ACB North West Ian Ward Members’ Papers Competition

13:30                   Welcome

                             Dr Shirley Bowles, ACB North West Committee Chair

13:40                  Pitfalls in the Biochemical Evaluation of Cushing’s Syndrome: A Challenging Case

Christopher Hughes, Ian Laing and Kalpana Kaushal, Royal Preston Hospital, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

13:55                   Free Phenytoin Measurement: Uses and Abuses

Dr Sally L Hanton, The Neuroscience Laboratories, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

14:10                   Performance of Serum Cortisol Immunoassays During the Overnight Dexamethasone Suppression Test

Jonathan Atkins, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester Foundation Trust

14:25                  Something Smells Fishy: Metabolic Condition or Therapeutic Side Effects?

Emily Kingston, Northern Care Alliance

14:55                   Tea/Coffee break

15:15                   How Significant is an Isolated Raised CSF Total Protein? A Case and Audit Presentation

Katherine Birch, The Neuroscience Laboratories, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

15:30                   Bromide Treatment for Epilepsy – Panacea Or Poison?

Dr John Bassett, Dr Chris Chaloner & Dr Jeen Tan, Manchester Children’s Hospital

15:45                  AGM

16:30                  Ian Ward judging and awards presentation

16:40                  Close

Attendance at this meeting is free to all ACB members.

Non-ACB members are welcome for a fee of £25.

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