PG6 Paediatric asthma: state of the art

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: M. Pijnenburg (Rotterdam, Netherlands), K. Lodrup Carlsen (Oslo, Norway)
Aims: Asthma is the most prevalent chronic disorder in schoolchildren in the western world, causing considerable morbidity. This PG course aims to provide participants with state-of-the-art knowledge of different topics in paediatric asthma.

HERMES syllabus links: B.1.1 Asthma, B.16.1 Asthma, B 17.2 Asthma, H.3 Paediatric respiratory medicine

Type of course:Lecture and evidence based.

New insights into the pathophysiology of asthma G. Roberts (Southampton, United Kingdom)
Respiratory symptoms in the under-fours: asthma or not? A. Moeller (Zurich, Switzerland)
Asthma treatment: state of the art B. Rottier (Groningen, Netherlands)
Difficult-to-treat asthma F. De Benedictis (Ancona, Italy)