Thursday, June 28, 2018
| Time | Sheraton Hotel, Congress Centre | Batumi Art Centre |
| 09:00–18:00 | Registration | |
| 20:00–21:00 | Opening Ceremony | |
| 21:00–22:00 | National folk dance show | |
| 22:00–24:00 | Welcome Reception |
Friday, June 29, 2018
| Time | Sheraton Hotel, Hall Camellia | Sheraton Hotel, Hall Begonia |
| 08:30–10:30 | 01 Symposium
Childhood wheeze: are we making any progress? |
02 Symposium
Lung cancer: latest developments in diagnostic and patient management |
| 10:30 –10:45 | Coffee Break | Coffee Break |
| 10:45–12:45 | 03 Symposium
Rare lung diseases: from bench to bedside |
04 Symposium
Different aspects of respiratory disorders |
| 12:45–14:45 | 05 Symposium
Asthma and allergy: new approaches, new perspectives |
06 Oral Presentations
A little bit of everything: highlights in respiratory medicine |
| 14:45–15:00 | Coffee Break | Coffee Break |
| 15:00–17:00 | 07 Symposium
Chronic cough: understanding a complex problem |
08 Symposium
Pulmonologists and intensivists: two minds are better than one? |
| 17:00–18:20 | 09 Evening Symposium | 10 Evening Symposium |
Saturday, June 30, 2018
| Time | Sheraton Hotel, Hall Camellia | Sheraton Hotel, Hall Begonia |
| 08:30–10:30 | 11 Round Table
Health and respiratory health in the world and regional countries |
12 Symposium
TB diagnostic and treatment: what’s new? |
| 10:30 –10:45 | Coffee Break | Coffee Break |
| 10:45–12:45 | 13 Symposium
Respiratory infections: old challenges and new threats |
14 Symposium
Management of ENT disorders: when, why and how |
| 12:45–14:45 | 15 Symposium
COPD: recent progress in research and practice |
16 Symposium
Current challenges in thoracic surgery |
| 14:45–15:00 | Coffee Break | Coffee Break |
| 15:00–17:00 | 17 Symposium
Latest insights into the diagnostic and management of chronic lung diseases |
18 Symposium
New frontiers in noninvasive assessment of lung disease |
| 17:00–18:20 | 19 Evening Symposium | 20 Evening Symposium |
| 18:20-19:20 | Closing and award ceremony | |
| 20:00 -23:00 | Farewell dinner (by invitation only) |
June 29
| Hall Camellia
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Session 1
Symposium: Childhood wheeze: are we making any progress? Target audience: Pediatricians, allergists, primary health care doctors, |
08:30–10:30 | |||
| researchers, general practitioners, and respiratory physicians.
Chairs: Arunas Valiulis (Lithuania), Ivane Chkhaidze (Georgia) |
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| 08:30–08:55 | Recurrent wheeze in young children | ||||
| Hubertus Arets (The Netherlands) | 001 | ||||
| 08:55–09:20 | Early life wheeze and the prediction of asthma | ||||
| Elham Hossny (Egypt) | 002 | ||||
| 09:20–09:40 | Preschool wheezy treatment: no consensus yet | ||||
| Ivane Chkhaidze (Georgia) | 003 | ||||
| 09:40–10:05 | Alpha 1-antitrypsin genotypes and preschool wheezing:
towards COPD diagnosis and treatment in childhood |
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| Arunas Valiulis, Tomas Alasevičius (Lithuania) | 004 | ||||
| 10:05–10:30 | Childhood wheeze: novelties and perspectives | ||||
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Josh Lawson (Canada) | 005 | |||
| Hall Begonia | Session 2
Symposium: Different aspects of respiratory disorders |
08:30–10:30 | |||
| Target audience: Primary health care physicians, pediatricians, | |||||
| researchers, general practitioners, neurologists, and respiratory physicians.
hairs: Nana Tatishvili (Georgia), Christian Witt (Germany)
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| 08:30–08:50 | Respiratory complications of different neuromuscular pathology | ||||
| Nana Tatishvili (Georgia) | 006 | ||||
| 08:50–09:15 | Management community acquire pneumonia: changing the paradigm of antibiotic therapy | ||||
| Alexander Katilov, Andrey Dorofeyev (Ukraine) | 007 | ||||
| 09:15–09:40 | Three–year experiences with minimal handling in viral bronchiolitis | ||||
| Gabor Uhereczky (Hungary) | 008 | ||||
| 09:40–10:10 | The lungs as portal organ of climate change | ||||
| Christian Witt (Germany) | 009 | ||||
| 10:10–10:30 | Pathophysiology of one-lung ventilation | ||||
| Keso Skhirtladze-Dworschak (Austria) | 010 | ||||
| Hall Camellia | Session 3 10:45–12:45 | ||||
| Symposium: Rare lung diseases: from bench to bedside
Target audience: Primary health care physicians, radiologists, surgeons, |
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| researchers, general practitioners, pediatricians, infectious disease specialist and respiratory physicians.
