Venue Information for participants
Please be informed that the venue of the NYSORA Symopsium is as below:
12 Jan 08 - Symposium
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibtion Centre, Level 4, Room 401
13 Jan 08 - Workshops
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibtion Centre, Level 4, Room 404-410
Kindly use the Harbour Road Entrace (commonly referred to as Old Wing). Please download the HKCEC map for reference and more information.
About NYSORA Symposium
NYSORA presents the 2nd Pan-Asian Symposium on Regional anesthesia and Pain Medicine. The symposium is scheduled to take place on January 12-13, 2008 in Hong Kong, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The Symposium will focus on the recent advances in regional anesthesia and pain management. Leaders and experts in regional anesthesia and pain medicine will share their knowledge and wealth of experience in these rapidly evolving fields of anesthesia. The Symposium will not only highlight the trends and developments in neuraxial anesthesia and peripheral nerve blockade, but will also present latest techniques in pharmacologic and interventional pain management.
The NYSORA Symposium is a CME accredited course and certificates will be awarded to the delegates at the end of the meeting. Attendance of the Symposium on Saturday, January 12, 2008 will be awarded 7½ CME/CPD points; and attendance of the Workshops on Sunday, January 13, 2008 will be awarded 5¼ CME/CPD points.
NYSORAasia promises that the Symposium will boost exchange of clinical experience among the experts and delegates and will provide an enriching experience to all.
Why attend NYSORA Symposium?
The NYSORA symposium will focus on some of the fascinating areas of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and provide an update on:
- Continuous nerve blockade
- Value of monitoring during peripheral nerve blockade
- Recent advances and future of regional anesthesia
- Management of regional anesthesia in an anticoagulated patient
- Practical aspects of regional anesthesia in children
- Importance, utility and training requirements for ultrasound guided nerve blocks
- Local anesthetics and additives for nerve blocks
- Place of regional anesthesia in outcome
- Techniques of single-injection and continuous upper and lower extremity blocks
- Management of paravertebral and thoracic epidural blocks
- Role of novel drugs and drug delivery systems for acute pain management
- Acute pain management in children and adolescents
