RCPCH Conference Weds 6 April revised programme

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RCPCH Annual Conference 5-7 April 2011 University of Warwick Refreshed programme for Wednesday 6 April Updated to incorporate the visit of the College Patron, HRH The Princess Royal Paediatrics and child health for the next 15 years

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RCPCH Annual Conference5-7 April 2011 University of Warwick

Refreshed programme for Wednesday 6 April

Updated to incorporate the visit of the College Patron,HRH The Princess Royal

Paediatrics and child health for the next 15 years

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0700-0750 Personal Practice Sessions (repeated at 1100-1150)Admission is limited by ticket, available from the information desk in the Arts Centre

Flexible bronchoscopy: a routine procedure in NICU, Dr Jonathan Coutts SS0.21Anti-reflux surgery for children with neurodisabilities: an Italian stitch-up?Mr Antonino Morabito and Professor Agostino Pierro SS0.18Food allergy: diagnosis and management, Dr Helen Cox SS0.19

0800-0850 Clinical Guidelines Session LT3

NICE Neonatal jaundice: key messages

NICE Constipation in children: key messages

0900-1000 Plenary III Butterworth Hall

1000-1030 Coffee and Trade Exhibition Mead Gallery

1030-1100 Plenary IV Part 1 Butterworth Hall

1100-1150 Personal Practice Sessions (see above)Admission is limited by ticket, available from the information desk in the Arts Centre

Flexible bronchoscopy: a routine procedure in NICU, Dr Jonathan Coutts SS0.21Anti-reflux surgery for children with neurodisabilities: an Italian stitch-up?, Mr Antonino Morabito and Professor Agostino Pierro SS0.18Food allergy: diagnosis and management, Dr Helen Cox SS0.19

1100-1200 Considering a future in neonatology? Science LT3

1100-1205 Lunch Helen Martin Studio/Mead Gallery

1100-1205 Trade Exhibition Mead Gallery

1100-1205 Honorary Fellows, Senior Fellows and Senior Members lunch Chancellors Suite

1205-1320 Plenary IV Part 2 – in the presence of HRH The Princess RoyalIncluding presentations to Honorary Fellows and James Spence Medallists Butterworth Hall

Clinical Standards Workshop CANCELLED

1320-1400 Lunch Helen Martin Studio/Mead Gallery

1330-1430 SSASG update: SSASGs as lead clinicians SS0.13

1330-1800 Specialty Group Sessions(* shows those groups which, in addition to their scientific sessions, are holding lunch time business (non-scientific) meetings)

British Association of Perinatal Medicine* and British Congenital Cardiac Association* Butterworth HallBritish Academy of Childhood Disability* and British Paediatric Neurology Association Arts Centre CinemaBritish Society for the History of Paediatrics and Child Health Arts Centre Conference RoomBritish Paediatric Allergy Immunology and Infection Group* and British Society of Paediatric Dermatology* Arts Centre StudioBritish Association of General Paediatrics*, Young Persons Health Special Interest Group* and British Paediatric Mental Health Group Arts Centre Theatre British Paediatric and Adolescent Bone Group* and British Association for Paediatric Nephrology* Humanities 0.51Ethics and Law Special Interest Group Humanities 0.52

1330-1415 Honorary Fellows, Senior Fellows and Senior Members Arts Centre Conference Room

1400-1530 RCPCH e-learning workshop Library Room 2

1400-1530 Top tips for dealing with the media SS0.21

1515-1600 Tea Mead Gallery

1600-1800 VSO/RCPCH Fellowship Scheme Presentations SS0.19

1730-1830 Towards better growth charts – using and improving UK growth charts SS0.21

1730-1900 What’s new in paediatric education? – update for College Tutors SS0.11

1800-2030 Dinner for those not attending the Annual Dinner Rootes Restaurant

1815-1930 National Neonatal Audit Programme update Arts Centre Conference Room

RCPCH orchestra concert CANCELLED

1930-0000 Annual Dinner (on campus), followed by disco Panorama Suite

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Overview Wednesday 6 April

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Wednesday 6 April

0855-1000 Plenary Session III Butterworth HallTo join the discussion, please walk to the microphone and hold up your programme

Chairman: Dr David Shortland, Vice-President (Health Services)

0900-0930 Keynote LectureTrials in neonatal and perinatal medicine Professor Roger Soll, University of Vermont College of Medicine, USA

