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ESAP Vietnam 2017

Pediatric Asthma

9 December 2017 Ho Chi Minh City

Venue: University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 217 Hong Bang Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City

Report from the Pediatric Asthma workshop
University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City

This Educational Seminar of the APSR (ESAP) of Pediatric Asthma was successfully hosted by the Vietnam Respirology Society and Society of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology HCMC with the endorsement of the APSR.

The workshp was attended by 58 doctors and 12 students of 30 medical units from all across Vietnam. The programme included:

  • Early allergen exposure and Asthma
    Prof Pham Thi Minh Hong (Vietnam)
  • Infection and Asthma in children
    Dr Tran Anh Tuan (Vietnam)
  • Differential diagnosis of asthma: Childhood wheezing: is that asthma?
    Prof Phan Huu Nguyen Diem (Vietnam)
  • Personalized treatment of asthma in children- science or fiction
    Prof Gary Wing-kin Wong (Hong Kong)
  • Pulmonary Function testing in children
    Prof Le Thi Tuyet Lan (Vietnam)
  • The complexity of the asthma syndrome in children
    Prof Gary Wing-kin Wong (Hong Kong)

The majority opinion from the feedback of all sessions was “Extremely useful” and overall “Very good”.

Prof Gary Wing-kin Wong and Prof Le Thi Tuyet Lan

The initial invitation for this workshop follows:

This workshop is designed for pediatricians, pulmonogists and other physicians who are involved in the care of asthmatic children.

After this workshop, participants should:

  • understand asthma as a complex syndrome,
  • understand the prevention of asthma in children,
  • understand the relationship between allergy exposure and asthma,
  • interpret pediatric pulmonary function testing,
  • apply the understanding to aid diagnosis of asthma.

Programme

08:00–08:25 Registration Prof Le Thi Tuyet Lan
08:25 Opening Prof Le Thi Tuyet Lan
08:30 The complexity of the asthma syndrome in children Prof Gary Wong
09:30 Pulmonary Function testing in children Prof Le Thi Tuyet Lan
10:15 Break
10:30 Personalized treatment of asthma in children – science or fiction Prof Gary Wong
11:30 Break
13:30 Early allergen exposure and asthma Prof Pham Thi Minh Hong
14:15 Intermittent use of ICS for preschool children with intermittent asthma: should or should not? Dr Tran Anh Tuan
15:00 Break
15:15 Differential diagnosis of asthma / Childhood wheezing: is that asthma? Prof Phan Huu Nguyen Diem
16:00 Discussion
16:30 Closing
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