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NEONATAL SOCIETY ABSTRACTS: 2011

The following abstracts were presented in 2011. Abstracts are indexed alphabetically according to name of first author. The meetings are ordered chronologically in the order spring-summer-autumn.

2011 Spring Meeting, London

These abstracts were presented at the Neonatal Society 2011 Spring Meeting (programme).

• Cerebrovascular Pressure reactivity: biomarker in newborn global hypoxia-ischemia pig model
  Chakkarapani E, Liu X, Dingley J, Porter H, Thoresen M
• Necrotising Enterocolitis that requires surgery has a significant impact on survival
  Cleeve S, Ward H, Hird, M
• Resuscitation with 100% oxygen counteracts the neuroprotective effect of therapeutic hypothermia in the neonatal rat
  Dalen M, Liu X, Elstad M, Løberg EM, Saugstad OD, Rootwelt T, Thoresen M
• Milk and the emergence of group B streptococcal disease in humans
  Ismail AQ, Yeates DGR, Goldacre M, Anthony M
• Lactate Dehydrogenase is a valid outcome-predictor in hypothermia treated newborn infants with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
  Karlsson M, Liu X, Jary S, Brown E, Sabir H, Stone J, Cowan F, Thoresen M
• Does maternal smoking during pregnancy affect fetal weight gain before gestational age 32 weeks?
  Kayemba-Kay’s S, Antoine Burguet A, Menget A, Gouyon J-B, Hindmarsh P
• Two-year outcomes of a randomised trial of prophylactic granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) to reduce sepsis in extremely preterm, small for gestational age babies (the PROGRAMS trial)
  Marlow N, Morris TP, Brocklehurst P, Carr R, Cowan F, Redshaw M, Modi N, Doré CJ
• Gastroschisis transfers conducted by the West Midlands Neonatal Transfer Service
  Shenvi A, Harrison J, Philpott A, Skinner A, Dhillon A, Rasiah SV
• Vaginal delivery in piglets, compared with caesarean section, is associated with a higher level of adrenergic stress at birth, and a sustained alteration in phospholamban at 7 days post partum
  Tranter MH, Hyde MJ, Clarke L, Kemp PR, Harding SE, Lyon AR
• Diffusion Tensor Imaging analysed by Tract-Based Spatial Statistics as a biomarker of adverse outcome after hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy treated with hypothermia
  Tusor N, Smee N, Arichi T, Counsell S, Azzopardi D, Cowan F, Edwards AD

2011 Summer Meeting, Harrogate

These abstracts, presented at the Neonatal Society 2011 Summer Meeting (programme), were published in Archives of Disease in Childhood. Links to relevant pages of this journal are included here.

• UK neonatal mortality rates 2008: effect of using European gestation and birthweight cut-offs ADC link
  Amaral C, Springett A, Stephens I, Golightly S, Dorling J
• Functional analysis of the antioxidant paraoxonase-3 in lung epithelial cells by RNA interference ADC link
  Belteki G, Kempster S, Licence D, Charnock-Jones DS, Smith GCS
• Barriers and facilitators for breastfeeding very preterm infants: management of mother’s milk in neonatal units in England France and Italy ADC link
  Bonet M, Blondel B, Forcella E, CuttiniM, Agostino R, Draper E, Zeitlin J
• Alterations in postnatal growth and metabolism following prenatal treatment of intrauterine growth restriction with AD.VEGF gene therapy in the sheep ADC link
  Carr DJ, Aitken RP, Milne JS, Peebles DM, Zachary I, Martin J, David AL, Wallace JM
• Xenon offers stable hemodynamics after global hypoxic-ischemia in newborn pigs ADC link
  Chakkarapani E, Liu X, Dingley J, Thoresen M
• Growth attainment in extremely preterm children- has it changed over time? The EPICure 2 study ADC link
  Chisholm P, Moore T, Haider S, Hennessy E, Johnson S, Marlow N
• Improved neuroprotection with melatonin- augmented hypothermia vs hypothermia alone in a perinatal asphyxia model ADC link
  Faulkner S, Chandrasekaran M, Bainbridge A, Kelen D, Powell E, Price D, Cady E, Golay X, Raivich G, Robertson NJ
• Systemic effects of whole-body cooling to 35 33 and 30ºC in a piglet model of perinatal asphxyia ADC link
  Faulkner S, Chandrasekaran M, Kerenyi A, Kelen D, Price D, Bainbridge A, Cady E, Golay X, Robertson NJ
• Quality of life in children and adults with congenital gastro-intestinal anomalies: a systematic review ADC link
  Glinianaia SV, Embleton ND, Rankin J
• Rapid analysis of surfactant phosphatidylcholine synthesis in preterm infants utilising the incorporation of a novel stable isotope: a pilot study ADC link
  Goss KCW, Ledger V, Townsend JP, Koster G, Hall M, Thwaites R, Clark HW, Postle AD
• Management and complications of 343 women with obstetric cholestasis in the United Kingdom in 2009-2010 ADC link
  Gurung V, Chappell LC, Chambers J, Seed P, Williamson C, Thornton JG
• Can fetal fibronectin testing and cervical length measurement direct appropriate prophylactic steroid use in high-risk asymptomatic women? ADC link
  Hezelgrave NL, Duckworth S, Seed P, Shennan AH
• Antenatal steroids: a caveat to the applause? Long term impact of antenatal glucocorticoid exposure on aortic structure and function: a 20 year prospective follow up study of premature infants ADC link
  Kelly BR, Lazdam M, Lewandowski A, Lucas A, Trevitt C, Kylintireas I, Worton S,
  Leeson P
• Does the level of evidence underpinning NICE recommendations influence adoption into Trust maternity guidelines? ADC link
  Kidney E, Jolly K, Kenyon S
• Can we improve delivery room monitoring for newborns? a novel photoplethysmographic heart rate monitor evaluated among stable NICU infants ADC link
  Mann C, Ward C, Grubb M, Teoh J, Crowe J, Hayes-Gill B, Marlow N, Sharkey D
• Pulse oximetry as a screening test for congenital heart defects in newborn infants: the PulseOx test accuracy study ADC link
  Middleton LJ, Ewer AK, Bhoyar A, Furmston AT, Daniels JP, Thangaratinam S, Deeks J, Khan KS
• The EPICure studies: better survival better outcomes? ADC link
  Moore T, Johnson S, Hennessy E, Chisholm P, Marlow N
• The Australian Cerebral Palsy Research Study – epidemiological and genetic associations with cerebral palsy ADC link
  O’Callaghan ME, MacLennan AH, Gibson CS, McMichael GL, Haan EA, BroadbentJ, Priest K, Goldwater PN, Painter JN, Montgomery GW, Baghurst P, Dekker G, for the Australian Collaborative Cerebral Palsy Research Group
• Long term impact of poor birth condition on social and economic outcomes in early adulthood ADC link
  Odd DE, Gunnell D, Lewis G, Rasmussen F
• Severe neonatal hypernatraemia (SNH): a population based surveillance study ADC link
  Oddie SJ, Deakin K, Algar V
• A population-based cohort study of gestational age and cognitive ability in early childhood ADC link
  Poulsen G, Wolke D, Boyle E, Kurinczuk JJ, Field D, Alfirevic Z, Quigley MA
• Understanding socioeconomic inequalities in outcome of pregnancy and neonatal mortality associated with congenital anomalies ADC link
  Smith LK, Budd JLS, Field DJ, Draper ES
• Increased 36 week survival with high oxygen saturation target in extremely preterm infants ADC link
  Stenson B, Brocklehurst P, Juszczak E, King A, Tarnow Mordi W, Simes J, Darlow B
• Magnetic resonance biomarkers of hypothermic rescue neuroprotection following neonatal encephalopathy in a South Indian neonatal unit ADC link
  Thayyil S, Cowan F, Price D, Cady E, Ayer M, Marlow N, Shankaran S, Robertson N, Guhan B
• Viral contributions to perinatal neonatal and infant deaths over 24 years in the North of England ADC link
  Williams E, Gerardos G, Ward Platt M, Clark J, Bythell M, Embleton N, Berrington J

2010 Autum Meeting, London

• The autumn 2011 abstracts have yet to be ratified but provisional abstracts are available.