Chairs: Andrew Bush (UK), Demosthenes Bouros (Greece) |
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| 10:45–11:15 | New guidelines for the diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis | ||||
| Demosthenes Bouros (Greece) | 011 | ||||
| 11:15–11:45 | Interstitial lung diseases in childhood
Zorica Zivcovic (Serbia) |
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| 11:45-12:15 | Bronchoscopic techniques in interstitial lung diaseases. Cryobiopsy. | 012 | |||
| Martina Vasakova (Czech Republic) | 013 | ||||
| 12:15–12:45 | Update in interstitial lung disease | ||||
| Andrew Bush (UK) | 014 | ||||
| Hall Begonia | Session 4 10:45–12:45 | ||||
| Symposium: Lung cancer: latest developments in diagnostic and patient management
Target audience: Oncologists, primary health care physicians, radiologists, surgeons, researchers, general practitioners, and respiratory physicians. |
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| Chairs: David Giorgadze (Georgia), Joanna Chorostowska (Poland)
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| 10:45–11:10 | Thoracoscopic surgery in management of patients with lung and mediastinum malignancy | ||||
| David Giorgadze (Georgia) | 015 | ||||
| 11:10–11:35 | Interventional bronchoscopies and lung cancer | ||||
| Georgia Hardavella (UK) | 016 | ||||
| 11:35–12:05 | Predictive molecular diagnostics for lung cancer- an update | ||||
| Joanna Chorostowska (Poland) | 017 | ||||
| 12:05-12:25 | Update in the treatment of lung cancer | ||||
| Zaza Ujmajuridze (Denmark) | 018 | ||||
| 12:25-12:45 | Treatment of locally-advanced non-small-cell lung cancer | ||||
| Ivane Kiladze (Georgia) | 019 | ||||
| Hall Camellia | Session 5 | 12:45–14:45 | |||
Symposium: Asthma and allergy: new approaches, new perspectives
Target audience: Primary health care physicians, researchers, general practitioners,
paediatricians, allergists, infectious disease specialists and respiratory physicians.
Chairs: Zorica Zivkovic (Serbia), Ketevan Nemsadze (Georgia)
| 12:45–13:15 | Exercise induced asthma in children
Zorica Zivkovic (Serbia) 020 |
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| 13:15–13:35 | Precision Medicine and allergy in childhood | |
| Ketevan Nemsadze (Georgia) 021 | ||
| 13:35–13:55 | Modern Management of Atopic Marsh
Maia Gotua (Georgia) 022 |
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| 13:55–14:20 | Severe asthma – differential diagnosis, comorbidities and doctor-patient interaction
Branislava Milenkovic (Serbia) 023 |
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| 14:20–14:45
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Difficult issues of asthma management
Andrey Belevskey (Russia) 024 |
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| Hall Begonia |
Session 6 12:45–14:45 Oral Presentations: A little bit of everything: highlights in respiratory medicine Target audience: Primary health care physicians, researchers, general practitioners, |
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| paediatricians, infectious disease specialists and respiratory physicians. | ||
| Chairs: Ketevan Machavariani (Georgia), Malvina Javakhadze (Georgia)
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| 12:45–13:00 | Dementia in patients with lung cancer | |
| Shorena Vashadze (Georgia) | 025 | |
| 13:00–13:15 | Spirometry in differentiation of respiratory disorders | |
| Sophio Gamkrelidze (Georgia) | 026 | |
| 13:15–13:30 | Future treatment for asthma: monoclonal antibody and its role in asthma modern management. | |
| Bidzina Kulumbegov (Georgia) | 027 | |
| 13:30–13:45 | Treatment of the complicated sternal wounds
Genady Samoylenko, Oleg Andreev, Gregory Kasrashvili, Pavel Andreev, |
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| Irina Samoylenko (Ukraine) | 028 | |
| 13:45-14:00 | Diseases associated with asthma | |
| Ketevan Machavariani (Georgia) | 029 | |
| 14:00-14:15 | Natural history of alfa-1 antitrypsin deficiency in children and adults
– comorbidity of pulmonological and gastroenterological lesions |
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| Andrey Dorofeyev, Alexander Katilov, Radoslav Struniawski, Vera Khorunzhaya,
(Ukraine), Joanna Chorostowska (Poland) 030 |
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| 14:15-14:30 | Respiratory complications after pertussis | |
