Scientific Information

Organising Institutions

EAPM President – Elie Saliba, France
President – Elect – Diogo Ayres de Campos, Portugal
Secretary General – Miroslaw Wielgos, Poland

The purpose of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine (EAPM) is to bring together groups and individuals in Europe who are interested in promoting the science of perinatal medicine, for the benefit of mothers and their children, in particular by:

  • Promoting and disseminating the study, research and knowledge of all aspects of perinatal medicine, to attain the optimal physical and mental health for mothers and their children by improving the quality and provision of perinatal care in Europe.
  • Contributing to the improvement of teaching standards in the profession.
  • Proposing guidelines and standardizing criteria for auditing, evaluation and clinical care in perinatal medicine.
  • Fostering collaboration between the various disciplines interested in perinatal care as well as friendship between individuals from different European Countries.

Scientific Committee

Diogo Ayres-de-Campos

Chair (Obstetrics)
(Portugal)

Neena Modi

Chair (Neonatology)
(UK)

Elie Saliba

(France)

 

Miroslaw Wielgos

(Poland)

Apostolos Athanasiadis

(Greece)

Bo Jacobsson

(Sweden)

 

Enrico Lopriore

(Netherlands)

Luca Ramenghi

(Italy)

Valentina Tsibizova

(Russia)

 

Stefan Verlohren

(Germany)

Adelina Pellicer

(Spain)

Susanna Timonen

(Finland)

 

Eric Jauniaux

(UK)

Michael Robson

(Ireland)

Yariv Yogev

(Israel)

 

Diogo Ayres-de-Campos

Chair (Obstetrics)
(Portugal)

Neena Modi

Chair (Neonatology)
(UK)

Elie Saliba

(France)

Miroslaw Wielgos

(Poland)

Apostolos Athanasiadis

(Greece)

Bo Jacobsson

(Sweden)

Enrico Lopriore

(Netherlands)

Luca Ramenghi

(Italy)

Valentina Tsibizova

(Russia)

Stefan Verlohren

(Germany)

Adelina Pellicer

(Spain)

Susanna Timonen

(Finland)

Eric Jauniaux

(UK)

Michael Robson

(Ireland)

Yariv Yogev

(Israel)

Local Advisory Committee

João Bernardes

(Porto)

Marina Moucho

(Porto)

Paulo Moura

(Coimbra)

 

Maria do Céu Almeida

(Coimbra)

Maria José Alves

(Lisboa)

Nuno Clode

(Lisboa)

 

Teresa Tomé

(Lisboa)

André Graça

(Lisboa)

Gabriela Mimoso

(Coimbra)

 

Carmen Carvalho

(Porto)

Henrique Soares

(Porto)

João Bernardes

(Porto)

Marina Moucho

(Porto)

Paulo Moura

(Coimbra)

Maria do Céu Almeida

(Coimbra)

Maria José Alves

(Lisboa)

Nuno Clode

(Lisboa)

Teresa Tomé

(Lisboa)

André Graça

(Lisboa)

Gabriela Mimoso

(Coimbra)

Carmen Carvalho

(Porto)

Henrique Soares

(Porto)

Scientific Programme

Hands-On Training Course 1

14:00-16:15

Dye injection of monochorionic placentas: how, why and when

Coordinators: Enrico Loprione (Netherlands), Susana Santo (Portugal)

Maximum: 15 participants

14:00-14:10

Introduction: complications in MC twins

Enrico Lopriore (Netherlands)

14:10-14:30

Presentation on the various types of MC placentas: TTTS (with/without laser surgery), TAPS, sFGR, monoamniotic

Enrico Lopriore (Netherlands)

14:30-14:45

The injection technique: tips and tricks

Sophie Groene (Netherlands)

14:45-16:00

Hands on training on how to inject a fresh placenta with color dye

Enrico Lopriore, Susana Santo, Sophie Groene, Teresa Loureiro

16:00-16:15

Award ceremony for the best injected placenta

Hands-On Training Course 2

13:00-17:00

Newborn life support

Coordinator: Almerinda Pereira (Portugal)

Maximum: 20 participants

13:00-13:05

Welcome

Carmen Carvalho (Portugal)

13:05-14:05

ERC 2021 guidelines: assesment & monitoring, airway & breathing, chest compressions

Almerinda Pereira (Portugal)

14:05-15:25

Skills stations: airway & breathing, chest compressions & monitoring, vascular access & drugs

Edmundo Santos, Eurico Gaspar, Miguel Costa, Pedro Garcia

15:25-15:40

Coffee break

15:40-17:00

Simulation training

Hands-On Training Course 3

13:00-14:00

External cephalic version

Coordinator: Diogo Ayres-de-Campos (Portugal)

Maximum: 12 participants

13:00-13:05

Introduction

Diogo Ayres-de-Campos (Portugal)

13:05-13:20

Selecting and informing candidates

Mónica Centeno(Portugal)

13:20-13:30

Predictors of success and vaginal birth rates

Andreia Fonseca (Portugal)

13:30-13:50

The technique

Luisa Pinto (Portugal)

13:50-14:00

Tips and tricks.

