EPA2019

13 June 2019

07:30-20:00Registration opens
08:00-09:30Workshop 1
Chair(s):Damian Roland (Leicester, UK)
Information technology in clinical practice and new developments
Wicklow Hall 2
08:00Welcome, introduction and aims
Damian Roland (Leicester, UK)
08:10WS1.1Improving electronic health records
Brendan Murphy (Cork, Ireland)
08:30WS1.2Maximising quality improvement using information technology
Richard Greene (Cork, Ireland)
08:50WS1.3A new era of education: the role of social media and information technology
Damian Roland (Leicester, UK)
09:10Panel discussion and Q & A
08:00-09:30Workshop 2
Non-invasive ventilation strategies in acutely unwell children – an update
(3 x 30 minute mini workshops, candidates rotate through all 3 workshops)
Liffey Hall 1
08:00The unwell child on chronic non-invasive ventilation
Fiona Healy (Dublin, Ireland)
08:00The well child with acute respiratory decompensation
Cathy Gibbons (Dublin, Ireland)
08:00LISA - augmenting a no intubation, non-invasive ventilation approach
Sanja Zivanovic (Oxford, UK)
08:00-09:30Workshop 3
Chair(s):Dara Gallagher (Sligo, Ireland)
Resuscitation and transport of the sick child
Liffey A
08:00Introduction to basic life support
Turlough Bolger (Dublin, Ireland)
08:00Stabilisation of sick children for transport
Heike Bruell (Dublin, Ireland)
08:00-09:30Workshop 4
Chair(s):Eleanor Molloy (Dublin, Ireland)
How to Publish
(Write a paper, get published, review a paper, respond to rejection)
Liffey Hall 2
08:00How to publish
Ian Wacogne (Deputy Editor, Archives of Disease in Childhood)
08:00-09:30Workshop 5
EuTEACH Skills Building Workshop - Communicating effectively with adolescents
Wicklow Hall 1
08:00How to improve your communication skills and how to address major adolescent health problems
Helena EuTEACH (Lisbon, Portugal)
09:30-10:00Tea & Coffee
10:00-10:30Welcome
Chair(s):Professor Ellen Crushell (Congress President and Dean of the Faculty of Paediatrics RCPI), Professor Mary Horgan (President of the RCPI), Professor Leyla Namazova Baranova (President of EPA/UNEPSA), Professor Hilary Hoey (Chairman of Programme Organising Committee) & Mr Simon Harris (Minister for Health)
Auditorium
10:30-11:00Keynote Speaker 1
Chair(s):Ellen Crushell (Dublin, Ireland) & Fügen Çullu Çokuğraş (Istanbul, Turkey)
Child health in Europe & the migrant child
Auditorium
10:30KN1Child health in Europe and the challenges of migrant children
Martin Weber (Copenhagen, Denmark)
11:00-11:30Keynote Speaker 2
Chair(s):Massimo Pettoelle-Mantovani (Foggia, Italy) & Raymond Barry (Cork, Ireland)
Social media benefits and risks for children and adolescents
Auditorium
11:00KN2Social media benefits and risks for children and adolescence
Damian Roland (Leicester, UK)
11:30-14:00Lunch, exhibition & poster tours
12:00-13:45EPA/UNEPSA General Assembly
(Presidents and delegates from EPA/UNEPSA member societies and associations only)
Wicklow Hall 1
12:45-13:45Satellite Symposia
Liffey A
13:45-15:45EURYPA Symposium
Chair(s):Fügen Çullu Çokuğraş (Turkey), Michael Fitzgerald (Dublin, Ireland) & Marija Slobodanac (Osijek, Croatia)
Liffey Hall 2
13:45Welcome
13:47EUR1.1Introduction to EURYPA: History of European Young Paediatricians’ Association
Erkan Erfidan (Izmir, Turkey)
13:53EUR1.2Session 1: Challenges in Training and Career Choice - Central Europe
Balázs Maár (Budapest, Hungary)
14:04EUR1.3Session 1: Challenges in Training and Career Choice - Western Europe
Sarah Lewis (Limerick, Ireland)
14:15EUR1.4Session 1: Challenges in Training and Career Choice - Eastern Europe (Turkey)
Nisa Bolukbasi (Istanbul, Turkey)
14:21EUR1.5Session 1: Challenges in Training and Career Choice - Eastern Europe (Turkey)
Busra Pehlivanoglu (Istanbul, Turkey)
14:27EUR1.6Session 1: Challenges in Training and Career Choice - Southern Europe
Enrica Manca (Foggia, Italy)
14:38EUR1.7Introduction to Session 2
Mehmet Vural (Istanbul, Turkey)
14:40EUR1.8Session 2: Lessons Learned and Recommendations (Consultant Paediatrician in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition)
Fügen Çokuğraş (Istanbul, Turkey)
14:55EUR1.9Session 2: Lessons Learned and Recommendations (Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist and Professor of Paediatrics, UCD)
Billy Bourke (Dublin, Ireland)
15:10EUR1.10Session 2: Lessons learned and recommendations from my experience of paediatric training (Clinical Academic Paediatrician UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital, Chair of the GMC 2015-2018, Former president of the RCPCH)
Terence Stephenson (London, UK)
15:25Roundtable Discussion - Q & A for all speakers
14:00-15:30Symposium 1
Chair(s):Adrienne Foran (Dublin Ireland) & Deirdre Murray (Cork, Ireland)
The first 1000 days and life long effects
Auditorium
14:00S1.1Maternal impact and epigenetic influences
George Chrousos (Athens, Greece)
14:20S1.2Border of viability & long term outcomes for extreme prematurity
John Murphy (Dublin, Ireland)
14:40S1.3How should preterm babies grow?
