Every year, the three East-Coast States of Malaysia is
taking turn to organize a scientific meeting to gather all expertise and
sharing knowledge in the region. They started with a small meeting among the members of the society at Kuala
Terengganu, Terengganu in 2012. Their first successful conference was in Kuantan, Pahang in 2013 with the theme of 'Imaging In Neurology'.
This year Kelantan
is taking the responsibility to move a step ahead in gathering the specialists
in this region to work as a team in salvaging the diabetic limb and the
dialysis fistula. Diabetic foot disease
and renal failure requiring dialysis are a major problem in our clinical
practice. Apart from treating the
established disease, education is far important ensuring good health status in
the community. When treatment is
advocated, optimal care and treatment is needed. When trying to avoid limb amputation due to
diabetes, we need a good foot care team and applies the revascularization of
the limb via endovascular treatment.
As
for the renal failure patient, the arterio-venous fistula created for
hemodialysis is a life line to continue health.
Every effort should be made from every professionals to maintain the
patency of the dialysis fistula as these patients has limited number of veins
for new creation of fistula once it failed.
A salvage team involves the
physicians, surgeons, radiologist, medical assistance, nurses, dialysis
technicians and other supporting staffs in general. Understanding the disease and disease
management helps in our clinical practice when handling these patients. Let's bring a change for a better health care
giver as a team.
Here are some of the photos we took at the conference:
Here are some of the photos we took at the conference:
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