ORPHAN EUROPE ACADEMY 2010 COURSE
ADVANCED EDUCATION ON RARE DISORDERS
Early diagnosis and management of newborns and infants with inherited metabolic disorders is essential to the affected children’s outcome. However the quick and correct recognition of specific inherited metabolic disease in neonates is a challenge for neonatologists. It may be difficult, especially in critically ill neonates, to distinguish between the primary genetically encoded metabolic disorder and the secondary metabolic disturbances resulting in similar clinical picture.
This practical course is run by an experienced team of paediatricians, neonatologists, molecular biologists and biochemists specialised in metabolic medicine, who already contributed substantially to the understanding of metabolic disorders in childhood. The two and a half days course includes lectures and seminars for 35 participants. The course is aimed at paediatricians with about 2-3 years clinical experience in the neonatology field.
Learning objectives:
• Appreciation of clinical situations leading to the suspicion of an IEM.
• Awareness of emergency investigations and the use of specialised laboratory services.
• Awareness of metabolic causes of neonatal encephalopathy, cardiomyopathy, liver disease, hypoglycaemia, mitochondrial disorders and dysmorphic syndromes.
• Understand treatment and management options of critically ill newborns with inborn errors.
• Practical application of theory - participants are strongly encouraged to submit a case study from their own experience.
Web: http://www.orphan-europe-academy.com
Secretariat:
Dr. Danijela Petković Ramadža
Department of Paediatrics
University Hospital Centre
Kispaticeva 12, Rebro
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Telephone: +385 1 236 8318 / +385 91 335 6972
Fax. +385 1 242 1894
E-mail: dramadza@gmail.com or dpetkovi@kbc-zagreb.hr |
