25-28 June 2026 | Bologna, Italy

INSPiRED, My Place to Belong

Post Congress Workshop

PCD in Children: Practical Diagnosis & Management in Resource-Limited Settings

The workshop is open free of charge to registered congress participants but requires prior registration

Monday, 29th June 2026 | 08:30–15:30
Audience: Pediatric pulmonologists & pediatricians from resource-limited settings who are running or interested to run PCD clinics, and fellows and young investigators who could become future national leads.

Learning Goals

  • Recognize clinical red flags and implement feasible diagnostic pathways for PCD in LMICs.
  • Consider important differential diagnoses such as PID and CF.
  • Select pragmatic and accessible assessments including history, imaging, nNO access pathways, and ciliary function proxies.
  • Interpret basic genetics reports and understand common genetic variant patterns/founders.
  • Learn how to perform nasal brush biopsies and analyze samples using a simple inverted microscope, facilitating appropriate shipment for immunofluorescence microscopy or transmission electron microscopy.
  • Apply core management strategies tailored to resource‑constrained settings.
  • Translate current evidence into locally adapted protocols and contribute data to national and international registries and networks.
08:30–08:45 Welcome, Context, and Objectives – Heymut Omran (Germany)
08:45–09:05 PCD Burden & Prevalence (LMIC Lens) – Phil Robinson (Australia)
  • Global/regional estimates, underdiagnosis, and health system implications.
09:05–09:25 Diagnosis in Practice – Tom Ferkol (USA)
  • Clinical criteria, referral triggers, algorithms.
  • Phenotypes in infants vs. older children; neonatal distress, otosinopulmonary triad, situs issues; when to suspect and refer.
09:25–09:45 Genetics of PCD and International PCD Registry – Heymut Omran (Germany)
  • Core genes, genetic testing and interpretation, founder variants.
  • Equitable access models and low-cost pathways.
09:45–10:00 Q&A
10:00–10:30 Coffee Break
10:30–10:50 Diagnostic Toolbox in Resource-Limited Settings (South Africa) – Marco Zampoli (South Africa)
  • nNO (access options & cut-offs), nasal brushing, video microscopy essentials.
  • What to do when tests aren’t available.
10:50–11:20 Management Fundamentals in Resource-Limited Settings – Kim Nielsen (Denmark)
  • Airway clearance, vaccination, antibiotics, monitoring, ENT care, bronchiectasis prevention.
11:30–11:50 PCD Diagnosis and Management in Resource-Limited Settings (India) – Indu Khosla (India)
11:50–12:10 PCD Diagnosis and Management in Resource-Limited Settings (Brazil) – Marcus Herbert Jones (Brazil)
12:10–13:10 Lunch
13:10–13:20 Q&A
13:20–14:20 Case-Based Plenary Discussions – Uroš Krivec (Slovenia), Manuel E. Soto-Martínez (Costa Rica), Elad Ben Meir (Israel)
  • presentation of clinical cases + PANEL discussion:
  • (A) Infant with neonatal respiratory distress
  • (B) School-age with chronic wet cough & otitis
  • (C) Adolescent with bronchiectasis
14:20–15:20 Group Exercise: Draft an Implementable LMIC Diagnostic Pathway – All participants
Moderators: Heymut Omran (Germany) & Marco Zampoli (South Africa)
15:20–15:30 Wrap Up & Evaluation

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