The ESSIC Annual Meeting 2012 wild be held in Porto, Portugal, 10-12 May 2012.
President of the Meeting: Paulo Dinis.
Latest update: 3 Februari 2012
added speakers for the Friday 11 May session on epigenetics
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Preliminary information, further details will follow shortly
Venue: Hotel in or near the centre of Porto.
Registration: a link to the registration page will follow shortly.
Accreditation: CME accreditation for the meeting is in preparation.
Information on Porto: New York Times article on Porto |
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Speakers are only mentioned if they have confirmed their participation.
Thursday 10 May 2012
13.00-13.10 Introduction pain meeting concept. [speaker]
13.10-15.30 Harmonization of guidelines and nomenclature: presentations from USA, Asia and Europe, with a 40 min discussion. P Hanno, T Ueda, M Fall, A Baranowski
15.30-16.00 coffee break
16.00-17.30 Phenotyping and future plans for studies. Interactive discussion.
[speakers]. Moderator: J Nordling
17.30-18.00 Research presentations (1)
Dinner in a fish restaurant
Friday 11 May 2012
08.00-09.00 ESSIC General Assemby Meeting (for full members only).
09.00-10.30 Workshop on afferent processing from the periphery to the central nervous system in BPS. LA Birder LA, MO Fraser, [speaker]
10.30-11.00 coffee break
11.00-11.30 New approaches for studying mechanisms underlying afferent sensitization and pelvic pain. AJ Kanai
11.30-12.30 Epigenetic and molecular alterations in the bladder wall in BPS: an interactive presentation with clinical and molecular biologicic views. FC Burkhard, K Monastyrskaja
12.30-13.30 lunch
13.30-13.45 Pain from patient perspective. JM Meijlink
13.45-14.00 Social costs of BPS. [speaker]
14.00-15.00 Clinical perspectives: evaluation and treatment, including physical therapy and future targets (1) [speakers]
15.00-15.30 coffee break
15.30-16.00 Clinical perspectives: cont'd (2) [speakers]
16.00-18.00 Research presentations (2).
Boat dinner
Saturday 12 May 2012
ESSIC Course on Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Bladder Pain Syndrome
Welcome. J Nordling
09.00-09.20 Nomenclature, Definition, Epidemiology (prevalence, prognosis). P Hanno
Diagnosis and confusable diseases: patient evaluation.
09.20-09.35 Diagnosis: history, questionnaires and voiding diary, physical exam and pelvic floor evaluation. J Nordling
09.35-09.50 Diagnosis: endoscopic findings; Pathology. M Fall
09.50-10.05 Additional diagnostic procedures: urodynamics, vulvoscopy, laparoscopy, KCl testing, biomarkers, pain mapping. M Cervigni
10.05-10.20 Criteria and confusable diseases. Associated disorders. J.P. van de Merwe
10.20-10.30 Questions. Moderator: Paulo Dinis
10.30-10.50 coffee break
Management
10.50-11.05 Principles of management. P Hanno
11.05-11.20 Conservative: behavioral modification, sexual and psychological counseling, stress reduction, diet, physiotherapy, OTC medications. [speaker]
11.20-11.40 Oral therapy including pain management. [speaker]
11.40-12.00 Intravesical, intradetrusor therapy; neuromodulation (TENS, PTNS, Interstim). [speaker]
12.00-12.20 Treatment of Hunners lesion. M Fall
12.20-12.40 Surgery diversion, cystectomy, substitution cystoplasty. J Nordling
12.40-12.50 Treatment algorithm and future perspectives. P Hanno
12.50-13.00 Questions. Moderator: Paulo Dinis
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NEW - 27 September 2011
The Bladder Pain/Interstitial Cystitis Symptom Score (BPIC-SS)
The Bladder Pain/ Interstitial Cystitis Symptom Score (BPIC-SS) is a reliable, valid and discriminative screening tool which might aid identification of BPS patients for inclusion in trials.
Copies of the BPIC-SS, including translations, will be available free of charge.
Humphrey L, Arbuckle R, Moldwin R, Nordling J, van de Merwe JP, Meunier J, Crook
T, Abraham L. The bladder pain/interstitial cystitis symptom score: development, validation, and identification of a cut score. Eur Urol 2012;61:271-9.
Click here for a review copy of the BPIC-SS. |
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