Diogo Ayres-de-Campos (Portugal)

14:00-17:00

Training on simulator

14:00-15:00

Group 1

15:00-16:00

Group 2

16:00-17:00

Group 3

Hands-On Training Course 4

13:00-14:30

Intrapartum ultrasound

Coordinators: Tullio Ghi (Italy), Joana Barros (Portugal)

Maximum: 20 participants

13:00-13:30

Intrapartum ultrasound: how to do it? what to look at and what to measure?

Tullio Ghi (Italy)

13:30-14:00

The added value of ultrasound in obstructed labour and before instrumental vaginal delivery

Joana Barros (Portugal)

14:00-14:30

Discussion

14:30-15:00

Coffee break

15:00-17:00

Pratical training: clinical and sonographic diagnosis of fetal head station and position

15:00-16:00

Group 1

16:00-17:00

Group 2

OPENING CEREMONY

18:00-18:05

Welcome

Diogo Ayres-de-Campos (Portugal), Neena Modi (UK)

18:05-18:15

EAPM - past, present and future

Diogo Ayres-de-Campos (Portugal)

18:15-18:25

Towards smarter research in perinatal medicine

Neena Modi (UK)

18:25-18:35

The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Commission on the future of neonatology

Daniele de Luca (France)
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Lancet

Announcement of “The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Commission on The Future of Neonatology” at the congress of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine in Lisbon, June 22-26, 2022  

The European Association of Perinatal Medicine is delighted to announce that a new Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Commission on “The Future of Neonatology” will be announced at our upcoming congress by the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, the Honourable Mrs Stella Kyriakides.

Led by Professor Daniele De Luca, president of the European Society for Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (Université Paris Saclay), together with Professor Neena Modi, president-elect of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine (Imperial College London), Professor Peter Davis (The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne), Professor Steven Abman (University of Colorado), and other global neonatal leaders, and supported by the Deputy Editor of The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, Esther Lau, the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Commission will address the need for a more effective research and development pipeline for newborn medicines and devices, efficient and incremental reductions in the many uncertainties in clinical newborn care, strong partnerships with parents, families and former patients, and recognition of the importance of newborn health to health and wellbeing across the life-course, and hence to populations and national economies across the world.

The topic is urgent and important. There has only ever been a single medication specifically developed for neonatal conditions. To this day over 90% of medicines used in newborn babies lack adequate data on safety, efficacy, and dosage, and many medical devices are similarly inadequately tested,  “hand-me-downs” from developments in other age groups.  Promising therapeutic advances have not reached the cot-side because current regulatory, operational, and financial considerations are challenging.

The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Commission on "The Future of Neonatology" will bring together global researchers, stakeholders, parents and former patients, to define recommendations to ensure that newborn babies no longer suffer research inequity, and that their healthcare is based on strong evidence and products designed to meet their needs.

18:35-18:40

Supporting perinatal research

Hon. Mrs. Stella Kyriakides (EU Commissioner on Health and Food Safety)

18:40-19:05

Musical moment

1 - Lascia ch'io pianga (Almirena, da ópera “Rinaldo” de Georg Friedrich Händel)
2 - Dueto das Flores (Lakmé e Mallika, da ópera “Lakmé” de Leo Delibes)
3 - Bachianas brasileiras nº5 - ária (Heitor Villa-Lobos)
Filipa Passos, soprano
Verónica São Pedro, mezzo-soprano
Francisco Sassetti, piano

19:05-19:20

"Erich Saling" Maternity Prize award

Neena Modi (UK), Apostolos Athanasiadis (Greece)

08:00-08:55

ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 1

Chairs: Susanna Timonen (Finland), Maria Céu Almeida (Portugal)
See selected Abstracts (ID 433) PREDICTION OF EARLY-ONSET NEONATAL SEPSIS IN PREGNANT WOMEN WITH PRETERM PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES BY VAGINAL MICROBIOME ANALYSIS: THE PEONS TRIAL.
Ekkehard Schleussner (Germany)

(ID 250) FETAL LEFT BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN DIAMETERS IN NORMAL AND GROWTH-RESTRICTED FETUSES.
Didem Kaymak (Turkey)

(ID 261) THE ASSESSMENT OF THE FULLPIERS RISK PREDICTION MODEL AND SFLT-1/PLGF RATIO FOR PREDICTION OF ADVERSE OUTCOMES IN PRE-ECLAMPSIA.
Magdalena Bednarek-Jędrzejek (Poland)

