Annual Congress Vienna 2012

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PG15 Common respiratory infections in childhood: current guidelines and controversies

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: E. Eber (Graz, Austria), F. De Benedictis (Ancona, Italy)
Aims: To provide: an overview of the current guidelines and controversies for frequently occurring paediatric respiratory infections, such as viral bronchiolitis and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP); and insight into the changing epidemiology of CAP and pleuritis in childhood due to vaccination, controversies in the management of parapneumonic effusions and the diagnostic approach of recurrent pneumonia.

HERMES module links: PAEDIATRIC - Acute and chronic lung infection, Bronchial asthma and other wheezing disorders, Rare diseases, Epidemiology and environmental health.

Community-acquired pneumonia in children J. Hull (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Acute viral bronchiolitis C. Wainwright (Brisbane, Australia)
Pleuritis and empyema S. Ranganathan (Parkville, Australia)
Recurrent pneumonia in childhood G. Piacentini (Verona, Italy)