The 2^nd World Congress on
Controversies in Pediatrics (CoPedia)

DILEMMAS IN HARD-TO-TREAT INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN  -  Hall A

The management of central catheter-related infections, tubercolosis and congenital infections are hard to

eradicate and raise significant dilemmas

The management of central catheter-related infections

Itzhak Levy, Israel

Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis

Sharon Nachman, USA

Controversies in congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection: From pregnancy to infancy

Efraim Bilavsky, Israel

RISK FACTORS FOR ASTHMA DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN  -  Hall B

Is the prevalence of respiratory allergies really rising? Evidence and causes

Giovanni Viegi, Italy

Pre and post-natal exposures effect on asthma development

Stefania La Grutta, Italy

Role of air pollution in asthma and allergic rhinitis

Giovanni Viegi, Italy

PROBLEMS IN ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT IN CHILDREN  -  Hall A

NON-TRADITIONAL ALLERGY MANAGEMENT  -  Hall B

Traditional Chinese medicine for allergy

Helen Chan, Hong Kong

Pediatric eczema: The natural vs. the synthetic

Amal Assa’ad, USA

Are inhaled corticosteroids effective in acute asthma?

Marina Atanaskova-Markovic, Serbia

Introduction

Ilma Korponay-Szabo, Hungary

INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM  -  Hall A

Lunch break

THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED CHILD  -  Hall A

The increasing numbers of immunocompromised children in modern pediatrics raises significant challenges and dilemmas. The treatment of children with AIDS and the approach to their viral infections deserve consideration 

RATIONAL THERAPEUTICS I  -  Hall B

Discussion

Discussion

PROBIOTICS  -  Hall C

During the last few years, more and more controlled and well-designed studies have demonstrated the therapeutic value of probiotics in the neonate, toddler and child. Yet, pediatricians are often hesitant in updating their practice to include probiotics. This session will present the evidence for the effective and safe use of probiotics, with a focus on neonatal colics

Gideon Koren, Canada

THE VACCINE CONTROVERSY IN 2015  -  Hall A

The development of safe and efficacious vaccines against infectious diseases, using innovative technologies, is certainly one of the most important achievements of modern medicine. However, at no point in the past has vaccine opposition been so widespread and problematic 

Introduction
Shai Ashkenazi, Israel 

Gideon Koren, Canada

Eyal Cohen, Canada

Nicotine replacement therapy during pregnancy

Gideon Koren, Canada

Does anything work in changing the natural history of viral bronchiolitis?

(Emphasis on the epinephrine/dexamethasone question)

Eyal Cohen, Canada

PEDIATRIC ADHD: OVER OR UNDER DIAGNOSED?  -  Hall A

The complexities of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnostic process is the subject of much debate including the cultural bias effect, the limitations of the DSM definitions, the effect of comorbid conditions, and the gene-environment interactions. There is a need to compose an objective, more accurate, and generally accepted diagnostic battery of tests.This lecture reviews the aims and challenges in providing adequate diagnosis, addresses the diagnostic difficulties of ADHD and considers some steps that would make ADHD a more easily identifiable disorder

CHILDREN WITH RECURRENT INFECTIONS  -  Hall B

Stefania La Grutta, Italy

How useful is the history and physical examination in diagnosing immunodeficiency?

Sami Bahna, USA

How deep can you look into the immune system?

Amal Assa’ad, USA

Case discussions: What is this immunodeficiency?

Sami Bahna, USA

CONTROVERSIES IN BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN  -  Hall C

Human bacteria can be commensal, causing no harm or virulent with significant morbidity and mortality. What makes commensals into pathogens and how should we treat them?

EPILEPSY: WEST SYNDROME - Hall A

There is no consensus on the best treatment for patients with West syndrome. Steroids and Sabril (Vigabatrin) are the preferred drugs. The beneficial effects as well as the side effects of both medications are discussed in this session 

DRUGS AND FOOD ALLERGY  -  Hall B

Can allergies occur to multiple drugs from different classes?

Marina Atanaskovic-Markovic, Serbia

Are food allergies forever or self-limited?