| Malvina Javakhadze (Georgia) 031 | ||
| 14:30-14:45
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Development of angioedema after Omalizumab injections in a patient with chronic spontaneous urticarial
Eli Magen (Israel), Tinatin Chikovani (Georgia) 032 |
| Hall Camellia |
Session 7 15:00–17:00 Symposium: Chronic cough: understanding a complex problem Target audience: Allergists, primary health care physicians, researchers, general practitioners, pediatricians, and respiratory physicians. Chairs: Bert Arets (The Netherland), Martina Vasakova (Czech Republic) |
| 15:00–15:25 | Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in real world. EMPIRE registry. |
| Martina Vasakova (Czech Republic) 033 | |
| 15:25–15:50 | New developments in cystic fibrosis |
| Bert Arets (The Netherland) 034 | |
| 15:50–16:15 | Pulmonary manifestations of primary immunodeficiency disorders in children
Milos Jesenak (Slovak Republic) 035 |
| 16:15-16:40 | Early COPD: more than just airflow obstruction – implications for public health? |
| Andrew Bush (UK) 036 | |
| 16:40-17:00 | Chronic Lung Diseases: from Immunodiagnostics to personalized targeted immunotherapy and immunorehabilitation
Revaz Sepiashvili (Georgia) 037
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| Hall Begonia
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Session 8 15:00–17:00 Symposium: Pulmonologists and intensivists: two minds are better than one? Target audience: Respiratory critical care specialists, primary health care physicians, researchers, general practitioners, pediatricians, respiratory physicians, neonatologists. Chairs: George Grigolia (Georgia), Ilia Nakashidze (Georgia) |
| 15:00–15:25 | Respiratory distress syndrome in adults
Ilia Nakashidze (Georgia) 038 |
| 15:25–15:50 | Different techniques to achieve lung isolation |
| Martin Dworschak (Austria) 039 | |
| 15:50–16:15 | Treatment of nosocomial infection associated with prolong mechanical |
| ventilation-our experience | |
| George Grigolia (Georgia) 040 | |
| 16:15–16:40 | Management of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricle failure |
Zdravka Zafirova (USA) 041
| 16:40–17:00 | New trends in perioperative pulmonary protection
Zurab Guruli (USA) 042
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| Hall Camellia
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Session 9 17:00–17:40 Evening symposium: Respiratory infections: how far we are from optimal management Organized by Astellas Pharma Chair: Nani Kavlashvili (Georgia) |
| 17:00-17:40 | Antibiotics in respiratory infections: differences between practice and guidelines |
| Ivane Chkhaidze (Georgia) 043
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| Hall Camellia |
Session 9a 17:40–18:20 Evening symposium: Aqua Maris-15 years’ experience on Georgian market Organized by Famark Chairs: Kakha Vacharadze (Georgia)
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| 17:40-18:00 | Aqua Maris in restoration of nasal mucosa of children after septo-plastic surgery
George Gogniashvili (Georgia) 044 |
| 18:00-18:20 | Irrigation therapy in treatment of rhinosinusitis |
| Vasily Popovich (Ukraine) 045 | |
| Hall Begonia
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Session 10 17:00–17:40 Evening symposium: Not harm or dilemma of nicotine dependency Organized by Pfizer Chair: Vakhtang Katsarava (Georgia), Kakha Vacharadze (Georgia) |
| 17:00-17:40
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Champix (Vareniclin) – world recognized drug for quit smoking
Kakha Vacharadze (Georgia) 046 |
| Hall Begonia |
Session 10a 17:40–18:20 Evening symposium: Viral respiratory infections: new look to old problem Oragized by Nearmedic Chair: Tamaz Maglakleidze (Georgia) |
| 17:40-18:00 | Lessions of 2017-18 flu session in Russian Federation: treatment of influenza and ARI |
Alexander Synopalnikov (Russia) 047
18:00-18:20 Management of respiratory viruses: from garlic and honey to interferon inductors
and neuraminidase inhibitors
Ivane Chkhaidze (Georgia) 048
June 30
Hall Camellia Session 11 08:30–10:30
Round table: Health and respiratory health in the world and regional countries Target audience: Pediatricians, allergists, primary health care doctors, researchers, general practitioners, and respiratory physicians.
