The BEST of IPOKRaTES
An Update in Neonatology
- March 15 – 18, 2022
- Munich, Germany (University Hospital LMU Munich)
Proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or recovery and a daily negativ test result
will be required for public access to the event venue
All lectures will be available on demand on the IPOKRaTES platform after the event.
Objectives
IPOKRaTES seminars provide high quality postgraduate education, which enables professionals to keep abreast of the most recent developments and offer participants the opportunity to discuss clinical problems or scientific issues personally with international experts. This seminar offers a comprehensive update on important problems, pathophysiology, clinical assessment, management and care in the premature and mature newborn.
Faculty
- Johan Agren
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden - 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 - Andreas W. Flemmer
Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany - Martin Keszler
Brown University, Rhode Island, USA - Brian Carter
University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Med., Kansas City, MO, USA - Silke Mader
European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants, Munich, Germany - Jan Mazela
Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland - Walter Mihatsch
Ulm University. Ulm, Germany - Josef Neu
University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville FL, USA - Richard Polin
Columbia University, N.Y, USA - Nikki Robertson
University College London, London, UK - Roehr Charles
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK - Istvan Seri
Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles CA, USA - Richard Sindelar
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden - Anton van Kaam
Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - John van den Anker
Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA and University Children’s Hospital Basel, Switzerland
Program
TUE, MARCH 15, 2022
Prenatal, Delivery Room, Decisions on Viability, Transport, Stabilization, Fluid and Electrolytes, Early TPN
07.00-08.30
Registration & Testing
08.30–08.40
Opening Remarks
Josef Neu, Georg Simbruner, Andreas Flemmer
08.40–09.10
Transition at Birth: Resucitation
Charles Roehr
09.10–09.40
What’s New in Neonatal Resuscitation
Peter Davis
09.40–10.10
Neonatal Transport
Jan Mazela
10.10–10.40
Pulmonary Transition with a Focus on less Invasive Surfactant Administration
Angelika Berger
10.40-11.10
Coffee break
11.10-11.30
Differential Diagnosis and Management of Delivery Room Respiratory Failure of the Newborn
Andreas Flemmer
11.30–12.10
Management of Neonates with Refractory Pulmonary Hypertension
Judy Aschner
12.10-13.10
Lunch
13.10–13.40
Medical Futility and Moral Distress
Brian Carter
13.40–14.10
Fetal Medicine and Neonatal Care
Brian Carter
14.10-15.10
Strategies to improve outcomes at the Border of Viability
Johan Agren
15.10-15.55
Panel Discussion on the Care at the Border of Viability
Andreas Flemmer & Faculty
15.55-16.25
Coffee break
16.25-16.55
Fluid and Electrolyte Controversies in the Preterm Infant
Richard Polin
16.55-17.25
Special Consideration for Fluids and Electrolytes for Extremely Low Birthweight Preterms
Johan Agren
17.25-17.55
Introduction of Early TPN in Preterm Infants: Composition with an Emphasis on Protein, Lipids, Calcium and Phosphorus
Josef Neu
17.25-17.55
Introduction of Early TPN in Preterm Infants: Composition with an Emphasis on Protein, Lipids, Calcium and Phosphorus
Walter Mihatsch
17.55-18.25
Question and Answer Panel Discussion: Perinatal, Delivery Room, Fluids, Electrolytes, TPN
Josef Neu & Faculty
WED, MARCH 16, 2022
Ventilation, Ethics, Care Strategies, Hemodynamics and PDA
07.00-08.00
Testing
08.00–08.20
Physiologically Oriented Ventilator Support Strategies in the Neonate
Martin Keszler
