22nd November 2007
Royal Society of Medicine, Wimpole Street, London
0930 Coffee/Tea
Session 1 Chairman Dr Nikki Roberston
1015 Robert Negrine, Birmingham Women’s Hospital and University of Birmingham
Measurement of the Left and Right Ventricular Myocardial Performance Index in preterm neonates using standard Pulse-Wave and Tissue Doppler Imaging
1030 Michael Treece, University Hospital, Nottingham
The effect of genotype and postnatal age on regulators of adipose tissue development during early life
1045 Steven Wardle, Nottingham University Hospitals
Randomised controlled trial of gel warming mattresses to prevent hypothermia during the resuscitation at birth of premature infants
1100 Neonatal Society Student Prize: Jonathan Dunne, University of Bristol
Maternal diabetes and perinatal outcome in Delhi, India
1115 – 1145 Coffee/Tea
Session 2 Chairman Dr Helen Budge
1145 AGM Treasurers Report – members only
1200 Kristian Aquilina, University of Bristol
Do drugs that block Transforming Growth Factor Beta reduce post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation in a neonatal rat model?
1215 Jignesh Tailor, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Long term functional outcome of sacrococcygeal teratoma in a UK regional centre (1993-2006)
1230 Helen Fielder, Christchurch Women’s Hospital, New Zealand
Borderline prematurity – can we predict who needs admitting?
1245 N Gupta, Royal London Hospital
Audit of fluid and sodium management in preterm neonates
1300 – 1415 Lunch
Session 3 Chairman Dr Anoo Jain
1415 Annual General Meeting – members only
1445 Ryan O’Leary, Imperial College London
Lactation outcomes of preterm infants in the North West London Perinatal Network (NWLPN)
1500 Michael Weindling, University of Liverpool
Stillbirth and neonatal mortality in babies of women with pregestational diabetes mellitus
1515 – 1545 Coffee/Tea
Chairman Professor Andrew Whitelaw, President of the Neonatal Society
1545 The Widdowson Lecture: Larry Nogee, Division of Neonatology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
Genetic mechanisms of surfactant deficiency
1645 Drinks and Close of the meeting