Eighth Pulmonary Medicine Update Course

Pulmonary Medicine Update Course is the premier Egyptian educational course for educators, researchers, practitioners and providers of health care in the field of Respiratory Care.
We invite you to enjoy two days of learning, connecting, participating and networking.

Pulmonary Medicine Update Course features:
  • The latest knowledge inPulmonary Critical Care
  • A renowned inspirational faculty
  • Exhibits featuring the latest in health care products and technology

Course Venue:
Kasr El-Eini Teaching Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Course Dates:

6-7 February, 2008

Course Directors:

  • Hussein Sabri, FRCA, Professor of Anesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
  • Medhat A. Soliman, MD, FCCM, Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Course Faculty:

  • Richard Albert, MD, University of Denver, USA
  • Lluis Blanch, MD, University of Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
  • Andres Esteban, MD, Getafe University, Madrid, Spain

Course Lectures:

  • COPD : State of the Art Review ( Dr. Albert)
  • Medical and Surgical ARDS: Are they the same ? (Dr. Blanch)
  • How useful is American-European Consensus Conference on ARDS?(Dr. Esteban)
  • Physiology of PEEP in ARDS (Dr. Albert)
  • P-V curves in ARDS: are they useful? (Dr. Blanch)
  • Low Tidal Volume in ARDS setting: How low?? (Dr. Esteban)
  • Brain- Lung Interactions in Critically ill (Dr. Blanch)
  • Prone Ventilation in ARDS: Does it do more than improve oxygenation? (Dr. Albert)
  • Did my patient have Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP)? Lessons from Autopsy (Dr. Esteban)
  • Mechanical Ventilation of Patients with COPD & Asthma (Dr. Albert)
  • Ventilation Induced Lung Injury : From Baro-trauma to Bio-trauma (Dr. Blanch)
  • Weaning Evident based ( Dr.Esteban)