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Primary ciliary dyskinesia: sharing knowledge and experience across Europe
Target audience
This course is aimed at trainee and specialist levels in a number of disciplines. These include general paediatrics, adult and paediatric pulmonologists, ENT, allergy and pathology.
Educational aims
To provide a comprehensive overview of the epidemiology of PCD
To detail the screening tools of PCD, and to provide hands-on experience in currently available machines
To improve the knowledge about ciliary beating and cilia ultrastructure
To focus on, and improve, practical problem-solving skills in PCD screening and diagnosis
To widen the knowledge about the clinical spectrum and presentation of PCD
To tackle and resolve the therapeutic challenges of PCD and of its complications
To encourage the participants to be involved in the pan-European collaborations exemplified by the ERS Task Force by taking part in future research projects
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Screening for PCD
A. Bush (London, United Kingdom)
Cilia ultrastructure and PCD diagnosis
A. Cangiotti (Ancona, Italy), M. Cervasio (Naples, Italy)
When to suspect PCD: main clinical presenting features
C. Kuehni (Bern, Switzerland), S. Montella (Naples, Italy)
Diagnostic approach to lung disease in PCD
D. Bilton (London, United Kingdom), F. Santamaria (Naples, Italy)
Living with PCD: improving quality of life
M. Pifferi (Pisa, Italy)
The patient’s and family perspective
Fiona Copeland (PCD Family support group)
Managing bronchiectasis and other lung complications
D. Bilton (London, United Kingdom), A. Barbato (Padova, Italy)
Clinical trials and outcome measures
K. Nielsen(Copenhagen, Denmark)
The extended spectrum of ciliopathy
A. Bush (London, United Kingdom), F. Santamaria (Naples, Italy)
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