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Red Urine – How Do I Manage
Hematuria in Children?
In an Interaction with
Dr. A. S. Vasudev
The Practical Nephrology For Pediatricians
Workshop of PEDICON 2022 (March 19)
was a stupendous success. All sessions
were adored by the participants and
the session by Dr. A. S. Vasudev was
particularly revered by everyone. In this
session chaired by Dr. Dheeraj Bahl and
Dr. P. K. Pruthi, Dr. Vasudev discussed the
peculiarities and difficulties of managing
hematuria in children. The quality of the
session was not only appreciated by the
attendees but also by the chairpersons.
Although Dr. Vasudev covered the topic
thoroughly, several parts of his session
were particularly found helpful by the
workshop participants. One such aspect
was the section on clinical pointers in
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PEDICON 2022
PEDICON TIMES had a wonderful
interaction with Dr. Santosh T Soans and
Dr. S. S. Kamath, the chairpersons of the
scientific committee for PEDICON 2022.
The chairpersons unveiled the major
highlights of this year’s scientific program
to us. Here, we report the key findings from
our interaction with the chairpersons.
Dr. Soans highlighted that though we have
made tremendous progress in improving
neonatal care in India over the last few
IAP Fully In-Sync With
India’s Needs; Focus on
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PEDICON TIMES was privileged to meet
Dr. Remesh Kumar R, President-Elect, IAP.
We asked his opinions about the PEDICON
2022 and the role of IAP in nation-building.
Here, we report the five takeaway points
from our interaction.
1. IAP fully aware of its role in U5MR 25
By 25: As said by Dr. Remesh, the IAP will
continue to undertake several initiatives in
its private capacity as well as in partnership ministry of health and family welfare for
with sister agencies and the ministry of
health, Government of India. The main role
of IAP is in the capacity building of not only
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for the generalist and the nephrologist. Figure 2. Key Messages
When to refer the patient to a nephrologist
was another topic that caught everyone’s
years, still India lags behind several other resuscitation program of the IAP) also such innovation, which is perhaps included
countries in under-5 mortality rate. aim to upgrade essential and advanced for the first time in any major conference of
Dr. Kamath pointed out that high under-5 neonatalogy skills and knowledge. The this scale. He also emphasized watching out
mortality is not a pan-India problem. In fact, focus on neonatal care is also reflected in for the CME on vaccinology as it addresses
the selection of the 400 free papers received many controversies on vaccines. Similarly,
20 but it is mainly restricted to 57 districts by the committee and the 4 award papers. the international CME includes for the
with unacceptably high neonatal mortality. first time a session on the growth of IAP
These identified pockets are a major cause Besides, neonatal care, there has been the beyond Indian borders. Both the scientific
of concern. The IAP is making several inclusion of several innovative subjects in chairpersons welcomed the participants and
inroads into this specific problem that is a PEDICON 2022. Dr. Kamath pointed out solicited their full participation.
national priority. One of them according to that the medical education CME is one
Dr. Soans is the great focus on neonatology
in the scientific program of PEDICON 2022,
which strives to advance the knowledge
and skills of the participants in neonatal
care, including intensive neonatal care.
Dr. Kamath pointed out that along with
the main conference, the pre-conference
CME and workshops, as well as the post-
conference workshops (per the neonatal
pediatricians but also general practitioners,
nursing, and paramedical personnel in
the achievement of the goal of U5MR 25
by 25, IAP has identified 57 key districts
and special strategies to improve advanced
neonatal care in those districts.
2. IAP committed to eliminating
tuberculosis by 2025: According to Dr.
Remesh, India has committed to eliminating
tuberculosis by 2025 under the leadership
of honorable prime minister Mr. Narendra
Modi. IAP is fully in sync with these needs.
IAP has received several grants from the
the capacity building of health personnel
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