www.perinatologymilan2008.com

October 18-19, 2008
Hotel Sol Melià - Milan, Italy

President:

Guido E. Moro
Department of Neonatology
Macedonio Melloni Maternity Hospital
Postgraduate School of Pediatrics,
University of Milan

Scientific Secretariat

Sertac Arslanoglu
Department of Neonatology
Macedonio Melloni Maternity Hospital
Via Macedonio Melloni, 52
20129 Milan, Italy
Tel.: +39 02 6363 3252
Fax: +39 02 745419
asertac@tiscali.it

Organizing Secretariat

M.C.A. Events srl
Via G. Pellizza da Volpedo, 4
20149 Milan, Italy
Tel.: +39 02 34934404
Fax: +39 02 34934397
info@mcaevents.org

 

Topics

NEONATAL BRAIN

Brain cooling
Prevention of brain injury
Brain imaging
Neonatal seizures

NEONATAL LUNG

Prevention of lung injury at birth
Update on surfactant
Ventilation techniques to minimize lung injury
BPD: Changing concepts

DEBATED TOPICS

GER: to treat or not to treat
PDA closure: pro and cons
Oxygen in neonatal resuscitation
Early exclusive enteral feeding vs TPN in VLBW infants
Rapid postnatal growth in VLBW infants: pro and cons

NUTRITION

Nutrition of VLBWI
Human milk in VLBWI nutrition
Human milk fortification
Prebiotics in infant nutrition
Perinatal origins of adult diseases

EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS

Survival
Long-term follow-up
Life and of life decision
Optimal resuscitation in the delivery room
Ethical issues

PROMISES AND CONFIRMATIONS

Prenatal therapy of genetic diseases by stem cells
Quality improvement in NICU
Learning from errors: error monitoring systems
Quantitative bone ultrasound: where are we?
The “Cell Factory”

INFECTIONS

Intrauterine infections
Nosocomial infections
New infectious agents