Neena Modi (London, UK)
15:00S1.4Nutritional requirements for the normal child
Berthold Koletzko (Munich, Germany)
14:00-15:30Symposium 2
Chair(s):Paul Gallagher (Laois, Ireland) & Fügen Çullu Çokuğraş (Istanbul, Turkey)
Well-being and mental health - hot topics
Wicklow Hall 2
14:00S2.1Mental health and refugee children
Errol Alden (Marengo, USA)
14:20S2.2Psychological medicine in a changing world
Elizabeth Barrett (Dublin, Ireland)
14:40S2.3Impact on health and wellbeing of children overexposed to digital media
Massimo Pettoello-Mantovani (Foggia, Italy)
15:00S2.4Physician and health professional wellbeing
Blánaid Hayes (Dublin, Ireland)
14:00-15:30WHO - EPA/UNEPSA Symposium 1
Chair(s):Aigul Kuttumuratova (Copenhagen, Denmark) , Leyla Namazova-Baranova (Moscow, Russia) & Ecaterina Stasii (Chisinau, Moldova)
Implementation of child rights based approaches in health services: challenges and perspectives
Liffey A
14:00WHO1.1What WHO does to improve health of children
Martin Weber (Copenhagen, Denmark)
14:20WHO1.2Improving quality of care for children
Aigul Kuttumuratova (Copenhagen, Denmark)
14:40WHO1.3WHO Collaborating centre for maternal and child health institute for maternal and child health IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy
Marzia Lazzerini (Trieste, Italy)
15:00WHO1.4
14:00-15:30Oral Communications 1
Chair(s):David Mullane (Cork, Ireland), Ike Okafor (Dublin, Ireland)
General Paediatrics 1
Liffey Hall 1
14:00OC1Clinical and molecular features of twenty children with hyper-IgE syndrome caused by STAT3 gene mutation in mainland China
Jiang Liping (Chongqing, China)
14:10OC2A new pediatric educational model: neonatal application of word cloud analysis and single word summarisation
Roy Philip (Limerick, Ireland)
14:20OC3A host-response assay distinguishes between simple influenza patients and influenza patients with bacterial coinfection
Adi Klein (Haifa, Israel)
14:30OC4The quality of child healthcare: a comparison among 30 European countries
Fabrizio Pecoraro (Rome, Italy)
14:40OC5Up away and out of sight how childproof are childproof medications
Aoife Cassidy (Dublin, Ireland)
14:50OC6Pediatric pain at 10 years old in a Portuguese birth cohort – reported by children
Vanessa Gorito (Oporto, Portugal)
15:00OC7Nonsyndromic craniosynostosis: referral patterns for metopic, coronal and lambdoid craniosynostosis in Ireland; 2009-2018, a 10-year review
Shirley Bracken (Dublin, Ireland)
15:10OC8High prevalence of WT1 gene mutations in patients with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome
Dmitry Sladkov (Moscow, Russia)
15:20OC9Impact of combined antiretroviral prophylaxis on health outcomes in HIV-exposed neonates
Anastasiya Vanyarkina (Irkutsk, Russia)
15:30-16:00Tea & Coffee
16:00-17:30Symposium 3 (in collaboration with ESPE)
Chair(s):Clodagh O’Gorman (Limerick, Ireland) & George Chrousos (Patras, Greece)
Growth and puberty
Auditorium
16:00S3.1Growth assessment and use of growth charts
Gary Butler (London, UK)
16:30S3.2Short stature management, indication for growth hormone treatment and new developments
Susan O'Connell (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
17:00S3.3Assessment and management of early and late puberty
Peter Hindmarsh (London)
16:00-17:30Symposium 4
Chair(s):Beatrice Nolan (Dublin, Ireland) & Tomaz Szczepanski (Zabrze, Poland)
New developments and treatments in paediatric haematology and oncology
Wicklow Hall 2
16:00S4.1The diagnosis and management of stroke in infants and children
Leonardo Brandao (Toronto, Canada)
16:20S4.2Update on sickle cell disease and its management
Corrina McMahon (Dublin, Ireland)
17:00S4.4New therapies and outcomes in the management of leukaemia in children
Owen Smith (Dublin, Ireland)
16:00-17:30ECPCP/UNEPSA Symposium
Chair(s):Luigi Nigri (Rome, Italy) & Leyla Namazova-Baranova (Moscow, Russia)
Prevention in Paediatric Primary Care
Liffey A
16:00ECP1.1Overview of ECPCP preventive care proposals. Improving vaccine uptake
Angel Carrasco (Madrid, Spain)
16:20ECP1.2Prevention in paediatrics: the need for a competent Primary Care
Shimon Barak (Tel Aviv, Israel)
16:40ECP1.3Prevention of errors in Primary Paediatric Care in Europe
Gottfried Huss (Rheinfelden, Germany)
17:00ECP1.4Children in a hyperconnected world: prevention of the new morbidity
Massimo Pettoello-Mantovani (Foggia, Italy)
16:00-17:30Oral Communications 2
Chair(s):Michael O'Neill (Mayo, Ireland) & Sarah Lewis (Limerick, Ireland)
General Paediatrics 2
Liffey Hall 1
16:00OC10‘I have a dead person’s kidney in me’: the struggles of self-identity among adolescent kidney recipients in Ireland
Colleen O'Neill (Dublin, Ireland)
16:10OC11Current breast feeding practices and factors affecting the Al-Baha region, Saudi Arabia (pre & post – intervention)
Mahmoud Rashad (Al Baha, Saudi Arabia)
16:20OC12Association between depression and cardiometabolic risk factors in overweight and obese Turkish adolescents
Aslı Güneş (Istanbul, Turkey)
16:30OC13Sydenham’s chorea - a rare condition?
