Duration
22 Aug 2011 - 26 Aug 2011
Prof. dr. Jadranka Popović, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Prof. dr. Miroslav Harjaček, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Zagreb, 20.4. 2011
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the ¨VIII th Summer Pediatric School¨ organized by Inter-University Center, Dubrovnik, that will be held between 22.-26. 8. 2011 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The extensive review of the following pediatric topics will be covered:
Lecturer: S. Nena Osorio, M.D., The New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center
General Pediatrics
• Fever without a source, bacteremia and sepsis
• FTT
• Jaundice in a newborn
• ALTE
• UTI
• Asthma
Lecturer: Dr. Svjetlana Tišma-Dupanović , University of Missouri, USA
Cardiology
• Congenital Heart Disease
o Cyanotic Lesions
Etiology, Diagnosis and Management
o Acyanotic Lesions
Etiology, Diagnosis and Management
• Pediatric EKG
• The Most Common Pediatric Arrhythmias
o Mechanism and Management
Lecturer: Dr. Miroslav Harjaček, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology
• Introduction to clinical immunology (“back to basics”)
• Developmental immunology
• Immune response to infection
• Vaccine immunology
• Immunodeficiencies
• Organ-specific autoimmune diseases (JIA)
• Systemic autoimmune diseases (SLE)
• Autoinflammatory diseases
Lecturer: Dr. Jadranka Popović, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Endocrinology
• Neonatal thyroid disease
• Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
• Turner Syndrome
• Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
• Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
• Child with the short stature
• Diabetic Ketoacidosis
All handouts will be provided before the lectures.
All participants will be required to present a Case Study, and will have a pre and post-course test
General Pediatrics topics are highlighted