Recorded: EIP 2020 ● Language: English ● Duration: 118 minutes ● Topic: Pediatric Respiratory
Presentation 1: Microbes as Novel Targets for Asthma Treatment and Prevention
SEJAL SAGLANI, Professor of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College London, UNITED KINGDOM
Learning Objectives: (1) Understanding the role of viruses in the inception of asthma (2) Understanding the role of bacteria/microbiome in infection-induced exacerbations (3) The use of objective biomarkers to undertake targeted treatment to prevent asthma attacks
Presentation 2: Oral Immunotherapy for Food Allergy: A Dawn of the New Era and Anaphylaxis Management
PAUL TURNER, Clinician in Paediatric Allergy & Immunology, Imperial College London, UNITED KINGDOM
Learning Objectives: (1) Describe the recent progress made in terms of developing immunotherapy for food allergy. (2) Review the remaining barriers to immunotherapy being widely available in clinical practice. (3) Consider other interventions which can alleviate the burden of allergic disease in individuals with food allergy
Presentation 3: Early-life origins of COPD
ADNAN CUSTOVIC, Clinical Professor of Paediatric Allergy, Imperial College London, UNITED KINGDOM
Learning Objectives: (1) Understand why early life events are crucial for the development of COPD and the lifelong lung health (2) Explain how to identify children at risk (3) Discuss how best to intervene during or after the crucial pre-school years
Presentation 4: Long Term Effects of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
MARIELLE PIJNENBURG, Ass. Prof., Head of Paediatric Respiratory, Erasmus University MC, THE NETHERLANDS
Learning Objectives: (1) Learn the long term respiratory consequences of preterm birth and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (2) Understand why long term follow of children with BPD into adulthood is needed (3) Learn how to set up your own follow-up program