(ID 442) REDUCING PRETERM MORTALITY AND BRAIN INJURY: THE PERIPREM (PERINATAL EXCELLENCE TO REDUCE INJURY IN PREM-ATURE BIRTH) CARE PATHWAY.
Sarah Bates (UK)

(ID 246) RISK OF RECURRENT PRETERM BIRTH IN WOMEN WITH A HISTORY OF PRETERM BIRTH: A REGISTRY STUDY OF 213 335 WOMEN IN NORWAY.
Tiril Tingleff (Norway)

(ID 226) IMPACT OF EARLY-ONSET FETAL GROWTH RESTRICTION ON THE NEURODEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME OF VERY PRETERM INFANTS AT 24 MONTHS: EXPERIENCE OF A REFERENCE CENTER.
Mariana Cortez Ferreira (Portugal)

(ID 323) THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON PRETERM BIRTH RATES.
Mónica Calado Araújo (Portugal)

08:00-08:55

ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 2

Chairs: Linda de Vries (Netherlands), Carmen Carvalho (Portugal)
See selected Abstracts
(ID 118) CHANGES IN STRUCTURAL BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AFTER SELEC-TIVE FETAL GROWTH RESTRICTION IN MONOCHORIONIC TWINS.
Sophie Groene (Netherlands)

(ID 117) THE LIFE-LONG EFFECT OF FETAL GROWTH RESTRICTION: NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME IN GROWTH DISCORDANT IDENTICAL TWINS.
Sophie Groene (Netherlands)

(ID 88) FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SARS-COV-2 TRANSPLACENTAL TRANSMISSION.
Daniele De Luca (France)

(ID 114) FETOPLACENTAL VASCULAR REACTIVITY MAY BE ALTERED IN FE-TUSES WITH CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA.
Denise Oudshoorn (Netherlands)

(ID 458) HOW DOES IT FEEL? PRELIMINARY OUTCOME AT 3 YEARS ON DE-VELOPMENTAL AND SENSORY PROFILE OF CHILDREN BORN PRE-TERM WHO UNDERWENT A FMRI AT TERM OF CORRECTED AGE, HOW MUCH PAIN IS IMPORTANT?
Sara Uccella (Italy)

(ID 457) INFLUENCE OF ISOLATED LOW-GRADE GERMINAL MATRIX-INTRAVENTRICULAR AND CEREBELLAR HEMORRHAGES ON THE NEURODEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES OF EX-PRETERM CHILDREN UP TO 3 YEARS OF CORRECTED AGE
Sara Uccella (Italy)

(ID 365) NECROTISING ENTEROCOLITIS IN EXTREME LO BIRTHWEIGHT IN-FANTS: COULD IT BE MILK CURD SYNDROME?
Laura Correia (Portugal)

PARALLEL 1

09:00-10:30

Genetic screening

Chairs: Jose Carlos Pinto Ferreira (Portugal), Tullio Ghi (Italy)

09:00-09:20

Screening for chromosomal anomalies in the era of NIPT: a country experience

Olav Petersen (Denmark)

09:20-09:40

Advances in non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of microdeletions and monogenic diseases

Bo Jacobsson (Sweden)

09:40-10:00

Whole exome sequencing for all congenital structural anomalies?

Antony Borrell (Spain)

10:00-10:10

(ID 60) CHANGES IN OXIDATIVE BALANCE IN PREGNANCY WITH FETAL TRISSOMY 21.

Zorica Grujić (Serbia)

10:10-10:30

Discussion

PARALLEL 2

09:00-10:30

Neonatal brain injury

Chairs: Adeline Pellicer (Spain), André Graça (Portugal)

09:00-09:20

Perinatal asphyxia: predictive value of MRI

Linda de Vries (Netherlands)

09:20-09:40

Neonatal neuroprotection strategies

Sudhin Thayyil (UK)

09:40-10:00

Social influences on neurodevelopmental outcomes:

Lex Doyle (Australia)

10:00-10:10

(ID 445) ANTENATAL STEROID TRATMENT AND BRAIN DEVELOP-MENT IN VERY LOW-BIRTH WEIGHT INFACTS.

