Program

Main topics

Hematology and Basic Immunology

• Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells. Experimental and Clinical Aspects
• Anemia in Childhood
• Leukemia

Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology

• Current Development and Controversies in Pediatric Allergy
• Early Predictors of Allergy in Children
• Non-IgE mediated Allergy in Children
• Atopy and Asthma in Childhood
• Cellular Biology of Asthma in Childhood
• Epidemiology of Asthma
• Asthma Guidelines: ISAAC, GINA, GLORIA, ARIA, GOLD, GARD, GOAL
• Assessment of Asthma in Infancy and Childhood
• Non-Invasive Monitoring of Asthma
• New Therapies for Asthma
• Immunotherapy in Children: Indications, Contraindications, Side Effects

Identification, Diagnosis and Management of Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases

Novel and Controversial Issues in Perinatal Pediatrics and Neonatology

• Congenital Abnormalities: Update on Diagnostics and Treatment
• Death Causes in Perinatal Period
• Hemolytic Disease of Newborn
• Newborn Screening

Nutrition

• Breastfeeding, Environmental and Health
• Probiotics and Prebiotics in Pediatrics
• Dietary Management
• Prevention of Food Allergy
• Role of Nutritional Factors in Allergy Development

Adolescent Health. Urgent Problems

• Eating Disorders
• Sports Medicine & Fitness
• Extreme Sports
• Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
• Effect of Passive Smoking in Childhood and Adolescence

Diagnostic Tools and Treatment Methods in Otolaryngology

Endocrinology

• Pediatric Obesity and Its Complications
• Diabetes
• Thyroid Disorders
• Abnormalities of Growth

Gastroenterology. What Every Clinician Should Know?

In and Out in Infectious Diseases

• Recurring Infections
• Antibiotic-Associated Disorders
• Tuberculosis Epidemics
• Update on Avian Flu
• Invasive Fungal Infections
• Congenital CMV Infections
• Viral Hepatitis
• Pediatric HIV
• Epidemics of AIDS

Hot Topics in Immunization

• Immunization Refusal

Dermatology. Novel Therapeutic Strategies and Implications

• Skin Infections and Infestations
• Birthmarks
• New Insights into Pathogenesis of Atopic Dermatitis

Nephrology and Urology

• Urinary Problems in Children
• Renal Hypertension
• Hematuria and Proteinuria
• Management of Childhood UTI’s

Neurology

• Pediatric Sudden Cardiac Death
• Headaches in Childhood
• New Strategies in the Treatment of Epilepsy
• Head Injuries in Childhood: Accident Prevention, Management, Prognosis

Current Opinion in Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

• Surgery for Congenital Disorders
• Acquired Disorders and Postoperative Complications
• Cardiac Murmur
• Infectious Heart Diseases in Childhood

Problems of Pediatric Surgery

Recent Advances in Diagnostics and Treatment of Rheumatic Diseases

• Lab Evaluation of Rheumatic Diseases
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Children

Children’s Dental Health

Ophthalmology

• Novel Methods in Ophthalmosurgery for Congenital Cataract and Glaucoma
• Refractive Ametropia and Correction Methods
• Strabismus: Operative and Conservative Treatment
• Ocular Allergy

Clinical Pharmacology. Translating Research to Clinical Practice

Childhood Trauma. Prevention and Tretamnet

Critical Care in Children's Hospitals

Children with Special Health Care Needs

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Computers/Information Technology

• Clinical Information Technology
• Effects of Health Information Technology on the Therapeutic Relationship
• Personal Health Records
• Telemedicine for Pediatrics
• Pediatric Environmental Health Resources on the Internet

Problems of Children’s Health in Developing Countries

I World Allergy and Asthma Pediatric Congress

The World Forum of Pediatrics will share some joint sessions on asthma and atopy in childhood with the III World Asthma & COPD Forum

• Global burden of pediatric asthma
• Anti-IgE and pediatric asthma
• Allergy as a skin barrier disease
• Inflammation as a systemic problem
• Role of early allergy in childhood asthma development
• Anaphylaxis in children and infants
• Congenital cystic lung lesions
• Respiratory infection and wheezing in early life
• Early allergy vs lung function development
• Anti-inflammatory treatment of airways: current and future
• Role of LABA and leukotriene-receptor antagonist in childhood asthma
• Obstructive sleep disordered breathing
• Asthma: different faces and different phenotypes
• Severe asthma in children
• Chronic cough
• Nose and lung interactions: importance of nose when treating asthma
• Imaging the airway
• Insights in oral tolerance
• Food allergy: towards clinical practice guidelines
• Cow’s milk allergy prevention and treatment
• Atopic eczema in children: novel approaches
• Use of biomarkers to personalize asthma therapy
• Immunotherapy in children: SCIT or SLIT?
• Novel forms of immunotherapy
• Drug allergy in children