Jaya Pulla (Wakefield, UK)
16:40OC14Outcomes for children receiving noninvasive ventilation as the first-line mode of mechanical ventilation at intensive care admission on Vinnitsa Region Children Hospital: a propensity score-matched cohort study
Oleksandr Katilov (Vinnitsa, Ukraine)
16:50OC15Paediatric mild traumatic brain injury is associated with systemic inflammasome activation and pubertal scoring
Emer Ryan (Dublin, Ireland)
17:00OC16Fever as risk factor of complication in children hospitalized due to RSV infection
Małgorzata Czajkowska (Warsaw, Poland)
17:10OC19Changing the safety paradigm - bringing situation awareness to the fore
Peter Lachman (London, United Kingdom)
17:20OC18A novel standardised protocol for post operative antibiotic use in appendicits RBHSC study results at six months
David Colvin (Belfast, UK)
16:00-17:30Paediatric Nurse’s Symposium
Chair(s):Gráinne Bauer (Dublin, Ireland)
Challenges in child health
Liffey Hall 2
16:00NS1.1Co-creating integrated care for children with complex care needs: lessons from Europe
Maria Brenner (Dublin, Ireland)
16:20NS1.2Developing, testing and implementing interventions for children and their families
Inger Hallstrom (Lund, Sweden)
16:40NS1.3Measuring for improvement in children’s nursing: embedding quality care metrics in children's services in Ireland
Ciara White (Dublin, Ireland)
17:45-18:15Keynote Speaker 3
Chair(s):Edna Roche (Dublin, Ireland)
The genomics revolution – precision medicine and centers for rare diseases – a new focus of Paediatrics?
Auditorium
17:45KN3The genomics revolution – precision medicine and centers for rare diseases – a new focus of Paediatrics?
Georg Hoffmann (Heidelberg, Germany)
18:15-18:45Keynote Speaker 4
Chair(s):Edna Roche (Dublin, Ireland)
Obesity prevention and genetic influences
Auditorium
18:15KN4The causes and consequences of obesity; insights from human genetics
18:45-20:30Welcome Ceremony & Reception
Honorary fellowship conferring by Royal college of physicians of Ireland. Irish Doctors Choir conductor and musical director Brian MacKay & Irish river dancing
Exhibition Hall

14 June 2019

07:30-19:30Registration opens
08:00-08:45Meet the Expert 1
Diagnosis and management of seizures in infants and children
Liffey A
MTE1.1Diagnosis and management of seizures in infants and children
Sophia Varadkar (London, UK)
MTE1.2Presenting with Sophia Varadkar
Mary King (Dublin, Ireland)
08:00-08:45Meet the Expert 2
End of life guidelines/toolkit
Wicklow Hall 2
MTE2.1End of life guidelines/toolkit
Mary Devins (Dublin, Ireland)
MTE2.2Presenting with Mary Devins
Joanne Balfe (Dublin, Ireland)
08:00-08:45Meet the Expert 3
The crying infant assessment and management
Liffey Hall 2
MTE3.1The crying infant assessment and management
Shalom Ben-Shimol (Beer-Sheva, Israel)
MTE3.2Presenting with Shalom Ben-Shimol
Alf Nicholson (Dublin, Ireland)
08:00-08:45Meet the Expert 4
Expanding newborn screening, the endless possibilities...
Liffey Hall 1
MTE4.1Expanding newborn screening, the endless possibilities...
Georg Hoffmann (Heidelberg, Germany)
MTE4.2Presenting with Georg Hoffmann
Ellen Crushell (Dublin, Ireland)
09:00-09:30Keynote Speaker 5
Chair(s):Mehmet Vural (Istanbul, Turkey) & Andreas Gerber-Grote (Zurich,Switzerland)
Challenges in child health
Auditorium
09:00KN5Child and adolescent global health challenges
Zulfiqar Bhutta (Toronto, Canada)
09:30-10:00Keynote Speaker 6
Chair(s):Turlough Bolger (Dublin,Ireland) & Eli Somekh (Bnei Brak, Israel)
New vaccines and controversies
Auditorium
09:30KN6Vaccination Victories 2019
Karina Butler (Dublin, Ireland)
10:00-10:30Tea & Coffee
10:30-12:00Symposium 5 (in collaboration with EAACI)
Chair(s):Basil Elnazir (Dublin, Ireland) & Aideen Byrne (Dublin, Ireland)
New developments in the diagnosis and treatment of allergy
Liffey Hall 2
10:30S5.1Antibiotic allergy: to test or not before reintroduction
Jonathan Hourihane (Cork, Ireland)
10:50S5.2Community based management of cow's milk allergy
Bernadette O'Connor (Ulster, Northern Ireland)
11:10S5.3New challenges in the management of children with food allergy
Leyla Namazova-Baranova (Moscow, Russia)
11:30S5.4Management of anaphylaxis in schools
Antonella Muraro (Padua, Italy)
10:30-11:15Symposium 6
Chair(s):Danielle Jansen (Groningen, The Netherlands) & Sinéad Murphy (Dublin, Ireland)
Obesity and nutrition
Wicklow Hall 2
10:30S6.1Intrauterine and infancy determinants of later childhood obesity: The Rolo Kids Study
Eileen O'Brien (Dublin, Ireland)
10:50S6.2Fad and extreme diets in adolescents
Órla Walsh (Dublin, Ireland)
10:30-12:00Symposium 7
Chair(s):Farhana Sharif (Westmeath, Ireland) & Artan Haruni (Albania)
Normal and not so normal development
Auditorium
10:30S7.1Is there a normal child? How do we define?
