Scientific Information

Organising Institutions

The European Society for Paediatric Research (ESPR) has been at the forefront of Paediatric medical care and innovation since 1958.

As one of the oldest and most prolific Paediatric research societies in Europe, the ESPR co-organises annual conferences, supports investigators with research grants, runs a mentoring programme and disseminates cutting-edge findings through its journal Pediatric Research, amongst others. It currently has nine sections representing different Paediatric sub-specialties.

Together with the European Board of Neonatology (EBN), the ESPR’s educational branch, the society organises hands-on pre-congress courses, workshops, as well as summer and winter schools. These underpin key areas of practice within the European Curriculum and Syllabus for Training in Neonatology. In addition, through the Neonatal Online Training and Education Programme (NOTE), a joint venture with the University of Southampton, the ESPR offers online postgraduate neonatal education to doctors and advanced neonatal nurse practitioners.

Based on its heritage and proudly looking back at a long list of achievements, the ESPR continues to promote scientific excellence and collaboration between different Paediatric specialities. This the ESPR does from ‘bench to bedside’ – meaning it fosters research to improve patient treatment and advance clinical practice.

Our mission: Developing and applying research to improve newborn and child health.

The European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI) is the first pan-European organisation and network to represent the interests of preterm and newborn infants and their families. It brings together parents, healthcare experts from different disciplines, and scientists with the common goal of improving long-term health of preterm and newborn children. EFCNI’s vision is to ensure the best start in life for every baby.

The mission of UENPS is to improve healthcare in the neonatal and perinatal medicine in the European countries. Main goals of UENPS are to improve quality in perinatal and neonatal care by integrating, coordinating and adding national and scientific societies’ efforts, to promote the knowledge of the perinatal indicators and to develop recommendations, guidelines, training of the healthcare providers and any other tool to achieve the best healthcare for every newborn and surveillance of neonatal rights wherever they are born.
Following on UENPS’ mission, a division named “UENPS Hall of Knowledge” has been established in 2019. Its aim is to gather all experiences and cultural activities developed throughout the years and offer a wider educational approach to the hot topics of neonatology.

Congress Committees

 

Scientific Committee

Scientific Programme

All sessions are scheduled in CEST

SATURDAY, 11 SEPTEMBER 2021

10:00-15:00

EBN COURSE DAY 1
EBN brain precongress course. Perinatal arterial ischaemic stroke and cerebral sinus vein thrombosis

Chairs: Sandra Horsch, Germany; Luca Ramenghi, Italy
Section: Brain, Development, Imaging
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09:00-12:15

PRE-CONGRESS
Using routine clinical and administrative data for research

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09:00-16:00

PRE-CONGRESS COURSE
Neonatal nutrition

Mark Johnson, United Kingdom
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10:00-15:00

PRE-CONGRESS EFCNI
Dealing with parents in critical care decision

Chairs: Silke Mader, Germany and Jos Latour, United Kingdom
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SUNDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2021

09:00-15:30

Pulmonology - “Is always time to discuss RDS management?”

Chair: Roland Hentschel, Germany
Section: Pulmonology
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09:45-15:15

PRE-CONGRESS COURSE
Neonatal cranial ultrasound

Paul Govaert, Belgium / Sylke Steggerda, The Netherlands - On behalf of EurUS.brain
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09:00-11:55

PRE-CONGRESS COURSE
Neonatal Haemodynamics

Chairs: Eirik Nestaas, Norway; Mayka Bravo, Spain
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09:00-12:30

NURSING COURSE

Antonia Charitou; Monique Oude Reimer; Lena Vavouraki
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13:00-16:00

