20th November 2003
Jarvis Hall, Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Place, London
09.00 – 10.00 Coffee
Chairman: Dr Andrew Lyon
10.00 Sullivan MHF
Organisms visualised by in situ hybridisation may not cause preterm delivery, but Fusobacterium nucleatum may be linked to fetal membrane rupture
10.15 Harling AE
Markers of antenatal inflammation and respiratory outcome in extremely preterm babies
10.30 Slack M
Hib IgG response of preterm infants to a fourth dose of Hib conjugate vaccine given in early life and to a new combined DT5a-Hib-IPV vaccine
10.45 Clarke P
Response of former preterm infants to a single meningococcal C conjugate vaccine dose
11.00 Richards M
An evidence-based proposal for a UK neonatal bloodstream infection surveillance scheme
11.15 Coffee
Chairman: Professor Anne Greenough
11.45 Counsell SJ
Evidence for microstructural abnormalities in the white matter of preterm infants at term equivalent age demonstrated by diffusion tensor imaging
12.00 Rutherford MA
Delayed abnormalities in diffusion following perinatal hypoxia-ischaemia to the brain: a marker for secondary injury and a late therapeutic window?
12.15 Mallaiah R
Effect of total parenteral nutrition on neonatal magnetic resonance imaging
12.30 Gnanalingham GM
Impact of delivery temperature on the abundance of mitochondrial voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) and cytochrome c abundance in the late gestation ovine fetal lung
12.45 – 13.45 Lunch
Committee Meeting – Committee members only
13.45 – 14.45 Annual General Meeting – Neonatal Society members only
Chairman: Dr Nikki Robertson
14.45 Snowdon DM
Gastric electrical activity in preterm infants with and without feeding difficulties
15.00 Boyle EM
Variation in feeding practice in preterm and low birth weight infants in Scotland
15.15 Mayes C
Meeting the preterm infant’s docosohexaenoic acid requirement – an estimate of the contribution from a-linolenic acid conversion following absorption and ß-oxidation of [U-13C] a-linolenic acid
15.30 Tea
Chairman: The President, Dr Paul Johnson
16.00 The Curosurf Lecture: Professor Neil McIntosh, Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health and Department Child Life and Health, Edinburgh
Models, relevant models and what can be done with them. An illustration using the Edinburgh ROP model.
17.00 Drinks and close of meeting