17th March 2005
Royal Institute of British Architects, Portland Place, London
Abstracts published in Early Human Development 2005;81:711-720.
9.30 Coffee
Chairman: Howard Clarke
10.00 David Talbert
Paroxysmal cough injury as a cause of retinal and subdural bleeding in infants
10.15 Geraint Lee
Identifying tissue acidosis in extremely low birthweight infants: hypoalbuminaemia is a confounding factor
10.30 Gaurav Gaiha
Surfactant proteins A and D bind to the gp120 protein of HIV and modulate its interaction with T cell receptor CD4
10.45 Lawrence Armstrong
Protein binding of cortisol in term infants at birth
11.00 Coffee
Chairman: Helen Budge
11.30 E L Thomas
Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy shows increased intrahepatocellular lipid content in preterm infants at term
11.45 David Carmichael
Investigating the acute metabolic response to hypoxia and infection in a chicken embryo model of perinatal brain injury
Chairman: The President, Professor Andrew Wilkinson
12.00 – 13.00 The McCance Lecture 1: Professor Mark Hanson, British Heart Foundation, Professor of Cardiovascular Science, Centre for Developmental Origins of Health & Disease, University of Southampton, UK
Developmental origins of health and disease: concepts, mechanisms and implications
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
Chairman: Anoo Jain
14.30 Chandrima Roy
A case control study of neonatal proteinuria following pre-eclampsia (PE)
14.45 Bibian Ofoegbu
Use of nasal continuous positive airway pressure for neonatal back transfer
15.00 Jaideep Singh
“Volume targeted” ventilation In preterm infants – a randomised controlled trial
15.15 Fiona McCrosson
Changes in composition of expressed breast milk over the first month post-partum from a Scottish population in 2004
15.30 Tea
Chairman: The President, Professor Andrew Wilkinson
16.00 The McCance Lecture 2: Professor Ola Saugstad, Professor of Paediatrics, Department of Paediatric Research, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
Air versus 100% oxygen for resuscitation of asphyxiated infants: time to decide
17.00 Drinks and close of meeting