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Complex Crystal Arthritis
Overview
The Complex Crystal Arthritis course offers a programme full of content for all rheumatology professionals.
Date: 17 January 2020
Venue: BCEC, Birmingham
CPD: 5
The course will provide delegates with an educational update on topics such as gout as well as the chance to exchange best practice with peers through an interactive discussion of challenging real-life clinical cases.
With a programme packed full of speakers who are leaders in their field of rheumatology, this is the perfect setting to learn from the experts and have the opportunity to ask those all-important questions.
Who should attend?
This one-day course is ideally suited to GPs, consultant rheumatologists, trainees and physicians in other specialties.
Objectives:
Awareness of latest evidence informing optimum urate-lowering therapy and learning how to achieve it in clinical practice
How to manage gout in patients with complex comorbidities such as chronic kidney disease, organ transplantation and cardiovascular disease
Awareness of therapeutic options for gout treatment (other than allopurinol) including febuxostat and uricosuric drugs
Understand role of ultrasound and dual-energy CT (DECT) in diagnosis of crystal arthritis, specific imaging features and diagnostic utility
Understand which metabolic conditions predispose to calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition and which patients should be screened for these
Understand options for pharmacological management of complex calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition
Book
Book your place now on our Complex Crystal Arthritis course
Member rates
Level 1
Consultant, allied specialty consultant, clinical academic and Pharma representatives
£195
Level 2
Rheumatology specialty trainee, foundation trainee, GP, non-clinical scientist, research fellow and specialty doctor
£145
Level 3
Health professional, nurse, charity representative, student and retired
£110
Prices do not include VAT, accommodation or travel.
Non-member rates
Level 1
Consultant, allied specialty consultant, clinical academic and Pharma representatives
£295
Level 2
Rheumatology specialty trainee, foundation trainee, GP, non-clinical scientist, research fellow and specialty doctor
£220
Level 3
Health professional, nurse, charity representative, student and retired
£165
Prices do not include VAT, accommodation or travel.
Programme
Friday 17 January
Morning sessions
09.15-14.00
Includes managing gout and uricosuric drugs sessions
Time
Session title
Speakers
09.15-09.45
Refreshments
09.45-10.00
Welcome and introduction
Dr Edward Roddy
10.00-10.30
Evidence-based urate-lowering therapy: what is it and how is it achieved?
Michelle Hui
10.30-11.15
Managing gout in chronic kidney disease and organ transplant recipients
Dr Edward Roddy
11.15-11.45
Refreshments
11.45-12.15
Febuxostat: effectiveness and safety in clinical practice
Dr Philip Riches
12.15-12.45
Uricosuric drugs: when, how and which one?
Dr Edward Roddy
12.45-13.15
Advanced imaging in crystal arthritis
Dr Richard Wakefield
13.15-14.00
Lunch
Afternoon sessions
14.00-16.00
Includes complex cases and panel discussion
Time
Session title
Speakers
14.00-14.30
Metabolic predisposition in calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition: who to screen, when and for what?
Dr Pascal Richette
14.30-15.00
Pharmacological management of calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition
Dr Abhishek Abhishek
15.00-16.00
Complex cases and panel discussion
Dr Abhishek Abhishek, Dr Michelle Hui, Dr Pascal Richette & Dr Edward Roddy
16.00
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Programme and speakers are subject to change.