ITS Paediatric Forum Agenda 

The impact of an interactive play based asthma camp on children aged 5-11 years old with poorly controlled asthma

Ally Russell, Respiratory ANP, Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise

Teenage vaping – a nursing perspective

Susan Massey, Respiratory CNS, University College Hospital, Galway

Asthma management – a nurse led approach.

Ursula Caulfield, Respiratory CNS, Children’s Health Ireland

Setting up an respiratory ANP service in a regional paediatric centre

Niamh Bruton, respiratory ANP, Letterkenny University hospital

Guest Speaker – Respiratory tract infection, the laboratory and the old woman who lived in the shoe

Prof Martin Cormican, Consultant Microbiologist, Galway University Hospital

Oral Presentations – Chaired by Prof. Des Cox

Dr Emma Farrell – 

1. Newborn Screening in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

Ciara Mulhern PhD –

2. Efficacy and Safety of CLESROVIMAB, an investigational RSV Antibody in healthy preterm and full-term Infants: Subgroup Analyses of a Phase 2B/3 Trial (CLEVER)

Dr Hannah Norman-Bruce –

3. Acceptability of point-of-care testing in children presenting with acute preschool wheeze enrolled in the PRECISE study

4. Oral corticosteroid exposure in children under two years of age from primary care settings  in Northern Ireland.

Dr Marah Shaikh Yousef –

5. The impact of E-cigarettes during pregnancy on Childhood Health Outcomes (ECHO): Neonatal Body Composition

Deborah Yong

6. Scoping review examines the implications of short-acting beta-agonist (SABA) overuse in paediatric asthma management

Prof. Luke Clancy 

7. Associations between School Truancy and Substance Use: Smoking, E-Cigarettes, and Cannabis

Prof Joan Hanafin 

8. Does Access to Money from Parents Predict Smoking and E-Cigarette Use Among Teenagers?

Dr David Sheridan 

9. A Comparison of Microbiological Yield of Paired Cough-Swab and Induced-Sputum samples in a single-centre Cystic Fibrosis Paediatric Cohort

Guest Speaker – Medical treatments for Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

Dr. Niamh McGrath, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, University Hospital Galway

Dr Roisin O’Neill, CHI Tallaght

1. Dupilumab associated hypereosinophilia in child with severe asthma.

Dr Shana Irvine, Royal Belfast Hospital

2. Methionine’s Moment: The Role of Methionine in Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

Dr Caoimhe Duggan, CHI Crumlin

3. A case of thoracic venous malformation in an adolescent with multifocal venous malformations.

Pro-Con Debate

Topic: FeNO is an important tool in paediatric asthma management

• PRO: Dr Fiona Ringholz, Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Cork University Hospital
• CON: Dr David Mullane, Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Cork University Hospital