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Instructions for poster presentations
Posters should be set up in the Reading room above the foyer of the Radisson SAS Hotel, St Julian’s, on Wednesday 29th November, 2006 from 16.00 hrs (PM). All poster boards will be PORTRAIT STYLE (NOT LANDSCAPE) and measure 210 (height) x 90cm (width).

Posters will be adjudicated by a panel of examiners who will view the posters over two sessions as shown in the programme. Authors are expected to be present at the time to discuss posters. A prize will be awarded to the best poster in the conference, and presented at the closing session on Saturday 2nd December at 12.45hrs.

Corresponding Author Subject Title
Grech Erika Anaesthesia Bilateral hydrothorax and hydromediastinum after a subclavian line insertion
Borg Noel Anaesthesia General anaesthesia and acute intermittent porphyria: a case presentation
Lupi Andre Experimental/Biomedicine Reverse engineering applied to a lumbar vertebra 
Chetcuti S Experimental/Cell Biology DNA modifying agents and co-culture techniques applied to cord blood mononuclear cell fraction enhance the expression of neuronal antigens
Grech C Experimental/Cell Biology Isolating, growing and expanding cord blood mesenchymal and haematopoietic stem cells
Debatista Y Experimental/Cell Biology Isolating, growing and expanding skin cells, using cadaveric skin and bone collagen as templates for skin reconstruction
Vidal Chris Experimental/Genetics Linkage analysis in two maltese families with a high incidence of coeliac disease
Farrugia Patricia Experimental/Laboratory Introduction to flow cytometric applications for diagnosis of haematological neoplasms in Malta
Debatista Neville Experimental/Pathology Incidence reporting at the Pathology department. A retrospective study
Debatista Neville Experimental/Pathology Compatibility testing at St. Luke's Hospital: used or abused?
Buttigieg Nicola Family Medicine Managing obesity in family practice
Calleja Neville Public Health Clinical trials on medicinal products in Malta after EU accession
Azzopardi Conrad Public Health Location of residence and access to the medical consultant clinic at Qormi Health Centre
Mizzi Joseph Public Health An audit of natural family planning training and usage
Abela Stephen  Health Management The applicability of the technology Acceptance Model to Doctors in the Maltese Public Healthcare system
Vella Helen Health Management The Medicines Authority: The competent authority Malta responsible for the regualtion of medicinal products for human use and related pharmaceutical activities
Ellul Ian Carmel Health Management The implementation of the EU Clinical Trials Directive 2001/20/EC in Malta
Grima Marius Health Management Clinical practice guidelines: user perception
Chetcuti Ganado Claudia Medicine/Cardiology Atrial fibrillation following trans-catheter closure of patent foramen ovale
Grech Victor Medicine/Cardiology Isolated right ventricular outflow tract obstruction in an individual with William's syndrome
Grech Victor Medicine/Cardiology The heart in science fiction
Scicluna P  Medicine/Coagulation Low protein Z levels and the risk of thrombophilia
Vella Sandro Medicine/Endocrinology Insulin induced fatal hypoglycemia in a type I diabetic with polyglandular autoimmune syndrome type II
Vella Sandro Medicine/Endocrinology Lack of sunlight causing hypocalcaemia in a sun drenched archipelago 
Azzopardi Conrad Medicine/Endocrinology Thyroid status in subjects on thyroid replacement treatment
Cachia E Medicine/Gastroenterology The incidence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Malta between 1993 and 2005: a retospective study 
Fiorini Anthony Medicine/Geriatrics Monitoring thyroid function status in elderly patients on amiodarone 
Ellul Pierre Medicine/Hepatology Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in Malta
Borg Michael A Medicine/Infections Antibiotic resistance in the southeastern Mediterranean: results from the ARMed Project
Scriha A Medicine/Infections An investigation into whether a combination of inspiratory muscle training and upper limb exercise improve outcomes in COPD patients
Farrugia Emanuel Medicine/Nephrology C² Cyclosporin therapeutic monitoring in kidney transplant recipients
Farrugia Emanuel Medicine/Nephrology Familial hypouricaemia associated with renal tubular uricosuria and uric acid calculi: a case report
Farrugia Emanuel Medicine/Nephrology Estimating the glomerular filtration rate by creatine clearance - 24 hour urine collection or formula?