0930-0945 Randomised controlled trial of prongs or mask for nasal continuous positive airways pressure in preterm infants: the POM trial (P5) Dr Emily Kieran

0945-1000 Use of an investigational multi-component meningococcal serogroup B vaccine (4CMenB) in aclinical trial in 3630 infants (P6) Professor Timo Vesikari

1000-1030 Coffee Mead Gallery

1030-1100 Plenary Session IV Part 1 Butterworth HallTo join the discussion, please walk to the microphone and hold up your programme

Chairman: Dr Alistair Thomson, Vice-President (Education)

1030-1045 Postnatal weight gain after very preterm birth:a UK population study (P7) Professor Tim Cole

1045-1100 Mortality, morbidity and developmental outcome after ultrasound-dated preterm birth in a rural sub-Saharan African setting (P8) Dr Melissa Gladstone

1100-1205 Lunch Helen Martin Studio

1205-1320 Plenary Session IV Part 2 Butterworth HallIn the presence of HRH The Princess Royal(Audience must be seated no later than1205)

To join the discussion, please walk to the microphone and hold up your programme

Chairman: Professor Terence Stephenson, President

1215-1300 George Frederic Still Memorial LectureAssisted reproduction: what dilemma?Professor Lord Robert Winston, Imperial College, London

1300-1315 PresentationsCertificates to Honorary Fellows (see page 28 for citations)

James Spence Medal to Professor Anthony Costello and Professor Andrew Wilkinson

Honorary FellowsDr Martin BellmanDr Andrew BoonDr Colin CampbellMr Stephen CappsProfessor Muhammad Yaqub KaziProfessor Brent TaylorDr Christopher VerityDr Michael WailooDr David WarburtonProfessor Ian WongDr Edward Wozniak

1315-1320 Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal

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Wednesday HighlightsConsidering a future in neonatology? Science LT3, 1100-1200 This lunch-time session will be an opportunity for trainees tolearn about a career in neonatology. If you are interestedbut not sure what the requirements are for training, need tofind a mentor to help you achieve your goals or just want abit of advice to help you along the way, please join us.

Top tips for dealing with the media SS0.21, 1400-1530 This session will introduce paediatricians to working withthe media and how to carry out interviews. It will be anintroduction to why and how they should engage with themedia – and the pitfalls to watch out for.• Top tips on working with the media and doing interviews• What to watch out for• Why medical professionals should engage with the media• The role of the press officer• Responding to breaking news• Responding to controversial issues.

RCPCH e-learning workshop Library Room 2, 1400-1530 This interactive workshop will discuss the benefits of e-learning as well as introduce you to several RCPCHresources available to support your CPD. RCPCH e-learningsessions are designed to take you up to 30 minutes to complete, and cover a wide range of topics including:• Safeguarding Children & Young People (levels 1, 2, 3)• Healthy Child Programme (helping to implement policy) • Adolescent Health Programme (age appropriate care)

Towards better growth charts – using and improving UK growth charts SS0.21, 1730-1830 Workshop to update paediatricians on the use of the new UK-WHO growth charts (0-4years) and review drafts of newschool-age charts in development, with associated charttools. The session will mix didactic teaching with plotting exercises and discussion. The session will look particularly at assessment of growth across puberty and the use of BMIcharts. The views canvassed will be used to inform thedesign process for the new charts to be published by theRCPCH in 2011-12.

Facilitated by Professor Charlotte Wright – if you would liketo sign up please email [email protected] Places are limited.

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British Association of Perinatal Medicine

British Congenital Cardiac AssociationButterworth Hall

Chairman: Professor David Field, Leicester

1330-1345 Exposure to maternal methadone in utero:visual and developmental outcomes at six months(G60) Dr Laura McGlone

1345-1400 Randomised trial comparing assist control and pressure support ventilation during weaning (G61) Dr Deena Shefali-Patel

1400-1430 Guest lecture Inotropic support in the neonateDr Nim Subhedar, Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust

1430-1500 Guest lecture Neonatal cardiac functionDr Alan Groves, Neonatal Unit, Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, London

1500-1515 Do Pakistani babies have more congenital heart defects? Preliminary findings from our birth cohort study (G62) Dr Pallavi Agadoorappa

