28th March 2012
Institute of Child Health, Guildford St, London WC1N 1EH
09.30 Coffee
Session 1: Chair – Dr R Thwaites
10.00 J Parkinson, Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College London
Preterm birth and the metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis
10.15 K Brown, Neonatal Unit, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Vitamin, mineral and iron supplementation in neonatal units: poor compliance with international recommendations
10.30 C Morgan, Department of Neonatology, Liverpool Women’s Hospital
Increasing early protein intake is associated with improved blood glucose control in very preterm infants
10.45 AJ Taylor, School of Medicine, University of Cardiff & University Hospital of Wales
5000 minutes in NICU – An observational study of doctors’ time on a tertiary NNU as part of the Transforming Care Initiative
11.00 Morning Tea/ Coffee
Session 2: Chair – Dr H Budge
11.30 S Barbarao, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Does availability of point-of-care Interleukin-6 results have any effect on the decision making of neonatal doctors in relation to sepsis in newborn?
11.45 V Ponnusamy, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Culture-positive insertion-site skin swabs and risk of catheter-related sepsis
12.00 Keynote Lecture: Professor Boris Kramer, Maastricht
Chorioamnionitis – a double edged sword for the fetus
13.00 Lunch Break
Session 3: Chair – Prof H Clark
14.15 A Singh, Neonatal Unit, Birmingham Women’s Hospital Foundation Trust
The impact of pre-discharge pulse oximetry screening in a regional neonatal unit
14.30 P Harijan, University of Leicester
Predicting developmental outcomes in very preterm infants: Validity of a neonatal neurobehavioural assessment
14.45 S Eckersley, University of Southampton School of Medicine
Fetal brain magnetic resonance imaging: Neurodevelopmental outcome & parental perceptions of care
15.00 G Schafer, Department of Psychology, University of Reading
ERIC: A new parental report instrument for detection of cognitive delay in at-risk infants
15.15 H Wong, Section of Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College London
Evaluation of early childhood social-communication difficulties in children born preterm using the Quantitative Checklist for Autism in Toddlers
15.30 Afternoon Tea / Coffee
Session 4: Chair – Prof K Costeloe
16.00 M Martinez-Biarge, Hammersmith Hospital, London
Antenatal and intrapartum factors associated with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy
16.15 H Sabir, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, St Michael’s Hospital
Increased inspired oxygen in the first hours of life is associated with poor outcome in newborns treated with therapeutic hypothermia after perinatal asphyxia
16.30 The McCance Lecture: Professor Ann Hellström, Göteborg
ROP pathogenesis, diagnosis & therapies (today’s and future)
17.30 Drinks and Close of Meeting