Forthcoming meetings
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Better Care for Children and Adults with epilepsy, 4th and 5th September 2002
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
BETTER CARE FOR CHILDREN
AND ADULTS WITH EPILEPSY – A CONSENSUS CONFERENCE
to be held at
Queen Mother Conference Centre, Royal College of Physicians, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh
Wednesday, 4th & Thursday, 5th September 2002
Speakers include
M J Brodie
(Glasgow); D W Chadwick (Liverpool); J S Duncan (Gerrards Cross); R Duncan (Glasgow); S Duncan (Salford); C D Ferrie (Leeds); J H Livingston (Leeds); T R Martland (Manchester); M O’Regan (Glasgow); J M Rennie (Leeds); R C Roberts (Dundee); G W Rylance (Birmingham); S D Shorvon (London); J Toland (Dunfermline); W P A Whitehouse (Nottingham);
During the two day conference, a multidisciplinary panel chaired by
Dr David Bates, Consultant Neurologist, Royal Victoria Hospital, Newcastle, will use evidence from presentations and discussion to address the following key questions:
 | Who should make the diagnosis of epilepsy and what investigations should be done in children and adults? |
| Should first line treatment of epilepsy be different between males & females? |
| What is the role of polytherapy in the treatment of epilepsy? |
| How should serial seizures & status epilepticus be treated? |
Abstracts
Abstracts are invited for poster presentation and should be submitted to the Conference Secretariat by
Friday, 29 March 2002Registration details from:
Mrs Margaret Farquhar, Consensus Conference Co-ordinator, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ
TEL: + 44 (0) 131 247 3636 FAX: +44 (0) 131 220 4393
Email: m.farquhar@rcpe.ac.uk
http://www.rcpe.ac.uk/events.html http://www.rcpe.ac.uk/better_care.html