1515-1530 Transoesophageal echocardiography using the miniaturised multiplane probe during paediatric cardiac intervention in children below 5.5 kg:an initial experience (G63) Dr Nitha Naqvi

1530-1600 Tea Mead Gallery

Chairman: Dr David Mabin, Exeter

1600-1615 Neonatal nursing efficacy: practical standards of nursing care provision in a newborn network (G64) Dr Thillagavathie Pillay

1615-1630 Changes in postnatal transfers and place of delivery following introduction of managed neonatal networks in England (G65) Dr Chris Gale

1630-1645 Does RSV infection cause pulmonary hypertension in children undergoing cardiac surgery? (G66) Dr Robert Tulloh

1645-1700 Mitochondrial disease is a common cause of severe cardiomyopathy in children (G67) Dr Matthew Bates

1700-1730 Guest lecture The uncertainties of managing PDA and the proposed OSCAR trialDr Samir Gupta, Consultant Neonatologist, North Tees University Hospital, Stockton-on-Tees

1730-1800 Guest lecture Catheter occlusion of PDA in preterm neonatesDr Jamie Bentham, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London

British Academy of ChildhoodDisability

British Paediatric NeurologyAssociationArts Centre Cinema

Chairman: Dr Andrew Lloyd-Evans, Harrow

1100-1200 British Academy of Child Disability business meeting Arts Centre Cinema

1330-1400 Guest lecture Preventing perinatal brain damageProfessor David Edwards, Weston Professor of Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College, London

Chairman: Dr Peter Baxter, Sheffield

1400-1430 Guest lecture How does cranial imaging relate to outcome? Professor Mary Rutherford, Professor in Perinatal Imaging, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London

1430-1445 Guest lecture 2010 medical movement therapies inthe UK Dr Charlie Fairhurst, Consultant in Paediatric Neurodisability and Consultant Neuropaediatrician, Guy’s and Saint Thomas’ NHS Trust, London

1445-1500 Spinal demyelination in acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: a risk factor for recurrent demyelination? (G68) Dr Didu Kariyawasam

1500-1515 A web-based survey of impact and experience of young people with epilepsy (G69) Dr Vanessa Rippon

1515-1530 Comparison of seizure characteristics in full-term neonates with stroke and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (G70) Dr Niamh Lynch

1530-1600 Tea Mead Gallery

Chairman: Dr Martin Smith, Birmingham

1600-1615 The Bayley-iii cognitive and language scales:how do scores relate to the Bayley-ii? (G71) Dr Tamanna Moore

1615-1630 What is the evidence for atypical feeding behaviourassessment tools in children with an autistic spectrum disorder? (G72) Dr Stefan Studnik

1630-1700 Guest lecture Therapeutic interventions in movement disorders Dr Paul Eunson, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh

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Posters Helen Martin Studio

Hydrocephalus outcome: validation of endoscopic third ventriculostomy success score (G73P) Dr Andrew Durnford

Bone health in a cohort of Irish Duchenne muscular dystrophypatients (G74P) Dr Niamh McSweeney

Headaches: did you sleep well? (G75P) Dr Karthikeyan Palanivelu

A qualitative study investigating coping strategies in familieswith more than one autistic child (G76P) Dr Imogan Waterson

Oral Salbutamol in two wheelchair-bound cases of SMA Type II (G77P) Dr Siew Tan

Children with cerebral palsy and drooling: their clinical profileand management (G78P) Dr Maralla Rekha

Use of topiramate for prophylaxis of chronic migraine in children: a systematic review (G79P) Dr Sathiya Jayapal

Honorary Fellows, SeniorFellows and Senior Members Arts Centre Conference Room

1330-1415 Guest lecture Child Health in a changing world Professor Sir Alan Craft, former President, Honorary Archivist, RCPCH, Newcatle upon Tyne

British Society for the Historyof Paediatrics and Child HealthArts Centre Conference Room

Chairman: Professor Lawrence Weaver, Glasgow

1430-1515 George Armstrong LecturePoverty has its penalties: the hospital evidence of childhood diseases in Victorian and Edwardian Britain Dr Andrea Tanner, Research Fellow in History, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames

1515-1530 Tea Mead Gallery

1530-1555 Physician, poet, polymath and prophet: Erasmus Darwin, a new window on eighteenth-century child health care (G80) Dr Andrew Williams

