THURSDAY 16 MARCH 2023

09:00-09:10

WELCOME AND OPENING

09:10-10:10

PLENARY 1: CHANGES SOCIETIES
Chairs: Stéphane Moniotte (UCL)

History of the different pediatric societies
Marc Raes, BVK/SBP
Ann Bael, VVK
Pierre Philippet, GBPF
Tyl Jonckheer, VBS

New way of working: Belgian Academy of Pediatrics
Ann De Guchtenaere, BAOP

Panel discussion with voting system, Q&A

10:10-11:00

COFFEE BREAK

10:30-11:00

SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM SANOFI

- Existing needs in RSV prevention

- Current strategies in the prevention landscape for RSV disease in infants

- Future strategies and approaches for preventing RSV disease in infants
Marc Raes, Jessa Ziekenhuis Hasselt

11:00-12:30 

PARALLEL SUBSPECIALITY SESSIONS 

A. CARDIOLOGY & INFECTIOLOGY

Chairs: Siel Daelemans (UZ Brussel) & Hugues Dessy (HUDERF)

Results of the Belvasco registry on PIMS in Belgium
Stéphane Moniotte, UCL

Long term cardiac residual lesions after PIMS (COVID)
Rik De Wolf, VUB & Leiden UMC

Cardiac risks of vaccination : COVID and non-COVID
Katharina Stabenow, RWHT Uniklinik Aachen

Could this be cardiac disease? (Infections and the heart)
Petra Schelstraete, UZ Gent

The new national malaria protocol
Anna Vanderfailli, UMC St-Pieter

B. HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY & REUMATOLOGY

Chairs: Pierre Philippet (CHC MontLégia)

Primary and secondary HLH, multidisciplinary point of view
Giorgia Bucciol, UZ Leuven

Ethical issues in incidental findings with expanding NGS testing

Robin De Putter, UZ Gent 
Sabine Hellemans, UZ Gent

Puzzling clinical pictures across boundaries
Collective presentation from BPR
Cécile Boulanger, UCL
Benoit Florkin, CHU de Liège
Clement Triaille, UZ Leuven

C. NEUROLOGY/RADIOLOGY/METABOLICS

Chairs: Luc Régal (UZ Brussel)

Treatable metabolic disorders
Patrick Verloo, UZ Gent

Neonatal brain imaging
Tim Vanderhasselt, UZ Brussel

Ethical considerations in newborn screening
Luc Régal, UZ Brussel

Update on SMA
Liesbeth De Waele, UZ Leuven

Questions

D. DERMATOLOGY & GENETICS

Chairs: Kathelijn Keymolen (UZ Brussel) & Dirk Van Gysel (OLVZ Aalst)

Cutaneous clues to type 1 interferonopathies
Benoit Brasseur, Clinique St Pierre

12:30-13:30

LUNCH AND POSTERS

12:45-13:30

SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM TRUVION HEALTHCARE NV

13:00-13:30

POSTER WALK CARDIOLOGY, HEMATO-ONCOLOGY, NEUROLOGY & NEONATOLOGY-PICU (PW11 - PW20)

13:30-14:45

PARALLEL SESSIONS

NURSES SESSION

Chairs: Sofie Moreels (UZ Gent)

The role of the clinical nurse specialist and the nurse practitioner at the children’s hospital in UZ Gent

Sofie Moreels & Benjamin De Ridder, UZ Gent

LONG ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1 (LO 1–LO 6)

Chairs: Benoit Florkin (CHR de la Citadelle) & Tyl Jonckheer (VBS)

LO 1. Drug exposure at the target site: are children a neglected population in tissue pharmacokinetic research ?
Eline Hermans, Universiteit Gent

LO 2. Isolated chronic fetal hypoxia results in delayed lung development and maturation using an extrauterine womb lamb model
Maureen Peers de Nieuwburgh, UCL

LO 3. Serum cytokines differentiate among patients with multiple inflammatory diseases: proof-ofconcept data for FEBRIS, a multi-centric prospective study
Levi Hoste, UZ Gent

LO 4. Does air pollution affect the airways of early-career elite athletes?
Janne Goossens, KU Leuven

LO 5. Higher drug exposure to infliximab correlates with rate of anti-TNF induced skin lesions in paediatric IBD patients
Karen Van Hoeve, UZ Leuven

LO 6. The clinical spectrum and biological findings in RAS-associated juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia and RAS-associated lymphoproliferative disorder
Hanne Verhulst, Universiteit Gent

SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1 (SO 1 - SO 12)

Chairs: Nathalie Godefroid (UCL) & Daniel Klink (ZNA)

SO 1. The European Paediatric Clinical Trials Network conect4children (c4c): 5-year report of activities within Belgium
Eva Degraeuwe, Universiteit Gent

SO 2. The Challenges in performing Pediatric Clinical Trials: an update after 15-years of EMA Regulation
Eva Degraeuwe, Universiteit Gent

SO 3. Elimination of rubella in Belgium
Laura Cornelissen, Sciensano

SO 4. Qualitative research to increase participation and quality of surveillance networks
Ilse Peeters, Sciensano

SO 5. Solving the puzzle of MEN2B syndrome in an adolescent girl
Gertjan Marissens, UZ Brussel

SO 6. A monoallelic AIRE gene mutation in a female adolescent with “ isolated “ hypoparathyroidism and high levels of anti-IFNα auto-antibodies
Kimberly Van den Hende, UZ Gent

SO 7. Monitoring quality of rehabilitation using a new evaluation instrument: Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREMs).
Veronique Beauloye, Zeepreventorium

SO 8. Three families with TSH resistance and different clinical presentations
Sara Touzani, HUDERF

SO 9. The impact of chronic kidney disease on the renal circadian rhythms in children
Lien Dossche, UZ Gent

SO 10. Copeptin as a predictive biomarker for desmopressin response in children with enuresis
Lien Dossche, UZ Gent

SO 11. Risk and management of an acute aminoglycoside overdose: case report and literature review
Eline Hermans, UZ Gent

SO 12. Navigating the Unknown: Understanding and Managing Parental Anxiety When a Child is ill
Elise Simoens, UZ Leuven

14:45-15:00

MINI BREAK

15:00-16:15

PARALLEL SESSIONS

SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS 2 (SO 13 - SO 24)

Chairs: Koen Huysentruyt (UZ Brussel) & Jean-François Questiaux (CHR Verviers)

SO 13. Decompensated vasoreactive pulmonary arterial hypertension following erroneous calcium channel antagonist magistral preparation
Charlotte Rosen, U Liège

SO 14. Evaluation of Late Cardiac Effects After Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
Rik De Wolf, UZ Brussel

SO 15. Inotuzumab ozogamicin as a bridge to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in relapsed pediatric BCP-ALL after CD19-targeted CAR T-cell therapy
Margo Aertgeerts, KU Leuven

SO 16. Retrospective study on the epidemiology of vincristine-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with pediatric solid tumors
Leen Willems, UZ Gent

SO 17. Chronic myeloid leukemia in children and adolescents – clinicopathological results of a monocentric retrospective study
Louis Nevejan, UZ Leuven

SO 18. Retrospective study of children with chronic myeloid leukemia treated in Belgium between 2000 and 2021
Klaartje Van Schelvergem, Universiteit Gent

SO 19. Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma in children and adolescents: a very rare type of thyroid tumor related to DICER1 mutation.
Bradley D'heur, U Liège

SO 20. Missed diagnoses of seasonal Eosinophilic Esophagitis?
Jessica Bosmans, UZ Gent

SO 21. Self-reported prescribing behaviour of vitamin D Prophylaxis in healthy children by Belgian Paediatricians
Charlotte De Crem, Universiteit Gent

SO 22. Handgrip strength as a parameter of health outcome in hospitalized children or children with chronic disease
Liesbet Verbrugghe, UZ Brussel

SO 23. Does the new Dutch norms of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale better predict motor outcome in a Belgian preterm population? A 2 years follow-up study.
Clara Gautier, CHRSM Namur

SO 24. Invasive Group A streptococcal disease in a Tertiary Centre Paediatric Intensive Care Unit: an 8- year prospective cohortstudy.
Justine De Paepe, UZ Gent

VVK/GBPF SESSION: FOCUS ON THE FIRST 1000 DAYS OF LIFE
Chairs: Ruth Heying (VVK) & Françoise Mascart (GBPF)

Psychoperinatality: a new challenge in mental health prevention
Isabelle Dalem, CHC Liège

16:15-16:45

COFFEE BREAK

16:45-18:00

PLENARY 2: MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICES

Chair: Myriam Van Winckel (UZ Gent) & Christophe Barrea (CHR de la Citadelle)

Prevention of burn out in pediatrics
Elke Van Hoof, VUB, Centre of resiliance & Ally Institute

Choosing wisely: overuse of medical care in pediatrics
Ketil Stordal, University of Oslo, Norway