Pediatric Esophageal Diseases School 29.9.2010 - 2.10.2010

Program

Wednesday, September 29th

9.00-10.00 Welcome and Introduction
Pediatric gastroesophageal reflux disease - 1
10.00-10.30 Epidemiology, patophysiology (Koletzko)
10.30-11.30 Live endoscopy and case presentations (Thomson)
11.30-12.00 Coffee break
12.00-12.30 GERD and asthma (Namazova)
12.30-14.00 Live endoscopy and case presentations (Thomson)
14.00-15.30 Lunch break
15.30-17.00 Workshops (3 groups)
  • pH monitoring, multichannel intraluminal impedance monitoring
  • Bile reflux monitoring
  • Pathology
19.00 Warming-up cocktail party

Thursday, September 30th

Pediatric gastroesophageal reflux disease - 2
9.00-9.30 X-ray imaging (Ključevšek)
9.30-10.00 Endoscopy (Thomson)
10.00-10.30 Surgery (Bitenc)
10.30-11.00 Dietary measures and drugs (Satellite AstraZeneca - Koletzko)
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-12.00 Barrett's esophagus (Thomson)
12.00-12.30 Case presentations
12.30-14.00 Lunch break
14.00-14.30 Endoscopic therapeutic procedures (Thomson)
14.30-15.00 Bile reflux monitoring in GERD (Orel)
15.00 Sightseeing tour of Ljubljana
19.00 Dinner

Friday, October 1st

Developmental anomalies of esophagus
9.00-9.30 Embryogenesis, etiopathogenesis, classification, and clinical presentation (Vidmar)
9.30-10.00 Surgical treatment (Sok)
10.00-10.30 Longterm treatment and follow-up (Orel)
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
Motility disorders and achalasia
11.00-12.00 Motility disorders - Achalasia (Vandenplas)
12.00-12.30 pH monitoring and multichannel intraluminal impedance monitoring in pediatric GERD (Vandenplas)
12.30-13.00 Case presentations
13.00-14.30 Lunch break
15.30-17.00 Overlap between gastroesophageal reflux disease and allergy (Vandenplas, Orel)
14.00-16.00 Workshops (3 groups)
  • pH monitoring, multichannel intraluminal impedance monitoring
  • Bile reflux monitoring
  • Pathology
19.00 Dinner

Saturday, October 2nd

Eosinophilic esophagitis
9.00-9.30 Epidemiology, clinical course and endoscopy (Liacouras)
9.30-10.00 Histology (Cerar)
10.00-10.30 Patophysiology and allergy testing, cytokines (Avčin)
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-11.30 Treatment: elimination and elemental diet, drugs (Liacouras)
11.30-12.00 Follow-up and long term management (Liacouras)
12.00-13.00 Case presentations
13.00-13.30 Evaluation and closing
15.00 Excursion

Venue

University Children's Hospital Ljubljana, Slovenia

Faculty

Internationally recognized clinicians and scientists from Europe and USA

Contact

Mrs. Mojca Lah, project manager
Entrapharm, d.o.o.
Pot k sejmišču 30, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Phone: +386 1 561 18 93
Fax: +386 1 561 13 42