1555-1620 Two giants in child health (G81) Dr Mary Lindsay

1620-1645 Epidemiologic issues and studies of childhood cancer survivorship in the United States, 1970-2010:an historical overview (G82) Professor Robin Rohrer

1645-1710 Beyond stereotypes: a historical analysis of how autism spectrum disorder is depicted in movies, 1962-2010 (G83) Dr Anjay Pillai

British Society of PaediatricDermatology

British Paediatric AllergyImmunology and Infection GroupArts Centre Studio

1100-1200 Poster viewing Helen Martin Studio

1325-1410 British Society of Paediatric Dermatology business meeting SS0.09

1325-1410 British Paediatric Allergy, Immunology and InfectionGroup business meeting Arts centre Studio

Chairmen: Dr Saul Faust, SouthamptonDr Pamela McHenry, Glasgow

1415-1445 Guest lecture The management of toxic epidermalnecrolysis Dr Anna de Sica Chapman, Departmentof Dermatology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, London

1445-1515 Guest lecture Staphylococcal and streptococcal toxin-mediated diseases Professor Shiranee Sriskandan, Department of Medicine, HammersmithHospital, London

1515-1530 Vancomycin dose and drug monitoring in paediatrics (G84) Dr Elizabeth Starkey

1530-1545 Hospital-acquired bacteraemia among children admitted to a London tertiary hospital as a measurement of neonatal and paediatric healthcare-associated infection (G85) Dr Andres Perez Lopez

1545-1600 Nitric oxide-mediated dispersal and enhanced antibiotic sensitivity in pseudomonas aeruginosabiofilms from the cystic fibrosis lung (G86) Dr Katrina Cathie

1600-1615 Surveillance of congenital cytomegalovirus in the United Kingdom and Ireland (G87) Dr Claire Townsend

1615-1630 Tea Mead Gallery

Chairmen: Dr Olivia Schofield, EdinburghDr Delane Shingadia, London

1630-1700 Guest lecture Meningoccal B vaccines Professor Andrew Pollard, Director, Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford and John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

1700-1730 Guest lecture Dermatological conundrums Dr Pamela McHenry, Department of Dermatology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow

Posters Helen Martin Studio

An audit assessing the incidence, prevalence and quality of management of neurocognitive disorders in 88 HIV positive children (G88P) Mr Marcello Scopazzini

Exploration of the factors influencing parental decisions toallow their children to participate in clinical trials in paediatricinfectious diseases (G89P) Ms Sophie Douglas

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National surveillance study of extended spectrum β‚ lactamaseproducing organism infection in neonatal units of England andWales (G90P) Dr Subhabrata Mitra

Phlebotomy tourniquets: vectors for bacterial pathogens(G91P) Dr Laura Kane

Ingestion of staphylococcus aureus by neutrophils frompatients with cystic fibrosis and the effect of surfactant protein-D(G92P) Miss Antonia Timmis

Developing an allergy-specific patient reported experience measure (G93P) Ms Bridget Hopwood

A randomised maternal evaluation of epinephrine auto-injectiondevices (G94P) Dr Josephine Brown

A unified airway approach to a national care pathway for childrenwith asthma and/or rhintis (G95P) Professor John Warner

Ear today gone tomorrow: routine neonatal ear canal culturesare not useful predictors of early onset invasive bacterial sepsis(G96P) Dr Anna Battersby

Prevalence of allergic conditions is higher in general paediatricinpatients than the general population: results of an inner-citygeneral paediatric inpatient survey (G97P) Dr Eva Loucaides

Prevalence of skin disorders in HIV infected children and theirassociation with CD4 count (G98P) Dr Srinivas Bandi

Prescribing adrenaline injection (Epipen) for anaphylaxis in primary care: a survey (G99P) Dr Ved Arya

A strep in the wrong direction: invasive group A streptococcal disease (G100P) Dr Sara Mitchell

A case series of children in a UK hospital infected withPanton-Valentine leucocidin positive staphylococcus aureus:features of an important emerging infection (G101P) DrYolande Knight

Management of children at risk of anaphylaxis in schools:a pilot survey of practice (G102P) Dr Karen Job

Kingella infections in children: a child with small ventricularseptal defect and endocarditis (G103P) Dr Deepu Abraham