Shimon Barak (Tel Aviv, Israel)
10:50S7.2Developmental delay and neuro-disability; Early detection and prevention
Louise Baker (Dublin, Ireland)
11:10S7.3Management and new treatments for cerebral palsy
Ray Barry (Cork, Ireland)
11:30S7.4Latest developments in autism genomics and future directions
Louise Gallagher (Dublin, Ireland)
10:30-12:00Quick Updates 1
Chair(s):Mehmet Vural (Istanbul, Turkey) & Clodagh O’Gorman (Limerick, Ireland)
Hot topics and new therapies
Liffey Hall 1
10:30QU1.1Breast feeding rates in Europe and how to improve
Berthold Koletzko (Munich, Germany)
10:40QU1.2Hospital in the home
Conor Hensey (Dublin, Ireland)
10:50QU1.3New developments in treatment of paediatric oncology
Tomasz Szczepanski (Zabrze, Poland)
11:00QU1.4Paediatric Early Warning System - PEWS
John Fitzsimons (Louth, Ireland)
11:10QU1.5Gender dysphoria
Gary Butler (London, UK)
11:20QU1.6Metabolic and rare diseases: new effective treatments
Fatih Ezgü (Ankara, Turkey)
11:30QU1.7Preparing paediatric international travelers for travelers’ diarrhea
Shai Ashkenazi (Tel Aviv, Israel)
10:30-12:00EPA/UNEPSA Symposium 1
Chair(s):Hilary Hoey (Dublin, Ireland) & Angel Carrasco (Madrid, Spain)
Child health and population needs
Liffey A
10:30UNE1.1New models of care and robust outcome measures
Alf Nicholson (Dublin, Ireland)
10:50UNE1.2The challenges of building a new children’s hospital fit for purpose
Emma Curtis (Dublin, Ireland)
11:10UNE1.3European children’s hospital organisation
Ruben Diaz (Barcelona, Spain)
11:30UNE1.4The role of the children’s hospital 10 years from now
Eilish Hardiman (Dublin, Ireland)
11:15-12:00Debate 1
Chair(s):Danielle Jansen (Groningen, The Netherlands) & Sinéad Murphy (Dublin, Ireland)
Obesity is a form of child abuse
Wicklow Hall 2
D1.1FOR: Obesity is a form of child abuse
Francesco Chiarelli (Chieti, Italy)
D1.2AGAINST: Obesity is a form of child abuse
Russell Viner (London, UK)
12:00-13:30Lunch, poster and exhibitions
12:15-13:15Satellite Symposia
Liffey Hall 2
12:15-13:15Satellite Symposia
Liffey A
12:15-13:15Satellite Symposia
Wicklow Hall 2
13:30-15:00Workshop 6
Chair(s):Paul Oslizlok (Dublin, Ireland)
Cardiology screening and recent advances
Liffey Hall 2
13:30WS6.1Introduction
Paul Oslizlok (Dublin, Ireland)
13:35WS6.2Screening for participation in sport
Graham Stuart (Bristol, UK)
14:00WS6.3Hypertension
Karl McKeever (Belfast, UK)
14:25WS6.4Cholesterol screening
Tadej Battelino (University of Ljublijana, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
14:50WS6.5Conclusions
Paul Oslizlok (Dublin, Ireland)
13:30-15:00The Eva Olah EPA/UNEPSA Symposium
Chair(s):Leyla Namazova-Baranova (Moscow, Russia) & Massimo Pettoello-Mantovani (Foggia, Italy)
Vaccine hesitancy: joining forces to promote and improve vaccine uptake
Liffey A
13:30UNE2.1Challenges of national vaccine programmes
Eli Somekh (Tel Aviv, Israel)
13:50UNE2.2The HPV controversy and way forward
Lucy Jessop (Dublin, Ireland)
14:10UNE2.3Views of the National President - Russia
Leyla Namazova-Baranova (Moscow, Russia)
14:15UNE2.4Views of the National President - Croatia
Aida Mujkić (Zagreb, Croatia)
14:20UNE2.5Views of the National President - The Netherlands
Károly Illy (Ophemert, The Netherlands)
14:25UNE2.6Views of the National President - Hungary
László Szabó (Budapest, Hungary)
14:30UNE2.7Views of the National President - Ireland
Karina Butler (Dublin, Ireland)
14:35UNE2.8Views of the National President - Azerbaijan
Tarana Tagi-Zade (Azerbaijan)
14:40UNE2.9Views of the National President - Georgia
Ekaterina Getia (Georgia)
14:45General discussion
13:30-15:00Symposium 8
Chair(s):Luigi Nigri (Rome, Italy) & Aisling O'Riordan (Dublin, Ireland)
The child at risk
Auditorium
13:30S8.1Challenges of child protection (injury)
Pietro Ferrara (Rome, Italy)
13:55S8.2Migrant child
Fügen Çokuğraş (Istanbul, Turkey)
14:20S8.3Innovation and improving child health outcomes in developing world
Trish Scanlan (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
13:30-15:00Oral Communications 3
Chair(s):Edina Moylett (Galway, Ireland) & Carol Blackburn (Dublin, Ireland)
General Paediatrics 3
Liffey Hall 1
13:30GP225Better Outcomes of ‘High-Risk’ Screened Glutaric Aciduria Type 1 Patients Give Optimism to Future Cases Diagnosed through Newborn Screening in Ireland
Graham King (Dublin, Ireland)
13:40P184Challenges of Paediatric tracheostomy : a 15 years experience in Temple Street Children Hospital
Jasintha Sekaran (Dublin, Ireland)
13:50
14:00OC22Parental rating of follow-up care for their very preterm children in Europe
Anna-Veera Seppanen (Paris, France)
14:10OC23The implementation of a cross-jurisdictional clinical network for congenital heart disease in children and young people
Sharon Morrow (Dublin, Ireland)
14:20OC24The vision and potential for a national child health e-health framework in Europe
Michael Rigby (Keele, UK)
14:30OC25Growth and nutrition support in infants with univentricular physiology
Anne Shine (Dublin, Ireland)
14:40GP75Case of a Lifetime – How Mosaicism May Mislead
Erina Sasaki (Dublin, Ireland)
