses of nasal high flow therapy.
• Learn how to set up a standalone nasal high flow device ready for a patient or a healthy volunteer!
• Put the evidence into practice, through a series of patient case studies.
• Discuss principles to guide initiation, monitoring and weaning for a patient on nasal high flow therapy.

13:00-14:00

Speakers and trainers:
Prof. Simon Oczkowski (McMaster University, Canada)
Max. number of participants: 25
Fee: 30 €
Eligible participants: Physicians and students
Duration: 1 hour

Rationale: Intravenous (IV) fluid resuscitation remains a cornerstone in the management of seriously ill patients. Given in large volumes, IV fluids can exert significant effect upon serum electrolyte concentrations and acid-base status. Understanding these interactions assist with diagnosis and management of metabolically complex patients.

15:00-16:00

Speakers and trainers:
Prof. Leszek Czupryniak (Medical University of Warsaw, Poland)
Max. number of participants: 30
Fee: 30 €
Eligible participants: Physicians and students
Duration: 1 hour

Rationale: Type 2 diabetes is one the most common chronic diseases in the world, with increasing incidence, affecting from people from childhood to advanced age. In recent years type 2 diabetes therapy has undergone substantial changes, mostly due to the arrival of the medications which apart from lowering blood glucose lead to the reduction of cardiovascular risk and are free from hypoglycemic risk.

16:30-17:30

Supported by the Indian College of Physicians

Speakers and trainers:
Dr Amit Kalwar (India)
Panelists: Prof. Jyotirmoy Pal, Prof. Nandini Chatterjee
Max. number of participants: 30
Fee: Free of charge
Eligible participants: Physicians and students
Duration: 1 hour

Rationale: The tropics are regions of the Earth surrounding the Equator. Tropical diseases are diseases that are prevalent in or unique to tropical and subtropical regions. The diseases are less prevalent in temperate climates, as lower temperatures control the insect population. Current history suggests that tropical areas of the world are more harshly affected by infectious diseases than the temperate world. Environmental and biological factors are responsible for the biodiversity of pathogens, vectors, and hosts, but social factors also play a role in the spread of these diseases, common among them being malaria, leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, and sleeping sickness, and the others being schistosomiasis, onchocerciasis, and lymphatic filariasis. Viral diseases like dengue fever and chikungunya are also rampant in these tropical areas.
Human exploration of tropical rainforests, deforestation, rising immigration, and increased international air travel as well as other tourism to tropical regions have led to an increased incidence of such diseases in nontropical countries. A cholera outbreak originally occurred in the Jessore District of undivided Bengal in 1818, but the British army helped it spread to England. During extensive voyages of the Europeans in the 19th century, tropical infectious diseases spread from one part of the continent to other continents. In the 20th century, during the First and Second World War, there were massive troop movements across the world, and diseases spread like wildfire among the soldiers and also globally. The post–World War society moved towards industrialization and urbanization. This led to environmental changes, including changes in the sewerage system, which favored the growth of vectors and spread of diseases. Towards the end of the 20th century, there was an exponential increase in international travel, which further aggravated the threat of tropical diseases to nontropical countries.
Most of the tropical countries are overcrowded and economically compromised. Poor hygiene and crowded habitations and slums are part and parcel of this part of the globe, leading to expansion of the vector population, human-to-human transmission, and repeated epidemics. At the same time, due to poor health infrastructure, many of the diseases are not properly diagnosed, which results in significant mortality and morbidity. Accordingly, what was initially thought to be tropical diseases, has now become a global challenge.
Over the course of time tropical diseases have emerged as a separate specialty due to the diversity in presentation. Symptoms are often atypical and overlap in many of the infections. Tropical infections often present in late stages. Due to the paucity of diagnostic facilities in many parts of the tropics, accurate etiological diagnosis may not be possible or the diagnosis is delayed, which hampers prompt treatment and worsens the outcome. Therefore, syndromic approach is often appropriate to address these infections in resource-limited countries. There are challenges in the management and follow-up. For these reasons tropical infectious diseases need to be addressed in a comprehensive way that is easily understandable and useful to practitioners and students.

12:00-13:30

Speakers and trainers:
Dr. Marzena Frołow (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
Max. number of participants: 16
Fee: 30 €
Eligible participants: Physicians and students
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Rationale: B-mode compression ultrasound (CUS) has become the diagnostic modality of choice for deep vein thrombosis (DVT). CUS has high sensitivity and specificity for DVT. It allows for diagnosis at the point of care and decreased demand on radiology departmental services. Standard 3-point CUS includes examination of the upper femoral vein, lower femoral vein, and popliteal fossa. Some CUS’s protocols extend the test area to the veins of the calf.

10:00-12:00

Speakers and trainers:
Dr. Grzegorz Cebula (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
Max. number of participants: 16
Fee: 30 €
Eligible participants: Physicians and students
Duration: 2 hour 30 minutes

Rationale: Cardical arrestis the most time-sensitive and demanding challenge faced by clinicians. In such scenarios, rapid assessment and life-saving treatments have to be implemented immediately. The goal of this cardiac arrest simulation (CAS) workshop is to equip participants with practical skills. The workshop provides a number of stations with simulations of acute clinical situations.

16:30-18:00

Speakers and trainers:
Prof. Roman Jaeschke (McMaster University, Canada)
Max. number of participants: 12
Fee: Free of charge
Eligible participants: Physicians and students
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Rationale: Current clinical practice is frequently guided by the results of clinical trials. Ability to look for and identify elements of reporting of clinical trials which may distort their real clinical meaning is relevant for clinicians and policy makers.

Content: This workshop will use clinical examples to explore issues choosing appropriate outcomes, reporting relative and absolute effects of treatments, generalizing results, and moving from evidence to action.

Objectives: To gain skills in assessing the reporting of key elements of planning, conducting and reporting of clinical trials in order to be able to independently judge their clinical relevance and applicability.