Trauma, nasal obstruction, epistaxis: a rare presentation of tuberculosis in the UK (G104P) Dr Onajite Etuwewe

Management and outcome of candida blood stream infectionswithin a regional paediatric hospital (G105P) Dr Betty Wamola

Panhypopituitarism after tuberculous meningitis with suprasellarabscess (G106P) Dr Dhaara Iyer

A novel cluster of rotavirus-associated neurological symptoms(G107P) Dr Thomas Day

Acute bacterial myositis as the initial manifestation of HIV infection(G108P) Dr Srinivas Bandi

Mumps encephalitis with brainstem involvement: significant morbidity and diagnostic dilemmas (G109P) Dr RachelAtkinson

Pitfalls in the diagnosis of neonatal herpes infection and learningfrom our mistakes: a report of a case of disseminated neonatalherpes simplex with treatment failure (G110P) Dr Malihe Ghazavi

The management of atopic eczema by general paediatriciansin a district general hospital (G112P) Dr Chamaleena de Silva

An unusual case of neonatal erythroderma (G113P) Dr Mairi MacInnes

British Association of General PaediatricsYoung Persons HealthSpecial Interest GroupBritish Paediatric MentalHealth GroupArts Centre Theatre

Chairmen: Dr Colin Powell, CardiffDr Damian Wood, Nottingham

1330-1345 Audit of triage tools to recognise seriously ill children with fever: should we change? (G115) Dr Shakira Balogun

1345-1400 Adverse drug reactions in children: reports to the UKyellow card scheme 2000-2009 (G116) Dr Daniel Hawcutt

1400-1415 Learning from the experts: working with the educationprofession during the development of a health education programme for children and young people(G117) Dr Katherine Price

1415-1430 Participation of young selectors in the recruitment ofpaediatric specialty trainees (G118) Dr Chantelle Mann

1430-1445 Paediatric stabbing and child protection: a pan-Londonperspective (G119) Dr John Apps

1445-1500 Charted observations and the use of a paediatric warning tool did not predict the majority of cardio-respiratory arrest calls in a paediatric hospital (G120) Dr David Wright

1500-1515 Health of children born to mothers aged 40 years or over: analyses of two national cohort studies (G121) Dr Alastair Sutcliffe

1515-1545 Tea Mead GalleryPoster walk Helen Martin Studio

Chairman: Liz Didcock Nottingham

1545-1715 Symposium:Sex and development in children and young people: from DSD to gender dysphoria

1545-1615 Endocrine aspectsDr Tabitha Randell, Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology, Nottingham Children’s Hospital

1615-1645 Surgical aspectsMr Alun Williams, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Nottingham Children’s Hospital

1645-1715 Psychological aspectsDr Polly Carmichael, Director and Consultant Clinical Psychologist, The Taistock and Portman Foundation Trust

1715-1730 Current trends in Irish infant and paediatric mortality (G114) Dr Cliona McGarvey

1730-1800 Panel discussion

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Posters Helen Martin Studio

A stand-alone ambulatory care unit for acute paediatric services:how safe is it? (G122P) Dr Veena Bisht

Recognition of overweight-obesity in children: are paediatriciansmissing the opportunity in outpatient clinics? (G123P) Dr Vishnupriya Gali

An analysis of successful litigation claims in children (G124P) Dr Joseph Raine

The use of hypotonic fluids in paediatric practice (G125P) Dr Jane Baker

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: risk factors and outcomes(G126P) Dr Nevine Ismail

To assess the effectiveness of implementing audit recommendationsin improving the service provided at a prolonged jaundice clinic in a district general hospital in the UK (G127P) Dr Priya Ramaswamy

Vitamin D and parental knowledge (G128P) Dr Vinod Sharma

Diagnosis and management in the child with suspected septicarthritis: a 14 year retrospective study and review of the evidence(G129P) Dr Edward Holloway

A systematic review of frenotomy for ankyloglossia (tongue tie)in breast fed infants (G130P) Mr Andrew Constantine

How confident are general paediatricians at assessing and managing obesity in childhood? (G131P) Dr Megan Turner

21st century children: do they still think like 20th century children?(G132P) Ms Dawn Collins

Barriers to medication adherence in adolescents within aschool environment (G133P) Dr Wendy Gidman

Adolescent alcohol presentations to paediatric A&E: snapshotsover a decade (G134P) Dr Stacey John-Legere

