EAACI & GA2LEN PEDIATRIC ASTHMA ALLERGY SCHOOL

Organisers: EAACI & GA2LEN Asthma Section & Pediatric Section

Location: Venice (Italy) - San Servolo Island
The Island of San Servolo, in the Venice lagoon, is fully equipped for the organization of conventions, seminars, training work-shops, up-dating, research presentations. In the Study Centre Lodging facility there are153 roomsthat are comfortably equipped for a maximumsleeping capacity of 256. The island is easily reachable from the Venice Airport by public transportation. The main low cost companies have daily flights to Venice.
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Date: July 5-8th 2008
Aim: To provide clinicians and young scientists with updates in the field of pediatric asthma
Target Audience: clinicians working and young scientists in the field of asthma in children

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

Registration: Saturday, July 5th 17:00 - 19:30
Sunday, July 6th 07:30 - 08.30
Day I – Sunday July 6th
08:30 Welcome introduction:
EAACI: Roy Gerth van Wijk

GA2LEN: Torsten Zuberbier

Session I: Epidemiology, basic mechanisms, age related phenotypes and prognosis

Chairpersons: Roy Gerth van Wijk – Jorrit Gerritsen

09:00Prediction of asthma in childhood
Karin-Lodrup Carlsen, Norway
09:30 Mechanisms of (different types of) childhood asthma, inflammation and remodelling
Petr Pohunek, Czech Republic
10:00Prognosis of asthma from childhood to adulthood
Leonardo Fabbri, Italy
10:30General Discussion
10:45Coffee break
11:00Respiratory viruses in childhood asthma
Nicola Wilson, UK
11:30 Role of inhalant allergy in childhood asthma (incl comorbidityallergic rhinitis)
Karin-Lødrup Carlsen, Norway
12:00Role of food allergy in the asthmatic child
  1. Muraro, Italy
12:30 General Discussion

13:00 Lunch break

Session II: Taking care of the asthmatic children. Compliance- Achieving quality spirometry in children, Inhalation devices and technique

Chairperson: Torsten Zuberbier, Germany – Jan Lotvall, Sweden
15:00Working with children and parents to improve asthma care
Monica Fletcher, UK
15.30Practical Session with all Faculty participants and case presentations

Day II – Monday July 7th

Session III: Phenotypes of childhood asthma

Chairperson: Andrew Bush, UK – Ioana Agache, Romania

09:00Clinical phenotypes in childhood asthma
Antonio Nieto, Spain
09:30 Severe and difficult to control asthma in children – Characteristics, predictors and risk factors
Andrew Bush, UK
10:00Exercise induced asthma in children
Kai-Hakon Carlsen, Norway

10:30How should we treat exacerbations?

Graham Roberts, UK

11:00General Discussion

11:15 Coffee break

Session IV: Monitoring and managing childhood asthma

Chairpersons: Petr Pohunek, Czech Republic – Stefania La Grutta, Italy

11:30 Inflammation measurements (incl. inflammometry, sputum
eosinophils, exhaled NO) in childhood asthma
MW Pijnenburg, The Netherlands
12:00 Lung function measurements in children (all ages) and international standards
Samatha Sonnappa , UK
12:30 Pediatric asthma questionnaires in routine care
Joao Fonseca, Portugal

13:00 General Discussion

13:15Lunch break

Session V: Specific treatment in allergic childhood asthmaChairpersons: Antonella Muraro, Italy - Zoya Panahloo, UK
15:30Avoidance/reduction of allergen exposure in childhood asthma
Gunilla Hedlin, Sweden
16:00Specific immunotherapy (SIT/SLIT) in childhood asthma
Susanne Halken, Denmark
16:30Anti IgE treatment in children with asthma
Jocelyne Just, France
17:00General Discussion
Day III - Tuesday July 8th

Session VI: Management of Pediatric Asthma

Chairpersons: Attilio Boner, Italy – Eckard Hamelmann, Germany

09:00Report from the PRACTALL programme
Philippe Eigenmann, Switzerland
09:30 Daily versus as needed inhaled corticosteroids in children with asthma
Ioana Agache, Romania
10:00 Role of LABA and Leukotrienereceptor antagonist in childhood asthma
Christian Virchow, Germany
10:30Asthma and gastroesophageal reflux
Giovanni Rossi, Italy
11:00 General Discussion
11:15 Coffee break

Session VII: Managing problems in children with asthma

Chairpersons: Philippe Eigenmann, Switzerland – Giovanni Rossi, Italy
11:30Management of asthma in preschool children – a challenge
Jonathan Grigg, UK
Clinical case – Luis Miguel Borrego, Portugal
12:00Management of asthma in teenagers – a challenge
Graham Roberts, UK
Clinical Case – Mara Xatzipsalti, Greece
12:30General Discussion
13:00End of Course