Mariya Malova (Italy)

10:10-10:30

Discussion

10:30-11:00

Coffee break, poster and exhibition view

PLENARY 1

11:00-12:30

Fetal medicine

Chairs: Susana Santo (Portugal), Alvaro Cohen (Portugal)

11:00-11:20

Management of Rh disease

Eleanor Tiblad (Sweden)

11:20-11:40

Fetal surgery for open spina bifida and congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Roland Devlieger (Belgium)

11:40-12:00

Main complications of monochorionic twins

Asma Khalil (UK)

12:00-12:20

Neonatal and long-term outcomes in fetal surgery

Enrico Lopriore (Netherlands)

12:20-12:30

Discussion

CONTROV 1

12:30-13:30

The Kristeller maneuver is outdated

Chairs: Gerard Visser (Netherlands), Susanna Timonen (Finland)

12:30-12:50

Yes

Vincenzo Berghella (USA)

12:50-13:10

No

Franz Kainer (Germany)

13:10-13:30

Discussion

CONTROV 2

12:30-13:30

Umbilical cord milking in very preterm neonates at birth

Chairs: Enrico Lopriore (Netherlands), Gabriela Mimoso (Portugal)

12:30-12:50

Yes

Simone Pratesi (Italy)

12:50-13:10

No

Stuart Hooper (Australia)

13:10-13:30

Discussion

13:30-14:45

Industry symposia, lunch break, poster and exhibition view

PARALLEL 3

14:45-16:15

Pre-eclampsia and intrauterine growth-restriction (IUGR)

Chairs: Vincenzo Berghella (USA), George Daskalasis (Greece)

14:45-15:05

New definitions of pre-eclampsia and impact on adverse oucomes

Stefan Verlohren (Germany)

15:05-15:25

Indication for delivery in late-onset IUGR

Gerard Visser (Netherlands)

15:25-15:45

Short and long-term outcomes of IUGR

Fatima Crispi (Spain)

15:45-15:55

(ID 298) EFFECT OF PENTAERYTHRITYLTETRANITRATE ON THE DE-VELOPMENT OF FETAL GROWTH RESTRICTION IN PREGNANCIES WITH IMPAIRED UTEROPLACENTAL PERFUSION AT MID GESTA-TION – A RANDOMISED CLINICAL TRIAL.

Ekkehard Shleussner (Germany)

15:55-16:15

Discussion

PARALLEL 4

14:45-16:15

Necrotising enterocolitis

Chairs: Luca Ramenghi (Italy), Carmen Carvalho (Portugal)

14:45-15:05

Novel therapeutic approaches

Paolo de Coppi (UK)

15:05-15:25

Management of short bowel syndrome

David Hackam (USA-online)

15:25-15:45

The role of the microbiome in NEC

Josef Neu (USA)

15:45-16:15

Discussion

16:15-16:30

Coffee break, poster and exhibition view

EAPM General Assembly

16:15-18:00

SALÃO NOBRE

PLENARY 2

16:30-18:00

Influences and outcomes of preterm birth

Chairs: Stefan Vehloren (Germany), Artur Beke (Hungary)

16:30-16:50

Impact of COVID-19 lockdown

Jasper Been (Netherlands)

16:50-17:10

Environmental influences in perinatal medicine.

Ekkehard Schleussner (Germany)

17:10-17:30

Life-long outcomes of preterm birth

Casey Crump (USA)

17:30-17:40

(ID 162) USING DIGITAL TWIN TECHNOLOGY TO ASSESS FETAL CARDIAC FUNC-TION.

Bettine Van Willigen (Netherlands)

17:40-18:00

Discussion

08:00-08:55

POSTER PRESENTATIONS 1

Chairs: Luisa Pinto (Portugal), Daniel Muresan (Romania)
See selected Abstracts
(ID 435) DO CURRENT PROTOCOLS FOR PRESCRIPTION OF ANTENATAL CORTICOSTEROIDS ALLOW US TO GIVE THE DRUG FOR WOMEN WHO WILL REALLY GIVE BIRTH?
Luis Carlos Machado Junior (Brasil)

(ID 230) PITFALLS IN THE DIAGNOSTICS OF SHOULDER DYSTOCIA: A REG-ISTER-BASED CASE-CONTROL STUDY.
Karin Heinonen (Finland)

(ID 312) CARDIOTOCOGRAPHIC FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH HISTOLOGI-CALLY CONFIRMED CHORIOAMNIONITIS.
Mariana Coroado (Portugal)

(ID 89) SECRETORY PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 EXPRESSION AND ACTIVITY IN CLINICAL CHORIOAMNIONITIS WITH FETAL INVOLVEMENT END-ING UP IN PRETERM DELIVERY.
Daniele De Luca (France)

(ID 401) GESTATIONAL DIABETES: PREGNANCY OUTCOMES ACCORDING TO GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN.
Beatriz Ferro (Portugal)

(ID 289) HISTORY-INDICATED VS. ULTRASOUND-INDICATED CERCLAGE IN WOMEN WITH A HISTORY OF PRETERM BIRTH.
Beatriz Olivares Romera (Spain)

(ID 416) UTERINE TESTING ON THE UNICICATRICIAL UTERUS: PREDICTIVE FACTORS OF PEJORATIVE ISSUES IN 423 CASES.
Arina Jbari (Tunisia)

(ID 222) DOES PERINEORRAPHY IMPROVE SEXUAL HEALTH?
Malou Barbosa (Denmark)

(ID 290) INADEQUATE TIMING LIMITS THE BENEFIT OF ANTENATAL CORTI-COSTEROIDS ON NEONATAL OUTCOME: RETROSPECTIVE ANALY-SIS OF A HIGH-RISK COHORT OF PRETERM INFANTS IN A TERTIARY CENTER.
Ekkehard Shleussner (Germany)

(ID 168) ESTABLISHMENT OF NOMOGRAMS FOR FETAL VERMIS AND BRAINSTEM STRUCTURES IN THE MIDSAGITTAL CRANIAL PLANE BY ULTRASONOGRAPHY.
Verda Alpay (Turkey)

(ID 169) EXPRESSION OF STEMNESS-RELATED GENES IN CERVICAL INSUF-FICIENCY: A PILOT STUDY.
Michail Syndos (Greece)

(ID 379) CORRELATION BETWEEN ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT OF THE INTERNAL CERVICAL OPENING AND SUCCESSFUL LABOR INDUC-TION.
Arina Jbari (Tunisia)

(ID 200) FETAL HEART RATE CHANGES AFTER EXTERNAL CEPHALIC VER-SION AT AN OUTPATIENT CLINIC.
Kwang Jun Kim (Korea)

(ID 221) FIRST-TRIMESTER SCREENING FOR PRE-ECLAMPSIA AND SMALL-FOR-GESTATIONAL-AGE: A COMPARISON OF THE GAUSSIAN AND THE FETAL MEDICINE FOUNDATION ALGORITHMS.
Berta Serrano (Spain)

(ID 12) EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING IMPROVES EARLY POSTPARTUM ME-TABOLISM OF GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS THROUGH CHANGES IN CIRCULATING LIPIDS.
Chenbo Ji (China)

08:00-08:55

POSTER PRESENTATIONS 2

Chairs: Luca Ramenghi (Italy), Gustavo Rocha (Portugal)
See selected Abstracts
(ID 52) ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MATERNAL OBESITY AND POOR FETAL NEURO-LOGICAL PROGNOSIS.
Diana-Elena Comandasu (Romania)

(ID 301) CONGENITAL SYPHILIS IN A PORTUGUESE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU) – A RETROSPECTIVE LONGITUDINAL STUDY.
Leonor Aires Figueiredo (Portugal)

(ID 450) FETAL INTRAVENTRICULAR HEMORRHAGE AND POST HAEMORRAGHIC VENTRICULAR DILATATION: GASLINI’S INSIGHT.
Samuele Caruggi (Italy)

(ID 258) FETAL NEUROSONOGRAPHY AND MRI IN CONGENITAL CMV INFECTION – EXPERIENCE FROM A REFERENCE CENTER.
Maria Vicente (Portugal)

(ID 145) GLUCOSE ANALGESIA IN BABIES.
Maya Krasteva Vilmosh (Bulgaria)

(ID 414) GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION IN PORTUGUESE NEONATES – A 14 YEAR REVIEW.
Rudi Carvalho (Portugal)

(ID 448) NEONATAL PERFORATOR STROKE (PS): SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE AT G.GASLINI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL.
Paolo Massilio (Italy)

(ID 33) NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD ASSOCIATED WITH CONGENITAL ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION.
Aurimery Chermont (Brazil)

(ID 363) ORAL DEXTROSE GEL – A NEW APPROACH TO TREAT NEONATAL HYPO-GLYCEMIA.
Mariana Simões (Portugal)

(ID 273) THE ACCURACY OF UMBILICAL CORD COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT IN DE-TECTING NEONATAL THROMBOCYTOPENIA.
Wed Fatani (Saudi Arabia)

(ID 293) THE CORRELATION OF INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION WITH A NE-ONATAL CARDIOVASCULAR INDEX.
Niki Dermitzaki (Greece)

(ID 294) THE EVALUATION OF RETINA VASCULARIZATION IN PRETERM GROWTH-RESTRICTED NEONATES: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY.
Niki Dermitzaki (Greece)

(ID 329) TWIN-TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME: NEURODEVELOPMENT AND PERI-NATAL OUTCOMES IN A TERTIARY CENTER – A SERIES OF CASES.
Inês Castro (Portugal)

(ID 177) VIDEO REVIEW OF NEONATAL INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS – FINDING THE KEY TO HIGH PERFORMANCE.
Lise Brogaard (Denmark)

(ID 447) VLBW BABIES WITH IUGR: THE CHALLENGE OF UNDERSTANDING CLINI-CAL OUTCOME AND THE ROLE OF BRAIN LESIONS.
Chiara Andreato (Italy)

PARALLEL 5

09:00-10:30

Timing and mode of delivery

Chairs: Mirosław Wielgoś (Poland), Nuno Clode (Portugal)

09:00-09:20

Mode of delivery for twins

Thomas Schmitz (France)

09:20-09:40

Delivery at which gestational age for maternal diabetes?

