Four cardinal pediatric endocrine diseases under the microscope: update by BESPEED experts

Four cardinal pediatric endocrine diseases under the microscope: update by BESPEED experts

20 juni 2023
Tangla Hotel Brussels, Avenue Emmanuel Mounier 5, 1200 Woluwé St Lambert

Belgian Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (BESPEED) presents its annual Congress.

Program

OBESITY

  • General talk
    • Fetal programming, early onset obesity, nurture/nature – K. Van De Maele (UZA)
    • New obesity care path, how to tackle obesity in first line - V. Beauloye (Zeepreventorium)
  • New therapies: Drugs in pediatric obesity - I. Gies (VUB - UZ Brussel)


GROWTH

  • General talk:
    • Endocrine treatment options for short stature - K. Logghe (AZ Delta)
    • Short stature: from clinical presentation to diagnosis - D. Klink (ZNA)
  • New therapies: Prospects for long-acting growth hormone therapy - P. Lysy (UCL)


PUBERTY

  • General talk:
  • How to diagnose precocious puberty? – AS. Parent (ULg)
  • When precocious puberty is the sign of a serious underlying health problem - C. Heinrichs/C. Gernay (HUDERF)
    • New therapies: How should GnRH agonists be handled in pediatrics? - M. Cools (UZ Gent)


DIABETES

  • General talk:
    • T1D: the rise of an epidemic - M. den Brinker (UZA)
    • T1D: to pump or not to pump - U. Shierloh (CHL)
  • New therapies: How to stop T1D onset or progression? - K. Casteels (KULeuven)

 

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