14:50OC27National newborn screening for cystic fibrosis: genetic data from the first 6 years
Erina Sasaki (Dublin, Ireland)
13:30-15:00Oral Communications 4
Chair(s):Jacqueline McBrien (Dublin, Ireland) & David Mullane (Cork, Ireland)
General Paediatrics 4
Wicklow Hall 2
13:30OC28How does primary child health care fare in Europe? – a journey into the unknown
Mitch Blair (London, UK)
13:40OC29Respiratory syncytial virus hospital admission and outcome in Ireland among infants born less than 32 weeks gestation in the era of changing Palivizumab prescription guidelines
Karen McCarthy (Dublin, Ireland)
13:50OC30Descriptive epidemiology of influenza in the paediatric population in Ireland, 2009 – 2018
Lisa Domegan (Dublin, Ireland)
14:00OC31The effect of breastfeeding on the rate of infections in the first 2 years of life
Tugba Erener-Ercan (Istanbul, Turkey)
14:10OC32Awareness of SIDS risk factors in Irish mothers - a questionnaire based study
Birendra Rai (Northampton, UK)
14:20OC33Altered toll like receptor 2 (TLR2) signalling in children with down syndrome
Dean Huggard (Dublin, Ireland)
14:30OC34Evaluating the quality of hip surveillance radiographs in children with cerebral palsy
Miriam Nyeko-Lacek (Cardiff, UK)
14:40OC35Pulse wave velocity, free fatty acids, and standard lipidogram in normal weight, overweight and obese school children
Bernarda Vogrin (Lenart, Slovenia)
14:50OC36The UTI-UTI audit: understanding the treatment of infants with urinary tract infection
Warren McCue (Craigavon, UK)
15:00-15:15Tea & Coffee
15:15-16:45Quick updates 2
Chair(s):Michael O’Neil (Mayo, Ireland) & Aida Mujkić (Zagreb, Croatia)
Hot topics and new therapies
Wicklow Hall 2
15:15QU2.1Major challenges in paediatric care in the community
Dara Gallagher (Sligo, Ireland)
15:25QU2.2Don’t miss an LSD
Julian Raiman (Birmingham, UK)
15:35QU2.3What’s new in immunodeficiency?
Ronan Leahy (Dublin, Ireland)
15:45QU2.4Home care of children requiring ventilation
Julije Mestrovic (Split, Croatia)
15:55QU2.5Whats new in neonatal brain injury? Cooling and beyond
Eleanor Molloy (Dublin, Ireland)
16:05QU2.6Children's medicine: development and regulation
Doina Plesca (Bucharest, Romania)
16:15QU2.7An update on diagnosis and treatment of chronic viral hepatitis in children
Tudor Pop (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
15:15-16:45Oral Communications 5
Chair(s):John Twomey (Limerick, Ireland) & Louise Kyne (Dublin, Ireland)
General Paediatrics 5
Liffey Hall 1
15:15OC37Challenges and successes of implementing a paediatric early warning system in a limited resource paediatric oncology setting
Rachel MacDonell (Dublin, Ireland)
15:25OC38Impact of malnutrition on early childhood development
Nandita Chattopadhyay (Durgapur, India)
15:35OC39The incidence of congenital heart disease in Baku-Azerbaijan. Prospective epidemiology study
Andreas Petropoulos (London, UK)
15:45OC40Is down syndrome related arthritis (DA) a distinct disease from Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)?
Charlene Foley (Dublin, Ireland)
15:55GP13Differential miRNA expression in CF and gene corrected iPSC-derived lung organoids
Irene Oglesby (Beaumont, Ireland)
16:05OC42Pharmacological induction of A20: anti-inflammatory effects in paediatric asthma
Katy McConnell (Belfast, UK)
16:15OC43Impact of flash and continuous glucose monitoring on quality of life and disease burden in children with diabetes mellitus and their families
Elaine Murphy (Dublin, Ireland)
16:25OC44Optimization of diagnostics for carbohydrate mechanism disorder in children with cystic fibrosis
Liliya Ditkovskaya (St Petersburg, Russia)
16:35OC45Polycystic ovarian syndrome in adolescents: utilising discovery proteomics to identify novel non-invasive biomarkers
Harriet Gunn (London, UK)
15:15-16:45EPA/UNEPSA Symposium 3
Chair(s):Martin Weber (Copenhagen, Denmark), Alf Nicholson (Dublin, Ireland) & Danielle Jansen (Groningen, The Netherlands)
National planning of paediatric workforces and working conditions in Europe
Liffey A
15:20UNE3.1The role of EUPHA in coordinating research on child health care services in Europe
Danielle Jansen (Groningen, The Netherlands)
15:40UNE3.2Ireland
Alf Nicholson (Dublin, Ireland)
15:45UNE3.3Israel
Eli Somekh (Tel Aviv, Israel)
15:50UNE3.4Bulgaria
Vladimir Pilossof (Bulgaria)
15:55UNE3.5The Netherlands
Károly Illy (Ophemert, The Netherlands)
16:00UNE3.6Turkey
Mehmet Vural (Istanbul, Turkey)
16:05UNE3.7Italy
Massimo Pettoello-Mantovani (Foggia, Italy)
16:10UNE3.8Spain
Angel Carrasco (Madrid, Spain)
15:15-16:45Symposium 9
Chair(s):Peter Greally (Ireland) & Tom Connell (Melbourne, Australia)
Advances and controversies in respiratory medicine
Auditorium
15:15S9.1Allergic rhinitis: prevention, management and the role of mobile technology
Arunas Valiulis (Vilnius, Lithuania)
15:35S9.2Chronic cough in childhood: an update
Fernando Benedictis (Ancona, Italy)
15:55S9.3Asthma controversies, myths and recent developments in treatment of asthma
Mike Shields (Belfast, UK)
16:15S9.4Sleep studies – who needs one? Where? And when?
