0900

Plenary Session - Perspectives in Poisoning

0900

0930

1000

Evidence in Clinical Toxicology - Pearls and Hidden Treasures
Nick Buckley

Hepatotoxicity :  A view from the liver unit

Simone Strasser

Toxicokinetics -who cares?

Geoff Isbister

1030

Morning tea

Future problems and treatments in poisoning

This session will focus on emerging treatments and some of the newer poisoning syndromes that are emerging

Poison Centres in Australia

This session will feature some insights into some of the core activities of poison centres in Australia.

1100

1130

1200

ECMO - What is it

Deirdre Murphy

Long acting opioid overdose

Zeff  Koutsogiannis

New oral anticoagulants, do we encounter any toxicity?

Michael Seldon

1100

1130

1200

What you ought to know about poison centres in Australia

Christa Lynch

ATOM study (Australian Toxicology Overdose Monitoring) - the story so far
Angela Chiew

Toxicovigilance in Australia using the poisons centre network

Jared Brown

1230

Lunch - Poster viewing session

1330

Free Papers

This session will feature oral presentations of original research. Selected poster presenters may be requested to do a short, summative presentation.

Workshop - Controversies in poisoning Ethical issues

This session will feature toxicology case presentations which raise ethical or medico legal dilemmas. The session will be facilitated by clinicians and will encourage audience input along with a panel of 3 experts from differing but relevant fields.

 1330


1345


1400



1415



1430


1445

The use of digoxin specific antibody in acute digoxin poisoning
Betty Chan

Lack of serious cardiotoxicity in patients with desvenlafaxine overdose
Gopi Mann

Desvenlafaxine overdose and the incidence of serotonin toxicity,seizures and cardiovascular effects
Joyce Cooper

A decade of Australian methotrexate dosing errors : What more can be done ?
Rose Cairns

Jungle juice or when oxygen does not turn blue into red
Iona Vlad

Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy resulting from life-threatening funnel-web spider envenoming
Geoff Isbister
 

Presenters:

·         Kate Sellors

·         Susan Hertzberg

Panel

·         Charles Douglas

·         Andrew Dawson

·         Keri Eagle

1500

Afternoon tea

1530

 

1530


1600


1630

Interesting Cases

This session will feature several poisoning cases selected for presentation. Each will be followed by a discussion of the issues raised during which audience input and participation will be encouraged.

Mitochondrial paralysis and pancytopaenia from massive paracetamol overdose
Mohamed Gaber

Toxic hyperpyrexia
Philip Brooks

Case Presentation: Severe Thrombotic Microangiopathy following Brown Snake Envenoming.
Alison MacKay

1700

Happy hour