THE IMAGES OF PULMONARY INFECTIONS – ROUTINE OR PROVOCATION
date : 03.02.2014
13-14 March 2014
Tokuda Hospital Sofia
Interactive workshop, organized from the Bulgarian Society of Cardiothoracic Radiology and Tokuda Hospital Sofia
The goal of the workshop is to demonstrate in a coherent manner the main models of damage in infection of the lung, the role of the radiologist in the interpretation of the images in the different kinds of lung infections, and emphasis on the differences in the immunocompetent and the immunocompromised patients.
The workshop will give an interdisciplinary discussion with the participation of a pulmonologist and a thoracic surgeon, which will demonstrate the features of the clinical evaluation in the process of diagnosing and treatment of the complications.
Duration: two days in the frame of four sessions
Number of participants: in the means of keeping the format of the interactive workshop, the number of participants will be restricted to 15.
The course is for radiologists, residence in diagnostic imaging, pulmonologists, and thoracic surgeons.
The course is certified by the Bulgarian Medical Association.
Address for requests and information:
Educational Department
Tokuda Hospital Sofia
Blvd. Nikola Vaptzarov 51B
1407 Sofia
Phone: 02/403 42 21, 403 42 28
Day one
13.30-14.00
Registration. Opening ceremony
14.00-15.30
Lung infections – main problems in pulmonology. Algorithm in the behaviour of the pulmonologist – Dr. N. Stoeva
Semiotics of X-ray morphologic changes – to start talking in one language – Assoc. Prof. G. Kirova
15.30-16.00
Coffee break
16.00-17.00
Lung infections in the immunocompromised patients – what does the diagnostic imaging give us? Bacterial, tuberculosis, and non tuberculosis myco infections – Dr. B. Penev
Cases review – Dr. B. Penev
Day two
08.30-10.00
Pulmonary infections in the immunocompetent patients – what does the diagnostic imaging give us? Viral, chlamydia and reckettsia, mycosis – Dr. B. Penev
Cases review – Assoc. Prof. G. Kirova
10.00-10.30
Coffee break
10.30-12.00
Pulmonary infections in immunocompetent patients – what is the difference? – Dr. B. Penev
Operative treatment in pulmonary infections and their complications. What does the thoracic surgeon wants to know? – Dr. T. Minchev
Closing ceremony