Under the auspices of

EFLM-IFCC-FIFBCML
PHYSICAL MEETING

We are pleased to share with you the preliminary programme of the meeting.

Thursday Nov. 13 Friday Nov. 14
09:30 – 10:00 Welcome coffee
10:00 – 12:00 Part 1. Morning session organized by the FAKB/AABC
Chairs: Dr. Robbe Heestermans (President FAKB) and Phn. Maxime Bosse (President AABC)
10:00 – 10:20 From Diaper to Dura: Salmonella’s Surprising Route in Neonatal Meningitis
Apr. S. Goes - UZ Brussel
10:20 – 10:40 LDH: When should you alert?
Phn. Y. Nezzar - UC Louvain
10:40 – 11:00 Unexplained hypoxemia in a pediatric patient
Apr. K. De Letter - UZ Gent
11:00 – 11:20 A Pernicious Liver Affair: Chronicle of Auto-Immune Disorders
PhD. Phn. C. Parulski - ULiège
11:20 – 11:40 Integrative Laboratory Diagnosis of Cryoglobulinemia: A Case-Based Discussion
Dr. E. Calliauw - UZ Brussel
11:40 – 12:00 Clinical Utility of PIVKA-II in the Diagnosis and Management of Liver Cancer
Phn. Y. Boufelliga - UC Louvain
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 15:00 Part 2. Screening in hematology (I)
Chairs: Prof. Stijn Lambrecht (UZ Gent) and Mr. J. L. Bayart (UC Louvain)
13:30 – 14:00 Thrombophilia testing: When? How?
Prof. C. Orlando, Hemostasis Lab, UZ Brussel, Belgium
14:00 – 14:30 Pre-operative screening in context of patient blood management
Prof. Dr. V. Compernolle, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
14:30 – 15:00 Clinical performance of non-standard hematology parameters
Prof. G. Lippi, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Verona University, Italy
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 17:00 Part 3. Screening in hematology (II)
Chairs: Prof. F. Mullier (CHU UCL Namur) and Dr. M. Cuykx (UZA Edegem)
15:30 – 15:55 Detection of red blood cell disorders and iron deficiency using hematology analyzers
Prof. E. Urrechaga, Senior Consultant Clinical Chemistry, Osakidetza, Bilbao, Basque Country
15:55 – 16:20 Platelet counting: tips and tricks: recommendations from the French Speaking Cellular Hematology Group
Prof. V. Bardet, Department of Hematology-Immunology, AP-HP Hospital Ambroise-Paré, Paris, France
16:20 – 16:45 Diagnosis of T-cell clonality and mature T cell leukemia and lymphoma by flow cytometry
Prof. A. Orfao, Department of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
16:45 – 17:00 Oral Communication: Best abstract in Hematology
17:00 – 18:00 Part 4. Key Note lecture
Chairs: Prof. E. Cavalier (University of Liège, CHU of Liège) and Prof. J. Delanghe (Ghent University)
17:00 – 17:15 Best Paper Prize
17:15 – 18:00 Ethical challenges involved in screening asymptomatic individuals
Prof. Dr. W. Van Biesen, Department of Nephrology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
18:00 – 19:00 Congress Reception
19:30 Congress Dinner

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