Paediatric EEG Bootcamp, Genoa.

About the bootcamp

This is the first Paediatric EEG Bootcamp built from the collaboration of three international initiatives — SafeTots, the Safe Brain Initiative, and PALNET — and it is PALNET's first workshop in Europe.

EEG monitoring is increasingly available in anaesthesia, but its clinical value depends on accurate interpretation, which is particularly challenging in children because of developmental variability, age-dependent patterns, and the influence of anaesthetic agents. The course is a structured, practical introduction: focused lectures in the morning, then case-based workshops in the afternoon where participants read EEG themselves.

What you will be able to do afterwards

• Explain the fundamental principles of EEG and its interpretation
• Recognise and differentiate EEG artefacts during anaesthesia
• Describe how common anaesthetic agents and perioperative medications alter EEG signatures
• Compare age-related EEG patterns in neonates, infants, and children, including burst suppression
• Analyse how oxygen delivery, temperature, and brain injury influence frontal EEG patterns, and refine anaesthetic care accordingly

Who should attend

Anaesthesiologists caring for children on a daily basis. Residents and fellows will also benefit. The course is accredited in Italy for anaesthesia and intensive care, emergency medicine, neurology, child neuropsychiatry, and paediatrics.

Course directors and faculty

Course directors: Nicola Disma and Lino Nobili, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini. Endorsed by SIAARTI.

PALNET faculty teaching in Genoa:

• C. Dean Kurth, MD — Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Gregory Johnson, MD — The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
• Isabella Jaramillo, MD — McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton
• Mihir Parikh, MD — Dallas Children's Hospital

They are joined by Matteo Cataldi and Nicola Disma (Gaslini), Max Ebensperger and Matthias Kreuzer (Technical University of Munich), and Federico Linassi (Ca' Foncello Treviso Regional Hospital).