Basil Elnazir (Dublin, Ireland)
15:15-16:45Symposium 10
Chair(s):Nuala Murphy (Dublin, Ireland) & Aman Pulungan (Jakarta,Indonesia)
Type 1 diabetes: advances and new treatments
Liffey Hall 2
15:15S10.1Rising prevalence
15:35S10.2Prediction and prevention
Francesco Chiarelli (Chieti, Italy)
15:55S10.3Chronic complications
Roque Cardona-Hernandez (Barcelona, Spain)
16:15S10.4New treatments and technologies
Tadej Battelino (University of Ljublijana, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
17:00-17:30Keynote Speaker 7
Chair(s):Yonghong Yang (Hong Kong, China)
Microbial resistance and new antibiotics
Auditorium
17:00KN7Microbial resistance and new antibiotics
Robert Cohen (Paris, France)
17:30-18:00Keynote Speaker 8
Chair(s):Aman Pulungan (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Management of obesity and bariatric surgery
Auditorium
17:30KN8Management of obesity and the role of bariatric surgery in children and adolescents
Russell Viner (London, UK)
18:15-19:30Satellite Symposia
Liffey A

15 June 2019

07:30-18:00Registration opens
08:00-08:45Meet the Expert 1 (repeated)
Diagnosis and management of seizures in infants and children
Liffey A
MTE1.1Diagnosis and management of seizures in infants and children
Sophia Varadkar (London, UK)
MTE1.2Presenting with Sophia Varadkar
Mary King (Dublin, Ireland)
08:00-08:45Meet the Expert 2 (repeated)
End of life guidelines/toolkit
Wicklow Hall 2
MTE2.1End of life guidelines/toolkit
Mary Devins (Dublin, Ireland)
MTE2.2Presenting with Mary Devins
Joanne Balfe (Dublin, Ireland)
08:00-08:45Meet the Expert 5
Paediatric radiology update - Which test is best?
Liffey Hall 2
MTE5.1Paediatric radiology update - Which test is best?
Stephanie Ryan (Dublin, Ireland)
08:00-08:45Meet the Expert 6
Joint pain and arthritis in children - management and new developments
Liffey Hall 1
MTE6.1Joint pain and arthritis in children - management and new developments
Orla Killeen (Dublin, Ireland)
09:00-10:30EPA Intercontinental symposium
Chair(s):Zulfiqar Bhutta (Toronto, Canada) & Martin Weber (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Improving paediatric care across international borders - challenges and opportunities to improve child health
Auditorium
09:00INT1.1Views from regions around the world - America
Errol Alden (Marengo, USA)
09:10INT1.2Views from regions around the world - Asia Pacific
Aman Pulungan (Indonesia)
09:20INT1.3Views from regions around the world - Europe
Massimo Pettoello-Mantovani (Foggia, Italy)
09:30INT1.4Views from regions around the world - China
Kunling Shen (Beijing, China)
09:40INT1.5Views from regions around the world - Antimicrobial resistance: a global-health problem and action in China
Yonghong Yang (Beijing, China)
09:50INT1.6Views from regions around the world - Global
Zulfiqar Bhutta (Toronto, Canada)
10:00Discussion and Q&A
09:00-10:30Symposium 11
Chair(s):Orla Kileen (Dublin, Ireland) & Lazlo Szabo (Budapest, Hungary)
Current challenges in adolescent health and transition of care
Wicklow Hall 2
09:00S11.1Selected findings from the MOCHA project on adolescent care in 30 European countries
Mitch Blair (London, UK)
09:20S11.2Suicidal moments and impacts in adolescence
Kevin Malone (Dublin, Ireland)
09:40S11.3Alcohol and teenagers - risks and consequences
Frank Murray (Dublin, Ireland)
10:00S11.4The Impact of pregnancy on adolescent health
Doina Plesca (Bucharest, Romania)
09:00-09:45Symposium 12
Chair(s):Kevin Connolly (Galway, Ireland) & Cillian O’Maoldomhnaigh (Dublin, Ireland)
Infections and antibiotic use
Liffey A
09:00S12.1Antibiotics: how much is enough?
