09:00-10:15

PLENARY 2: Joining forces: multi- and interdisciplinary care targeting prevention of chronic diseases
Chairs: P. Smeesters / K. Van Hoorenbeeck

• Early origins and prevention of obesity

• Alcohol and youth

• Green spaces: how urbanisation can affect children’s health?

10:15-11:15

COFFEE BREAK AND POSTERS
10:30 - 11:00 | Poster walk
10:30 - 11:15 | General Assembly BVK/SBP

• PW 13. Case-report : Acute Parvovirus-B19 infection reveals hereditary spherocytosis within a pair of siblings

• PW 14. Chronic benign neutropenia in children: when, what and how ?

• PW 15. Congenital deficiency of pyruvate kinase

• PW 16. Posttransplant complications in a case of late-onset familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis type 2

• PW 17. Acquired torticollis as a presentation of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: Two contrasting  cases

• PW 18. Respiratory distress in a young child, not always infectious

• PW 19. Management of a post traumatic pneumomediastinum: case of an 18-months-old child with a toothbrush perforating pharyngeal wound.

• PW 20. Severe pulmonary interstitial emphysema in preterm infant born at 27 weeks: case report about the prominent role of systemic corticoid treatment

• PW 21. A rare cause of acute abdomen in a 3-year-old child : a case report

• PW 22. Severe dilated cardiomyopathy in a child with Pitt-Hopkins syndrome

• PW 23. May-Thurner Syndrome in an adolescent : a case report.

• Pro/Con: HFNC on the pediatric ward versus PICU - Hospitalisation for seizure?

• Pro/Con: Hospitalisation for seizure?

• PID: warning signs and beyond

• Pulmonology: Long-term respiratory outcomes in BPD

• General pediatrics: Bed sharing and SIDS

• SO 12. Diagnosis in children with Marfan syndrome: Red flags for early identification

• SO 13. A single center 10 years’ Review of Maximal Exercise Capacity in Children with different types of Congenital Heart Disease.

• SO 14. Elevated high sensitivity C-reactive Protein in Belgian children and adolescents living with overweight or obesity

• SO 15. The Cow’s Milk-Related Symptom Score (CoMiSS) in healthy Egyptian, Indonesian and Brazilian infants.

• SO 16. Reliability of updated KidZ Health Castle formula (KHC-F v2) used for proper probe positioning of a multichannel intraluminal impedance pH monitoring

• SO 20. Longitudinal Follow-up Study of a Cohort of Adolescent Anorexic Females of the Restrictive Type: Study Results and Conclusions.

• SO 22. A consensus recommendation for pediatric intravenous maintenance fluid in Belgium: on behalf of the Be-PIV group.

• PW 24. Hypernatremia in a child with episodes of vomiting: there may be more than meets the eye

• PW 25. Parsing Genetic and Autoimmune Etiology in Premature Ovarian Insufficiency

• PW 26. Acute liver injury in a 14- year old girl

• PW 27. Symptoms and management of cow's milk allergy: perception and evidence

• PW 28. Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 4 (PFIC4): contribution of genetics to the rapid diagnosis of a rare cause of neonatal jaundice.

• PW 29. From purpura to idiopathic purpura fulminans: a guidance in diagnosis and therapy

• PW 30. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in a 4-year old boy

• PW 31. Learning points from a cross-sectional cohort study in individuals with pathogenic variants in FLNA

• PW 32. Incontinentia Pigmenti and neonatal brain damage: a case report.

• PW 33. HHV-6 encephalitis or alternative diagnosis? 3 case reports

• PW 34. How an insignificant behavioural issue was actually a life threatening disease: A case report about a young boy with PACNS

14:00-15:15

PARALLEL SESSIONS

• LO 7. Ultra-processed food intake does not correlate with pediatric MASLD in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

• LO 9. Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) associated disease in general practice in Belgium

• LO 10. Use of a mobile phone application in adolescents with asthma: a prospective observational study.

• LO 11. Neonatal course and long-term outcome in children with congenital chylothorax

• LO 8. Regional Inequity in 4CMenB Vaccination Coverage in Belgium: A Retrospective Ecological Study

• SO 24. N-of-1 trial to validate the efficacy of highly effective protein therapy in cystic fibrosis patients with rare mutations.

• SO 25. Increased Cases of Neonatal Echovirus-11 in Belgium, 2022

• SO 26. Unraveling patterns of inflammation in two SAVI patients by combining cytokines and ISG scores: from bench to bedside.

• SO 28. Advanced lung disease in cystic fibrosis and modulator treatment of the “cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator” (CFTR) protein: a 3-year follow-up

• SO 29. Exhaled Breath Volatile Organic Compounds: Window Into Preterm Lung Disease? Proof-of-concept Studies In Preterm Infants And Preterm Lambs

• SO 30. Volatile Organic Compounds and the Relevance of Background Correction in the Early Prediction of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Preterm Infants

• SO 32. Evaluating Erythrocytapheresis For Iron Overload In Patients With Beta Thalassemia Major And Sickle Cell Disease In Need Of Iron Chelation Therapy

• SO 33. A qualitative research into personal experience and relational meaning in sibling HSCT donors

• SO 23. Age-dependent signature of serum inflammatory cytokines IL-1Ra, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-18, TNF-α, CXCL9 and CXCL10 in healthy children 

•  SO 18. The European Pediatric Clinical Trials Network conect4children (c4c): 6-year progress report of pediatric trial facilitation within Belgium 

• SO 19. Nurturing upcoming investigators within Pediatric Pharmacology: European Mentorship Program Development and Launch within conect4children (c4c) 

• SO 21. Preliminary results of the establishment of a Youth Advisory Council Focused on Drug Development within Pediatric Nephrology 

• When and how to screen for hypercholesterolemia?

(M. Becker, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg)

• Comprehensive care management of congenital vascular anomalies

(A. Van Damme / L. Boon)

• Work-up of behavioral problems

(S. Bonduelle, UZ Brussel)

15:15-15:45

COFFEE BREAK

15:45-17:45

PLENARY 3: Joining forces: how do we need to change our education to prepare for future challenges?

• Advanced practice nurses in Belgian pediatrics: where are they?

• Integration of subspecialties into the Belgan Academy of Pediatrics : a pilot project

•  Working with children = building on common ground

• Do we need a shift towards more preventive care in pediatrics?

• Novel insights in bronchopulmonary dysplasia: an innovative, translational approach to diagnosis, follow-up and treatment.

• Paediatric residents in the picture: Stimulating and optimising workplace learning

•  Health outcome after preterm birth: a microbiota perspective

• Exploring the Immune Horizon - Systemic Inflammatory Diseases in the Era of SARS-CoV-2 and Beyond 

•  From diagnosis to treatment in genetic epilepsies: implementation of precision medicine in real-world clinical practice