2015 APSR Congress

Scientific programme

This page has been reproduced from the website of the
2015 APSR Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3-6 December 2015.

Workshops

• Participants attending the Respiratory Neurobiology and Sleep Workshop will be awarded 6 CPD points under the MMC CPD Grading System.
• Participants attending the other Workshops will be awarded 4 CPD points under the MMC CPD Grading System.

Workshop 1: Smoking Cessation

Time
0800-0830	Registration
0830-0900	Updates in Global Tobacco Control – Hayden McRobbie (New Zealand)
0900-0930	Tobacco and the lungs – Helmy Haja Mydin (Malaysia)
0930-1000	Smoking cessation therapies – Nurhayati Mohd Marzuki (Malaysia)/td>
1000-1030	Coffee break
1030-1100	The challenges of implementing a smoking cessation service – Suthat Rungruanghiranya (Thailand)
1100-1130	Motivational Interviewing – Amer Siddiq Amer Nordin
1130-1200	How to deal with the recalcitrant smoker – Wee Lei Hum (Malaysia)
1200-1230	The role of ecigarettes in smoking cessation – Hayden McRobbie (New Zealand)
1230-1330	Lunch

Workshop 2: Interstitial Lung Disease

Time
1330-1400	Approach to the patient with ILD – John Simpson (UK)
1400-1430	Pulmonary function testing in ILD diagnostic and prognostic indicators – Takashi Ogura (Japan)
1430-1500	Interpreting CT scans in ILD – Masashi Takahashi (Japan)
1500-1530	Histopathology of ILD – Nor Salmah Bakar (Malaysia)
1530-1600	Coffee break
1600-1630	Pulmonary hypertension secondary to ILD – Sundari Ampikaipakan (Malaysia)
1630-1700	Advances in the treatment of ILD – Masahito Ebina (Japan)
1700-1730	Diagnostic pitfalls of sarcoidosis – John Simpson (UK)

Workshop 3 & 4: Bronchoscopy and Interventional techniques

Time	Part 1
0800-0810	Course introduction – SiewTeckTie (Malaysia)
0810-0840	Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy and related techniques in the diagnosis of peripheral lung nodule – Chung Ming Chu (Hong Kong)
0840-0910	Conventional TBNA Is there a role in the era of EBUS? – Jamsak Tscheikuna (Thailand)
0910-0940	EBUS TBNA Tips to improve the yield – Takehiro Izumo (Japan)
0940-1010	Airway debulking Which is the best option? – Jamalul Azizi Abdul Rahaman (Malaysia)
1010-1030	Coffee break
1030-1100	Airway stenting in malignant obstruction – Hideo Saka (Japan)
1100-1130	Airway stenting in benign stricture – Philip Eng (Singapore)
1130-1200	Role of navigational bronchoscopy in the surgical management of lung cancer – Calvin Ng (Hong Kong)
1200-1240	Industry-sponsored Symposium (Sponsored by Boston Scientific) Bronchial Thermoplasty How I do it – Gerald Cox (Canada)
1240-1340	Lunch

Time	Part 2
1340-1700	Bronchial thermoplasty – Gerald Cox (Canada) Rigid Bronchoscopy and airway stenting – Hideo Saka (Japan) EBUS-TBNA Tips to improve the diagnostic yield – Takehiro Izumo (Japan) Navigational Bronchoscopy – Chung-Ming Chu (Hong Kong) Endobronchial debulking – Jamalul Azizi Rahaman (Malaysia)

Workshop 5 & 6: Thoracic Ultrasound & Pleuroscopy

Time	Part 1
0800-0830	Registration
0830-0900	Thoracic ultrasound imaging Introductionand normal anatomy – Anushya Vijayanathan (Malaysia)
0900-0930	Thoracic ultrasound imaging Effusion Infection Pleural thickening Lymph nodes Lung masses – Anushya Vijayanathan (Malaysia)
0930-1000	Medical Pleuroscopy Introduction – Anantham Devanand (Singapore)/td>
1000-1030	Coffee break
1030-1100	Flexible pleuroscopy How I do it – Pyng Lee (Singapore)
1100-1130	Rigid pleuroscopy How I do it – Anantham Devanand (Singapore)
1130-1200	Indwelling Pleural Catheter (IPC) – Hilmi Lockman (Malaysia)
1200-1230	Q & A
1230-1330	Lunch

Time	Part 2
1330-1700	Practical Session 3 groups Ultrasound/IPC/ Thoracoscopy – Pyng Lee (Singapore) – Anushya Vijayanathan (Malaysia) – Anantham Devanand (Singapore) – Hilmi Lockman (Malaysia) – Mohd Arif Mohd Zim (Malaysia) – Fauzi Md Anshar (Malaysia) – Razul Md Nazri Md Kassim (Malaysia)

Workshop 7 & 8: Respiratory Neurobiology & Sleep (6 CPD points)

Time
0800-0820	Registration
0820-0830	Welcome speech – Ahmad Izuanuddin Ismail (Malaysia)
0830-0920	Updates on Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders in International Classification of Sleep disorders 3rd Edition – Kazuo Chin (Japan)
0920-1010	Polysomnographic assessment of SDB (OSA, CSA, Sleep-Related Hypoventilation in ICSD3) – Naricha Chirakalwasan (Thailand)
1010-1040	Coffee break
1040-1130	Sleep-Disordered Breathing in children and its effects – David Gozal (USA)
1130-1220	Clinical & Practical Pearls (1) Case discussion on Central Sleep Apnoea and therapy – David Gozal (USA)
1220-1400	Lunch
1400-1450	Clinical & Practical Pearls (2) Case discussion on Excessive Daytime Sleepiness – Naricha Chirakalwasan (Thailand)
1450-1540	Advances in management of Sleep Disordered Breathing – Atul Malhotra (USA)
1540-1630	Clinical & Practical Pearls (3) Case discussion on Parasomnia – Syed Hassan Syed Ahmad Almashoor (Malaysia)

Workshop 10: Non-Invasive Ventilation

Time
1330-1400	The basics of NIV – Stefano Nava (Italy) rd
1400-1430	How to improve patientventilator synchrony – Stefano Nava (Italy)
1430-1445	Q & A
1445-1515	Noninvasive ventilation in children Evidence-based considerations – David Gozal (USA)
1515-1545	How to set NIV in acute respiratory failure – Stefano Nava (Italy)
1545-1600	Coffee break
1600-1730	Illustrative Case Discussions Mask selection and fitting, Ventilator settings, and troubleshooting – Stefano Nava (Italy) – David Gozal (USA) – Asiah Kassim (Malaysia)