Tawam Hospital hosts annual conference for research
AL AIN: Tawam Hospital, part of Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) hosted its fith annual conference for scientific research in May 2021, building on SEHA’S extensive medical education and research offerings available for its workforce.
The one-day hybrid conference was atended by healthcare professionals from across the SEHA network and the College of Medicine at the UAE University. Several medical research projects conducted in the hospital since the last conference were presented and discussed, including topics covering the pandemic, such as the effectiveness of drug treatment compared to the use of endoscopy in COVID-19 patients with gastrointestinal bleeding, the high rate of kidney failure in some kidney transplant patients who had tested positive for COVID-19, and the high knowledge of non-medical staff with regards to nature of COVID-19 and its prevention, showcasing the efforts of the government to educate and raise public awareness.
Besides research focused on COVID-19, studies exploring internal medicine diseases were also discussed, such as the importance of optimising the use of radioactive iodine therapy in small-sized thyroid tumours, re-examining the milk hormone (prolactin) in some people ahead of drug treatment, and the need for the continuous follow-up of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) patients during pregnancy, which leads to positive results for the foetus and the mother.
Dr Khaled Al Dahmani, Chairman of the Organising Commitee and Consultant Endocrinologist at Tawam Hospital said, “The annual conference focused on the latest developments and research efforts in the healthcare landscape both regionally and internationally. It provides participants with the opportunity to exchange knowledge, best-practice, and learnings from their experiences in the field of scientific research, encouraging them to publish and circulate modern scientific recommendations that will transform the treatment of prevalent diseases in the space of internal medicine.”