British Hyperbaric Association 2008 Annual Meeting, Aberdeen.

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Scientific Programme

The presentations given are published here until the end of the year, for personal use. Please contact the respective speaker for other uses.

Friday 21st November Aberdeen University's conference facility
09:50	Welcome	John Ross
10:00	Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - The London experience	Elliott Singer
10:30	An introduction to health technology assessment	Norman Waugh
11:30	A review of the clinical and cost effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen	Karen Macpherson
12:30	Practical participation in clinical trials of hyperbaric oxygen therapy	Mark Glover
14:00	Does hyperbaric oxygen help patients after treatment of head and neck cancer? HOPON Trial	Richard Shaw
15:00	Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for Malignant External Otitis: a seventeen patient case series	Hugh Wright
16:00	Does hyperbaric oxygen help patients with bowel complications of pelvic radiotherapy?	John Yarnold

Saturday 3rd November Aberdeen University's conference facility
09:00	The Pathophysiology of Decompression Illness as the Basis for its Treatment	Richard Moon
10:00	Evidence for the efficacy of treatment in decompression illness	John Ross
11:00	Treatment of commercial divers with decompression illness - The SUT initiative	Martin Sayer
12:00	Dealing with Legionella	Stephen Roberts
12:30	Dive to fit	Donald Thomas
14:00	How much do recreational divers learn about decompression illness?	Paul Haynes
14:30	Diving after a poke in the eye	Chris Williams
15:30	Hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of a case of presumed radiation induced optic nerve neuropathy	Clare Johnston
16:00	Oxygen fits during treatment of DCI	Phil Lonsdale
16:30	A new hyperbaric ventilator: early experience and some problems	Pietar Bothma

Sunday 4th November Liberty Safe Work Reserch Centre, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
09:30	BHA AGM
Visits to the Aberdeen Hyperbaric Unit are available on request following closure of the AGM