THURSDAY 13 MARCH 2025
| 08:45 - 09:30 |
WELCOME & OPENING |
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| 09:30 - 10:45 | PLENARY SESSION 1 "Climate Change and Children: A Future at Risk or a Chance to Act?" |
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Moderators: |
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| “The Climate Crisis is a Child Rights Crisis” | ||
| Kobe Hautekiet (Unicef Belgium) | ||
| "Growing up in a world on fire." | ||
| Els Duval (UZAntwerp-Belgium) | ||
| "Hey kids, ready for disaster?" | ||
| Gerlant van Berlaer ( UZBrussels-Belgium) | ||
| 10:45 - 11:15 | COFFEE BREAK Posters |
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| 11:15 - 12:45 | PARALLEL SESSION 1 PLENARY SESSION 2 “RSV prevention strategies in children” |
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| Introduction | ||
| Marc Raes (Jessa, Hasselt-Belgium) | ||
| "Implementation and impact of RSV immunization strategies in Spain" | ||
| Irene Rivero Calle (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) & Lucia Lopez Granadoz | ||
| "Implementation and impact of RSV immunization strategies in Belgium" | ||
| Sophie Blumental (ULB, Delta Hospital, Chirec group, Belgium) , Laurane De Mot (Sciensano, Belgium) & Marc Raes (Jessa, Hasselt-Belgium) | ||
| “And what about maternal RSV vaccination” | ||
| Isabelle Dehaene (UZGhent-Belgium) | ||
| 11:00 - 12:30 | PARALLEL SESSION 1 Infections and vaccines |
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| Moderators: Dr. David Tuerlinckx (CHU UCL/Dinant-Namur) & Prof. Françoise Vermeulen (ULB) |
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"Impact of Multiplex PCR in the diagnostic of meningo encephalitis" |
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| Giulia Zorzi (UCL) | ||
| "Inflammation in children – Innovations and what you need to know as a clinician" | ||
| Levi Hoste (UZ Gent) | ||
| "What is the interest and value of 20 valent pneumococcal vaccine in routine vaccination schedule" | ||
| David Tuerlinckx (UCLNamur) | ||
| 11:00 - 12:30 | PARALLEL SESSION 1 Long oral presentations (LO 1 - LO 6) |
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| LO 1. Current Practices and Attitudes of Physicians Regarding Palliative Sedation in Children in Belgium: A National Survey Study. | ||
| LO 2. Phase 3 Trial Evaluating Safety, Efficacy, and Pharmacokinetics of Clesrovimab in Infants and Children at Increased Risk for Severe RSV Disease | ||
| LO 3. Epidemiology of meningococcal disease in Belgium: overview of the last 10 years | ||
| LO 4. A Phase 2b/3 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of an Investigationa RSV Antibody, Clesrovimab, in Healthy Preterm and Full-Term Infants | ||
| LO 5. Outcome of Belgian children and adolescents with primary AML treated with the consecutive international protocols DB AML-01 and NOPHO-DBH AML 2012 | ||
| LO 6. Single-cell DNA and Surface Protein Characterization of High Hyperdiploid Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia at Diagnosis and During Treatment | ||
| 11:00 - 12:30 | PARALLEL SESSION 1 Meet the expert in Cardiology |
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"What should a paediatrician know about cardiomyopathy?” |
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"Case presentations: could this be cardiomyopathy?" |
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| Dr. Gerets (UZA), Dr. André-Dienst (UCL) & Dr. Versmissen (CHC Montlégia) | ||
| "Genetic approach to inherited cardiac diseases" | ||
| Dr. Ilse Meerschaut (UZ Jette) | ||
| "Systematic approach to diagnosis of cardiomyopathy" | ||
| Dr. Laura Muino-Mosquera (UZ Gent) | ||
| "Sudden Cardiac Death" | ||
| Dr. Tomas Robyns (UZ Leuven) | ||
| 12:45 - 13:45 | LUNCH BREAK | |
| 13:00 - 13:30 | POSTERWALK (PW 1-20° | |
| PW 1. Navigating Legal and Practical Challenges: Pediatricians' Perspectives on the Role of Stepparents in Medical Decision-Making. | ||
| PW 2. Incontinentia Pigmenti and the importance of early diagnosis and management | ||
| PW 3. COCCOS: A feasibility study of a transition program for young persons with chronic conditions in a multicentric setting. | ||
| PW 4. Lyme neuroborreliosis revealing MRI enhancement of multiple cranial nerves in a 13-year-old boy with peripheral facial palsy as the only clinical sign | ||
| PW 5. Culture-sensitive care in adolescent medical decision making: a qualitative study of parents with a Muslim background. | ||
| PW 6. A qualitative study on Flemish primary school teachers’ perspective on ADHD behaviour in the school context. | ||
| PW 7. Support for Outpatient Care Providers for Eating Disorders in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults. | ||
| PW 8. Diagnostic challenges and novel insights in Kawasaki disease – a case report. | ||
| PW 9. Endobronchial foreign body in children: can it be prevented? Corentin Stavart, UCL |
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| PW 10. To PEP or not to PEP - should immunoglobulins be given to unvaccinated infants after exposure to measles? | ||
