Saturday, April 2, 2016
| 08:30-10:00 | RHEUMATOLOGY: KAWASAKI DISEASE – HALL A |
| Capsule | This session will highlight the recent advances in pathogenesis and treatment of Kawasaki disease. Moreover, the debate will focus on pitfalls of diagnostic criteria. Incomplete and atypical cases frequently cause important and difficult diagnostic problems. We will also discuss the appropriateness of current internationally accepted criteria. |
| Chairperson | Rolando Cimaz, Italy |
| Update on Kawasaki disease Rolando Cimaz, Italy |
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| Debate: Diagnostic criteria on Kawasaki disease: Pro: Isabelle Koné-Paut, France Con: Despina Eleftheriou, UK Discussion |
| 08:30-10:00 | DILEMMAS IN SPECIAL INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN – HALL B |
| Capsule | The management and prevention of Osteomyelitis, infective endocarditis and RSV bronchiolitis in children are problematic and raise significant dilemmas. |
| Chairperson | Daphna Marom, Israel Pablo Rojo, Spain |
| The management of Osteomyelitis in 2016 Pablo Rojo, Spain |
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| Infective endocarditis in children Daphna Marom, Israel |
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| Prevention of RSV bronchiolitis Ram Yogev, USA |
| 08:30-10:00 | DRUG & ADDITIVES REACTIONS – HALL C |
| Chairperson | Sami Bahna, USA |
| When should you suspect drug allergy in children? Marina Atanaskovic -Markovic, Serbia |
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| Controversies in atopic eczema management Helen Chan, Singapore |
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| Do food additives cause behavior disorders in children? Sami Bahna, USA |
| 10:20-11:50 | RHEUMATOLOGY: PFAPA & OTHER RECURRENT FEVER SYNDROMES – HALL A |
| Chairperson | Jordi Anton Lopez, Spain |
| Overview on autoinflammatory diseases Jordi Anton Lopez, Spain |
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| Debate: Genetic testing Pro: Juan Ignacio Aróstegui, Spain Con: Carine Wouters, Belgium Discussion |
| 08:30-10:00 | GENETICS – HALL B |
| Chairperson | Arnold Munnich, France Dorit Lev, Israel |
| Capsule | Carrier screening is defined as the detection of carrier status of recessive diseases in couples or persons who do not have an a prior increased risk of being a carrier based on their or their partners’ personal or family history. Carrier screening for single gene disorders is not new. However, new genetic testing technologies, such as next generation sequencing, provide opportunities for expanded carrier screening panels for multiple autosomal and X-linked recessive disorders without significantly higher costs. Consequently, more carriers and “carrier couples” will be identified as more conditions, genes, and mutations can be screened simultaneously than previously possible. |
| Expanded carrier screening for genetic disorders Dorit Lev, Israel |
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| Debate: We should screen for all genetic defects Pro: Dorit Lev, Israel Con: Arnold Munnich, France Discussion |
| 10:20-11:50 | PEDIATRIC ASTHMA MANAGEMENT – HALL C |
| Chairperson | Marina Atanaskovic-Markovic, Serbia |
| Personalized asthma management – Is it realistic? Gary Wong, Hong Kong |
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| Should initial treatment of acute asthma include anticholinergics? Marina Atanaskovic-Markovic, Serbia |
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| Steroid phobia in childhood atopic diseases Ellis Hon, Hong Kong |
| 12:10-13:40 | BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA (BPD) AND PREMATURITY – HALL A |
| Capsule | Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is the most common sequelae related to very low birth weight infants, mostly with those of extremely low birth weight. Even with advances in prevention and treatment of respiratory distress syndrome associated with prematurity, there is still no decrease in the incidence in this population, although a change in its clinical expression and severity has been observed. Some new points of view regarding treatment of BPD will be discussed in this session. |
| Chairperson | Manuel Sanchez Luna, Spain |
| The New BPD and the connection with long term lung damage in adults Manuel Sanchez Luna, Spain |
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| The less invasive approach to prevent damage of the immature lung Cristina Ramos-Navarro, Spain |
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| Respiratory care of children with BPD after hospital discharge Santiago Pérez-Tarazona, Spain |
| 12:10-13:40 | PERTUSSIS IN THE XXI CENTURY: ARE THERE ANY NEW APPROACHES OR STRATEGIES? – HALL B Organized by the Catalan Society for Pediatrics |
| Chairperson | Fernando Moraga, Spain |
| Have any epidemiological changes been documented? Mireia Jané, Spain |
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| Has the vaccination during pregnancy against pertussis been successful? The Catalonian experience Carlos Rodrigo, Spain |
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| New approach for malignant pertussis patients Yolanda Jordan Garcia, Spain |
| 12:10-13:40 | COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE FOR ALLERGIES IN CHILDREN – HALL C |
| Chairperson | Helen Chan, Singapore |
| CAM for atopic diseases Ellis Hon, Hong Kong |
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| Conventional & Modern Traditional Chinese Medicine for Allergic Rhinitis Helen Chan, Singapore |
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| Critical analysis of CAM for pediatric allergies Gary Wong, Hong Kong |
| 14:30-16:00 | ADOLESCENT MEDICINE – DRUGS SAFETY – HALL A |
| Chairpersons | Sanz Emilio, Spain Gidi Koren, Canada |
| Suicidal behavior in children and adolescents: drug induced or disease induced…? Sanz Emilio, Spain |
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| Suicide in adolescents treated with SSRI Gidi Koren, Canada |
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| Debate: How to move association from causation Pro: Sanz Emilio, Spain Con: Gidi Koren, Canada Discussion |
| 14:30-16:00 | AUTISM, DSM-5 AND BEYOND: THE CHALLENGING SPECTRUM OF NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS – HALL B |
| Capsule | The prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has significantly increased. Evidence suggests that ASD, and other neurodevlopmental disorders have similar neuropathology, share considerable overlap symptomatology in their core and associated symptoms and a frequent overlap in their comorbid conditions. It is often the case that a child has symptoms of more than one disorder. There have been increasing questions and controversies as to whether or not it is necessary and beneficial to maintain a distinction. In this session we will discuss the practically of evaluating each patient in terms of several sets of criteria |
| Chairperson | Itai Berger, Israel |
| For the times they are a-changin’: Autism and other neuro-developmental disorders: Can a child have both? Itai Berger, Israel |
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| Debate: Should genetic testing be considered as part of management in all children with an autism spectrum disorder? Proposition: Bertrand Jordan, France Opposition: Michael Absoud, UK |
| 14:30-16:00 | INTERACTIVE DISCUSSIONS ON ALLERGY/ASTHMA/IMMUNOLOGY – HALL C |
| Moderator | Sami Bahna, USA |
| Puzzling cases of allergy in children Sami Bahna, USA |
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| Discussants | Marina Atanaskovic -Markovic, Serbia Helen Chan, Singapore Ellis Hon, Hong Kong Gary Wong, Hong Kong |