Yariv Yogev (Israel)

09:40-10:00

Delivery at which gestational age for placenta praevia, accreta and vasa praevia?

Bo Jacobson (Sweden)

10:00-10:10

(ID 116) GESTATIONAL AGE AT BIRTH AND OUTCOME IN MONO-CHORIONIC TWINS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF SELECTIVE FETAL GROWTH RESTRICTION: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW.

Sophie Groene (Netherlands)

10:10-10:30

Discussion

PARALLEL 6

09:00-10:30

Group B Streptococcus infection

Chairs: Lex Doyle (Australia), Carmen Carvalho (Portugal)

09:00-09:20

Epidemiology, screening and diagnosis in pregnancy

Gian Carlo di Renzo (Italy)

09:20-09:40

Treatment/prophylaxis in pregnancy

Liesbeth van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

09:40-10:00

Neonatal management and long-term prognosis

Vincent Bekker (Netherlands)

10:00-10:10

(ID 10) A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF NOSOCOMIAL BLOOD-STREAM INFECTIONS AMONG PRETERM NEONATE.

Sophie Jansen (Netherlands)

10:10-10:30

Discussion

10:30-11:00

Coffee break, poster and exhibition view

PLENARY 3

11:00-12:30

Cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy

Chairs: Apostolos Athanasiadis (Greece), Marina Moucho (Portugal)

11:00-11:20

Screening and diagnosis

Yves Ville (France)

11:20-11:40

The role of secondary prevention

Oliver Kagan (Germany)

11:40-12:00

Neonatal management and long-term prognosis

Ina Foulon (Belgium)

12:00-12:20

Infection in pregnancy - controversies in management

Ann Vossen (Netherlands)

12:20-12:30

Discussion

CONTROV 3

12:30-13:30

Active management of extreme prematurity (< 24 weeks)?

Chairs: Luca Ramenghi (Italy), Luisa Pinto (Portugal)

12:30-12:50

Yes

Lex Doyle (Australia)

12:50-13:10

No

Monique Rijken (Netherlands)

13:10-13:30

Discussion

13:30-14:45

Industry symposia, lunch break, poster and exhibition view

PARALLEL 7

14:45-16:15

Maternal obesity

Chairs: Amar Bhide (UK), Paulo Moura (Portugal)

14:45-15:05

Should obese women be advised to lose weight before and during pregnancy?

Yariv Yogev (Israel)

15:05-15:25

Reproductive and obstetric issues for women submitted to bariatric surgery

Roland Devlieger (Belgium)

15:25-15:45

Caring for obese women in the delivery and operating room

Yariv Yogev (Israel)

15:45-15:55

(ID 20) MATERNAL BODY MASS INDEX AND EXTERNAL CEPHALIC VERSION SUCESS RATE.

Lukas Hruban (Czechia)

15:55-16:15

Discussion

PARALLEL 8

14:45-16:15

Blood transfusions in neonates

Chairs: Enrico Lopriore (Netherlands), Henrique Soares (Portugal)

14:45-15:05

Red blood cell transfusions: why and when?

Charles Roehr (UK)

15:05-15:25

Platelet transfusions: why and when?

Anna Curley (Ireland)

15:25-15:45

Umbilical cord blood: a more physiologic approach

Luciana Teofili (Italy)

15:45-16:15

Discussion

16:15-16:30

Coffee break, poster and exhibition view

PARALLEL 9

16:30-18:00

Placental and umbilical cord disorders

Chairs: Eric Jauniaux (UK), Yariv Yogev (Israel)

16:30-16:50

Perinatal outcome of single umbilical artery syndrome

Elena Contro (Italy)

16:50-17:10

Diagnosis and management of abnormal cord implantation

Cathrine Ebbing (Norway)

17:10-17:30

Vaginal deliver or elective cesarean section for term low-lying placenta?

Amar Bhide (UK)

17:30-17:40

(ID 182) THE ASSOCIATION OF PLACENTAL WEIGHT AND UMBILI-CAL CORD LENGTH PERCENTILE TO CEREBRAL PALSY IN THE CHILD: A POPULATION BASED STUDY.

Cathrine Ebbing (Norway)

17:40-18:00

Discussion

PARALLEL 10

16:30-18:00

Non-invasive ventilation strategies

Chairs: Elie Saliba (France), Teresa Tomé (Portugal)

16:30-16:50

Supporting breathing at birth

Wes Onland (Netherlands)

16:50-17:10

Non-invasive ventilator support in neonatal intensive care

Daniele de Luca (France)

17:10-17:30

Should inhaled nitric oxide be used in very preterm infants?

