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BEST of IPOKRaTES: An Update in Neonatology
- June 19 - 21, 2025
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Faculty
- Judy Aschner
Joseph M Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack Meridian Health School of Medicine, Hackensack NJ and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA - Angelika Berger
Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria - Peter G. Davis
University of Melbourne, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia - Flavia Indrio
University of Bari, Bari, Italy - Martin Keszler
Brown University, Rhode Island, USA - Ju-Lee Oei
University of New South Wales, Randwick NSW, Australia - Richard Polin
Columbia University, N.Y, USA - Guilherme Sant'Anna
McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Program
THU, June 19, 2025
Session 1: Early Postnatal
08.00-08.40
Perinatal Infection, Prematurity and Brain Injury
Richard Polin
08.40-09.20
From Physiology to Practice in the Delivery Room
Peter Davis
09.20-10.00
Very and extremely preterm infants: Do we really need to intubate?
Guilherme Sant'Anna
10.00-10.30
Discussions
10.30-11.00
Break
11.00-11.40
Monitoring oxygen treatment for newborn infants at birth
Ju-Lee Oei
11.40-12.20
Use and Abuse of Bicarbonate in the NICU
Judy Aschner
12.20-13.00
Discussions
13.00-14.00
Lunch
Session 2: Early in the NIC
14.00-14.40
Oxygen and the Brain - From the Delivery Room to Beyond
Ju-Lee Oei
14.40-15.20
Effective delivery of nasal CPAP: the gold standard in non-invasive support
Richard Polin
15.20-16.00
Intubation: Challenges and opportunities
Peter Davis
16.00-16.30
Discussions
16.30-17.00
Break
17.00-17.40
Patient-Ventilator interactions and pulmonary graphics
Martin Keszler
17.40-18.20
Postnatal Steroids in the NICU
Guilherme Sant'Anna
FRI, June 20, 2025
Session 3: Dilemmas
08.00-08.40
Strategies for the prevention and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension
Judy Aschner
08.40-09.20
Avoiding intubation: Less invasive surfactant administration and non-invasive ventilation
Peter Davis
09.20-10.00
Reevaluating Blood Transfusions in Preterm Infants - more Risk than Benefit?
Angelika Berger
10.00-10.30
Discussions
10.30-11.00
Break
11.00-11.40
Gut-Brain Axis: Clinical Correlates
Flavia Indrio
11.40-12.20
Pain management in the NICU
Ju-Lee Oei
12.20-13.00
Discussions
13.00-14.00
Lunch
Session 4: NICU Care
14.00-14.40
Gastrointestinal Development in the Newborn: Optimization of Enteral Nutrition
Flavia Indrio
14.40-15.20
Innovations in Infection Prevention in the NICU
Angelika Berger
15.20-16.00
Healthcare associated infections in the NICU: Lessons forgotten and relearned
Richard Polin
16.00-16.30
Discussions
16.30-17.00
Break
17.00-17.40
Facilitating extubation: An evidence-based guide
Peter Davis
17.40-18.20
Use of Probiotics in the NICU
Flavia Indrio
SAT, June 21, 2025
Session 5: NICU Care
08.00-08.40
Strategies for the prevention of BPD
Richard Polin
08.40-09.20
Noise reduction in the NICU-2 sides of the
Angelika Berger
09.20-10.00
Lung Protection Ventilation Strategies
Martin Keszler
10.00-10.30
Discussions
10.30-11.00
Break
11.00-11.40
Nitric Oxide Treatment use and abuse
Ju-Lee Oei
11.40-12.20
Environmental exposures in the NICU
Judy Aschner
12.20-13.00
Discussions
13.00-14.00
Lunch
Session 6: Innovations and The Future
14.00-14.40
Life in the NICU without antibiotics; Making Healthier Babies
Richard Polin
14.40-15.20
Pitfalls of Neonatal Clinical trials
Martin Keszler
15.20-16.00
Therapeutic Hypothermia for Mild HIE
Ju-Lee Oei
16.00-16.30
Discussions
16.30-17.00
Break
17.00-17.40
Fostering Innovation in the NICU: A Guide to Effective Change Management
Angelika Berger
17.40-18.20
Emerging technologies in neonatology: the NICU of the future
Guilherme Sant'Anna
Subject to change
Target Audience
Pediatricians and Neonatologists, Residents and Nurses
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