EPUAP Conference 2011
As we approach the summer months, this year's EPUAP conference is getting closer! Soon we will be meeting in Oporto, Portugal (August 31 to September 2) and this newsletter brings an update of the conference programme as it stands today. There will no doubt be additions as the conference gets closer – more speakers, new symposia and additional opportunities to keep abreast of pressure ulcer research and clinical developments.
Fourteenth Annual European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Meeting
Pressure Ulcer Research Achievements Translated to Clinical Guidelines
31st August – 2nd September, 2011; Oporto-Portugal
Wednesday, August 31st
10.00 – 13.00 Registration, setting up of posters, check in Powerpoint presentations to Audio Visual staff
Auditorium
Chair – Dr Cees W.J. Oomens, The Netherlands, President of EPUAP
13.00 – 13.15 Conference opening ceremony – Dr Cees W.J. Oomens,
Theme – Pressure ulcers the clinical and financial problem
13.15 – 13.45 Epidemiology of pressure ulcers in Portugal – the current position
Paulo Alves, Gaia, Portugal
13.45 – 14.15 Pressure ulcers: the economic impact
José Verdú Soriano, Pain
14.15 – 14.45 The cost of pressure ulcer prevention and treatment in intensive care units.
Melanie Andrade, Portugal
14.45 – 15.15 The economic impact of repositioning to prevent pressure ulcers
Dr Zena Moore, Dublin, Ireland
15.15 – 16.00 Poster viewing
16.00 – 16.45 Coffee and exhibition viewing
16.45 – 17.15 Introduction to the investigator awards
Prof. Amit Gefen, Israel (Chair)
17.15 – 17.45 EPUAP Established Investigator Award Lecturer
Pressure Ulcers – Can biomechanical research inform clinical practice?
Professor Dan Bader, Southampton, UK
17.45 – 18.15 EPUAP Novice Investigator Award:
Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Evidence-Based tool development and tailored protocol implementation to improve clinical practice
Dimitri Beeckman, London, UK
18.30 – 19.30 Welcome drinks reception and exhibition opening
Thursday, September 1st
Morning sessions
08.30 Coffee and exhibition viewing
Auditorium
Theme – Pressure ulcers – scientific developments
9.00 – 10.00 Mathematical models to describe wound healing and wound contraction
Prof Fred Vermolen, Delft, The Netherlands
10.00 – 10.30 Wound models in monolayer cell cultures, quantitative analysis of cell kinematics
Prof Amit Gefen, Tel Aviv, Israel
10.30 – 11.00 Elastography and fragile tissues
Prof Lynne Bilston, New South Wales, Australia
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee and exhibition viewing
Parallel sessions
Room A4 (200 people capacity )
11.30 – 12.30 Industry introductions
Room A4 (200 people capacity )
12.30 – 14.00 Hill Rom Workshop
Developments in microclimate management
Room B4 (200 people capacity)
12.30 – 13.30 Free papers 1
Room HT (100 people capacity)
12.30 -13.30 Pressure Ulcer Classification workshop
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch and exhibition viewing
13.30 – 13.45 EPUAP Annual General Meeting
Afternoon sessions
Auditorium
Announcement of poster winner
Theme – Pressure ulcer assessment & treatment
14.30 – 15.00 Pressure ulcer assessment
Prof Marco Romanelli, Pisa, Italy
15.00 – 15.30 Tissue engineered skin for pressure ulcer treatment and repair
Dr Sue Gibbs, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Parallel sessions
Room HT
14.30 – 15.30 Randomised controlled trial workshop: Design considerations in RCTs and case study series
Prof Jane Nixon, Leeds, England
Room A4
14.30 – 16.00 Stryker symposium
Room B4
14.30 – 15.30 Free papers 2
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee and exhibition viewing
Parallel sessions
Auditorum
Theme – Pressure ulcers in the paediatric population
16.00 – 16.20 From the neonate to the young person – the development of the skin. Dr Ana Garrido, Portugal
16.20 -16.40 The prevalence of pressure ulcers in paediatric care
Dr Guido Ciprandi, Rome, Italy
16.40 – 17.00 Validation and implementation of Braden Q
Cristina Miguins ( Portugal)
Room A4
17.00 – 18.00 Student Paper competition 1
Room B4
17.00 – 18.00 Student Paper competition 2
Room HT
17.00 – 18.00 Free papers 3
Auditorium
17.00-18.00 Free paper 4
Conference dinner, presentation of poster winner, novice and established investigator awards by the President of EPUAP
Friday, September 2nd
Morning sessions
Parallel sessions
Auditorium
Theme – Pressure ulcers – repositioning
09.00 – 09.15 Biomechanics of the heel
Prof Amit Gefen, Israel
09.15 – 9.35 Pressure ulcer prevention: Different lying positions and their effects on tissue blood flow and skin temperature in elderly patients while lying on a pressure reducing mattress.
