ESAP

Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City
9 December 2017

Pediatric Asthma

Venue: University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 217 Hong Bang Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City

Report from the Pediatric Asthma workshop
University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City

This Educational Seminar of the APSR (ESAP) of Pediatric Asthma was successfully hosted by the Vietnam Respirology Society and Society of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology HCMC with the endorsement of the APSR.

The workshp was attended by 58 doctors and 12 students of 30 medical units from all across Vietnam. The programme included:

• Early allergen exposure and Asthma
  Prof Pham Thi Minh Hong (Vietnam)
• Infection and Asthma in children
  Dr Tran Anh Tuan (Vietnam)
• Differential diagnosis of asthma: Childhood wheezing: is that asthma?
  Prof Phan Huu Nguyen Diem (Vietnam)
• Personalized treatment of asthma in children- science or fiction
  Prof Gary Wing-kin Wong (Hong Kong)
• Pulmonary Function testing in children
  Prof Le Thi Tuyet Lan (Vietnam)
• The complexity of the asthma syndrome in children
  Prof Gary Wing-kin Wong (Hong Kong)

The majority opinion from the feedback of all sessions was "Extremely useful" and overall "Very good".

Prof Gary Wing-kin Wong and Prof Le Thi Tuyet Lan
(Click photo to enlarge)

The initial invitation for this workshop follows:

This workshop is designed for pediatricians, pulmonogists and other physicians who are involved in the care of asthmatic children.

After this workshop, participants should:

• understand asthma as a complex syndrome,
• understand the prevention of asthma in children,
• understand the relationship between allergy exposure and asthma,
• interpret pediatric pulmonary function testing,
• apply the understanding to aid diagnosis of asthma.

Programme