Symposium on liver diseases today
By Saad Ahmed

RAWALPINDI—All arrangements have been finalised to organise a mega scientific event of Portal Hypertension “Bridging the Gap” symposium to be held from March 1 to 2, at Foundation University Medical College, here under the auspices of Pakistan Society for Study of Liver Diseases.Chairman Organizing Committee Professor of Medicines Brig. Masood Siddiq said that liver experts from all over the country would read papers on vital issues relating to liver diseases. Rector Foundation University Dr Manzoor Ahmed Khan will be the chief guest, he said.
Giving details of the programme, he said that eminent experts from different areas would deliver informative research papers to highlight different aspects of the live diseases. Different sessions of the sumposium would be chaired by Maj. Gen. Ashraf Ali Mallhi. Professor Waseem Jafri will articulate on the topic of Portal Hypertensive Syndrome “in the 21st Century”, Mr. Saeed Hamid will speak on the subject of Molecular Mechanism and hemodynamic changes in Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension and Mr. Masood Siddiq regarding “Is cirrhosis reversible?”.
On the second day of symposium, first session will be chaired by Maj. Gen Tassawar Hussain while Prof. Altaf Alam will deliver articles on “Cirrhotic vs non-cirrhotic portal hypertension. How these differ?” and Professor Muhammad Shoaib Shafi on “Should we endoscope every one with clinical evidence of portal hypertension”.
The question answer session will be chaired by Prof. Sadiq Shah. In this session Dr Muzzaffar Latif Gill will speak on Acute variceal bleed How to go about it, Dr. Javed Aslm Butt would deliberate on Primary prophylaxis of variceal bleed-Drugs versus Endoscopy, Dr. Nusarat Ullah Choudry would present his research paper on Varceal bleed secondary prophylaxsis and Dr. Noor-ul-Iman will talk about are antibiotics helpful in afebrile patients with variceal bleed. The Second session will be chaired by Prof Alam Zeb Manan while Prof. Najeeb-ul-Haq will highlight the subject of “Management of Refractory Ascities”, Dr. A. A Durrani, “When to suspect and how to manage spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis.