16th March 2006

Royal Institute of British Architects, Portland Place, London

Abstracts published in Early Human Development 2007;83:125-137

Chairman: Dr Alison Forehead

0930 A Okereafor. Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London
Patterns of brain injury in neonates exposed to perinatal sentinel events

0945 RM Raafat. Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London
Assessment of the visual system in preterm infants using Diffusion Tractography and fMRI

1000 T Bregant. Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London
White matter lesions in term infants with neonatal encephalopathy: correlation with later scans and neurodevelopmental outcome

1015 S Deshpande. Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Shrewsbury
Early postnatal blood lactate predicts short-term outcome in infants with perinatal asphyxia

1030 ACG Breeze. Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Perinatal palliative care or termination of pregnancy after prenatal diagnosis of lethal fetal abnormality

1045 Coffee/Tea

Chairman: Professor Anne Greenough

1115 COF Kamlin. Royal Women’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia
A short trial of endotracheal CPAP to predict extubation success (abstract unavailable)

1130 SD Singh. Hope Hospital, Salford
Nasal CPAP weaning of VLBW infants: is decreasing CPAP pressure or increasing time off the better strategy? Results of a randomised controlled trial

1145 JW Moreiras. Barts and the London NHS Trust, London
Optimising placement of endotracheal tubes in infants referred for neonatal transfer

1200 N Shetty. The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough
Single versus multiple doses of surfactant in premature babies between 26 to 32 weeks gestation

1215 D Quine. Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
A graded physiological approach to defining bronchopulmonary dysplasia

1230 – 1400 Lunch

Chairman: Dr Anoo Jain

1400 S Thayyil. Royal London Hospital
Early onset hyperkalemia in premature infants

1415 I Cheema. Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Neonatal transfers by Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners: Is it time to end the debate?

1430 E Heckford. Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Are neonates born small for gestational age at risk of developing early retinopathy of prematurity?

1445 COF Kamlin. Royal Women’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia
Monitoring the resuscitation of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in the delivery room (DR)

1500 Coffee/Tea

Chairman: Professor Andrew Wilkinson, President of the Neonatal Society

1530 KM Bergman. Imperial College London
Prenatal stressful life events predict child cognitive outcomes

1545 S McCullough. Rotherham General Hospital
Oral sucrose reduces the pain response during nasogastric tube insertion

1600 The McCance Lecture: Maria Fitzgerald, Professor of Developmental Neurobiology, Dept Anatomy & Developmental Biology, University College, London
Neonatal pain processing

1700 Drinks and Close of the meeting