| Thursday 9th August 2007 |
14:00 – 14:10 |
Opening Remarks |
14:10 – 15:00 |
SESSION 1 Human Factors
Alan Merry (NEW ZEALAND)
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15:00 – 15:30 |
Afternoon Tea |
| 15:30 – 17:00 |
SESSION 2
PERFUSING ROUTINE CASES: WHAT DO WE NOT DO?
Cannulae and cell saver design: Do they make a difference?
David Stump (USA)
Impact of Oxygenator characteristics on its capability to remove gaseous microemboli
Filip De Somer (BELGIUM) |
| 17:30 – |
Welcome Function - "The Pavilion" |
| Friday 10th August 2007 |
| 07:30 – 08:00 |
Light Breakfast |
| 08:00 – 10:00 |
SESSION 3
FLOW AND PRESSURE : INVESTIGATING THE TRUTHS
Large multicentre trials: What do they achieve and what should be done in Perfusion?
Paul Myles (AUSTRALIA)
What is optimal flow and how to validate this
Filip De Somer |
| 10:00 – 14:30 |
Activity – "Explore the Island" |
| 14:30 – 15:00 |
Lunch |
| 15:00 – 16:30 |
SESSION 4
"TAMING THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE I"
Why the inflammatory response is important to the Cardiac Surgical patient
Clive Landis (BARBADOS)
Optimisation of the Perfusion Circuit and its possible impact on the Inflammatory Response
Filip De Somer |
| 16:30 – 17:00 |
Afternoon Tea |
| 17:00 – 18:30 |
SESSION 5
TAMING THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE II
Deformable Emboli and Inflammation: Temporary or permanent damage?
David Stump
Pharmacologic strategies for combating the Inflammatory response
Clive Landis |
| 19:00 – late |
Dinner at "La Trattoria" |
| Saturday 11th August 2007 |
| 08:00 – 08:30 |
Light Breakfast |
| 08:30 – 10:00 |
SESSION 6
"BRAIN PROTECTION: AT ALL COSTS OR JUST PRACTICAL MEASURES"
Pharmacologic Neuroprotection: The search continues
Hilary Grocott (USA)
20 years trying to protect the brain: What do we know?
David Stump
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| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Morning Tea |
| 10:30 – 12:00 |
SESSION 7
PDUC Collaboration
August 2007: Where are we now?
Rob Baker
400 plus cases what have we learnt? Initial experience with the multicentre perfusion database.
Richard Newland
Not as easy as it seems, getting started.
Kat Place/ Tim Willcox
PDUC, blood pressure and renal failure!
Rob Baker
Establishing the dataset, sites and the big picture
Rob Baker |
| 12:00 – 13:00 |
Lunch |
| 13:00 – 14:45 |
SESSION 8
MODELS FOR THE FUTURE: TESTING OUR PAST
A ‘Virtual’ Blood Gas Electrode for Use During Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
Andrew Pybus
Improving Cardiac Surgery: Does continuous blood gas monitoring have a role to play?
Jane Ottens
New Approaches To Circulation Control
Geoffrey Parkin
Risk Factors for Development of Acute Renal Failure Requiring Dialysis in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
Kishore Kumar Jagannadham
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| 14:45 – 15:15 |
Afternoon Tea |
| 15:15 – 16:45 |
SESSION 9
ANTICOAGULATION
Why Thrombin PAR1 receptors are important to the Cardiac Surgical patient
Clive Landis
Antifibrinolytic therapy: Evidence, Bias, confounding (and politics!)
Paul Myles
MEETING CLOSE |
| 19:00 - late |
Dinner at "Azures" |
| Sunday 12th August 2007 |
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Optional "Reef Adventure" |