Helen Chan, Hong Kong

Allergic rhinitis in children: Burden and impact on quality of life

Stefania La Grutta, Italy

NEONATOLOGY  -  Hall C

Drug therapy is a powerful tool for improving neonatal outcome. Despite this, neonatologists still routinely prescribe off-label compounds developed for adults and extrapolate doses from those used for children or adults. Knowledge integration through pharmacokinetic modeling is a method that could improve the current situation. Such predictive models may convert neonatal pharmacotherapy from explorative to confirmatory

Free Communication - Oral Presentations  -  Hall A

Intrapulmonary vascular anastomoses in fatal neonatal lung disorders associated with pulmonary hypertension
Csaba Galambos, USA

anti-angiogenic factors contribute to the pathomechanism of lung hypoplasia and pulmonary hypertension in infants and children with Down Syndrome
Csaba Galambos, USA

Preoperative examination before adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy: Medical history or laboratory tests?
Daniel Groh, Czech Republic

The knowledge, perception and practice of female circumcision among mothers in Malaysia
Rafidah Hanim Mokhtar, Malaysia

Many questions arise regarding the importance of various components of nutrition in the first 1000 days of life. One of them is: whether probiotics improve feeding tolerance leading to better overall growth

Dénes Molnár, Hungary
András Arató, Hungary
Jorge Amil Dias, Portugal

ITP: NOVEL THERAPY  -  Hall C

There is no clear consensus regarding second-line therapies for the treatment of ITP that do not respond to first-line therapies in the acute setting and in the chronic phase. Rituximab is a useful second-line therapy and may be splenectomy-sparing. Thrombopoeitin receptor agonists have demonstrated large treatment effects with respect to increasing platelet levels; however, they require maintenance dosing

NEW GENERATION SEQUENCING  -  Hall A

The next generation sequencing has provided a new model originating from sequencing data to genetic disease study, and has made a revolutionary change in the strategy of gene identification for genetic diseases. Due to the application of next generation sequencing technology, gene identification has been accelerated in recent years, and moreover, the new technology and strategy helps in genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis

ENTERAL NUTRITION SUPPORT (ENS): A CONTROVERSY IN ITSELF! - Hall B

Free Communication - Oral Presentations  -  Hall C

Histological healing of intestinal lesions after infliximab induction treatment is associated with sustained clinical remission in pediatric patients with Crohn's disease
Edyta Szymanska, Poland

Lymphocyte Potassium channel inhibition as a novel therapeutic approach in pediatric Crohn's disease
Gergely Toldi, Hungary

Why do children and their parents participate in medical research? Results from a qualitative interview study
Krista Tromp, Netherlands

The effect of pre-intervention practices on pain and anxiety related to peripheral cannulation processes in children
Pinar Tunc Tuna, Turkey

PEDIATRIC VASCULITIS  -  Hall A

Kawasaki disease is an acute systemic vasculitis of childhood. Due to the development of coronary artery aneurysms, it is considered the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children

JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS (JIA)  -  Hall B

Old and new treatments for JIA

Francesco Zulian, Italy

 16:30-18:00

RESEARCH GROUPS -  Hall C

Although relatively common, the management of febrile infants aged <2 months varies considerably among medical institutions, as it is a highly debatable issue. We have performed a national survey of all 25 inpatient pediatric hospitals in Israel on the practices of fever evaluation of febrile infants aged ≤60 days (Acta Paediatrica 2014; 103:379-85). We plan now to proceed to an international survey.

Gender medicine is not familiar to most pediatricians.  Gender differences are not the focus in most of the studies in pediatrics.  Response to treatment and side effects of medications may emphasize gender differences.  Adolescents may serve as an appropriate population for this scope

PRE-ENT SURGERY EXAMINATIONS  -  Hall A

The value of routine coagulation testing instead of bleeding history alone in children, to predict bleeding risk prior to tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy has been questioned. Costs and health outcome states are addressed

RATIONAL THERAPEUTICS III  -  Hall B

 08:30-09:00

 09:00-09:15

 09:15-09:45

 09:45-10:00 

Using opioid narcotics for pain after tonsillectomy in children with obstructive sleep apnea
Gideon Koren, Canada
Discussion

Shimon Reif, Israel