Robert Cunney (Dublin, Ireland)
09:20S12.2Clinical epidemiology and surveillance of paediatric community acquired infection: example of pneumococcal diseases
Corinne Levy (Paris, France)
09:00-10:30Symposium 13
Chair(s):Ethel Ryan (Galway, Ireland) & Tony Ryan (Cork, Ireland)
Intestinal flora: outnumbered by our friends
Liffey Hall 2
09:00S13.1Intestinal flora and the microbiome
Liam O'Mahony (Cork, Ireland)
09:20S13.2Probiotics and gut immunity
Tudor Pop (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
09:40S13.3Pros and cons of probiotics in preterm babies
Oliver Goulet (Paris, France)
10:00S13.4Use of probiotics in children and vulnerable groups
Iva Hojsak (Warsaw, Poland)
09:45-10:30Debate 2
Chair(s):Kevin Connolly (Galway, Ireland) & Cillian O’Maoldomhnaigh (Dublin, Ireland)
Mandatory vaccination
Liffey A
D2.1FOR: Mandatory vaccination
Robert Cohen (Paris, France)
D2.2AGAINST: Mandatory vaccination
David Elliman (London, UK)
10:30-10:50Tea & Coffee
10:50-11:50EPA/UNEPSA Symposium 4
Chair(s):Mitch Blair (London, UK)
Home based parent held medical records in Europe
Liffey Hall 2
10:50UNE4.1Introduction about the project and results from Western European
Mitch Blair (London, UK)
11:05UNE4.2Report of data from Non-EU countries
Leyla Namazova-Baranova (Moscow, Russia)
11:20UNE4.3Overview from Azerbaijan
Tarana Tagi-Zade (Azerbaijan)
11:25UNE4.4Overview from Georgia
Ekaterina Getia (Georgia)
11:30UNE4.5Overview from Moldova
Ecaterina Stasii (Moldova)
11:35Panel Session with National Presidents
10:50-11:50Oral Communications 6
Chair(s):Colm Costigan (Dublin, Ireland) & Anne-Marie Murphy (Limerick, Ireland)
General Paediatrics 6
Wicklow Hall 2
10:50OC46The population incidence of childhood gonadoblastoma over 20 years in the Republic of Ireland
Aisling Geoghegan (Dublin, Ireland)
11:00GP224Multisystem mitochondrial diseases in children with maternally inherited complex I deficiency
Jiri Zeman (Prague, Czech Republic)
11:10OC48Re-interrogation of whole exome sequencing data in developmental epileptic encephalopathies
Kathleen Gorman (Dublin, Ireland)
11:20OC49Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in obese and overweight Iranian children: a cross sectional study
Shahsanam Gheibi (Urmia, Islamic Republic of Iran)
11:30OC50Acute liver failure in children: aetiology and evolution
Tudor Pop (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
11:40OC51Anti-parietal cell antibodies in children with celiac disease. Gluten free diet effect
Natalia Shapovalova (St Petersburg, Russia)
10:50-11:50Oral Communications 7
Chair(s):Beatrice Nolan (Dublin, Ireland)
Haematology, oncology and immunology
Liffey A
10:50OC52A retrospective study of myeloid leukaemia in children with down syndrome in Ireland
Gavin Dowling (Dublin, Ireland)
11:00OC53114 cases of chronic granulomatous disease in mainland China
Liping Jiang (Chongqing, China)
11:10OC54Intraoperative nerve integrity monitor as part of safety dissections of recurrent laryngeal nerve in child and adolescents thyroid surgery
Anatoly Romanchishen (St Petersburg, Russia)
11:20OC55Inhibitors in Albanian children with hemophilia A
Arlind Deveja (Tirana, Albania)
11:30OC56Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for treatment of desmoplastic small round cell tumours in a child; a UK first
Peter Donnelly (London, UK)
11:40OC57Von Willebrand disease reclassification in a national paediatric comprehensive care centre
Irene Regan (Dublin, Ireland)
10:50-11:50Oral Communications 8
Chair(s):Michael Boyle (Dublin, Ireland) & Roy Philip (Limerick, Ireland)
Neonatology
Auditorium
10:50OC58Morbidity and mortality of medical and surgical necrotising enterocolitis
Janet Lang (Melbourne, Australia)
11:00OC59Multimodal monitoring as predictor of brain injury in the preterm infant
David O'Sullivan (Cork, Ireland)
11:10OC60Evaluation of perinatal development of offspring born to mothers with gestational diabetes
Irirna Nikitina (St Petersburg, Russia)
11:20OC61A systematic review of serum biomarkers in neonatal encephalopathy to predict short term outcome
Mary O'Dea (Dublin, Ireland)
11:30OC62The impact of chorionicity and assisted reproductive therapies in obstetric and neonatal outcomes: a retrospective study in 1783 Portuguese twins
Catarina Liz (Penafiel, Portugal)
11:40OC63Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS): how the timing of presentation influences a safe discharge policy
Mugahid Ibrahim (Limerick, Ireland)
10:50-12:00Oral Communications 9
Chair(s):Ciara McDonnell (Dublin, Ireland) & Jonathan Hourihane (Cork, Ireland)
Late breaking
Liffey Hall 1
10:50OC64StethAid: Mobile Technology for Smart Auscultation in Children
Asma Alzumar (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
11:00OC65Normative Neonatal Facial Bio-metrics in the United Arab Emirates for Non-Invasive Early Detection of Genetic Disorder
Olfat Alzaabi (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
11:10OC66Successful Pilot Introduction of a ‘Virtual Clinic’ for a Regional Cohort of Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
