«Obstetric Anesthesia Practice: Old Problems New Solutions?» 29 th Myron B. Laver International Postgraduate Course Basel, Switzerland February 6 7, 2009 Department of Anesthesia University Hospital Basel Spitalstrasse 21 CH-4031 Basel Switzerland www.anaesthesia.ch/mbl
FRIDAY, February 6, 2009 (Morning Session) 08.15 Registration in the ZLF lobby Session I: Moderator: Labor Analgesia C. Kern 09.00 09.15 Welcome/Introduction D. Scheidegger Basel, Switzerland 09.15 09.45 Regional Analgesia and Labor Outcome: D. Benhamou Are We Really Safe? Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France 09.45 10.15 The Pain of Labor, a Midwife s S. Brailey Perspective Spiegel b. Bern, Switzerland 10.15 10.45 Post-Dural Puncture Headache: R. Smiley What s New, if Anything? New York, NY, USA 10.45 11.15 Coffee break 11.15 11.45 Analgesic Adjuvants for P. Lavand homme Neuraxial Analgesia during Labor Brussels, Belgium 11.45 12.15 Epidural Equinox: L. Tsen Is Your Epidural Technique Optimized? Boston, MA, USA 12.15 13.00 Discussion with all speakers
FRIDAY, February 6, 2009 (Afternoon Session) Session II: Obstetric Emergencies Moderator: M. Schneider 14.15 14.45 Predicting Obstetric Emergencies: I. Hösli Reducing Morbidity and Mortality Basel, Switzerland 14.45 15.15 Obstetric Haemorrhage: An Update R. Fernando London, UK 15.15 15.45 What the Anesthesiologist Should Know C. Kern about Preeclampsia and Eclampsia Lausanne, Switzerland 15.45 16.15 Coffee break 16.15 16.45 General Versus Regional Anesthesia for L. Tsen Emergency Caesarean Delivery: Boston, MA, USA Update and Pearls 16.45 17.15 Saving Mothers Lives: D. Benhamou Lesson from the UK and France Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France 17.15 17.45 Discussion with all speakers 17:45 18.30 Guest lecture J. Eisenach Winston-Salem, NC, USA 18.30 Close of scientific session 18.30 Alumni meeting
SATURDAY, February 7, 2009 08.15 08.45 Coffee and croissants Session III: Tomorrow s Perspective Moderator: T. Girard 08.45 09.15 The Fault Lies Not in Our Stars but in Ourselves: R. Smiley Pharmacogenetics in Pregnancy and Anesthesia New York, NY, USA 09.15 09.45 Prediction of Severe Pain after Cesarean Delivery P. Lavand homme Brussels, Belgium 09.45 10.15 Painless after Delivery Clues to Preventing J. Eisenach Chronic Pain after Injury Winston-Salem, NC, USA 10.15 10.45 Does Anesthesia Harm the Developing P. Amorim Fetal Brain? Porto, Portugal 10.45 11.15 Cardiac Output Monitoring during R. Fernando Caesarean Section London, UK 11.15 11.35 Discussion with all speakers 11.35 Close of scientific session
Faculty (in alphabetical order): Pedro Amorim, MD, Associate Professor, Chief of Service, Serviço de Anestesiologia, Hospital Geral de Santo António, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, Porto, Portugal Dan Benhamou, MD, Professor, Head of Department, Département d Anesthésie- Réanimation, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France Sue Brailey, BA Social Science, RN, RM, Midwife Lecturer, Bern University of Applied Science, Health, Spiegel b. Bern, Switzerland James C. Eisenach, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Physiology & Pharmacology, Editor-In-Chief, Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Roshan Fernando, MD, Consultant Anaesthetist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Anaesthesia, University College Hospitals, London, UK Thierry Girard, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland Irène Hösli, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Women s Hospital, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland Christian Kern, MD, Professor and Chairman, Unité d Anesthésie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland Patricia M. Lavand homme, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Anesthesiology Department, St. Luc Hospital Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium Daniel Scheidegger, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Anesthesia, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland Markus C. Schneider, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland Richard Smiley, MD, PhD, Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Chief, Obstetric Anesthesia, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA Lawrence C. Tsen, MD, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Co-Editor-In-Chief, International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION Sponsor: Department of Anesthesia University Hospital Basel Basel, Switzerland Address for 29 th MBL International Postgraduate Course Correspondence: Department of Anesthesia University Hospital Basel CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland Phone: +41 [0] 61 265 72 54 Fax: +41 [0] 61 265 73 20 E-mail: anaesthesie@uhbs.ch Website: http://www.anaesthesia.ch/mbl Language: On-line Registration: English (no simultaneous translation will be available) http://www.anaesthesia.ch/mbl On-site Registration begins on Friday, February 6 th at 8:15 a.m. in the lobby Registration and of the «Zentrum für Lehre und Forschung» (ZLF), Hebelstrasse 20. Information: The registration and information desk will be open during the entire proceedings. Registration Fee: Lunch Ticket: The cost of the course is CHF 300. if paid by January 24, 2009. After this date, registration fee will be CHF 400.. Students pay 50% of the regular registration fee (only applicable with proof of student status). Payment should be made in Swiss francs by using the enclosed payment slip or via e-banking to Credit Suisse, CH-8070 Zurich, Switzerland, in favor of «Verein zur Foerderung von Wissenschaft und Ausbildung am Departement Anaesthesie der Universitaet Basel» (IBAN: CH12 0483 5060 1315 8100 0, SWIFT/BIC: CRESCHZZ40A). Note: Credit cards cannot be accepted for the registration fee Your registration will be acknowledged after we receive payment notification from the bank. Lunch tickets for Friday are available for CHF 30. and should be included with your registration fee. A limited number of tickets will be available for purchase at the registration desk. Buffet Dinner: A buffet dinner will be served in the Holsteinerhof (Hebelstrasse 30) of the University Hospital Basel for faculty and participants immediately after the last session on Friday. The cost of CHF 50. should be included with your registration fee if you plan to attend. Limited space available.
Swiss Credit Points: SSAR/SGAR: 12 points SGI: Session I = 4 points, Session II = 2 points, and Session III = 3 points Hotel Reservations: Basel Tourismus, Phone: +41 [0] 61 268 68 68 or http://www.baseltourismus.ch Venue: Travel to Basel: Car Parks: Auditorium University Hospital Basel Congress Center Zentrum für Lehre und Forschung (ZLF) Hebelstrasse 20 CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland Phone +41 [0] 61 265 26 10 Basel can be reached easily by road, rail, or air. It has Swiss (SBB), French (SNCF) and German (DB) railway stations and an inter national airport (Basel-Mulhouse) with connections to most European cities. City Parking on Klingelbergstrasse/Schanzenstrasse has a pedestrian entry/exit at Hebelstrasse 20.