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ECCC-IPACCMS-WFSICCM 2012 Annual Meeting 4th Asia-Africa World Federation Societies Intensive and Critical Care Medicine Conference
Journal of Critical Care (2012) 27, 518
Editorial
ECCC-IPACCMS-WFSICCM 2012 Annual Meeting 4th Asia-Africa World Federation Societies Intensive and Critical Care Medicine Conference On April 5 to 7, 2012, the ECCC Dubai 2012 hosted the Eighth Emirates Critical Care Conference, 4th Asia-Africa World Federation Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM) Conference, and the 8th International PanArab Critical Care Congress. Leaders from WFSICCM, European Society Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), Neurocritical Care Society (NCC), Society Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), Emirate Intensive Care Society (EICS), and International Pan Arab Critical Care Medicine Society (IPACCMS) with representatives of 40 countries around the globe participated in this successful event. In our fifth consecutive year, the partnership of IPACCMS and WFSICCM grows in the field of education and research, especially in Asia and Africa. The 2012 awards were judged by an international panel consisting of Prof Phillip Dellinger (United States), Dr Christopher Farmer (United States), Dr Mohammad Bahzad (Kuwait), Dr Fekri Abroug (Tunisia), Dr Imad Swaiss (Jordan), Dr Tamer Abdelhak (United States), Dr Abdo Khoury (France), and Dr George AbiSaad (Lebanon). The following abstracts are authored by the winners of the IPACCMS/WFSICCM 2012 awards: Best Physicians Awards: Ibn Sinna Award (1st place) Usefulness and Accuracy of Atropine in Patients with Chronotropic Incompetence and Poor Exercise Capacity During Treadmill Stress test. Mervat M. Khalaf, MDEhab Taha, MBBCh, Gamal Hamed, MD, Sherif Sabry, MD*. Critical Care Department, Cairo University, Egypt; *Critical Care Medicine Department, Banysouif University, Egypt. Al-Razi Award (2nd place) Assessment of Left Ventricular Performance in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
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Rania Rashad, M.Sc, Mervat M. Khalaf, MD, Dalia Ragab, MD, Suzy Fawzy, MD, Wahid Radwan, MD. Critical Care Medicine Department, Cairo University, Egypt. Ibn Haithem Award (3rd place) Partial Hydatiform Mole Along with Alive Newborn: A Case Report. Nawal M. Hubaishi, MRCOG (UK), MFM (Canada) and Fatima Cherifi, MD. Dubai Hospital, Dubai, UAE. Best Students Category Award: (medical, nursing, allied health care study). Ibn Bittar Award. Clinical Parameters Response to Diaphragmatic Training Technique Following Coronary Revascularization. Abeer A. Abdelhamed, MD, Aisha Abdelrahman Alsuwaiji, Azza Fekry, MD*. College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, UAE, *Physiotherapy, Cairo University, Egypt. Best Healthcare Management Award: Ibn Tilmeez Award. Guideline adherence for antithrombotic therapy in acute coronary syndrome: an overview in Emirati hospitals. Eman Abu-Gharbieh, PhD, Doaa Kamal, M.Pharm., Samar Mahmoud, Quratulain Muhammad, Saadia Zuhair and Umama Samahat Syed. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Dubai Pharmacy College, Dubai-UAE. On behalf of the IPACCMS board of directors, we like to acknowledge and thank Prof Philip D. Lumb, Editor-in-Chief and Diane McIntee, Managing Editor of the Journal of Critical Care, and Prof Edgar Jimenez, President WFSICCM for their continuous support in research and education in this part of the world. Khalid Shukri MD Secretary-General International Pan-Arab Critical Care Medicine Society E-mail address: [email protected]
Editorial
ECCC-IPACCMS-WFSICCM 2012 Annual Meeting 4th Asia-Africa World Federation Societies Intensive and Critical Care Medicine Conference On April 5 to 7, 2012, the ECCC Dubai 2012 hosted the Eighth Emirates Critical Care Conference, 4th Asia-Africa World Federation Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM) Conference, and the 8th International PanArab Critical Care Congress. Leaders from WFSICCM, European Society Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), Neurocritical Care Society (NCC), Society Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), Emirate Intensive Care Society (EICS), and International Pan Arab Critical Care Medicine Society (IPACCMS) with representatives of 40 countries around the globe participated in this successful event. In our fifth consecutive year, the partnership of IPACCMS and WFSICCM grows in the field of education and research, especially in Asia and Africa. The 2012 awards were judged by an international panel consisting of Prof Phillip Dellinger (United States), Dr Christopher Farmer (United States), Dr Mohammad Bahzad (Kuwait), Dr Fekri Abroug (Tunisia), Dr Imad Swaiss (Jordan), Dr Tamer Abdelhak (United States), Dr Abdo Khoury (France), and Dr George AbiSaad (Lebanon). The following abstracts are authored by the winners of the IPACCMS/WFSICCM 2012 awards: Best Physicians Awards: Ibn Sinna Award (1st place) Usefulness and Accuracy of Atropine in Patients with Chronotropic Incompetence and Poor Exercise Capacity During Treadmill Stress test. Mervat M. Khalaf, MDEhab Taha, MBBCh, Gamal Hamed, MD, Sherif Sabry, MD*. Critical Care Department, Cairo University, Egypt; *Critical Care Medicine Department, Banysouif University, Egypt. Al-Razi Award (2nd place) Assessment of Left Ventricular Performance in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
0883-9441/$ – see front matter © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2012.07.015
Rania Rashad, M.Sc, Mervat M. Khalaf, MD, Dalia Ragab, MD, Suzy Fawzy, MD, Wahid Radwan, MD. Critical Care Medicine Department, Cairo University, Egypt. Ibn Haithem Award (3rd place) Partial Hydatiform Mole Along with Alive Newborn: A Case Report. Nawal M. Hubaishi, MRCOG (UK), MFM (Canada) and Fatima Cherifi, MD. Dubai Hospital, Dubai, UAE. Best Students Category Award: (medical, nursing, allied health care study). Ibn Bittar Award. Clinical Parameters Response to Diaphragmatic Training Technique Following Coronary Revascularization. Abeer A. Abdelhamed, MD, Aisha Abdelrahman Alsuwaiji, Azza Fekry, MD*. College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, UAE, *Physiotherapy, Cairo University, Egypt. Best Healthcare Management Award: Ibn Tilmeez Award. Guideline adherence for antithrombotic therapy in acute coronary syndrome: an overview in Emirati hospitals. Eman Abu-Gharbieh, PhD, Doaa Kamal, M.Pharm., Samar Mahmoud, Quratulain Muhammad, Saadia Zuhair and Umama Samahat Syed. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Dubai Pharmacy College, Dubai-UAE. On behalf of the IPACCMS board of directors, we like to acknowledge and thank Prof Philip D. Lumb, Editor-in-Chief and Diane McIntee, Managing Editor of the Journal of Critical Care, and Prof Edgar Jimenez, President WFSICCM for their continuous support in research and education in this part of the world. Khalid Shukri MD Secretary-General International Pan-Arab Critical Care Medicine Society E-mail address: [email protected]