Chairs: Amiran Gamkrelidze (Georgia), Florin Mihaltan (Romania)
| 08:30–09:00 | Challenges of noncomunicable diseases in Georgia | |
| Amiran Gamkrelidze (Georgia) | 049 | |
| 09:00–09:20 | COPD Epidemiology in Central and East Europe | |
| Florin Mihaltan, Valentin Cosei (Romania) | 050 | |
| 09:20-09:40 | Strengthening of tobacco control in Georgia | |
| Lela Sturia (Georgia) | 051 | |
| 09:40-10:00 | Quality management system in multiprofile hospital: Belorussian experience | |
| Irina Abelskaia (Belorussia) | 052 | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Healthcare system in Georgia: achievements and challenges | |
| David Sergeenko (Georgia) | 053 |
Hall Begonia Session 12 08:30–10:30
| Symposium: TB and lung infection diagnostic and treatment: what’s new? | ||
| Target audience: TB specialists, respiratory critical care specialists, primary health | ||
| care physicians, general practitioners, pediatricians, respiratory physicians.
Chairs: Kakha Vacharadze (Georgia), Nugzar Uberi (Georgia)
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| 08:30–09:00 | Diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis – new recommendations and strategies | |
| Nana Tskhakaia (Georgia) | 054 | |
| 09:00-09:30 | Bronchoscopy in management of patients with lung pathology | |
| Kakha Vacharadze (Georgia) | 055 | |
| 09:30-10:00 | Antibiotic resistance among common respiratory pathogens | |
| Ahmet Başustaoğlu (Turkey) | 056 | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Diagnosis and management of recurrent respiratory tract infections | |
| in children | ||
| Nugzar Uberi (Georgia) | 057 | |
| Hall Camellia | Session 13 10:45–12:45 | ||
| Symposium: Respiratory infections: old challenges and new threats
Target audience: Infectious disease specialists, respiratory critical care specialists, primary health care physicians, researchers, general practitioners, pediatricians, |
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| respiratory physicians.
Chairs: Vitaliy Maydannik (Ukraine), Sergey Sargsyan (Armenia) |
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| 10:45–11:15 | Therapy of acute respiratory tract infections in children: results of modern | ||
| evidence-based studies | |||
| Vitaliy Maydannik (Ukraine) | 058 | ||
| 11:15–11:45 | An overview of the new international guidelines on the management of hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia | ||
| Miquel Ferrer (Spain) | 059 | ||
| 11:45–12:15 | Pneumonia in children: what you have to know in 2018 | ||
| Sergey Sargsyan (Armenia) | 060 | ||
| 12:15–12:45 | Evidences and controversies of immunomodulatory therapy for RTI prevention | ||
| Milos Jesenak (Slovak Republic) | 061 | ||
| Hall Begonia | Session 14
Symposium: Management of ENT disorders: when, why and how |
10:45–12:45 | |
| Target audience: Primary health care physicians, ENT doctors, surgeons, | |||
| researchers, general practitioners, pediatricians, infectious disease specialist and respiratory physicians. | |||
| Chairs: George Gogniashvili (Georgia), Mikhail Khujadze (Georgia) | |||
| 10:45–11:10 | Place of the Otolaryngologist in the management of obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome | ||
| Frederic Mouchet (France) | 062 | ||
| 11:10–11:30 | Surgical problems of the child nose | ||
| George Gogniashvili (Georgia) | 063 | ||
| 11:30–11:55 | Management of ENT problems presenting as airway emergencies | ||
| Quentin Gardiner (UK) | 064 | ||
| 11:55–12:20 | Obstructive sleep apnea in old people | ||
| Florin Mihaltan, Corina Borcea (Romania) | 065 | ||
12:20-12:45 Microlaryngeal Surgery – Chances and Limits
Thomas Eichhorn (Germany) 066
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Session 15 12:45–14:45
Symposium: COPD: recent progress in research and practice Target audience: Primary health care physicians, researchers, general practitioners, |
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| pediatricians, respiratory physicians.
Chairs: Tamaz Maglakelidze (Georgia), Bulent Tutluoglu (Turkey) |
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| 12:45–13:10 | Co-incidence of COPD exacerbations and cardiovascular diseases | ||||
| Tamaz Maglakelidze (Georgia) | 067 | ||||
| 13:10–13:30 | Prevention and management of COPD exacerbations:
How cross through river? |
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| Alizamin Sadigov (Azerbaijan) | 068 | ||||
| 13:30–13:55 | COPD and Liver Diseases – is there a connection | ||||
| George Kamkamidze (Georgia) | 069 | ||||
| 13:55–14:20 | Phenotyping of COPD | ||||
| Alexandru Corlateanu (Moldova) | 070 | ||||
| 14:20–14:45 | Pulmonary rehabilitation in asthma and COPD | ||||
| Bulent Tutluoglu (Turkey) | 071 | ||||
| Hall Begonia | Session 16
Symposium: Current challenges in thoracic surgery |
12:45–14:45 | |||
| Target audience: Thoracic surgeons, primary health care physicians, radiologists, researchers, general practitioners, and respiratory physicians.