Farrugia Emanuel Medicine/Nephrology Peritoneal dialysis drop-out: a single physician experience
Farrugia Joseph Medicine/Nephrology Dyslipidaemia in the Maltese chronic haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis population
Farrugia Joseph Medicine/Nephrology Calcium/phosphate control in the Maltese chronic haemodialysis population
Farrugia Joseph Medicine/Nephrology Effect of switching from subcutaneous to intravenous erythropoietin in haemodialysis patients
Debono Miguel Medicine/Neurology Is erectile dysfunction a sentinel for cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Valentino Mario Medicine/Neurology Visualization of hypoxic glial injury in white matter from transgenic mice: a morphometric and immunocytochemical study
Micallef Grimaud Medicine/Neurology  A young confused tourist on a hot sunny island
Micallef Grimaud Medicine/Neurology Severe hyponatraemia due to co-amilozide
Casha Marilyn Medicine/Palliative Novel method for symptom control in palliative care in Malta
Camilleri Vassallo Franco Medicine/Rheumatology Patient satisfaction with rheumatology services
Mallia Carmel Medicine/Rheumatology Nitritoid reactions: occurrence in rheumatoid arthritis patients 
Coleiro Bernard Medicine/Rheumatology Use of TNF blocker etanercept in a case of refractory Takayasu's arteritis
Cassar PJ  Medicine/Rheumatology Severe osteoporosis secondary to undiagnosied Coeliac disease: 3 cases in Maltese women
Cassar PJ  Medicine/Rheumatology Experience with leflunomide in a Maltese Cohort of Patients- A Preliminary report
Cassar PJ  Medicine/Rheumatology Lupus nephritis treated with rituximab - a case report
Cassar PJ  Medicine/Rheumatology Bronchiolitis obliterans in a Maltese women with Sjogeren's syndrome - a case report
Cassar PJ  Medicine/Rheumatology Erdheim Chester disease in a Maltese patient - a case report
Micallef Stafrace K Medicine/Sports The role of exercise in the weight management of obesity
Attard Antoinette Nursing Nurse led clinics
Borg Joseph Orthopaedics Outcome of endoprosthetic replacement for proximal humeral metastases 
Borg Joseph Orthopaedics A seven year epidemiological survey of Slipped Upper Femoral Epiphyses in the Maltese Islands
Pecotic G Orthopaedics Traumatic transverse fracture of the sacrum: a case report
Fearne Chris Paediatric Surgery Poland syndrome: a case presentation
Bugeja Simon Surgery The development of guidelines for primary catheterisation 
Joseph P Vella Surgery A retrospective audit of the undergraduate surgical logbook: part 1 and 3
Farrugia Daniela Surgery The effectiveness of analgesic regimens in renal colic
Torquero Laurence Surgery/Cardiac Surgical ablation with bipolar radiofrequency energy as treatment for the elimination of atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing concomitant cardiac surgery
Cutajar John Surgery/ENT Reconstruction with temporalis muscle flap after total maxillectomy with orbital exenteration for resection of an extensive maxillary antral squamous cell carcinoma
Mamo Jonathan Urology Comparison of inguinovaginal fascial sling with synthetic transvaginal slingplasty for genuine stress incontinence
Samuel Stafrace Radiology Gallstone ileus: pictorial review of CT scan findings in a series of local cases
Jean Paul Tabone Accident & Emergency Abuse (physical and verbal) of doctors in the Accident and Emergency Department, St Luke's Hospital
Mamo Jonathan Obstetrics/Gynaecology Bupivacaine infiltration and multimodal analgesia during gynaecology laparoscopy 
Calleja Aguis Jean Obstetrics/Gynaecology An audit of threathened miscarraige as a predictor of obstetric outcome in Malta
Calleja Aguis Jean Obstetrics/Gynaecology The Role of TNF-alpha in pregnancy loss: a review
Muscat Baron Yves Obstetrics/Gynaecology Intervertebral disc height correlation with bone density and demographic data of postmenopausal women with osteoporotic vertebral fractures
Muscat Baron Yves Obstetrics/Gynaecology Iliac vessels wall thickness and artherosclerotic marker in menopausal women 
Muscat Baron Yves Obstetrics/Gynaecology Lipid profile changes in postmenopausal women taking transdermal hormone replacement therapy
Muscat Baron Yves Obstetrics/Gynaecology The epidemiology of polycystic ovarian sundrome
Muscat Baron Yves Obstetrics/Gynaecology Sands (Malta) still birth and neonatal death society 
Muscat Baron Yves Obstetrics/Gynaecology Cartoid artery wall thickness in hormone treated and untreated postmenopausal women 
Muscat Baron Yves Obstetrics/Gynaecology Bone density skin thickness and intervertebral disc height changes in postmenopausal women on long term corticosteroid therapy
Muscat Baron Yves Obstetrics/Gynaecology Challenges to obstetric medicine with the recent influx of irregular immigrants to the maltese islands 
Muscat Baron Yves Obstetrics/Gynaecology Mirena/dilatation and curretage - a one stop shop for treating menorrhagia and avoiding hysterectomy
Mangion MZ Obstetrics/Gynaecology Characteristics of pregnancies undergoing preterm delivery from 2004 till 2006
Custo R Zammit  Obstetrics/Gynaecology Should clomiphene citrate of low dose gonadotrophin therapy be first line treatment for anovulatory infertility associated with polycystic ovary syndrome?