08.20–08.50
Next Generation of Assisted Ventilatory Strategies – NAVA and NIV-NAVA
Richard Sindelar
08.50-09.35
Managing pulmonary hypertension in Infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia and bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Judy Aschner
09.35–10.00
Panel Discussion Ventilation I: Controversies in Neonatal Ventilation
Peter Davis & Faculty
10.00-10.30
Coffee break
10.30–11.00
High Frequency Ventilation
Anton van Kaam
11.00–11.30
Invasive and Non-invasive Support
Charles Roehr
11.30-12.00
Aerosol Delivery to Ventilated Infants
Jan Mazela
12.00-12.30
Panel Discussion Ventilation II: Controversies in Neonatal Ventilation
Peter Davis & Faculty
12.30-13.30
Lunch
13.30–14.00
Pre and Postnatal Steroids: Risk and Benefits
Anton van Kaam
14.00–14.30
Change Management – how to introduce new Ideas in NICU teams
Angelika Berger
14.30–15.00
Why do we need to implement the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health – A parent perspective
Silke Mader
15.00–15.30
Panel Discussion
Angelika Berger & Faculty
15.30–16.00
Coffee Break
16.00–17.00
HIE New Developments and other issues in neonatal neurology
Nikki Robertson
17.00–17.30
Consent for Research in Delivery Room
Peter Davis
THU, MARCH 17, 2022
MORNING
NEONATAL GASTROENTEROLOGY, NUTRITION, NUTRITIONAL STRATEGIES AND GUIDELINES, CONTROVERSIES, NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS
07.00-08.00
Testing
08.00–09.00
Tailoring Therapies for Neonatal Encephalopathy - where will we be in 5 years?
Nikki Robertson
09.00-09.30
Development of the GI tract and Considerations for Enteral Feeding
Josef Neu
09.30–10.00
ESPGHAN Nutritional Guidelines for the Neonate: Special Considerations
Walter Mihatsch
10.00-10.30
Nutritonal and Feeding Controversies
Josef Neu & Faculty
10.30–11.00
Coffee break
11.00–11.30
Necrotizing Enterocolitis: More than One Disease - Pathogeneses
Josef Neu
11.30–12.00
Controversies related to NEC
Faculty Panel
12.00–13.00
Lunch
AFTERNOON
Hemodynamics and PDA / Neurodevelopment
13.00–13.30
Neonatal Hemodynamics: Treatment of Neonatal Hypotension
Istvan Seri
13.30–14.00
PDA - Should it be treated? Medical and Surgical Managment
Richard Sindelar
14.00–14.45
Controversies in Management of Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Richard Polin & Faculty
14.45–15.15
Coffee break
15.15-15.45
Developmental and Neonatal Pharmacology 2022
John van den Anker
15.45-16.15
Impact of Hypothermia on Drug Dosing in Neonates
John van den Anker
16.15-16.45
Questions and Answers
John van den Anker & Faculty
FRI, MARCH 18, 2022
IMMUNOLOGY, SEPSIS, MICROBIOME, VIRAL INFECTIONS
07.00-08.00
Testing
08.00–08.30
Neonatal Multiomics and Artificial Intelligence: What's in the Future
Josef Neu
08.30–09.00
Antibiotic stewardship in the NICU
Angelika Berger
09.00–09.30
An evidence based approach to early-onset sepsis
Richard Polin
09.30–09.45
Panel Discussion
Richard Polin & Faculty
09.45-10.15
Coffee break
10.15–10.45
CPAP & NIPPV: Both can be effectiv, but one is better
Richard Polin
10.45–11.15
BPD Prevention and Management
Charles Roehr
11.15–11.45
Established Severe BPD: BPD Collaborative
Richard Sindelar
11.45–12.15
BPD Controversies, Questions and Answers
Charles Roehr & Faculty
Free Seats
Information
The number of participants is limited to 150
Participation Fees
Single person
- before January 18, 2022
- 580,00 Euro
- after January 18, 2022
- 650,00 Euro
On demand recordings (audio and slides): 400,00 Euro
Target Audience
Doctors, nurses and affiliates of university and non-university hospitals in the field of neonatology and intensive care, pediatrics and related specialties.
Local Organizer
Professor Dr. med. Andreas W. Flemmer, Head of Neonatology Paediatric Clinic at the Perinatal Centre of the LMU Munich, Großhadern
email: Andreas.Flemmer@med.uni-muenchen.de
Main Sponsors
Local Sponsors












