CONCURRENT SESSION IV  - AERODIGESTIVE

DYSPHAGIA WITH ASPIRATION IN CHILDREN: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF ORAL FEEDINGS
Dana Williams MD, Phoenix Children’s Hospital Learning objectives:
Upon compression of this session, the learner will be able to:
1. Classify the factors contributing to, and the effects resulting from dysphagia and chronic aspiration in children
2. Analyze five common clinical scenarios to build a framework for categorizing any given case
3. Apply literature and clinically based management strategies of pediatric dysphagia and aspiration.
Dana Williams MD - Slides
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JAK/STAT6 ARE POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC TARGETS FOR ESOPHAGEAL REMODELING IN EOE.
Amanda Muir5, Calies Menard-Katcher6,7, Dongmei Lu1, Xi Zhang3,4, Diana Montoya Melo1,2, Zhaoxing Pan6, Stuart Spechler3,4, Rhonda Souza3,4, Edaire Cheng1,2. 1Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA; 2Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA; 3Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Center for Esophageal Diseases, Dallas, TX, USA; 4Center for Esophageal Research, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Dallas, TX, USA; 5Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 6Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA; 7Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Diseases Program, Digestive Health Institute, Aurora, CO, USA.
Edaire Cheng MD - Slides
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ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA: MAKING DYSPHAGIA EASIER TO SWALLOW
Diana Lerner MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
Learning objectives:
1. Understand the differential diagnosis of dysphagia in children with esophageal atresia
2. Discuss diagnosis and management of esophageal strictures
3. Discuss diagnosis and management of reflux esophagitis and esophageal eosinophilia
4. Discuss the clinical value of esophageal motility studies in children with esophageal atresia
Diana Lerner MD - Slides
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RAPAMYCIN-MEDIATED AUTOPHAGY ACTIVATION AMELIORATES EOE?ASSOCIATED ALTERATIONS IN
EPITHELIAL TISSUE ARCHITECTURE. Kelly Whelan1, Prasanna Chandramouleeswaran2, Alain Benitez3, Maureen DeMarshall2, Andres Klein-Szanto4, Jonathan Spergel3, Gary Falk2, Amanda Muir3, Hiroshi Nakagawa2. 1Fels Institute for Cancer Research & Molecular Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 2Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 3Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 4Histopathology Facility, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Kelly Whelan MD - Slides
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