| PW 11. When genetic and functional testing complement each other | ||
| PW 12. Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A Case Series Highlighting the Complexity of this rare form of vasculitis | ||
| PW 13. General Practitioners' perspectives on transitional care for AYA with asthma: Exploring challenges in primary care | ||
| PW 14. Severe RSV infection complicated by pneumomediastinum | ||
| PW 15. Challenges in Diagnosing and Treating Early-Stage Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome: about an invasive Group A Streptococcal Pediatric Case | ||
| PW 16. Reinfection rates after H. pylori eradication treatment during childhood. Interim analysis. | ||
| PW 17. A SURVEY ON ATTITUDES AND KNOWLEDGE ON GASTROSTOMIES AMONG CAREGIVERS OF CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AT TWO BELGIAN HOSPITALS | ||
| PW 18. Congenital portosystemic shunt, a possibly neglected vascular malformation with potential severe short/long-term complications: about two cases. | ||
| PW 19. Unexpected cause of rectal bleeding in a 14-year-old boy | ||
| PW 20. Atypical Atypicals | ||
| 13:45 - 15:00 | PARALLEL SESSION 2 "Innovations in 2025" |
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| Moderators Dr Isabelle Scheers (UCL) & | ||
| "Gene therapy in Sickle Cell Disease" | ||
| Dr. L. Dedeken (HUDERF) | ||
| "Ventricular assistance in end-stage HF" | ||
| Dr. Bjorn Cools / Bart Meyns - KULeuven | ||
| "IBAT-inhibitors ? A new therapy in the arsenal?" | ||
| Dr. Ruth Debruyne - UZG | ||
| 13:45 - 15:00 | PARALLEL SESSION 2 Meet the expert in Allergology/pneumology |
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| "Mast cell disorders: decrypting a nebula par K El Abd" | ||
| CHC | ||
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"Shaping the Future of Paediatric Pulmonology and Beyond - A Holistic Perspective to Value Creation in a Health Care Innovation Ecosystem: Why? How? What?" |
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| Karin Decaestecker (AZ delta) | ||
| "Microbiome and asthma development" | ||
| Kim Van Hoorenbeeck (UZA) | ||
| 13:45 - 15:00 | PARALLEL SESSION Short oral presentation |
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Moderators: Based on abstracts submitted |
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| SO 1. A survey to investigate the knowledge of clinical signs of child abuse among preschool and primary school teachers. | ||
| SO 2. The Burden of RSV Amongst Hospitalized Infants in Belgium | ||
| SO 3. Parental perspectives on Sexual Health Education for Adolescents: a qualitative study. | ||
| SO 4. COVID-19 Lockdown and Its Effects on Pediatric Oral Ingestions with Toxic Substances: A Retrospective Study of the Belgian Poison Center Reports | ||
| SO 5. Influence of parents or peers in medical decision-making during adolescence. | ||
| SO 6. Decision-Making Capacity in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: Perspectives of Adolescents and Parents | ||
| SO 7. Individualised vancomycin therapy in neonates and children: A systematic review to guide model-informed precision dosing | ||
| SO 8. Belgium’s regional disparities in maternal vaccination coverage: do we see real-life impact in infant pertussis cases? | ||
| SO 9. Small airway remodeling and associated vascular remodeling in congenital airway diseases | ||
| SO 10. Vaccine failures and breakthrough infections in children during the PCV13 era in Belgium | ||
| 13:45 - 15:00 | PARALLEL SESSION 2 Meet the expert in Gastroenterology |
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| "Coeliac Disease" | ||
| Dr. Stéphanie Colinet (CHC) | ||
| "Approach to abnormal liver tests in children" | ||
| Xavier Stéphenne (CuSL) | ||
| "Approach to parenteral support in children" | ||
| Bruno Hauser (UZ Brussel) | ||
| 15:00 - 15:30 | COFFEE BREAK Posters |
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | PARALLEL SESSION 3 "Ethics and RGPD in Research" |
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| "Frontière de la prématurité extrème" | ||
| F. Cools (VUB) | ||
| "Enjeux éthiques" | ||
| F. Devaux (HUDERF) | ||
| "Comment rédiger un document de consentement" | ||
| Dr. L Houtekie (UCL) | ||
| 15:30 - 17:00 | PARALLEL SESSION 3 Meet the expert in Neonatology |
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"Point of care ultrasound in neonatology " |
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| Dr. Nadya Yousef (Paris Saclay University Hospitals) | ||
| "US evaluation for the crashing neonate " | ||
| Dr. Catheline Hocq | ||
| "Hands on session on lung ultrasound" | ||
| Dr. Nadya Yousef, Dr. Catheline Hocq & Dr. Barbara De Bisschop | ||
| 15:30 - 17:00 | PARALLEL SESSSION 3 Meet the expert in Hemato-oncology |
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| "New approaches in hemophilia" | ||
| V. Mondelaers (UZG) | ||
| "Surveillance in predisposition syndromes" | ||
| R. De Putter (UZG) | ||
| "Fertiliy preservation" | ||
| MM Dolmans (CUSL) | ||
| Retinoblastoma : a tailored approach | ||
| P. Bartoszek (CUSL) | ||
| 17:00 - 18:30 | NETWORKING DRINK |