This short course will address challenging aspects of ventilatory support in paediatric patients. It will discuss practical considerations, approach to management when ventilation is difficult and considerations when using ventilatory support in children with life-limiting conditions, including the additional ethical challenges that can arise in this situation.
Join this course in person at Queensland Children’s Hospital or online via Zoom (not the main virtual conference platform). Note that you need to register separately for this course via the ASA website. You can’t register through the main conference registration system.
Sessions will be presented by experts in this field, with speakers from both local and overseas centres. Challenging cases will be presented to facilitate discussion and to highlight situations where ventilation may be considered to improve stability and quality of life.
Target Audience
This course is intended for paediatricians, sleep medicine clinicians, sleep scientists and technicians, clinical nurses, fellows, junior doctors and students involved in the management of paediatric sleep patients that require ventilatory support.
Registration
This course is AUD$150 for ASA and ANZSSA members AUD$75 for ASA students. Non members registration fee AUD$250.
If you are an ANZSSA member, please contact ASA for your member discount.
To register, login with your ASA member details or create a profile (non-members)
Please note if you are joining the virtual meeting the start time will be 9:45am (AEDT).
Program
09:45-10:00 Welcome and introduction by Chairs Dr Moya Vandeleur & Dr Jasneek Chawla
10:00- 10:30 Scoring Events in Patients on Respiratory Support: The Need for Guidance, Anne-Marie Adams, Sleep Scientist, The Royal Children’s Hospital,Melbourne
The Role of Sleep Monitoring in Tracheostomy Decannulation
10:30-11:00 The Sleep Physician’s Perspective, Dr Lena Xiao, Resp & Sleep Physician- Toronto Sick Kids
11:00-11:30 The ENT Surgeon’s perspective, Dr Hannah Burns, ENT Surgeon- QCH
11:30-12:00 Morning Tea Break
Unusual and challenging indications for respiratory support
Case Presentations
12:00-12:15 OSA following Vagal Nerve Stimulator Insertion, Dr Indra Narang, Sick Kids Toronto
12:15-12:30 Vocal Cord Palsy, Dr David Kilner, QCH
12:30-12:45 Cardiac Failure, Dr Moya Vandeleur, RCH Melbourne
Respiratory Support in Rett Syndrome
12:45-12:55 Family Perspective
12:55-13:15 The Developmental Physician’s Perspective, Dr Honey Heussler, QCH
13:15-13:50 The Sleep Physician’s Perspective, Dr Andrew Wilson, Perth Children’s
12:50- 13:10 "If we knew then what we know now…?"Some ethical reflections on shared-decision making and respiratory technologies for children Anne Preisz, Children’s Hospital Westmead
14:10-15:00 Lunch Break
Respiratory Support for Congenital Conditions affecting Respiratory Mechanics
15:00-15:20 Roles of the Chest Wall and Diaphragm in Respiratory Mechanics, Dr Matthew Wong, Resp & Sleep Physician, Queensland Children’s Hospital
Case Presentations
15:20-15:30 Skeletal Dysplasia, Dr David McNamara, Starship Hospital
15:30-15:40 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Dr Jasneek Chawla, QCH
15:40-15:50 Pompe’s Disease, Dr Mimi Lu, Children’s Hospital Westmead
15:50-16:10 How do I Start a Patient on AVAPS? Dr Vishal Saadi, Sydney Children’s Hospital
16:10-16:30 Afternoon Tea Break
Adapting Delivery of Respiratory Support Perioperatively: Working Around Surgical Hardware
16:30-16:50 Craniofacial Surgery- why we don’t want CPAP/NIV post-op
Dr Yun Phua, Craniofacial Surgeon- Queensland Children’s Hospital
Pre-operative evaluation of Spinal Surgery Patients
16:50- 17:30 Why am I seeing a sleep and breathing doctor, when it’s my spine that’s being fixed?Dr Don Urquhart, Resp & Sleep Physician, Royal Hospital for Sick Children Edinburgh
17:30-17:50 Techniques in the treatment of severe scoliosis, The Spinal Surgeon’s Perspective, Mr Athanasios Tsirikos, Consultant Orthopaedic & Spinal Surgeon, Clinical Lead for Scottish National Spine Deformity Centre, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh
17:50-18:05 Practical Aspects – how to adapt NIV masks & headgear, Ms Megan Angliss, Sleep Clinical Nurse- Queensland Children’s Hospital
18:05-18:25 Remote Monitoring of Ventilated Patients, Dr Ross Langley, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow
18:25-18:30 Course close