Council Meeting

by invitation only

17:00-18:30

PLENARY SESSION 1 – OPENING CEREMONY

Charles C. Roehr, United Kingdom; Silke Mader, Germany; Corrado Moretti, Italy

17:00-17:50

jENS Awards

17:50-18:10

The History and Philosophy of Medical Practice

George P. Chrousos, Greece

18:10-18:30

Impact of economic crisis on perinatal outcome

Ariadne Malamitsi-Puchner, Greece

18:30-19:00

PARTICIPANTS WORKING TIME

19:00-20:00

MEET & GREET & DISCUSS: controversies in neonatology – Brain

Luca Ramenghi, Deirdre Murray, Sandra Horsch, Manon Bender

19:00-20:00

MEET & GREET & DISCUSS: controversies in neonatology - EFCNI

Silke Mader, Germany; Luc Zimmermann, the Netherlands

19:00-20:00

MEET & GREET & DISCUSS: controversies in neonatology - Circulation

Afif El-Khuffash, Ireland; • Aisling Mary Smith, Ireland; Eirik Nestaas, Norway; Tim Hundscheid, The Netherlands; Willem de Boode, the Netherlands

19:00-20:00

MEET & GREET & DISCUSS: controversies in neonatology - Which drugs, when and how?

Karel Allegaert, Anne Smits, Sinno Simons

19:00-20:00

MEET & GREET & DISCUSS: controversies in neonatology – Resuscitation

Arjan te Pas, Janneke Dekker and Stuart Hooper

19:00-20:00

MEET & GREET & DISCUSS: controversies in neonatology - Nursing and other health professionals

Jos Latour, Mary Anne Ryan, Monique Oude Reimer, Marsha Campbell-Yeo

08:30-10:30

PARALLEL SESSION 1 - BRAIN 1
Outcome Assessment

Chairs. James Boardman, Boubou Hallberg, Sweden

08:00-08:50

Outcome assessment in the 21st century

Deirdre Murray, Ireland

08:50-09:00

Discussion

09:00-09:20

Atypical cognition in preterm infants detected using eye-tracking

James Boardman, United Kingdom

09:30-09:40

(ID 283) - Nature and nurture: neonatal and social risk profiles in extremely and very preterm born children and the impact on developmental outcomes at 5.5 years

Sabrina Twilhaar, France

09:40-09:50

(ID 0) - Visual tracking performance in very preterm infants at 4 months predicts cognition and behavior at 6.5 years

Lena Hellström Westas, Sweden

09:50-10:00

(ID 123) - Association of Preterm Birth and Deprivation Together as Risk Factors for Learning Difficulties

Thomas CW Isaac, United Kingdom

10:00-10:10

(ID 267) - Neurodevelopmental outcomes at 2 years after extremely preterm birth in Sweden. A comparison between express (2004-2007) and express2 (2014-2016) cohorts.

Ulrika Ådén, Sweden

10:10-10:30

Discussion

08:30-10:30

PARALLEL SESSION 2 - LUNG 1
The Newborn Diaphragm

Chairs: Anton van Kaam, the Netherlands; Daniele De Luca, France

08:30-08:50

Monitoring of the diaphragmic function

Jeroen Hutten, the Netherlands

08:50-09:00

Discussion

09:00-09:20

Diaphragmatic dysfunction

Jane Pillow, Australia

09:30-09:40

(ID 50) - The effects of mean platelet volume, nucleated red blood cells and right ventricular systolic pressure on prediction of severity of transient tachypnea of the newborn

Dilek Kahvecioğlu, Turkey

09:40-09:50

(ID 85) - Congenital diaphragmatic hernia outcomes in a population with a high incidence of associated anomalies

Moath Alhamad, Qatar

09:50-10:00

(ID 366) - Respiratory system reactance at 36 weeks post-menstrual age as a marker of lung disease in very preterm infants

Camilla Rigotti, Italy

10:00-10:10

(ID 386) - Duration of invasive mechanical ventilation has small influence on diaphragmatic growth in preterm infants

