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The Inaugural Meeting of the Asian Society of Paediatric Anaesthesiologists (ASPA) was held o next ASPA meeting is tentatively planned for 12 November 2001 (prior to the ASEAN Meeting) in Cebu, Philippines.
Programme of the Scientic Meeting
Plenary lectures
(i) David Hatch (UK): The Paediatric Anaesthetist: Is There a Need for Formal Recognition?
(ii) Jerry Lerman (Canada): Drugs in Paediatric Anaesthesia: `Classics and New Releases’
Symposium I: Asian potpourri
(i) Wanna Somboonviboon (Thailand): Paediatric Anaesthesia in the Community.
(ii) Samir Girotra (India): The Paediatric Cardiac Patient: Anaesthetic Challenge.
(iii) Iluminada Camagay (Philippine): Conjoined Twins: A Multidisciplinary Challenge.
(iv) Masao Yamashita (Japan): Training and Accreditation of a Paediatric Anaesthesiologist in Japan
Symposium II: Regional anaesthesia in paediatric surgery
(i) Adrian Bosenberg (South Africa): Regional Anaesthesia in Children – Is It Safe?
(ii) Jerry Lerman (Canada): Choice of Agents for Regional Anaesthesia: What is Available Today?
(iii) Adrian Bosenberg (South Africa): A Review of Neuroaxial Blocks in Neonatal Surgery.
Symposium III: Practical update
(i) Felicia Lim (Malaysia): Controversies in Perioperative Feeding of the Paediatric Patient.
(ii) Geok Mui Tan (Singapore): One-Lung Ventilation in Children: Practical Considerations.
(iii) Cindy Aun (Hong Kong): Cuffed Tubes, Low-Flow and Circle Systems: A Revival of Interest?
Problem-based case discussion
(i) David Hatch (UK): A Severely Autistic Child For Dental Extraction.
(ii) Serene Lim (Singapore): A `Floppy Child’ for Muscle Biopsy: Consider Your Options.
(iii) Mohammed Iqbal Memon (Pakistan): Anaphylaxis, Anaphylactoid Reaction or What Was It?
Free papers
(i) Oral presentations (Judges: D. Hatch, J. Lerman, B.C. Ong), nine presentations; (ii) poster presentations (Judges: C. Aun, F. Lim, M. Yamashita), sixteen presentations.
The prize winners were: (oral) Dr Jocelyn C. Que (Manila, Philippines) with the paper entitled `Postoperative analgesia after hypospadias repair: caudal bupivacaine-morphine versus intravenous declofenac-nalbuphine’; (poster) Dr Lakshmi Vas (India) with the poster entitled `Continuous sciatic nerve block in children’.
Executive committee
Anges Ng (Singapore) President; Iluminada T. Camagay (Philippine) President-Elect; Ong Biauw Chi (Singapore) Hon Secretary/Treasurer; Felicia Lim Siew Kiau (Malaysia) Member; Cindy S.T. Aun (Hong Kong) Member; Wanna Somboonviboon (Thailand) Member; Rebecca Jacob (India) Member; Masao Yamashita (Japan) Member; Mohammed Iqbal Memon (Pakistan) Member; Nguyen Thi Quy (Vietnam) Member; Ma Jia Jun (China) Member.
MASAO AAO Y AMASHITA AMASHITA
Executive Committee Member