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2005: The 10th EMN Congress in The Netherlands
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19. to 21. May 2005, Rotterdam / The Netherlands

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External link to congress web site: www.EMN2005.org 
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Program 10th EMN congress 19. - 21. May 2005

Congress President: Prof. Andrew I.R. Maas

.	Thursday, 19. May
18:30	Opening ceremony and concert (Rijndam) Presidential address - David Mendelow Welcome to Rijndam - Michael Bergen (director rehabilitation center Rijndam) Opening - Andrew Maas Concert: V. Krejza and Ensemble
19:30	Welcome reception (Natuurmuseum) .
.	Friday, 20. May Main theme: ''Monitoring of cerebral oxygenation and metabolism''
08:30 - 10:00	Monitoring of oxygen and metabolism: methodology and indications. Keynote lectures · Techniques and indications for brain tissue oxygen monitoring (J. Meixensberger) · Oxygen monitoring in the penumbra of a contusion (C. Robertson) Selected oral presentations
Coffee break	.
10:30 - 12:00	Relation of brain tissue oxygen to CBF, SJo2 and metabolic parameters. Keynote lectures · Microdialysis, electro-corticography and brain oxygen tension as surrogate markers for therapy effects of neuroprotectants and manipulations (R. Bullock) · Relation of brain oxygen tension to other parameters (K. Kiening / A. Unterberg) · Microdialysis and oxygen monitoring (U. Ungerstedt) Selected oral presentations
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 15:00	Oxygen targetted management. Keynote lecture · Oxygen targetted management (G. Manley) Selected oral presentations Round table discussion: Oxygen Targetted Management
15:00 - 15:30	Round table discussion: Oxygen Targetted Management
Tea break	.
16:00 - 17:30	Free Communications (any topic on TBI or SCI). Keynote lecture · Networking on multimodality monitoring: the Brain IT initiative (K. Kiening) .
.	Saturday, 21. May Main theme: ''Outcome and quality of life''
08:30 - 10:00	Methodology and results of measuring outcome and QOL. Keynote lectures · Quality of life assessment in injury (E. Neugebauer) · QOLIBRI: a scale for quality of life in TBI (N. von Steinbuechel) Selected oral presentations
10:00 - 10:30	Round table discussion: Qolibri
Coffee break	.
11:00 - 12:30	Managing the multi trauma patient with TBI and/or SCI. Keynote lecture · The impact of extracranial injuries on TBI outcome (D. Yates) Selected oral presentations
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:30	Douglas Miller Memorial Lecture Introduction: D. Mendelow The impact of guidelines on TBI treatment (R. Bullock)
13:30 - 16:00	Improving outcome: clinical trials, therapeutic studies and guidelines. Keynote lectures · Results of the Pharmos Dexanabinol study (A. Maas) · Results of the CRASH trial (D. Yates) Selected oral presentations
16:00	Closing ceremony
.	Harbour tour (boat) and congress dinner

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