Almudena Alonso-Ojembarrena, Spain

10:10-10:30

Discussion

08:30-10:30

PARALLEL SESSION 3 - NUTRITION 1
Strategies to prevent NEC

Chairs: Gitte Zachariassen, Denmark; Elisabeth Kooi, The Netherlands

08:30-08:50

Hemodynamic strategies to prevent NEC

Maria Carmen Bravo, Spain

08:50-09:00

Discussion

09:00-09:20

Nutritional strategies to prevent NEC

Mark Johnson, United Kingdom

09:30-09:40

(ID 196) - Ultra-high temperature (UHT) treatment and prolonged storage of liquid infant formula induces protein modifications, gut dysfunction and inflammation in preterm pigs

Stine Brandt Bering, Denmark

09:40-09:50

(ID 268) - Necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates: early genetic markers

Olga Krogh-Jensen, Russia

09:50-10:00

(ID 361) - Splanchnic oxygenation below 30% as predictor for NEC in extremely preterm neonates

Elena Palleri, Sweden

10:00-10:10

(ID 399) - Evaluation of late outcomes in premature patients undergoing mild therapeutic hypothermia as a treatment for necrotizing enterocolitis

Walusa Assad Gonçalves Ferri, Brazil

10:10-10:30

Discussion

08:30-10:30

PARALLEL SESSION 4 - PHARMA 1
Individualized Medicine

Chairs: Sinno Simons, the Netherlands; Anne Smits, Belgium

08:30-08:50

Why individualized medicine matters to neonatology

Robert Flint, the Netherlands

08:50-09:00

Discussion

09:00-09:20

Pharmacogenetics

Ron van Schaik, the Netherlands

09:20-09:30

Discussion

09:30-09:50

Machine learning in pharmacology

Caroline Hartley, United Kingdom

09:50-10:00

Prerecorded discussion

10:00-10:30

Discussion

08:30-10:30

PARALLEL SESSION 5 - ESPR nursing and health care prof section
Ethics/Limit of viability

Chairs. Agnes van den Hoogen, the Netherlands; Mikael Norman, Sweden

08:30-08:50

Lower limits of viability in 22-23 week infants

Rosemarie Boland, Australia

08:50-09:00

Discussion

09:00-09:20

Survival at the limits of viability – the Swedish perspective

Richard Sindelar, Sweden

09:30-09:40

(ID 134) - The perspective of European and North American parents on their involvement in shared end-of-life decision-making in neonatology - A meta-ethnography of qualitative studies

Esther Sabine Schouten, Germany

09:40-09:50

(ID 254) - Nurses’ attitudes and involvement in End-of-Life Decisions in Greek Neonatal Intensive Care Units: a national multicenter study

Ilias Chatziioannidis, Greece

09:50-10:00

(ID 481) - Parental speech during neonatal intensive care: Is it modified by skin-to-skin contact and holding?

Laura Aarnos, Finland

10:00-10:10

(ID 316) - Assessing parental experience using emotional mapping following delivery room cuddle for babies born < 30 weeks gestation

Shirley Huang, United Kingdom

10:10-10:30

Discussion

08:30-10:30

PARALLEL SESSION 6 - EFCNI 1
Improving quality of neonatal care

Chairs: Silke Mader, Germany; Nicoletta Iacovidou, Greece

08:30-08:50

ICHOM Standard Set of Preterm and sick newborns

Andreas Flemmer, Germany

08:50-09:00

Discussion

09:00-09:20

How can Quality measurement makes a difference

Matthias Keller, Germany

09:30-09:40

(ID 453) - Supporting parents as essential care partners in neonatal units during the SARS-COV-2 Pandemic

Jennifer Auxier, Netherlands

09:40-09:50

(ID 476) - Identifying the extent of specific nursing developmental care interventions for preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit : A systematic scoping review

Andréane Lavallée, Canada

09:50-10:00

(ID 17) - Parent-infant skin-to-skin contact reduces the electrical activity of diaphragm in preterm infants

Juyoung Lee, South Korea

10:00-10:10

(ID 61) - Scaling up the Family Integrated Care model in a level IIIC neonatal intensive care unit: systematic approach to the methods and effort taken for implementation

Bárbara Moreno-Sanz, Spain

10:10-10:30

Discussion

10:30-11:30

MEET THE SPONSORS SESSION

11:30-12:30

PLENARY SESSION
Safety

Chairs: Sandra Horsch, Germany; Manon Benders, the Netherlands

11:30-11:50

Patient safety

Cynthia van Starre, the Netherlands

11:50-12:00

Discussion

12:00-12:20

Leading Change in Healthcare

Helen Bevan, United Kingdom

12:20-12:30

Discussion

12:30-13:00

PARTICIPANTS NETWORKING TIME

13:00-14:30

POSTER SESSION 1 – BRAIN 1

Chairs: Alessandro Parodi, Italy; Jeroen Dudink, the Netherlands
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13:00-14:30

POSTER SESSION 2 – CIRCULATION

Chairs: Tim Hundscheid, the Netherlands; Maria Carmen Bravo, Spain
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13:00-14:30

POSTER SESSION 3 – NUTRITION

Chairs: Walter Mihatsch, Germany; Virgilio Carnielli, Italy
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13:00-14:30

POSTER SESSION 4 – LUNG

Chairs: Jeroen Hutten, the Netherlands; Jane Pillow, Australia
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13:00-14:30

POSTER SESSION 5 – NURSING

Chairs: Anna Axelin, Finland
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14:30-15:00

MEET THE SPONSORS SESSION

15:00-17:00

PARALLEL SESSION 7 - LUNG 2
Mechanical Ventilation

Chairs: Boris Kramer, the Netherlands; Gianluca Lista, Italy

15:00-15:20

HFV or CMV?

Anton van Kaam, the Netherlands

15:20-15:30

Discussion

15:30-15:50

NIV-NAVA or SNIPPV?

Howard Stein, United States

16:00-16:10

(ID 185) - Air distribution during non-invasive high-frequency ventilation in preterm infants

Vincent Gaertner, Switzerland

16:10-16:20

(ID 237) - The DELUX study – Development of Lung volumes during extubation of preterm infants

Leonie Plastina, Switzerland

16:20-16:30

(ID 394) - Evaluation of early rescue high-frequency ventilation to very low birth weight infants

Walusa Assad Gonçalves-Ferri, Brazil

16:30-16:40

(ID 452) - HFV is an effective starting type of respiratory support in ELBW premature infants in the delivery room with severe RDS: a prospective, randomized, pilot study

Aleksei Mostovoi, Russia

16:40-17:00

Discussion

15:00-17:00

PARALLEL SESSION 8 - BRAIN 2
HIE

Chairs. Nikki Robertson, United Kingdom; Deidre Murray, Ireland

15:00-15:20

Therapeutic hypothermia for mild HIE- do we have a clear answer?

Lina Chalak, United States

15:20-15:30

Discussion

15:30-15:50

Azithromycin in HIE

John Barks, United States

16:00-16:10

(ID 159) - Regulatory T cells contribute to sexual dimorphism in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury

Josephine Herz, Germany

16:10-16:20

(ID 12) - Predictive performance and metabolite dynamics of proton MR spectroscopy in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

Hajnalka Barta, Hungary

16:20-16:30

(ID 424) - A comparison of four brain MRI scoring systems in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: interrater reliability and prediction of outcome

Juliette Langeslag, Netherlands

16:30-16:40

(ID 443) - Metabolic and haemodynamic reactivity indices of cerebral autoregulation provide an early assessment of injury severity and predict neurological outcome following neonatal encephalopathy

Kelly Harvey-Jones, United Kingdom

16:40-17:00

Discussion

15:00-17:00

PARALLEL SESSION 9 - CIRCULATION
Cardiovascular consequences of IUGR

Chairs: Topun Austin, United Kingdom; Maria Carmen Bravo, Spain

15:00-15:20

From an obstetrician’s perspective

Mark Spaanderman, the Netherlands

15:20-15:30

Discussion

15:30-15:50

From a paediatric perspective

Eirik Nestaas, Norway

16:00-16:10

(ID 131) - Postnatal cardiac morphology in intrauterine growth restricted neonates

Lisa Bjarkoe, Norway

16:10-16:20

(ID 149) - Effect of intrauterine growth restriction on regional perfusion and tissue oxygenation in term neonates after birth

Paolo Montaldo, Italy

16:20-16:30

(ID 410) - Resveratrol reversed endothelial colony forming cells dysfunction at adulthood in a rat model of developmental programming of arterial hypertension related to intrauterine growth restriction

Catherine Yzydorczyk, Switzerland

16:30-16:40

(ID 355) - Glomerular and tubular function in intrauterine growth restricted term newborns

Paolo Montaldo, Italy

16:40-17:00

Discussion

15:00-17:00

PARALLEL SESSION 10 - NUTRITION 2
Quality improvement

Chairs. Charalampos Agakidis, Greece; Mark Johnson, United Kingdom

15:00-15:20

Postnatal growth failure in preterm infants

Mark Johnson, United Kingdom

15:20-15:30

Discussion

15:30-15:50

Own mother milk intake

Munish Gupta, United States

16:00-16:10

(ID 167) - Fortification of human milk with bovine colostrum in very preterm infants

Agnethe May Ahnfeldt, Denmark

16:10-16:20

(ID 284) - Neonatal admissions for Hypoglycaemia: balancing risks and benefits through the use of a lower treatment threshold from hypoglycemia

Sarah Kasha, Ireland

16:20-16:30

(ID 356) - The in-hospital growth pattern of preterm infants identifies the true growth faltering better than EUGR cut-off

Nadia Liotto, Italy

16:30-16:40

(ID 396) - Mild therapeutic hypothermia is safe for preterm infants with NEC stage II

Walusa Assad Gonçalves-Ferri, Brazil

16:40-16:50

(ID 519) - OroPharyngeal Therapy with Mother’s Own Milk (OPT-MOM) Improves Feeding and Reduces Length of Stay in Premature Infants

John Ladino, United States

16:50-17:00

Discussion

15:00-17:00

PARALLEL SESSION 11 - EPIDEMIOLOGY 1
Reducing neonatal morbidity through research and audits using medical and administrative registers

Chairs. Jennifer Zeitlin, France; Mikael Norman, Sweden

15:00-15:20

Addressing disparities in neonatal intensive care

Jochen Profit, United States

15:20-15:30

Discussion

15:30-15:50

Data-driven audit of neonatal care

Mikael Norman, Sweden

16:00-16:10

(ID 75) - 10-year results from the German Retina.net ROP registry and extension into the EU-ROP registry

Johanna Madeleine Pfeil, Germany

16:10-16:20

(ID 231) - High rate of visual impairment and associated neurological disorders in children born before 24 weeks gestation

Pia Lundgren, Sweden

16:20-16:30

(ID 450) - Micro-premature infants (<25 weeks GA) in New Jersey show improved mortality and morbidity from 2000-2018

Morris Cohen, United States

16:30-16:40

(ID 10) - Meningitis Trends and Association with Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Very Preterm Infants

Qi Zhou, Canada

16:40-17:00

Discussion

15:00-17:00

PARALLEL SESSION 12 - EFCNI 2
Newborn screening (ROP (Hearing/Metabolic)

Chairs. Luc Zimmermann, the Netherlands; Gabriel Dimitriou, Greece

15:00-15:20

ROP

Ann Hellström, Sweden

15:20-15:30

Discussion

15:30-15:50

Nursing talk about the nursing role for all screenings in the NICU

Annelies Kruik, the Netherlands

15:50-16:00

Discussion

16:00-16:20

Treatable or actionable? The patients’ view on the preferred nature of newborn screeningScreening

Cor Oosterwijk, the Netherlands

16:30-16:40

(ID 275) - Validation of DIGIROP decision support tool on a contemporary Swedish cohort

