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Paediatric Refresher Course 2012

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Paediatric Refresher Course 2012

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    1. Paediatric Refresher Course 2012

    2. Endocrinology

    3. Invited speaker Prof Denis Daneman renowned paediatric endocrinologist and current head of the Hospital for Sick Kids in Toronto, Canada

    4. Calls from the neonatal unit    - hypoglycaemia    - hyponatraemia    - abnormal thyroid functions        - ambiguous genitalia   Calls from the paediatrician    - the fat child    - the short child    - the child with abnormal puberty   Chronic disease in teenagers   The out of control diabetic    - recurrent DKA    - persistent hyperglycaemia   Diabetes in the obese child

    5. Neonatology

    8. Cardiology

    9. Overall themes Review of standard emergency and routine management protocols with modern updates International speaker to highlight common current paediatric cardiovascular issues, e.g. hypertension, obesity, chest pain

    10. Recognition and early management of neonatal cardiac emergencies coarctation and interrupted aortic arch TAPVD early deep cyanosis congenital heart block, and of course, the dreaded antenatal diagnosis   Common paediatric cardiac emergency scenarios   Recognising the comorbidities in congenital heart disease   Glenn, Fontan, Ross and Damus-Kaye-Stanzel: what have these guys done to my patient?   Pattern recognition in ECGs: the hidden secrets to looking clever   The big silent heart: new insights in congestive cardiac failure   Drugs and the heart Rheumatic heart disease and the A.S.A.P. program: fresh insights on an old disease

    12. Feedback please! Either use the feedback form or email us to suggest alternative topics and burning issues for the 2012 course! rik.dedecker@uct.ac.za steve.delport@uct.ac.za alan.horn@uct.ac.za

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