Presentations from Trent Spring 2021 Meeting
The Trent Region Spring Meeting 2021 was an education meeting with research presentations and Syncope and BPPV. Some speakers have kindly given us permission to share their slides. Please scroll down to view and download. This content is available to BGS members and non-member attendees only.
Welcome
Welcome from past Chair Dr Mike Azad and current Chair Dr Irfana Musa
Syncope: what you need to know
Syncope: what you need to know
Dr Graham Fancourt, Consultant Physician, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (Retired)
Abstract: In this session we will cover the essentials with regards to Syncope.
Biography: I was appointed as a consultant geriatrician and general physician in 1987. For the last twenty years, I have but worked exclusively in cardiology running the syncope clinic. I retired in 2018.
Fits, Faints, Funny Turns and Fizzio ! (Vestibular Rehabilitation for the Elderly)
Fits, Faints, Funny Turns and Fizzio ! (Vestibular Rehabilitation for the Elderly)
Andrew Clements, Vestibular Physiotherapist, Leicester Balance Centre (UHL NHS Trust)
Visiting Specialist Lecturer (Health Sciences) De Montford University
Private Practitioner (Charnwood Physiotherapy)
Abstract; Dizziness and imbalance are common symptoms, especially in the elderly population. Often the vestibular system is contributing to these symptoms. Vestibular Rehabilitation (exercises) can be useful to address the vestibular component of these symptoms. This presentation gives an overview of this.
Abstract 1: Chronic Medical Conditions and Falls as a risk factor for post-traumatic stress disorder in the elderly - review
Abstract 1: Chronic Medical Conditions and Falls as a risk factor for post-traumatic stress disorder in the elderly - review
Dr Ana Akhtar, Independent researcher, Ireland
Biography: Early stage researcher with an interest in falls and chronic disease conditions in geriatric patients.
Changing concepts of BPPV, PPPD, and vestibular migraine in the elderly
Prof Peter Rea, Consultant ENT Surgeon
Biography: Professor Rea was appointed consultant ENT surgeon in Leicester in 2004. He is a neuro-otologist and specialises in balance disorders and middle and inner ear disease. He is currently President of the British Society of Otology (2020-2022) and was previously Chair of the British Society of Neuro-otology (2013-2019). His undergraduate training was at Cambridge where he obtained first class honours, and at Oxford. His training took him through the major London teaching hospitals, the USA , and a year in Sydney.
He is on the faculty of 7 major national and international congresses and he has run the 3 day Leicester Balance course for 16 years. He lectures and writes widely. His current research projects range from a share of a $2,000,000 grant investigating central processing of balance disorders, through to developing artificial intelligence led diagnostics with IBM.
Abstract: Dizziness and balance disorders are the commonest reasons patients over the age of 75 visit their GP. Yet balance and falls services remained stretched in secondary and tertiary care, with patients often passing through a number of clinics before receiving treatment, if they are lucky enough to be referred in the first place. In this talk I will describe recent developments that offer new “easy wins” for your patients with BPPV; describe the nature of relatively recently defined and common entity causing chronic dizziness, PPPD; and explore vestibular migraine, often the metaphorical elephant in the balance clinic room.
Abstract 2: Care Homes, their communities, and resilience in the face of COVID-19: findings from a qualitative study
Dr Fiona Marshall, NIHR ARC EM Research Fellow, University of Nottingham
Biography: Ethnographer currently working in COVID-19 care home and community care research.
Medications, orthostatic hypotension and Falls – a grey area
Professor Tahir Masud, Consultant Physician & Honorary Professor, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Biography: Professor Masud trained at the University of Oxford and St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. After postgraduate training in London and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and a Research Fellow post in St Thomas’ Hospital London, he took up a position of Consultant Physician in General and Geriatric Medicine at Nottingham in 1994. He has a research and clinical interest in osteoporosis and falls and has published widely in these areas. He heads the Clinical Gerontology Research Unit at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. He has previously been a scientific advisor to the National Osteoporosis Society and is the main organiser of the annual International Conference on Falls and Postural Stability. He has Honorary/Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Nottingham, Derby and Southern Denmark and has also served as the Clinical Sub-Dean at the University of Nottingham Medical School. He is a recent Past President of the British Geriatrics Society (BGS), the former President of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)-Geriatric Medicine Section, the current Secretary of the Clinical Section of the International Association of Geriatrics and Gerontology (IAGG)-European Region, and a member of the executive council of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS).
Abstract: This session will cover recent evidence that helps us in our management of patients with known hypertension but suffer from orthostatic hypotension and who fall
Abstract 3: Around 30% of Hospital Readmissions can be avoided!
Dr Prianka Baral, SAS/Staff Grade doctor, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Biography: Looking forward to see myself as an skilled geriatrician.
Abstract 4: Communication on the Acute Older Person’s Unit – Improving MDT communication using Quality Improvement Methodology
Elizabeth Cotzias, GP Trainee, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Biography: I am a GP trainee who has recently completed an 'Acute Frailty' job and gained a greater interest in care of older people.
