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Congress Day One |
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08:00 | Registration,
coffee and networking |
08.30 | Welcome from
Maarefah Management |
08:40 | Chairman’s welcome
and opening remarks from the chairman |
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SESSION I: The Status of Palliative Care in the region |
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09:00 | Palliative care in
the Middle East: The present and future Mona Tareen |
09:30 | Delay to refer for
Palliative care in cancer patients: Outcome and sequences Khaled Al Saleh |
10:00 | Interactive Panel
Discussion: Will the region meet the global targets for palliative care by
2020? |
10:30 | Networking coffee
break |
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SESSION II: Neuro Palliative Care |
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11:00 | Symptoms
management in people with Multiple Sclerosis |
11:30 | Neuropathic pain management |
12:00 | Palliative care
approach in Parkinson’s Abu Baker Al Madani |
12:30 | Prayer and
networking lunch break |
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SESSION III: Palliative Care in Non-Malignant Diseases |
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13:30 | Assessment and management of palliative emergencies at the end stages
of kidney disease |
14:00 | Improving symptoms in advanced heart failure |
14:30 | Pain management in non-malignant diseases Hassan Jabbar Shaikh |
15:00 | Interactive
Panel Discussion: Thrombosis and anticoagulants use in palliative care |
15:30 | Networking
coffee break |
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SESSION IV: Special Age Groups Care |
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16:00 | Paediatric
anesthesia monitoring Anil Kumar |
16:30 | Geriatric
dementia and depression care at home |
17:00 | Preventing
bedsore in elderly patients |
17:30 | Closing remarks
and end of day one |
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Congress Day Two |
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08:00 | Registration,
coffee and networking |
08.30 | Welcome from
Maarefah Management |
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SESSION V: Palliative Care to Cancer Patients |
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09:00 | Cultural considerations in palliative care Zafar Javed |
09:30 | The role of surgery in palliative patients Haytham El-Salhat |
10:00 | Early engagement; the first step in caregiving strategies for cancer
patients Zahid Al Mandhari |
10:30 | Networking coffee break |
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SESSION VI: Pain Management in Terminally Ill Patients |
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11:00 | Immunotherapy: Improving the quality of life in lung cancer patients Maroun
Elkhoury |
11:30 | Pain management in opioid dependent patients: The challenge |
12:00 | Friday prayer and networking lunch break |
14:00 | Opioid induced constipation Eman Bukhary |
14:30 | Neuroaxial blocks for cancer pain Ali Zahran |
15:00 | Interactive panel discussion: Neuroaxial intervention: when is it
needed? |
15:30 | Networking coffee break |
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SESSION VII: Management of Cancer Treatments Side Effects |
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16:00 | Cancer patient on chemotherapy: The anesthetic approach Medhat M.
Shalabi |
16:30 | Networking coffee break |
17:00 | Managing chemotherapy induced nausea |
17:30 | Closing remarks and end of day two |