Orla Neylon (Limerick, Ireland)
11:20OC67Career Satisfaction Among Pediatric Residents in Two European Countries (Ireland and Turkey): A Comparative Study
Busra Pehlivanoglu (Istanbul, Turkey)
11:30OC68The Backpack Weights of Primary School Students and their Backpack Use Status
Figen Esenay (Ankara, Turkey)
11:40OC69Peculiarities of neuron-specific enolase changes in children with Helicobacter pylori-associated chronic gastroduodenitis
Irina Panova (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation)
11:50OC70Effort to stratify acute respiratory distress children for the initiation of High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) usage in general paediatric ward
Yusma Yusof (Selangor, Malaysia)
12:00-12:30Keynote Speaker 9
Chair(s):Julije Mestrovic (Split, Croatia) & Sinéad Murphy (Dublin, Ireland)
The voice of the child and family
Auditorium
12:00KN9The voice of the child and family
Loman Brophy (Dublin, Ireland)
12:30-13:00Keynote Speaker 10
Chair(s):Eleanor Molloy (Dublin, Ireland) & Hilary Hoey (Dublin, Ireland)
The Editors Choice
Auditorium
12:30KN10Five publications that have most changed paediatric practice in the last 5 years
Nick Brown (Uppsala, Sweden)
13:00-14:30Lunch, posters and exhibition
13:15-14:15EPA/UNEPSA Symposium 5
Chair(s):Ekaterina Zakharova (Russia) & Ellen Crushell (Dublin, Ireland)
Paediatric care needs in Eastern and Western Europe
Liffey Hall 2
13:15UNE5.1Neonatal screening
Ekaterina Zakharova (Russia)
13:30UNE5.2Paediatric care for the child with a rare condition, where East and West meet
Lisbeth Siderius (The Netherlands)
13:45UNE5.3Orphan disease management in Russia and Eastern Europe
N Vashakmadze (Russia)
14:00UNE5.4Panel discussion
14:30-16:00Symposium 14
Chair(s):Tony Ryan (Cork, Ireland) & Ann-Marie Murphy (Limerick, Ireland)
Life long learning, quality improvement and research
Auditorium
14:30S14.1Challenge and opportunities for life long learning in child health
Sinéad Murphy (Dublin, Ireland)
14:50S14.2The benefits of research in the primary health care of children
Zachi Grossman (Tel Aviv, Israel)
15:10S14.3The power of "real world data"
Neena Modi (London, UK)
15:30S14.4Future of paediatric research and performance of mega trials
Eleanor Molloy (Dublin, Ireland)
14:30-16:00WHO - EPA/UNEPSA Symposium 2
Chair(s):Ecaterina Stasii (Chisinau, Moldova) & Fionnuala Cooney (Dublin, Ireland)
Improving health and wellbeing of school children
Liffey A
14:30WHO2.1Experience and outcome of school medicine practice globally - goals and priorities
Martin Weber (Copenhagen, Denmark)
14:50WHO2.2Introducing the School and Youth health promotion strategies into training for health professionals
Ecaterina Stasii (Moldova)
15:10WHO2.3Experience and outcome of school medicine practice in Russia - goals and priorities
Leyla Namazova-Baranova (Moscow, Russia)
15:30WHO2.4Experience and outcome of school medicine practice in Croatia - goals and priorities
Aida Mujkić (Zagreb, Croatia)
14:30-16:00Quick Updates 3
Chair(s):Norma Goggins (Waterford, Ireland) & Aspazija Sofijanova (Skopje, Macedonia)
Hot topics and new therapies
Wicklow Hall 2
14:30QU3.1Infants with complex needs/life-limiting conditions
Martin White (Dublin, Ireland)
14:40QU3.2Genetic screening
Georg Hoffmann (Heidelberg, Germany)
14:50QU3.3Nephrology new treatments
Michael Riordan (Dublin, Ireland)
15:00QU3.4Cystic fibrosis - new treatments
Ruth O'Reilly (Dublin, Ireland)
15:10QU3.5Paediatric thrombotic disorders
Leonardo Brandao (Toronto, Canada)
15:20QU3.6An update on Helicobacter pylori in childhood
Billy Bourke (Dublin, Ireland)
15:30QU3.7Everyone should do the right research
Eleanor Molloy (Dublin, Ireland)
14:30-16:00NCD Symposium
Chair(s):Errol Alden (Marengo, USA) & Aman Pulungan (Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia)
Prevention and treatment of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in children and adolescents
Wicklow Hall 2
14:30NCD1.2Non communicable diseases CHILD (NCDs)
Aman Pulungan (Indonesia)
14:50NCD1.1A youth and advocacy perspective
Marie Hauerslev (Aarhus, Denmark)
15:20NCD1.3
16:00-16:15Tea & Coffee
16:15-17:15Keynote Speaker 11, 12 & 13
Chair(s):Massimo Pettoelle-Mantovani (Foggia, Italy) & Leyla Namazova-Baranova (Moscow, Russia)
Investing in child health, opportunities and the way forward
Auditorium
16:15KN11Imperatives and gains from investing in child health
16:40KN12Solutions and way forward
Terence Stephenson (London, UK)
17:05KN13Conclusions
Ellen Crushell (Dublin, Ireland)
17:15-17:30Poster awards
Chair(s):Leyla Namazova-Baranova (Moscow, Russia), Hilary Hoey (Dublin, Ireland) & Ellen Crushell (Dublin, Ireland)
Auditorium
17:30-17:45Closing ceremony
Chair(s):Leyla Namazova-Baranova (Moscow, Russia), Hilary Hoey (Dublin, Ireland) & Ellen Crushell (Dublin, Ireland)
10th Europaediatrcs Congress 2020 - Zagreb,Croatia
Aida Mujkić (Zagreb, Croatia)
19:30-23:599th Europaediatrics Congress Evening
Trinity College, Dublin