7th November 2002
Barnes Hall, Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London
10.00 Coffee
Chairman: Dr Andrew Lyon
10.30 A Fagbemi
Perineural T cell infiltration and microglial activation within the myenteric plexus in necrotising enterocolitis
10.45 S Shanmugalingam
The apparent diffusion coefficient of brain water in encephalopathic infants: the relationship with neurodevelopmental outcome at one year
11.00 M Horan (introduced by Professor David Field)
A pilot investigation of mild hypothermia in neonates receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
11.15 G Gnanalingham
Ontogeny of the mitochondrial voltage-dependent anion channel in the ovine fetal and neonatal lung
11.30 Coffee
Chairman: Professor Terence Stephenson
12.00 A Jackson (introduced by Dr Andrew Lyon)
Improved oxygen stability is associated with a reduction in incidence of threshold retinopathy of prematurity
12.15 J Dorling
Case control study of pulmonary haemorrhage in very low birthweight infants
12.30 J Rennie
Second line anticonvulsant treatment of neonatal seizures: an open comparative study using video-EEG monitoring
12.45 L Lee
Mortality and morbidity following neonatal patent ductus arteriosus ligation – a 3 centre cohort study
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
Committee Meeting – Committee members only
14.00 – 14.45 Annual General Meeting – Neonatal Society members only
Chairman: Professor Anne Greenough
14.45 I Seetho
Effect of nutrient restriction during late-gestation on kidney shape and mitochondrial protein abundance
15.00 K Pardy
High trough gentamicin levels: a common finding on a neonatal unit
15.15 S Sen (introduced by Cora Doherty)
Red blood cell transfusions in very low birthweight infants – an all Wales survey
15.30 Tea
Chairman: The President of The Neonatal Society, Dr Paul Johnson
16.00 The Curosurf Lecture: Professor Robert Hume, Professor of Developmental Medicine, Tayside Institute of Child Health, University of Dundee
‘SwitchAtBirth’ – Disordered perinatal adaptation: prevention of the neurodevelopmental and endocrine consequences
17.00 Drinks and close of meeting