Mikko Hallman (Finland)

17:30-18:00

Discussion

08:00-08:55

ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 3

Chairs: Gerard Visser (The Netherlands), Mónica Centeno (Portugal)
See selected Abstracts
(ID 202) ANTIMICROBIAL PROPHYLAXIS ADMINISTRATION TIMED IN RELATION WITH UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING AND THE RISK OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTION IN CESAREAN DELIVERIES: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED STUDY.
Enkeleda Prifti (Albania)

(ID 22) PERINATAL OUTCOMES IN WOMEN WITH INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS OF PREGNANCY.
Maria Cemortan (Moldova)

(ID 232) SUSPECTED AND CONFIRMED DIAGNOSIS OF “TRIPLE I” AT TERM.
Elettra Salmoiraghi (Italy)

(ID 263) VALACICLOVIR TO PREVENT VERTICAL TRANSMISSION OF CITOMEGALO-VIRUS AFTER PERICONCEPTIONAL/FIRST TRIMESTER MATERNAL PRIMARY INFEC-TION: A REFERENCE CENTER EXPERIENCE.
Maria Luísa Martins (Portugal)

(ID 11) STAGE B HEART FAILURE IN PREGNANCIES WITH HYPERTENSIVE DISEASE IN PREGNANCY.
Ivo Kjaev (North Macedonia)

(ID 154) ANGIOGENIC FACTORS FOR PLANNING FETAL SURVEILLANCE IN FETAL GROWTH RESTRICTION AND SMALL-FOR-GESTATIONAL-AGE FETUSES: A PROS-PECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.
Erika Bonacina (Spain)

(ID 19) AUTOMATIC MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH TO SHORT TERM GROWTH OUTCOME CLASSIFICATION IN PRETERM INFANTS.
Kee Hyun Cho (South Korea)

(ID 377) TRANSPERINEAL ULTRASOUND WITH CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NET-WORKS FOR THE AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION OF ANTE-RIOR/POSTERIOR/TRANSVERSE OCCIPUT POSITIONS.
Maria Giovanna Di Trani (Italy)

08:00-08:55

POSTER PRESENTATION 3

Chairs: Chairs: Michael Robson (Ireland), Joana Barros (Portugal)
See selected Abstracts
(ID 403) IS CERVICAL RIPENING WITH BALLOON CATHETER ASSOCIATED WITH IN-CREASED RATE OF MATERNAL AND PERINATAL INFECTIONS?
Inês Leal (Portugal)

(ID 144) UTERINE ARTERY DOPPLER AND SERUM LEVELS OF IMMUNOBIOMARKERS IN PREECLAMPSIA.
Maja Pejkovska (North Macedonia)

(ID 28) SUBJECTIVE HEATH COMPLAINTS IN ADULTS BORN EXTREMELY PRETERM IN THE 90’S – A COHORT STUDY.
Merete Benestad (Norway)

(ID 274) INTERVAL BETWEEN CORTICOSTEROID ADMINISTRATION FOR FETAL MA-TURITY AND BIRTH: NEONATAL OUTCOMES.
Marina Gato (Portugal)

(ID 300) RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY IN A NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: A 11-YEAR REVISION.
Leonor Aires Figueiredo (Portugal)

(ID 400) SECOND TRIMESTER CERVICAL LENGTH IN TWIN PREGNANCIES – IS IT USEFUL TO PREDICT PRETERM LABOUR? 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN A PORTUGUESE MATERNITY.
Raquel Lopes (Portugal)

(ID 419) REACT STUDY: STRESS LEVEL AMONG INPATIENT PREGNANT WOMEN DURING COVID PANDEMIC WITHOUT FAMILY SUPPORT. A COHORT STUDY.
Canio Martinelli (Italy)

(ID 192) IMPACT OF SIMULATOR-BASED TRAINING IN THE SUCCESS RATE OF EX-TERNAL CEPHALIC VERSION.
Catarina Paulo-de-Sousa (Portugal)

(ID 265) CERVICAL LENGTH AND VOLUME INFLUENCING FACTORS.
Laura Lūse (Lethonia)

(ID 153) DECREASED CIRCULATORY MAMMARY DERIVED GROWTH INHIBITOR (MDGI) AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN WITH COVID-19 INFECTION DURING PREG-NANCY: A POSSIBLE INDICATOR OF CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION.
Vinayagam Vickneshwaran (India)

(ID 391) EFFECT OF VAGINAL PH ON THE EFFICACY OF DINOPROSTONE VAGINAL INSERT.
Silvia Serrano (Portugal)

(ID 441) BIOSENSORS FOR FETAL WELL-BEING MONITORING.
Vera Trocado (Portugal)

(ID 27) MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN FULL-TERM NEWBORNS - A CHALLENGE TO OBSTETRICIANS AND NEONATOLOGISTS.
Mafalda Barros (Portugal)

