Patient Centered Meeting (PCM) on Diabetes, Dyslipidemia and Hypertension 2019

Patient Centered Meeting (PCM) on Diabetes, Dyslipidemia and Hypertension 2019 is a conference that covers topics such as:

• Dyslipidemia
  • Lipid Metabolism; the basics; relevant for clinical lipid management
  • Historic perspective of Cholesterol as a treatable CVD risk factor; from diet to statins
  • A primary care roadmap for lIpid guidelines and lipid management
  • Primary dyslipdemia; focus on FH: how to recognise, diagnose and treat
  • New therapeutic strategies; a curated digest for clinicians
• Diabetes
  • Pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes
  • The "growing" epidemic of obesity and its impact on diabetes, both type 1 and esp type 2 diabetes
  • Guidelines for the management of diabetes
  • Diagnostic approaches to diabetes, and the importance of diagnosing pre diabetes
  • New therapeutic approaches
• Hypertension
  • Stepwise and structured treatment algorithm and goals
  • Practical and systematic workup of a newly diagnosed hypertension
  • Advanced treatment: Resistant hypertension, paroxysmal and fluctuating hypertension, multiple drugs and side effects
  • Appropriate screening and diagnostic approach to identify secondary hypertension - renal, neuroendocrine, sleep apnea and more
  • Hot topics in hypertension:

Patient Centered Meeting (PCM) on Diabetes, Dyslipidemia and Hypertension 2019 brings together:

• General Internists
• Specialists/House officers /residents:
• Lipidologists
• Diabetologists
• Cardiologists
• Nephrologists
• Vascular Surgeons
• Neurologists
• Specialists managing patients with increased CVD risk – eg HIV, rheumatoid arthritis etc
• Clinical researchers
• Primary care physicians (GP’s)