Savona Ventura C Obstetrics/Gynaecology Temporal trends in multiple pregnancy rates in the Maltese islands
Savona Ventura C Obstetrics/Gynaecology Multiple pregnancy outcomes in the Maltese islands
Savona Ventura C Obstetrics/Gynaecology Short term obstetric outcomes in obese Maltese women
Savona Ventura C Obstetrics/Gynaecology Multiple pregnancy outcomes in the Maltese islands: 2000-2004
Savona Ventura C Obstetrics/Gynaecology Pregnancy outcome in multiple diabetic pregnancy: 1999-2004
Zammit K Obstetrics/Gynaecology Starvation and the development of the Metabolic Syndrome
Grech Heidi Obstetrics/Gynaecology The prevalence of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) mutations in patients attending a recurrent miscarriage clinic
Grech Heidi Obstetrics/Gynaecology An analysis of the investigation of patients attending a recurrent miscarriage clinic
Cassar Marisa Obstetrics/Gynaecology Detection of chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoea in urine by real time PCR
Cassar Marisa Obstetrics/Gynaecology Detection of human papilloma virus in clinical samples by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Grech Victor Obstetrics/Gynaecology Infertility in science fiction
Grech Victor Ophthalmology The eyes and vision in science fiction
Grech Victor Paediatrics Stenosis of the upper body arteries in association with coarctation and interrupted aortic arch
Grech Victor Paediatrics Mycoplasma pneumonia - an unusual cause of acute myocarditis in childhood
Andrejevic Hermoine Paediatrics A case of congenital cytomegalovirus infection
Attard Montalto Simon Paediatrics Protocol for administering medicines in mainstream schools
Galea Christine Paediatrics Brain and myocardial infarction in a patient with complex transposition of the great arteries
Zammit Valerie Paediatrics Myocardial injury following perinatal asphyxia
Soler Paul Paediatrics Coverage of neonatal cranial ultrasound scanning - current practice in the Special Care Baby Unit and recommendations 
Pace David Paediatrics Autoantibodies in visceral leishmaniasis
Pace David Paediatrics Neonatal zoonosis
Pace David Paediatrics Autoimmune neutropenia of infancy
Vella Muskat Ruth Paediatrics Gram-negative septicaemia and peritonitis - an unusual neonatal presentation of cystic fibrosis
Vella Muskat Ruth Paediatrics Transient shoulder paralysis after vaccination in childhood - two cases with differenct vaccines
Soler Doriette Paediatrics Aicardi Goutieres syndrome: a genetic syndrome mimicking congenital infection - a description of two new cases
Soler Doriette Paediatrics Special Education Need Terms (SENT) Project in Schools - A model of service delivery 
Ellul Marthese Paediatrics Griscelli syndrome - the commonest cause of Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Maltese children
Mizzi Joseph Paediatrics DC cardioversion in a case neonatal atrial flutter
Mifsud Janet Pharmacology Therapeutic drug monitoring of lamotrigine in the paediatric population
Scerri C Pharmacology Age related effects on in vivo tau protein processing in different regions of the rat brain following nicotine admistration: Relevance in Alzheimer's disease pathology
Serracino Inglott A Pharmacy Point of care glycosylated testing
Serracino Inglott A Pharmacy Interpretation of glycosylated haemoglobin testing
Serracino Inglott A Pharmacy Evaluation of management of pregnancy-induced hypertension
Serracino Inglott A Pharmacy Chronopharmacology of atenolol in controlling hypertension
Zarb Adami M Pharmacy Knowledge of paediatric diabetic patients on their disease state
Zarb Adami M Pharmacy A comparative cost-effectiveness study in wound management
Zarb Adami M Pharmacy Quality of life measurement and use of losartan in patients with ACW inhibitors intolerance
Zarb Adami M Pharmacy Pharmacoeconomics and quality of life in continuous ambulatory dialysis
Azzopardi Lillian Pharmacy Pharmacist intervention in elderly patient discharge
Azzopardi Lillian Pharmacy Validation of hospital clinical pharmacist intervention
Azzopardi Lillian Pharmacy Use of fish enzyme gel for the management of pressure sores
Azzopardi Lillian Pharmacy Management of psoriasis and impact on quality of life 
Azzopardi Lillian Pharmacy Quality of life measurement of multiple sclerosis
Azzopardi Lillian Pharmacy Development of a Maltese drug reference handbook
Azzopardi Lillian Pharmacy Readability and use of patient package inserts
Azzopardi Lillian Pharmacy Health promotion programmes in community pharmacies
Azzopardi Lillian Pharmacy Development of a diary for infant colic
Azzopardi Lillian Pharmacy Chemotherapy patients' knowledge and expectations

 

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