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SLTLoulou - Louise (she / her)
@sltloulou.bsky.social
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Paediatric Speech & Language Therapist.
Professional Doc in Health student.
Supporting others. Interests: ABI, PCCU, airway, LTV, research, ethics, compassionate care 💛
Views my own. Repost ≠ endorsement.
#slpeeps #wespeechies #SLTs #clinicalacademic
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Did you attend @ESPO_PedENT - what was your highlight?

Obviously, my focus was airway & head & neck content but there were great rhinology & otology parallel sessions too.

🇨🇿 Let’s get more #AHP & #nursing reps at #ESPO2027 > Prague

#mysltday #researchchampion

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May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Thanks for making it this far! Some final reflections

✅Great location
✅Great range of presentations
✅Innovative presentation types (e.g., debate & case based learning)

😔Navigating parallel sessions
😔Limited AHP & nursing rep
😔No interaction with poster authors

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The image is of a large screen with a title page of ESPO and “closing ceremony” noted. A man is stood at the lecture and two men are sat at a table on the stage.
May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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And the opportunity for an oral presentation (in that giant room 🫣) on behalf of my co-authors on the results of a global survey of paediatric practice with tracheostomy.

Further results also now published doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpo…

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The image shows a large lecture hall with a large screen, lots of rows of chairs but no delegates. Some presenters are sat on the stage. An image of a presenter’s title slide about “children with a tracheostomy: global speech-language therapists’ practice” The image includes logos from various institutions.
May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Finally, thank you to my co-authors for enabling two different research outputs to be presented this year at #espo2025

First, the chance to share our poster presentation on #feasibility #slpeeps #wespeechies #laryngeal #ultrasound #VFMI
@DrJoanMa1 @viviers_mari

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Image shows a poster on the use of laryngeal ultrasound by paediatric speech and language therapists by the team from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh and Imperial College Hospital, London. The poster includes images of an ultrasound image of the voice box and an image of a child undergoing ultrasound.
May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Posters - 2

More posters

📑 Post extubation stridor as predictor of clinical outcomes

📑 Perhaps one for reflection on differing clinical practices: use of fenestrated trache tubes & one-way speaking valves to support laryngeal rehab. No info on tracheal outcomes

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Image shows a poster highlighting the presence of stridor post extubation as a predictor of clinical outcomes following paediatric intensive care unit admission and intubation. Image shows a poster from a paediatric surgical team in Japan describing the use of one-way speaking valves and fenestrated tracheostomy tubes to facilitate airway functions such as voice and swallowing. Images include how the valve and tubes work together and include a chart of outcomes.
May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Posters

A quick look at some of the posters presented at #espo2025

📑St George’s FEES service

📑Safety & complications following laryngeal cleft repair in infants under 1 yr

📑Lingual thyroglossal duct cyst leading to stridor & dysphagia

#PFD #ESPO2025

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Poster from St George’s Hospital, UK describing their Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) service and results. Image is of a child undergoing FEES whilst being cradled and bottle fed. Image of a poster from Phoenix Children’s Hospital, USA, describing the clinical complications and safety issues following augmentation of interarytenoid defect in dysphagic (swallowing difficulties) infants under 1 year old. Poster includes two airway images and a number of graphs to illustrate results. Image of a poster from a team in Portugal describing severe dysphagia (swallowing problems) and stridor in a child with a lingual thyroglossal duct cyst. The poster includes a QR code for more information, graphs illustrating results and scans and photos of the cyst’s appearance.
May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM