Scientific Program

PARALLEL 1 – SOUTH EAST EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF PERINATAL MEDICINE 

Late IUGR: time and mode of delivery? Now (Daniel Muresan, Romania)  or wait (Sinan Beksac, Turkey)?

Once CS, always CS? Yes (Apostolos Athanasiadis, Greece) or No (Aris Antsaklis, Greece)

Screening for congenital infections: Always (Marija Hadzi Lega, Macedonia) or after indications?

PARALLEL 2 – FETAL AND NEONATAL GROWTH – ABNORMAL FETAL GROWTH

Coordinators and Discussants: Lev Ashrafyan, Russia; Gerry Visser, The Netherlands

Early IUGR: diagnosis and management
Gerry Visser, The Netherlands

Late IUGR: diagnosis and management
Nikolos Papantoniou, Greece

IUGR perinatal and long-term consequences
Federico Mecacci, Italy

IUGR and Multiple Pregnancy
Anton Mikhailov, Russia

Discussion

PARALLEL 3 – PRE ECLAMPSIA; ALL THE WAY TOWARDS PREDICTION AND PREVENTION

Coordinators and Discussants: Galina Savelyeva, Russia; Stefan Verlohren, Germany

Angiogenic factors and preeclampsia – from Diagnosis to Therapy
Ananth Karumanchi, USA

Curing Preeclampsia
Ravi Thadani, USA

Angiogenic Factors and Preeclampsia – Towards a Re-evaluation of the Gold Standard
Stefan Verlohren, Germany

Placental marinobufagenin in preeclampsia
Alexey Bagrov, Russia

A new etiological factor for preeclampsia and IUGR and a new potential drug candidate
Stefan Hansson, Sweden

PARALLEL 4 – NEONATAL HAEMODYNAMICS

Coordinators and Discussants: Alexey Yakovlev, Russia; Willem De Boode, the Netherlands

Advanced Haemodynamic Monitoring of the Neonate
Willem De Boode, the Netherlands

Neonatal Shock; How to treat?
Eugene Dempsey, Ireland

Patent Ductus Arteriosus, to close or not to close?
David Van Laere, Belgium

Haemodynamic of neonates on flight transportation
Alexey Yakovlev, Russia

PARALLEL 5 – PERINATAL MEDICINE AND IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES – THE EAPM CALL TO ACTION

Coordinators and Discussants: Leila Adamyan, Russia; Aris Antsaklis, Greece

Maternal and Fetal Issues of Refugees and Migrants
Aris Antsaklis, Greece

Dealing with the unknown pregnancies of Refugee Women
Apostolos Athanasiadis, Greece

Neonatal health in refugees
Merih Cetinkaya, Turkey

Round table discussion

PARALLEL 6 – IMPACT ON MOTHER AND OFFSPRING

Coordinators and Discussants: Alexandr Strizakov, Russia; Yariv Yogev, Israel

The mother – The multidisciplinary approach to the mother with chronic diseases
Jacky Nizard, France

Mother and offspring – Immunosuppression during pregnancy
Miroslaw Wielgos, Poland

The offspring to a mother with NCD – short and long term implications. From Pregnancy to Post Pregnancy
Umberto Simeoni, Switzerland

Pregnancy, delivery and offspring – chronic kidney disease
Vitaliy Bezenar, Russia

New horizons of tocolytic therapy
Galina Malgina, Russia

PARALLEL 7 – NUTRITION OF PRETERM INFANTS

Coordinators and Discussants: Nikolay Volodin, Russia; Eren Ozek, Turkey

Enteral nutrition: human milk fortifiers
Sertac Arslanoglu, Turkey

Incentives for breastfeeding of preterm infants
Renée Flacking, Sweden

Nutrition and brain development
Manon Benders, The Netherlands

Body composition in breast-fed infants
Irina Rumina, Russia

PARALLEL 8 – NEONATAL HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA

Coordinators and Discussants: Anna Degtyareva, Russia; Jeffrey Maisels, USA

Bilirubin-induced neural impairment
Dora Brites, Portugal

Hyperbilirubinemia in the preterm infant
Jeffrey Maisels, USA

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
Michael Kaplan, Israel

Non-immune neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
Nikolay Shabalov, Russia

Neonatal cholestasis
Anna Degtyareva, Russia 

PARALLEL 9 – PERINATAL INFLAMMATION AND BRAIN INJURY

Coordinators and Discussants: Natalya Artymuk, Russia; Pierre Gressens, France

The role of inflammation in perinatal brain injury
Pierre Gressens, France

Impact of neonatal sepsis on neurodevelopmental outcome and cerebral palsy
Despoina Briana, Greece

Genetic variants and risk of brain injury after preterm birth
James Boardman, UK

Sterile inflammation and pregnancy outcomes
Nana Tetruashvili, Russia

Discussion

PARALLEL 10 – INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION

Coordinators and Discussants: Aris Antsaklis, Greece; Antonia Haritou, Greece; Arsenios Georgiadis, Greece

Prediction of late onset IUGR
Makarios Eleftheriadis, Greece

Diabetes and IUGR
Panagiotis Antsaklis, Greece

Management of the early IUGR fetuses
George Daskalakis, Greece

How to deliver an IUGR fetus
Aris Antsaklis, Greece

Neonatal problems of the IUGR fetuses
Fani Anatolitou, Greece

IUGR, metabolic syndrome and strategies for intervention
Vasiliki Soubasi, Greece

Discussion

SEMI PLENARY 1 – REVISITING THE SECOND STAGE OF LABOUR

Coordinators and Discussants: Edward Aylamazian, Russia; Anneke Kwee, The Netherlands

Maximum duration of the latent and active phase of the second stage of labour
Camille Leray, France

Short and long-term complications of instrumental vaginal delivery
Deirdre Murphy, Ireland

CTG interpretation in the second stage of labour
Diogo Ayres-De-Campos, Portugal

Important aspects of newborn resuscitation in the labour ward
Luca Ramenghi, Italy

Use of ultrasound in the 2nd stage of labor
Oleg Bayev, Russia

SEMI PLENARY 2 – PERINATAL INFECTIONS

Coordinators and Discussants: Nikolay Shabalov, Russia; Vassilios Fanos, Italy

Zyka virus: what perinatologist must know
David Baud, Switzerland

CMV
Yves Ville, France

Antibiotic treatment in neonatology: a rational approach
Jean-Paul Langhendries, Belgium

The role of microbiota in Neonatal Infections
Dominique Darmaun, France

Discussion

PARALLEL 11 – SMFM

Coordinators and Discussants:  Vincenzo Berghella, USA

Ultrasound in labour
Tullio Ghi, Italy

How to do a caesarean
Vincenzo Berghella, USA

Evidence-based management of normal labor

Vincenzo Berghella, USA

PARALLEL 12 – PLACENTA

Coordinators and Discussants: Roman Shmakov, Russia; Irene Cetin, Italy

Surgical approach to placenta accreta after previous Cesarean section
Mark Kurtser, Russia

Placental biomarkers and pregnancy complications
Stefan Verlohren, Germany

Maternal nutritional status and placental function
Irene Cetin, Italy

Placenta bed disorders in early and late PE
Zulfia Hodjaeva, Russia

Placentation abnormalities-present and future of the problem for Society
Nikolay Rukhliada, Russia

Discussion

PARALLEL 13 – NEONATAL NEUROCRITICAL CARE

Coordinators and Discussants: Irina Soldatova, Russia; Elie Saliba, France

Neonatal neurocritical care and neonatal seizures
Lena Hellstrom-Westas, Sweden

MRI for diagnosing neonatal seizures
Manon Benders, The Netherlands

NIRS for Celebral oxygenation
Adelina Pellicer, Spain

MRI in hypoxic-ischemic brain injure in preterm neonates
Alexandr Pozdnyakov, Russia

PARALLEL 14 – CELL-BASED THERAPIES IN NEONATOLOGY

Coordinators and Discussants: Gennady Sukhikh, Russia; Eren Ozek, Turkey

Stem cells for neonatal brain disorders
Won Soon Park, S. Korea

Cell-Based Therapies to Repair the Preterm Lung
Won Soon Park, S. Korea

Fetal mesenchymal stem cells – characteristics and potential for perinatal medicine applications
Filip Dabrowski, Poland

Prospects of stem cells in the treatment of severe damage of the nervous system
Victor Zubkov, Russia

PARALLEL 15 – PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS

Coordinators and Discussants: Viktor Radzinsky, Russia; Tahir Mahmood, UK; Jacky Nizard, France

EBCOG and Barcelona HIP Declaration – moving forward together
Tahir Mahmood, UK

Diabetes in Pregnancy: France National Data
Jacky Nizard, France

Prediction of adverse perinatal outcomes of pre-eclampsia
Ljiljana Mirkovic, Serbia

When are you too old to shake the cradle? Advanced maternal age and pregnancy outcome
Yariv Yogev, Israel

Iron-deficiency anemia in pregnant women: strategy and tactics
Irene Cetin, Italy

PARALLEL 16 – PERINATAL ASPHYXIA AND NEURODEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME

Coordinators and Discussants: Vera Shman, Russia; Diogo Ayres-De-Campos, Portugal

Computer analysis of cardiotocography – a false hope?
Austin Ugwumadu, UK

Can STAN and FBS reduce perinatal asphyxia?
Isis Amer-Wahlin, Sweden

Noval therapies for hypoxic ischaemic brain injury
Henrik Hagberg, UK

Neonatal encephalopathy: hypothermia and other novel therapeutics
Nicola Robertson, UK

Role of MR-spectroscopy in the prediction of neurological outcomes of premature newborns
Vladimir Bychenko, Russia

PARALLEL 17 – OUTCOMES FOR EXTREMELY PREMATURE INFANTS: EUROPEAN COHORTS

Coordinators and Discussants: Oleg Filippov, Russia; Elie Saliba, France

Management differences among countries: EPICE population based cohort
Jennifer Zeitlin, France

Results from the EXPRES Swedish cohort study
Fredrik Serenius, Sweden

Results from the EPIPAGE French Cohort study
Pierre-Yves Ancel, France

Results from Central Russia region Cohort study
Anna Malyshkina, Russia

Discussion

PARALLEL 18 – GENDER RELATED OUTCOMES / SINGLETON AND TWINS

Coordinators and Discussants: Vladislav Baranov, Russia; Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy

Placental gender
Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy

Fetal sex and pregnancy complications
Miroslaw Wielgos, Poland

Fetal sex of twins and neonatal outcome
Eric Shinwell, Israel

Thrombosis in perinatal medicine
Alexandr Makacaria, Russia

Discussion

PARALLEL 19 – Fetal, Neonatal, Maternal, Reproductive active programming

Coordinators and Discussants: Milos Petronijevic, Serbia; Svetlana Vrzic Petronijevic, Serbia

Surgical ways of solving uterus atony and saving uterus
Aleksandar Stefanovic, Serbia

Successful management of HELLP
Sasa Kadija, Serbia

Prevention of preeclampsia and Serbian statistic
Milos Petronijevic, Serbia

Fetal echocardiography in hypertension as predictor parameter
Vrzic Petronijevic, Serbia

Fetus programing in High Risk Pregnancies, successful preventing hypoxia
Miroslava Gojnic Dugalic, Serbia

Operative treatment of molar Pregnancy, saving uterus
Katarina Jeremic, Serbia

Ultrasound markers of gestational diabetes
Milan Perovic, Serbia

New markers in placental oxidation
Igor Pantic, Serbia

SEMI PLENARY 3 – ASSISTING THE PERINATAL LUNG

Coordinators and Discussants: Elena Baibarina, Russia; Luc Zimmermann, The Netherlands

Inhaled budesonide for prevention of BPD
Eric Shinwell, Israel

Hydrocortisone trial for preventing BPD
Olivier Baud, Switzerland

The key to success of non-invasive ventilation among preterm infants compared to CPAP
Oleg Ionov, Russia

SEMI PLENARY 4 –  CESAREAN

Coordinators and Discussants: Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy; Miroslaw Wielgos, Poland

Keeping down the caesarean rate: monitoring the referrals for induction and elective caesarean section
Ferenc Szirko, Estonia

Uterine arteries occlusion. Assessment of bloodflow recovery in patiants with placenta accrete
Philipp Ovsyannikov, Russia

Follow up after Ceasarean section, evaluating the scar by ultrasound
Olga Vikhareva, Sweden

PLENARY 4 – THE VOICE OF THE PARENTS ORGANIZATIONS

Coordinator and Discussant: Umberto Simeoni, Switzerland

Parents as Partners – challenges and opportunities
Silke Mader, Germany

PARALLEL 20 – MATERNAL NCDS AND SHORT AND LONG TERM OUTCOME

Coordinators and Discussants: Grigoriy Penzhoyan, Russia; Jacki Nizard, France

Obesity
Tahir Mahmood, UK

Diabetes
Gerry Visser, The Netherlands

Hypertension
Stefan Verlohren, Germany

Obstetric complications and hemostasis disorders
Tatiana Libova, Russia

PARALLEL 21 – FIGO – Best practice recommendations in maternal fetal medicine

Coordinators and Discussants: Irina Sidorova, Russia; Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy

Pre-term Labor
Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Italy

HIP (Hyperglycemia in Pregnancy)
Federico Mecacci, Italy

Aspirin in Pregnancy
Shilpa Nambiar, Malaysia

PET
Liona Poon, Hong Kong

Impaired Fetal Growth
Jason Gardosi, UK

PARALLEL 22 – PERINATAL STANDARDS OF CARE

Coordinators and Discussants: Elena Baibarina, Russia; Silke Mader, Germany; Gyula Talosi, Hungary

 European standards for newborn health
Silke Mader, Germany

Indicators of quality of care
Boubou Hallberg, Sweden

Monitoring ESBL bacteria in NICUs
Gyula Talosi, Hungary

Add time Modern protocols and guidelines in Russia
Leila Adamyan, Russia

PARALLEL 23 – PERINATAL MICROBIOME

Coordinators and Discussants: Vasiliy Petrukhin, Russia; Giorgio Mello, Italy

 Probiotics at birth and prevention of allergic disease
Samuli Rautava, Finland

Pregnancy complications and microbial changes
Duccio Cavalieri, Italy

Microbial Changes during Pregnancy, Birth and Infancy
Duccio Cavalieri, Italy

Maternal microbiome and pregnancy outcome
Vladimir Kuzmin, Russia

PARALLEL 24 – EUROPEAN MIDWIFERY ASSOCIATION SESSION

SEMI PLENARY 5 – THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETIES

Coordinators and Discussants: Dmitriy Ivanov, Russia; Diogo Ayres-De Campos, Portugal

Prenatal MRI and postnatal outcome
Daniela Prayer, Austria

The organization of perinatal care in Portugal
Joana Saldanha, Portugal

Reducing metabolic acidosis rates
Anneke Kwee, Netherlands

Perinatal mortality in Russia – very promising story of last two decades
Yuriy Petrenko, Russia

SEMI PLENARY 6 – CONTROVERSIES IN NEONATAL MEDICINE

Coordinators and Discussants: Alexey Kianksep, Russia; Eren Ozek, Turkey

Debate on BPD – is it congenital or acquired disease?

• Congenital – Eugenio Baraldi, Italy
• Acquired – Arunas Lubsys, Lithuania

Flucanozole prophylaxis in NICU:  What do the studies say ?
Eren Özek, Turkey