Bench to bedside: Nutritional and metabolic manipulation in the critically ill
Tuesday 25 September 2007
Venue: 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
The aim of this symposium is to examine various aspects of nutrition in critically ill patients. This is a field in which there have been important advances in research, leading to a better understanding of the nutritional and metabolic demands of the critically ill and new approaches to management. The meeting is part of the RSM's Bench to Bedside series, in which advances in basic and clinical research and their translation into clinical practice are examined.
Registration Details:
Fellow: £125
Non-Fellow: £225
Associate: £125
Retired Fellow: £75
Allied Health Professional: £125
Nurse: £125
RSM Student Member (limited first 10 applicants): £25
CPD (Applied for): 5 credits
9.30 am |
Registration and coffee |
9.55 am |
Welcome address |
| Dr John Scadding, Dean, Royal Society of Medicine | |
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Session One |
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| Chair:Professor Marinos Elia, Institute of Human Nutrition, Southampton | |
10.00 am |
Protein requirements; consequence of immobility |
| Dr Gianni Biolo, Department of Clinical, Morphological and Technological Sciences, University of Trieste | |
10.25 am |
Questions |
10.30 am |
Energy and protein - how much should we give? |
| Dr Mike Stroud, Institute of Human Nutrition, Southampton | |
10.55 am |
Questions |
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Session Two |
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| Chair:Dr Mike Stroud, Institute of Human Nutrition, Southampton | |
11.20 am |
Rebuilding muscle: restoration harder than new-build? |
| Professor Michael Rennie, Professor of Clinical Physiology, University of Nottingham | |
11.45 am |
Questions |
11.50 am |
Glutamine |
| Professor Richard Griffiths, University of Liverpool | |
12.15 pm |
Questions |
12.20 pm |
Open discussion |
12.35 pm |
Lunch |
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Session Three |
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| Chair:Dr Paul Clayton, Visiting Fellow, Oxford Brookes University | |
1.35 pm |
Nutritional priming of innate immunity |
| Dr Jun Yan, U.Louisville | |
1.55 pm |
Questions |
2.00 pm |
Nutritional support of the immune system |
| Professor Philip Calder, Institute of Human Nutrition, University of Southampton | |
2.25 pm |
Questions |
2.30 pm |
Glycaemic control in critical ill patients |
| Professor Greet van den Berghe, Belgium | |
2.55 pm |
Questions |
3.00 pm |
Tea |
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Session Four |
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| Chair:Professor Richard Griffiths, University of Liverpool | |
3.30 pm |
Antioxidants: do they have a place treatment? |
| Professor Alan Shenkin, Professor of Clinical Chemistry, University of Liverpool | |
3.55 pm |
Questions |
4.00 pm |
Open discussion |
4.30 pm |
Close meeting |
