Age Anaesthesia Association Annual Scientific Meeting

19th May 2006

Sussex Barn, West Dean College, Chichester, West Sussex

08:30 — 09:30 -- Registration, coffee and trade exhibition

09:30 — 09:35 -- Welcome & Housekeeping

09:35 — 11:30 -- Session 1 - The Ageing Population - Chairmen: Dr Guy Turner & Dr Andrew Severn

Epidemiology of Ageing
Prof Gwyn Seymour, Aberdeen
Age Diversity in a Greying Population
Dr Graham Watkinson, Chichester
The Acute Hospital Perspective
Mr Robert Lapraik, Chichester
Death by Aging
Dr Helen Galley, Aberdeen
11:30 — 12:00 -- Coffee and Trade Exhibition

12:00 — 13:15 -- Session 2 - Patient Selection - Chairmen: Dr Les Gemmel & Dr Chris Hanning

Cardiac Preoperative Assessment & Pre-optimisation
Dr Lui Forni, Worthing
Surgical & Vascular Assessment
Dr David Allen, Chichester
Use of Oesophageal Doppler
Dr Howard Wakeling, Worthing
13:15— 14:15 -- Lunch & Trade Exhibition

14:15 — 15:30 -- Session 3 – AGM

14:30 — 15:45 -- Free Papers - Chairmen: Dr David Wilkinson & Dr Irwin Foo

Can Preoperative Assessment of Cancer in the Elderly (PACE) Predict 30 days Postoperative Outcome?
Dr Hodigere Ramesh, Liverpool
An Interesting Presentation of Hip Fracture
Dr R Krishnamoorthy, Lancaster
Urinary Retention in Patients Undergoing Hip and Knee Joint Arthroplasty at Hereford County Hospital
Dr S Thirunagari, Hereford
Anaesthesia for Hip Fracture Surgery, a Comparison Between GA and Spinal Anaesthesia
Dr A Gulati, Peterborough
ECT in the Elderly-
Dr Hisham Hamza, Great Yarmouth
Poster Presentation: Management of an Octogenarian for Fractured Neck of Femur - Operate Now or Never!
Dr G Arun Prasad
15:45 — 16:30 -- Guest Speaker - Chairman: Dr Chris Henighan

Pharmacological & ClinicalAspects of Local Anaesthetics in the Elderly

Dr Bernadette Veering, Leiden, Holland



16:30 Tea and Close