OVERVIEW

Paediatric Update Course 2024 is organized by Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) for Children NHS Foundation Trust and will be held on Nov 21, 2024.

Learning Aims:
A course specifically designed to provide the latest updates on current management strategies for common paediatric problems. The talks will cover key paediatric subspecialties. The teaching will be enhanced with interactive questions and answers.

Recording:
The event will be recorded (unlimited access to the recording for 6 months).

Speakers:

Dr Rossa Brugha, Paediatric Respiratory and Lung Transplant Consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital and an honorary associate Professor at ICH, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Prof Robert Boyle, Consultant Paediatric Allergist, St Mary's Hospital and reseacher at Clinical Research Facility for studies of Children and Young People, Imperial College
Dr Seilesh Kadambari, Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Honorary Associate Professor at UCL
Dr Sinead McGlacken-Byrne, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Dr Zainab Arslan, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Dr Nivedita Desai, Consultant in Paediatric Neurology and Epilepsy, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Dr Federico Minen, Consultant Paediatric Intensivist, King's College Hospital
Dr Filip Kucera, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Cardiology Lead for Kawasaki Disease, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Author of Atlas of Paediatric Echocardiography
Dr James Davison, Consultant in Paediatric Metabolic Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Chair of the British Inherited Metabolic Diseases Group
Dr Edward Gayner, Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Dr Elena Moraitis, Consultant in Paediatric Rheumatology, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Honorary Lecturer at UCL
Prof Alastair Baker, Clinical Lead of Paediatric Hepatology and Nutrition at King's College Hospital

Programme:

9:00 - 9:30 RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

Chronic cough in children: specific vs non-specific cough, diagnostic algorithm and evaluation, treatment strategies [Dr Rossa Brugha, Paediatric Respiratory Consultant, GOSH]

9:30 - 10:00 ALLERGOLOGY

Allergy testing: who needs it and how to interpret results [Prof Robert Boyle, Consultant Paediatric Allergist, Imperial College London]

10:00 - 10:30 INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Recent infectious disease outbreaks – what you need to know [Dr Seilesh Kadambari, Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, GOSH]

10:30 - 11:00 ENDOCRINOLOGY

Disorders of Puberty: An approach to diagnosis and management [Dr Sinead McGlacken-Byrne, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, GOSH]

11:00 - 11:20 Break

11:20 - 11:50 NEPHROLOGY

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in children: complications, slowing down disease progression, management approach by stage of CKD [Dr Zainab Arslan, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, GOSH]

11:50 - 12:20 NEUROLOGY

Headache in children: classification, clinical characteristics, clues from history, evaluation, general management strategies [Dr Nivedita Desai, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, GOSH]

12:20 - 12:50 INTENSIVE CARE

A systematic approach to a poisoned child [Dr Federico Minen, Consultant Paediatric Intensivist, King's College Hospital]

12:50 - 13:40 Lunch break

13:40 - 14:10 CARDIOLOGY

Chest pain: finding the ticking time bombs - when to suspect a cardiac cause, red flags to remember, clinical examples [Dr Filip Kucera, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, GOSH]

14:10 - 14:40 METABOLIC MEDICINE

Paediatric dyslipidaemia: definition, approach to screening, primary and secondary dyslipidaemias, available treatments [Dr James Davison, Consultant in Paediatric Metabolic Medicine, GOSH]

14:40 - 15:10 GASTROENTEROLOGY

IBD: state-of-the-art review, clinical presentations, new and emerging therapies, future perspectives [Dr Edward Gayner, Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist, GOSH]

15:10 - 15:30 Break

15:30 - 16:00 RHEUMATOLOGY

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: classification, clinical manifestations, diagnostic approach, differential diagnosis, treatment options [Dr Elena Moraitis, Consultant in Paediatric Rheumatology, GOSH]

16:00 - 16:30 HEPATOLOGY

A stepwise approach to patients with abnormal liver enzymes [Prof Alastair Baker, Consultant in Paediatric Hepatology, Kings College Hospital]

16:30 - 17:00 ONCOLOGY

Paediatric haematological malignancies: diagnostic challenges, role of biochemical markers and cytogenetic testing, principles of treatment, outcomes [Dr Vesna Pavasovic, Consultant in Malignant Haematology, GOSH]