PULSE 365 Webinar - CVD & Diabetes

09:30 - 10:25
Chair's Opening Remarks and Transient loss of consciousness – cardiology or neurology?

• Dr Roger Henderson, senior GP and health broadcaster

10:40 - 11:25
Session details coming soon

11:45 - 12:30
Use of plant-based diets in treating heart disease

• Dr Miriam Maisel, GP, Dumfries and Galloway

12:50 - 13:35
Diabetes in children and young people – some key topics

• Dr Eleri Williams, consultant paediatrician, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

1. Raising awareness and reducing the incidence of DKA at diagnosis
2. Safeguarding and sharing information
3. Type 2 diabetes in childhood
4. The increasing use of technology in children and young people

14:00 - 14:45
Session details coming soon

15:00 - 15:45
How CKD affects management of hypertension

• Dr Nihil Chitalia, Consultant Nephrologist, Dartford and Gravesham NHS trust, Kings College Hospital NHS trust and senior lecturer, Kent and Medway Medical school

1. BP classification
2. Dietary modifications to improve BP control
3. Race and Ethnicity Considerations in the Treatment of Hypertension

16:00 - 16:45
Pulmonary hypertension - what it is and how it might present in primary care

16:45
Conference ends