Paediatric Year in Review

Session
Chairs: E. Eber (Graz, Austria), C. Kuehni (Bern, Switzerland)
Aims: The audience will receive an overview and an update on the topics/diseases that will be
presented by experienced clinicians.

Suggested references for each presentation.
"Bacterial infections and community-acquired pneumonia in children"
- Ranganathan SC, Sonnappa S. Pneumonia and other respiratory infections. Pediatr Clin N Am 2009: 56: 135-156.
- Haider BA, Saheed MA, Bhutta ZA. Short course versus long-course antibiotic therapy for non-severe community acquired pneumonia in children aged 2 months to 59 months. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008; 2: CD005976.
- Li ST, Tancredi DJ. Empyema hospitalizations increased in US children despite pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Pediatrics 2010; 125: 26-33.
"Problematic severe asthma in children"
- Hedlin G, Bush A, Loedrup Carlsen K, et al. Problematic severe asthma in children: not one problem but many. A GA2LEN initiative. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 196-201.
- Loedrup-Carlsen KC, Hedlin G, Bush A, et al. Assessment of problematic severe asthma in children. Eur Respir J 2011; 37: 432-440.
- Konradsen JR, Nordlund B, Lidegran M, et al. Problematic severe asthma: a proposed approach to identifying children who are severely resistant to therapy. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2011; 22: 9-18.
- Bush A, Pedersen S, Hedlin G, et al. Pharmacological treatment of severe asthma in children. Eur Resp J 2011; [Epub ahead of print DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00030711].
"Environmental exposures and respiratory outcomes in children"
- Ege MJ, Mayer M, Normand AC, et al. Exposure to environmental microorganisms and childhood asthma. N Engl J Med 2011; 364: 701-709.
- Breton CV, Salam MT, Vora MT, et al, Genetic variation in the glutathione synthesis pathway, air pollution, and children's lung function growth. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011; 183: 243-248.
- Nagel G, Weinmayer G, Kleiner A, et al. Effect of diet on asthma and allergic sensitisation in the International Study on Allergies and Asthma in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Two. Thorax 2010; 65: 516-522.
- Voisin C, Sardella A, Marcucci F, et al. Infant swimming in chlorinated pools and the risks of bronchiolitis, asthma and allergy. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 41-47.
"Interstitial lung diseases in child"
- Clement A, Nathan N, Epaud R, et al. Interstitial lung diseases in children. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2010; 5: 22.
- Corvol H, Flamein F, Epaud R, et al. Lung alveolar epithelium and interstitial lung disease. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2009; 41: 1643-1651.
- Deutsch GH, Young LR, Deterding RR, et al. Diffuse lung disease in young children: application of a novel classification scheme. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2007; 176: 1120-1208.
- Griese M, Haug M, Brasch F, et al. Incidence and classification of pediatric diffuse parenchymal lung diseases in Germany. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2009; 4: 26.

Bacterial infections and community-acquired pneumonia in children J. E. Dankert-Roelse (Heerlen, Netherlands)
Environmental exposures and respiratory outcomes in children S. Turner (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
Interstitial lung diseases in children A. Clément (Paris, France)