Organizing committee:
M.Arons, MD., EDPM (chair)
L.Mekša, M.D.
A.Vaitkus M.D., PhD, FIPP
Asoc.prof. E. Strike M.D., PhD
B.Gabovich M.D., EDPM
L.Zvaune M.D.
V.Romanenko M.D., PhD., EDPM
A.Freimane M.D.
Dz.Vāvere M.D.
Scientific committee:
Prof. Ināra Logina, M.D., PhD (chair)
Prof. Aleksejs Miščuks. M.D., PhD
Assist. prof. Irina Evansa M.D., PhD
Prof. Guntis Karelis M.D., PhD
Asoc. prof. Iveta Golubovska M.D., PhD
Prof. A.Sciupokas M.D., PhD
| 11 October, 2024 | ||||
| 8:45-9:30 | Registration open | |||
| 9:30-9:40 | Opening ceremony Mihails Arons (LV), Ināra Logina (LV) Hosam Abu Meri , Minister for Health of the Republic of Latvia (LV) | |||
| 9:40-11:20 | 1st session. Acute pain | |||
| CHAIRS – Winfried Meissner (DE), Aleksejs Miščuks (LV) | ||||
| 9:40-10:05 | Winfried Meissner (DE) – Acute pain management – state of the art 2024 | |||
| 10:05-10:20 | Iveta Golubovska (LV) – Results of the PAIN OUT project in Latvia | |||
| 10:20-10:40 | Aleksejs Miščuks (LV) – Diagnostic tools in diagnostics of acute pain | |||
| 10.40-10:50 | Kestutis Petrikonis (LT) – Acute Neuropathic pain | |||
| 10:50-11:05 | Evija Švalkovska (LV) TAP Block after laparotomy in ICU | |||
| 11:05-11:20 | Gül Obert (DE) – Serynox. What is known about inhaled analgesia in acute pain management? | |||
| 11:20-11:30 | Coffee break | |||
| 11:30-13:30 | 2nd session. Headache | |||
| CHAIRS – Messoud Ashina, Guntis Karelis (LV) | ||||
| 11:30-11:55 | Zaza Katsarava (DE) – Practical training: how to diagnose primary headaches | |||
| 11:55-12:20 | Aydin Gozalov (DK) – Management of migraine in 10 steps | |||
| 12:20-12:50 | Messoud Ashina (DK) – Emerging Targets in Migraine Therapy | |||
| 12:50-13:05 | Saulius Andruškevičius (LT) – Ahead of the pain: biosensors in migraine attack prediction | |||
| 13:05-13:20 | Liga Mekša (LV) – Epidemiology of migraine | |||
| 13:20-13:30 | Discussion | |||
| 13:30-14:00 | Poster Session
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| 14:00-15:00 | Lunch | |||
| 15:00-16:30 | 3rd session. Neuromodulation: | |||
| CHAIRS – Rokas Tamosauskas (UK), Iveta Golubovska (LV) | ||||
| 15:00-15:25 | Pedram Tabatabaei (SE) – Burst DR stimulation and DRG stimulation: Mechanism of action and Indications | |||
| 15:25-15:50 | Rokas Tamosauskas (UK) – To implant or not to implant: the role of Spinal Cord Stimulation in modern pain medicine | |||
| 15:50-16:15 | Basels Jakubs Vahbe (LV) – Vagus nerve stimulation experience in Latvia | |||
| 16:15-16:30 | Discussion | |||
| 16:30-18:00 | 4th session. Chronic localized and diffuse pain | |||
| CHAIRS – Magdalena Kocot-Kępska (PL), Irina Evansa (LV) | ||||
| 16:30-16:55 | Magdalena Kocot- Kępska (PL) – Are we expecting new analgesics? | |||
| 16:55-17:15 | Egija Lapiņa (LV) – Multidisciplinary approaches to Improving Patient Experience in Chronic Pain treatment | |||
| 17:15-17:40 | Vladimir Romanenko (UA) – “Pain the guts”: How microbiota regulates pain | |||
| 17:40-18:00 | Larisa Ēriksone (LV) – Three technologies used in pain therapy | |||
| 18:00-18:20 | Edgars Vasilevskis (LV) – Pain mechanisms in Chinese medicine. What is common with western way? | |||
| 20:00 | Social Evening (with invitations only) | |||
| 12 October, 2024 | ||||
| 09:00-10:00 | Registration open | |||
| 10:00-11:30 | 1st session. Chronic localized and diffuse pain | |||
| CHAIRS – Ināra Logina (LV), Arunas Sciupokas (LT) | ||||
| 10:00-10:20 | Vladimirs Skļarevičs (LV) – Patogenesis of shoulder impigement and how to help | |||
| 10:20-10:40 | Sergei Gordienko (EE) – Aerobic exercise training to improve treatment outcomes in adult patients with fibromyalgia. Theory and our experience | |||
| 10:40-11:00 | Arunas Sciupokas (LT) – Education in Pain Medicine: Where we are going to? | |||
| 11:00-11:25 | Arturs Šilovs (LV) – When the Pressure Drops: Solving the Puzzle of Intracranial Hypotension | |||
| 11:25-12:00 | Coffee break | |||
| 12:00-14:00 | 2nd session. Invasive pain management | |||
| CHAIRS – Arun Bhaskar (UK), Alfredas Vaitkus (LT) | ||||
| 12:00-12:25 | Francesca Marsili (NL) – The Potential of PRF-treatment in Immune Modulation and Pain Management: Bridging the Gap between Engineering and Clinical Practice | |||
| 12:25-12:50 | Arun Bhaskar (UK) – Sacroiliac joint – a not so uncommon cause for low back pain? | |||
| 12:50-13:15 | Nadiya Segin (UA) – Invasive treatment of phantom pain | |||
| 13:15-13:30 | Rihards Starinskis (LV) – Epidural steroid injection- are they still as relevant? | |||
| 13:30-13:50 | Darius Dicevičius (LT) – Autologous platelet rich plasma ultrasound guided epidural injections: case series | |||
| 14:00-15:00 | WORKSHOP (separate registration is required https://www.mittoevents.com/pain-in-the-baltics-2024/workshop-registration) 1st Group: 2st Group: |