Substance misuse in looked after children of North EastLincolnshire (G135P) Dr Nitin Panwar

A review of transition arrangements from paediatric to adult services(G136P) Miss Sarah Lau

Perspectives of patients with chronic gastrointestinal conditionsand their carers on transition from paediatric to adult health careservices: results of a pilot study (G137P) Dr Venkata Punaganti

Medical and surgical admissions to a district general hospital:the need for specialist adolescent services (G138P) Dr Rachel Downey

A systematic review of participation of young people in healthcare(G139P) Dr Rachel Watts

Parental stress factors in a community paediatric case load(G140P) Dr Fawzia Rahman

British Paediatric andAdolescent Bone Group

British Association forPaediatric NephrologyHumanities 0.51

Chairman: Dr Justin Davies, Southampton

1330-1415 Guest lecture From molecules to Meccano: metabolicbone disease from an orthopaedic perspective Mr Fergal Monsell, Consultant Paediatric OrthopaedicSurgeon, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

1415-1430 Osteoporosis in paediatric Crohn’s disease: influenceof immune cells on proliferation of the osteoblast like cell line Saos2 (G141) Dr Gareth Penman

1430-1445 Hypocalcaemic convulsions due to vitamin D deficiency may masquerade as simple febrile convulsions (G142) Dr Priscilla Julies

1445-1500 Activating mutation of calcium sensing receptor:a single centre experience (G143) Dr Shaila Sukthankar

1500-1515 Primary hyperoxaluria type 3 in children with renal calculi (G144) Dr William van’t Hoff

1515-1530 Renalradar: a model for studying rare disease in the UK (G145) Dr Hugh McCarthy

1530-1545 A 5 year review of Henoch Schönlein purpura at a tertiary paediatric hospital (G146) Dr Amanda Richardson

1545-1600 Tea Mead Gallery

Chairman: Professor Moin Saleem, Bristol

1600-1645 Guest lecture Vascular calification in children with CKD: a bone to pickDr Rukshana Shroff, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, Department of Nephrology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London

1645-1700 Prevalence and predictors of anaemia in European children on dialysis (G147) Dr Leah Krischock

1700-1715 The medium term outcome of chronic dialysis in children under the age of two (G148) Dr Helen Jones

1715-1730 Nephrotic range albuminuria as a feature of arthrogryposis, renal dysfunction and cholestasis syndrome: three new cases (G149) Dr Amelia Holme

1730-1745 Urinary cytokines comparison between mice with experimentally induced nephrotic syndrome versus those with experimentally induced pyrexia (G150) Dr Hassib Narchi

1745-1800 Detection of renal scars by transplant renal ultrasounds and DMSA scans after urinary tract infections in paediatric renal transplant recipients(G151) Dr Cheetan Singh

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Ethics and Law ForumHumanities 0.52

Chairman: Dr Vic Larcher, London

1400-1415 Management of cardiac problems in trisomy 18:a major ethical dilemma; a case series review (G152) Dr Vishnupriya Gali

1415-1430 Another ethical dilemma in neonatology (G153) Dr Syed Ahmed

1430-1445 Would an English court find non-therapeutic circumcision of incompetent children lawful? (G154) Mr Robert Wheeler

1445-1500 ‘Stary Doctor’: the old doctor Janusz Korczak (G155) Dr Witold Cieslak

1500-1530 Tea Mead Gallery

1530-1630 DebateThis house believes that rationing of children’s healthcare is unavoidable and ethically justified

1630-1645 Summary of session and call for future session planners

VSO/RCPCH FellowshipScheme PresentationsSocial Science 0.19

Chairman: Dr Richard Tomlinson

1600-1800 The Mentoring Programme: Dr John MorriceVSO International: Ruth Grearson

Recently returned Fellows present their work in international child health.

Hear of experiences and projects from paediatric placements in Malawi, Uganda, Kenya, Gambia and Sierra Leone.

Dr Rebecca Samuel Blantyre, MalawiDr Alastair Yim Blantyre, MalawiDr Charlotte Durand Lilongwe, MalawiDr Nicola Horton Bungoma, KenyaDr Michelle Cutland Mbarara, UgandaDr Emily Walton GambiaDr Fiona McFerran Sierra LeoneDr Rebecca Mitting Mzuzu, Malawi

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