New in 2010:
Pre-workshop educational course for practicing clinicians
Pre-workshop educational course for practicing clinicians
BASICS IN MANAGEMENT OF LIVER DISEASE
We are delighted to introduce this year a new feature, the pre-workshop educational course for practicing clinicians. This very clinically oriented course will provide a comprehensive update of current topics fundamental to the optimal care of co-infected patients. It will be held Monday morning preceding the workshop opening.
PROGRAM
Monday, 31 May
| 08:30 - 9:00 | How to evaluate elevated liver enzymes? (Development of practical algorithms for liver disease workup as well as introduction to aldifferential diagnosis) (K. Sherman) |
| 09:00 - 9:30 | How to assess liver fibrosis stage? (including role and value of liver biopsy and non.-invasive markers for fibrosis assessment) (V. Soriano) |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Management of end-stage liver disease (including aszites, varices and portal hypertension management along the current guidelines in place) (M. Puoti) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 11:15 |
Clinical cases hepatitis B +/- HIV coinfection (M. Nelson) |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Clinical cases hepatitis C +/- HIV coinfection (J. Rockstroh) |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | State of the art: Management of chronic hepatitis B and C (D.Dieterich) |
This course is free of charge for workshop participants. To register, select the checkbox "Pre-workshop educational course" in the registration page.
Participants wishing to attend the pre-workshop educational course only, are kindly invited to register by e-mailing the conference secretariat.