Chairs: Dario Gregori (Italy), Vakhtang Katsarava (Georgia)
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| 12:45–13:15 | Laser the miracle of light: potential of lasers for management of lung disease
Wojciech Palka (USA) 072 |
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| 13:15–13:45 | Surgery of iatrogenic tracheal stenosis
Vakhtang Katsarava (Georgia) 073 |
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| 13:45–14:15 | Respiratory complications in patients with end stage liver diseases | ||||
| Kakha Kashibadze (Georgia) 074 | |||||
| 14:15–14:45 | Predictive models and machine learning approaches in thoracic surgery: an introductive tutorial
Dario Gregori (Italy) 075
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| Hall Camellia | Session 17 15:00–17:00 | ||||
Symposium: Latest insights into the diagnostic and management of chronic lung diseases
Target audience: Primary health care physicians, researchers, general practitioners, pediatricians, respiratory physicians.
Chairs: Miquel Ferrer (Spain), Clive Page (United Kingdom)
| 15:00–15:30 | Recent advances in the treatment of asthma and COPD
Clive Page (United Kingdom) 076 |
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| 15:30–16:00 | Update on the management of severe COPD exacerbations | ||
| Miquel Ferrer (Spain) 077 | |||
| 16:00–16:30 | Indoor air pollution and respiratory diseases: results of the
FRESH AIR study in Kyrgyzstan Talant Sooronbaev (Kyrgyzstan) 078 |
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| 16:30-17:00 | New Initiatives for asthma and allergy advocacy | ||
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Maka Rukhadze (Georgia) 079 | ||
| Hall Begonia | Session 18 15:00–17:00 | ||
| Symposium: New frontiers in noninvasive assessment of lung disease
Target audience: Radiologists, primary health care physicians, researchers, |
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| general practitioners, pediatricians, respiratory physicians, allergists
Chairs: George Tsivtsivadze (Georgia), Valentin Sititsyn (Russia)
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| 15:00–15:30 | CT in pulmonology: current view | ||
| George Tsivtsivadze (Georgia) | 080 | ||
| 15:30–16:00 | Navigation in the airway: technique, advantages and pitfalls | ||
| Wojciech Palka (USA) | 081 | ||
| 16:00–16:30 | Multidimensional indexes in assessment of chronic lung diseases | ||
| Alexandru Corlateanu (Moldova) | 082 | ||
| 16:30–17:00 | New trends in CT diagnostic of thromboemboly of lung artery and chronic pulmonary hypertension | ||
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Valentin Sinitsyn (Russia) | 083 | |
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Session 19
Evening symposium: Diagnostic and treatment of cough in children Organized by Sanofi Chair: Eka Kandelaki (Georgia) |
17:00–17:40 | |
| 17:00-17:40 | Cough in children | ||
Maia Kherkheulidze (Georgia) 084
| Hall Camellia | Session 19a 17:40–18:20
Evening symposium: Improving respiratory health with non-respiratory |
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| medications: is it real?
Organized by Avita Chair: Ketevan Barabadze (Georgia)
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| 17:40-18:00 | Malnutrition and respiratory pathology: how to tear a link | |
| Ivane Chkhaidze (Georgia) | 085 | |
| 18:00-18:20 | Management of respiratory diseases and prevention of complications | |
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Kakha Vacharadze (Georgia) | 086 |
| Hall Begonia | Session 20
Evening symposium: Nature against respiratory infections Organized by Alpen Pharma Chair: Anatoli Kosakovskyi (Ukraine)
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17:00–17:40 |
| 17:00-17:20 | Natural remedies in management of acute respiratory infections | |
| Vitaliy Maydannik (Ukraine) | 087 | |
| 17:20-17:40 | Acute bronchitis: new recommendations and strategies | |
| Elene Koloskova (Ukraine) | 088 | |
| Hall Begonia | Session 20a
Evening symposium: Management of URTI Organized by Ars Medica Chair: Nani Kavlashvili (Georgia)
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17:40–18:20 |
| 17:40-18:20 | Antibiotics in treatment of URTI | |
Maia Kherkheulidze (Georgia) 089