(ID 29) PLACENTA, GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS AND VITAMIN D.
Slagjana Simeonova Krstevska (North Macedonia)

(ID 113) OBSTETRIC NEAR-MISS CASES – DATA FROM THE FIRST NINE YEARS OF A NEW PORTUGUESE HOSPITAL.
Inês Jorge (Portugal)

(ID 47) EVALUATION OF OBSTETRIC OUTCOMES AND PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF GRAFT FUNCTION IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT PREGNANCIES.
Didem Kaymak (Turkey)

PARALLEL 11

09:00-10:30

Intrapartum care

Chairs: Diogo Ayres de Campos (Portugal), João Bernardes (Portugal)

09:00-09:20

Induction of labour - is there a consensus and does it matter?

Michael Robson (Ireland)

09:20-09:40

Dystocia in labour – why is management so different?

Vincenzo Berghella (USA)

09:40-10:00

Can intrapartum hypoxia be reduced?

Tim Draycott (UK)

10:00-10:10

(ID 110) UTERINE BALLOON TAMPONADE IN POSTPARTUM HEMOR-RAGE UNDER ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE: A RETROSPECTIVE CO-HORT ANALYSIS.

Chiara Germano (Italy)

10:10-10:30

Discussion

PARALLEL 12

09:00-10:30

Neuroprotection and neurodevelopment

Chairs: Neena Modi (UK), Hercilia Guimares (Portugal)

09:00-09:20

Neurodevelopment of moderate to late preterm infants

Ursula Felderhoff-Müser (Germany)

09:20-09:40

Outcomes in moderate-to-late preterm and early term infants

Elaine Boyle (UK)

09:40-10:00

How to do a clinical neurological assessment at discharge

Eugenio Mercuri (Italy)

10:00-10:10

(ID 460) THE ENIGMA OF DEFINING “SYMPTOMATIC” CITOMEGAL-OVIRUS BABIES ACCORDING TO NEURORADIOLOGICAL FINDINGS

Andrea Calandrino (Italy)

10:10-10:30

Discussion

10:30-11:00

Coffee break, poster and exhibition view

PLENARY 4

11:00-12:30

Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes

Chairs: Michael Robson (Ireland), Tamer Mungan (Turkey)

11:00-11:20

The vaginal microbiome

David MacIntyre (UK)

11:20-11:40

Ambulatory or in-patient monitoring for PPROM?

Hanane Bouchghoul (France)

11:40-12:00

When to give antibiotics and corticosteroids in PPROM?

Gerard Visser (Netherlands)

12:00-12:20

When to deliver in PPROM?

Marian Kacerovsky (Czechia)

12:20-12:30

Discussion

CLOSING SESSION

12:30-12:45

Attribution of prizes for best abstracts

Chairs: Diogo Ayres-de-Campos (Portugal), Neena Modi (UK)

12:45-12:50

Farewell

June 23rd

13:30-14:00

Umbilical Cord Stem Cells: State of the art and new treatments perspectives

Speaker: Alexandra Machado, Portugal

session supported by FAMICORD
FAMICORD

June 24th

14:10-14:40

Topic: Management of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy: new therapeutic alternatives

Speaker: Dr Juan Luis Delgado Marín, Spain

session supported by ITALFARMACO
ITALFARMACO

Invited Speakers

I. Averkin

(Russia)

D. Ayres-de-Campos

(Portugal)

V. Bekker

(Netherlands)

 

V. Berghella

(USA)

V. Bitsadze

(Russia)

A. Borrell

(Spain)

 

M. Centeno

(Lisboa)

E. Contro

(Italy)

F. Crispi

(Spain)

 

A. Curley

(Ireland)

R. Devlieger

(Belgium)

L. Doyle

(Australia)

 

T. Draycott

(UK)

C. Ebbing

(Norway)

U. Felderhoff-Müser

(Germany)

 

A. Fonseca

(Lisboa)

I. Foulon

(Belgium)

S. Groene

 

D. Hackam

(USA-online)

S. Hooper

(Australia-online)

B. Jacobsson

(Sweden)

 

O. Kagan

(Germany)

F. Kainer

(Germany)

A. Khalil

(UK)

 

J. Khizroeva

(Russia)

N. Kosovtsova

(Russia)

E. Lopriore

(Netherlands)

 

A. Makatsaryia

(Russia)

N. Modi

(UK)

L. Pankratyeva

(Russia)

 

M. Pavlichenco

(Russia)

L. Pinto

(Lisboa)

L. Teofili

(Italy)

 

E. Tiblad

(Sweden)

E. Van Leeuwen

(Netherlands)

N. Volodin

(Russia)

 

A. Vossen

(Netherlands)

Y. Yogev

(Israel)