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SUMMER SCHOOL 2009
State-of-the-art in pediatric allergy and asthma 2009
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Friday, June 26 (18:30 – 20:00)
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| Introduction (18:30 - 17:00) |
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Session 1 – Allergy: The global view (19:00 - 20:00) |
Genes and the environment: How they interact. Adnan Custovic (UK)
Lessons from birth cohorts: Pets in infancy - allergy and asthma in school age? Thomas Keil (Germany)
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Saturday, June 27 (09:30 – 16:30)
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Session 2 – Asthma (09:30 - 11:30) |
The involvement of small airways in childhood asthma – clinical implications Leif Bjermer (Sweden)
Pro-Con: Wheeze or asthma? Do we gain or lose from such distinction
• We gain: MarkEverand (UK)
• We lose: Paraskevi Xepapadaki (Greece)
Asthma treatment based on phenotypes: how can it be done and what is the evidence? Nikos Papadopoulos (Greece)
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| Coffee Break (11:30 - 12:00) |
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Session 3 – Food allergy (12:00 - 13:30) |
Natural history of food allergy: new evidence. J Hourihane (Ireland)
Selection of milk formula in atopic children. Antonella Muraro (Italy)
New diagnostic approaches and new therapies for food allergy. Adriano Mari (Italy)
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| Lunch Break (13:30 - 15:00) |
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Session 4 – Skin allergy (15:00 - 16:30) |
Controlling atopic eczema: current evident. Natalija Novak (Germany)
Homeopathy versus conventional treatment for eczema. Thomas Keil (Germany)
Acute urticaria in children – management. Clive Grattan (UK)
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| Sunday, June 28 (18:00 – 19:30) |
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Session 5 – Drug allergy & Anaphylaxis (18:00 - 19:30) |
Anaphylaxis in childhood – review & reasoning of the guidelines. Antonella Muraro (Italy)
Allergy to antibiotics in children: how often is it real and how long it persists? Pascal Demoly (France)
Cold urticaria in children – how dangerous it is? George Konstantinou (Greece)
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Session 6 - posters |
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| Monday, June 29 (09:30 – 11:30) |
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Session 7 – Breathing in: Rhinitis & Immunotherapy (09:30 11:30) |
Don’t forget the nose: interactions and comorbidities with asthma, conjunctivis, and otitis. Elina Toskala (Finland)
The new ARIA guidelines - what’s in it for children? Pascal Demoly (France)
Allergen specific immunotherapy in children: when to start and what to expect. Moises Calderon (UK)
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