"1st Regional Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Day Successfully concluded

Saturday, April 19, 2014

 

 

 

 

Prince Sultan Center Qassim held today in the "Movenpick" Hotel "1st  Regional Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Day" in the presence of 50 Doctors and staff from government and private health sectors in Qassim region.

The Day program began with an opening for medical director, Dr. Tariq Soomro who welcomed the participants and hoping that the outputs of this day will be shown in the practical reality in the services they are giving to the patient.

 The program coordinator Dr. Mohammad Saeed explained that the events of this day targeted directly to doctors and health providers, especially those dealing with the patients having this disease; also to follow the latest developments related to it; was also discussed setting up a ways to coordinate with each other during cases referral to the clinic at the center to treat the Pulmonary hypertension, which inaugurated in the center before few months.

Dr. Saeed Add that the events included a scientific program has been adopted by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties for 5 hours of continuing medical education and lectured in a group of doctors who specialize in this field. The first lecture it was about the definition of the program in the region, which is adopted by the center; while the second lecture show the disease and classification, and how to diagnose it in the available diagnostic methods; as third lecture discussed the pulmonary hypertension as a result of pulmonary thrombosis,  fourth and fifth lectures discussed the role of congenital heart disease and heart failure in the pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension; sixth lectures discussed the occur in newborns while the seventh one discussed developments and modern treatments. Eighth lecture discuss the effects of the disease in patients who suffer from systemic diseases; has also been reviewing and studying the cases of practical reality at PSCCQ.

Dr. Saeed considered that this disease of rare diseases that require intervention therapeutic and medical follow-up ongoing at specialized clinics; pointing out that, over the last three months were examined 50 patients. 10 of them for follow-up within a specializing clinic in the center and had dynamics catheter were starting their treatment " Bosantan " and improved their condition.