Scientific Program
Saturday, October 18 | Sunday, October 19
Saturday, October 18 |
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| 07:30 | Registration | |
| Welcome from Authorities | ||
| Introduction: G.E. Moro | ||
| 08:30 | Opening Lecture: | |
| A.A. Fanaroff | Neonatology today | |
| 08:50 - 13:00 MORNING SESSIONS | ||
Session I - NEONATAL BRAIN |
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| Chairmen: | J. Wyatt, F. Ferrari | |
| 08:50 | P. Hüppi | Nutrition for the brain |
| 09:10 | J. Wyatt | Neonatal hypothermia: evaluating the evidence |
| 09:30 | F. Ferrari | Neonatal onset epilepsy |
| 09:50 | A.A. Fanaroff | Aggressive versus conservative phototherapy for extremely low birth weight infants |
| 10:10 | DISCUSSION | |
| 10:30 | Coffee break | |
Session II - NEONATAL LUNG |
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| Chairmen: | C. Speer, G. Bevilacqua | |
| 10:50 | P. Biban | Oxygen in neonatal resuscitation |
| 11:10 | R. Soll | Surfactant and CPAP |
| 11.30 | R. Martin | Neonatal lung and airway injury: a role for NO |
| 11:50 | C. Speer | Strategies to prevent or treat bronchopulmonary dysplasia |
| 12:10 | M.L. Costantino | Update on liquid ventilation |
| 12:25 | DISCUSSION | |
| 12:40 | Conclusions by the Judge of the Day: | |
| Richard J. Martin | ||
| 13:00 | Lunch and Poster Presentation | |
| 14:00 - 19:00 AFTERNOON SESSIONS | ||
Session III - PREBIOTICS AND IMPACT ON IMMUNE SYSTEM |
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| Chairmen: | C. Field, A. Guarino | |
| 14:00 | C. Field | Breast milk: The perfect food for the infant’s developing immune system |
| 14:20 | E. Bertino | Human milk in preterm infant feeding: role of oligosaccharides |
| 14:30 | N. Modi | Prebiotics in preterm infant formulas |
| 14:50 | G.E. Moro | Prebiotics in term formulas: clinical results |
| 15:10 | G. Boehm | First results of a prospective, double blind, placebo controlled European multicentre study with an infant formula with immunoactive prebiotics |
| 15:30 | DISCUSSION | |
| 15:50 | Coffee Break | |
Session IV- DEBATED TOPICS |
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| Chairmen: | R.J. Martin, G. De Nisi | |
| 16:10 | G. Di Renzo | Pregnancy outcome: is there any difference depending on the fetal gender? |
| 16:30 | U. Simeoni | PDA closure: pro and cons |
| 16:50 | A.A. Fanaroff | Importance of blood pressure on outcomes of extremely low birth weight infants |
| 17:10 | R. J. Martin | GER in premies: to treat or not to treat? |
| 17:30 | DISCUSSION | |
Session V - QUALITY OF CARE IN NICU |
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| Chairmen: | AA. Fanaroff, E. Bertino | |
| 17:50 | J.D. Horbar | Quality improvement in the NICU: The importance of local context |
| 18:05 | R. Bellù | Results of the Italian Neonatal Network |
| 18:20 | Oral Communication | |
| M.E.Coughlin | Core measures as quality indicators for developmentally supportive care: interventions and outcomes | |
| 18:30 | DISCUSSION | |
| 18:40 | Conclusions by the Judge of the Day | |
| Avroy A. Fanaroff | ||
| 19:00 | Closure | |
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