Venue: Crowne Plaza Mutiara - Kuala Lumpur
Secretariat: Malaysian Association for the Study of Pain
Department of Anaesthesiology
University Malaya Medical Center
50603, Kuala Lumpur
Tel : 603-7950 2052
Fax : 603-7955 6705
Organizer: Malaysian Association for the Study of Pain (MASP)
Website: http://www.masp.org.my

 

Programme Summary 5th December 2007, Wednesday

0800  1200	Pre Congress Workshop #1 Non-Pharmacological Management of Chronic Pain - A Hands-On Workshop ( 19K)
	Pre Congress Workshop #2 Interventional Pain Management - Back & Neck Pain ( 23K)
	Pre Congress Workshop #3 Ultra Sound Guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks ( 27K)
1800	Opening Ceremony
1830	Keynote Address: Global Initiatives Against Pain

6th December 2007, Thursday

0830  0915	Plenary 1: Epidemiology of Pain
0915  1000	Plenary 2: Mechanisms of Chronic Pain
1000  1030	Coffee/Tea Break
1030  1230	Opening Ceremony
10301230	Symposium 1: Epidemiology of Pain In Asia " Singapore " Philippines " India " Malaysia	Symposium 2: Interventions For Acute And Chronic Pain " The place of radiofrequency lesions in chronic pain management " Interventions for cancer pain " Ultrasound guided peripheral nerve blocks " Evidence for the use of Acupuncture in chronic pain
1230  1400	Lunch Symposium
1400  1530	Symposium 3: Neuropathic Pain " Pharmacological Management of Neuropathic Pain  A Mechanism Based Approach " Acute Neuropathic Pain  An Under- Diagnosed Phenomenon? " Management of Post-Spinal Injury Pain	Symposium 4: Pain Medicine " Promoting Pain Medicine As A Specialty " Preventing Burn-Out In Pain Physicians " What Do Numbers Mean? Normative Data In Chronic Pain Measures " Clinical Psychologists In Pain Management - The ASEAN Context
1530  1600	Coffee/Tea Break
1600  1730	Symposium 5: Acute Pain " Evidence Based Management of Postoperative Pain " Pre Hospital Analgesia " Acute Procedural Pain In Children	Symposium 6: Opioids In Cancer Pain " Opioid Pharmacogenetics " Managing Opioid Induced Side Effects " Should Methadone Be More Widely Used In Cancer Pain
1930	Speakers And Organising Committee Dinner

7th December 2007, Friday

0830  0915	Plenary 3: Acute Pain Service - 20 Years On
0915  1000	Plenary 4: Pain Education In ASEAN - The Reality And The Possibilities
1000  1030	Coffee/Tea Break
0800  1200	Symposium 7: Acute Pain Management In Special Populations " Opioid Tolerant Patients " Pregnant Patients " Mentally Challenged Children	Problem Based Session 1 " Management Of Cancer Pain
1200  1430	Lunch & Friday Prayers
1430  1600	Symposium 8: Cancer Pain " Existential Pain: Its Relevance In Cancer Pain Management " Ethical Concerns In Dealing With Cancer Pain " Paracetamol In Cancer Pain	Problem Based Session 2 " Management Of Chronic Low Back Pain
1600  1630	Coffee/Tea Break
1630  1730	Free Paper Presentation 1	Free Paper Presentation 2

8th December 2007, Saturday

0830  0915	Plenary 5: The Challenge of Managing Pain In The Elderly
0915  1000	Plenary 6: Freedom from Pain, A Global Human Right
1000  1030	Coffee/Tea Break
1030  1200	Symposium 9: Pharmacology " The Placebo Effect " New Drug Delivery Systems For Cancer And Non-Cancer Pain " The Role of Ketamine in Pain Management	Symposium 10: Diffuse Pain States " What The Brain Tells The Spinal Cord " Fibromyalgia  A Diffuse Pain State? " Visceral Hyperalgesia  Clinical Implications
1200  1300	Closing Ceremony Followed By Lunch

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