Ulrika Kallman, Boras, Sweden
09.35 – 10.05 Repositioning the clinical perspective
Paulo Alves, Gaia, Portugal
10.05 – 10.20 The effectiveness of repositioning in preventing pressure ulcers
Prof Katrein Vanderwee, Belgium
Room B4
9.00 – 10.15 Oral poster session 1
Room A4
9.00-10.15 Free Papers 5
Room HT
9.00-10.15 Pressure Ulcer Classification workshop
10.15 – 11.00 Coffee and exhibition viewing
Parallel Sessions
Auditorium
Theme – Pressure ulcer debridement revisited
11.00 – 11.15 Debridement revisited – Trudie Young, Wales, UK
11.15 – 11.30 Debridement and biofilms – Prof Christina Lindholm, Sweden
11.30 – 11.45 Debridement with larval therapy Gwendoline Cazander, The Netherlands
11.45 – 12.15 Mechanical and ultrasonic debridement Prof David Gray, Scotland
Room B4
11.00 – 12.00 Free Papers 6
Room A4
11.00 – 12.30 Smith & Nephew symposium – The human and economic costs of wound management
12.00 – 13.30 Lunch and exhibition viewing
Afternoon sessions
Parallel sessions
Auditorium
Theme – Pressure ulcer innovations and guideline implementation
13.00 – 13.30 The implementation of innovation in clinical practice
Dr Lisette Schoonhoven, The Netherlands
13.30 – 14.00 Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment guideline implementation process – Betsie van Gaal, The Netherlands
14.00 – 14.30 The implementation of NPUAP/EPUAP guidelines on a national level in Sweden – Lena Gunningberg, Sweden
Room A4
13.00 -14.00 Poster oral session 2
Room HT
13.00 -14.00 Pressure Ulcer Classification workshop
Parallel sessions
Auditorium
Theme – Pressure ulcer
14.00 – 14.15 Final version of PU-QOL: a patient-reported outcome measure of health-related quality of life for patients with pressure ulcers – Claudia Gorecki, UK
14.15 – 14.30 Pressure ulcer pain prevalence in community populations prevalence survey – Prof. Jane Nixon
14.30 – 14.45 Do organisations cause pressure ulcers – Lisa Pinkney, UK
14.45 – 15.00 A systematic review of pressure ulcer risk factors – Susanne Coleman, UK
Room B4
14.00 – 15.00 Free papers 7
15.00 – 15.30 Coffee and exhibition viewing
Auditorium
Theme – Pressure ulcer innovations – the future
15.30 – 16.00 The role of neuromuscular electrical stimulation in pressure ulcer prevention, Dr Kath Bogie, Cleveland, USA
16.00 – 16.30 The role of the microclimate in new innovations, Prof Michael Clark, Wales, UK
16.30 – 17.00 The role of stochastic resonance in wound healing, tbc
17.00 – 17.30 Innovative textiles in pressure ulcer prevention, Miguel Carvalho,
17.30 Close of conference and next conference promotion