Aldina Pivodic, Sweden

16:40-17:00

Discussion

17:00-17:30

PARTICIPANTS NETWORKING TIME

17:30-18:30

PLENARY SESSION 3 - BENGT ROBERTSON AWARD

Chairs: Charles C. Roehr, United Kingdom; Anton van Kaam, the Netherlands

Take a deep breath: Aerating the newborn lung

Peter Davis, Australia
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(ID 83) - Short-term effects of systemic hydrocortisone initiated 7 to 14 days after birth in ventilated very preterm infants

Nienke Halbmeijer, Netherlands

08:30-10:30

PLENARY SESSION 4 - YOUNG INVESTIGATOR PRIZE SESSION

Chairs: Charles C. Roehr, United Kingdom; Petra Huppi, Switzerland
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08:30-08:45

(ID 239) - Longitudinal Assessment of Cardiac Function in Infants with Downs Syndrome Using Novel Echocardiography Techniques

Aisling Smith, Ireland

08:45-09:00

(ID 188) - Hyperglycemia and growth rate in very low birth weight infants - from birth until postmenstrual age 36 weeks

Johanna Karlsson, Sweden

09:00-09:15

(ID 54) - A randomised trial of prophylactic oropharyngeal surfactant for preterm infants

Madeleine Murphy, Ireland

09:15-09:30

(ID 286) - Predicting acute adverse events in neonates using automated vital sign pattern analysis

Katja Adolphson, Sweden

09:30-09:45

(ID 466) - Development and psychometric evaluation of the co-partner tool for collaboration and parent participation in neonatal care

Nicole van Veenendaal, Netherlands

09:45-10:00

(ID 362) - Resuscitation after cardiac arrest in a newborn piglet model of LPS induced sepsis; randomization to epinephrine versus placebo and the effects on ROSC and markers of CNS outcome

Hannah Brogaard Andersen, Denmark

10:00-10:15

(ID 401) - Music impacts brain cortical microstructural maturation in very preterm infants

Joana Sa De Almeida, Switzerland

10:15-10:30

(ID 541) - Association Of Antenatal Corticosteroids On Survival And Respiratory Outcomes Of Very Premature Infants – A Population-Based Cohort Study In England And Wales From 2010 To 2017

T'ng Chang Kwok, United Kingdom

10:30-10:40

Targeting Pyroptosis to Prevent Hyperoxia-induced Lung Injury in Neonatal Rats

Anam Mendha, United States

10:40-11:00

MEET THE SPONSORS SESSION

11:00-13:00

PARALLEL SESSION 13 - BRAIN 3
Cerebral function

Chairs: Jeroen Dudink, the Netherlands; Deirdre Murray, Ireland

11:00-11:20

Genetic epilepsy

Roberta Cilio, Belgium

11:20-11:30

Discussion

11:30-11:50

Neonatal EEG & sleep in the NICU

Geraldine Boylan, Ireland

12:00-12:10

(ID 534) - Development of an automated real-time sleep-state prediction algorithm in preterm infants: the Sleep Well Baby project

Thom Sentner, Netherlands

12:10-12:20

(ID 277) - Levetiracetam or phenobarbitone as a first line anticonvulsant in asphyxiated term newborns? - an open label, single centre, randomised controlled pragmatic trial

Sukena Susnerwala, India

12:20-12:30

(ID 235) - Whole Exome Sequencing in critically ill neonates and infants: diagnostic yield and predictability of monogenic diagnoses

Tasja Scholz, Germany

12:30-12:40

(ID 518) - Alterations in circadian genes BMAL1, CRY, CLOCK, and REV-ERBα are associated with inflammatory cytokine profile in neonatal encephalopathy

Tim Hurley, Ireland

12:40-13:00

Discussion

11:00-13:00

PARALLEL SESSION 14 - LUNG 3
Surfactant

Chairs: Kajsa Bohlin, Sweden; Andreas Flemmer, Germany

11:00-11:20

Synthetic surfactant

David Sweet, United Kingdom

11:20-11:30

Discussion

11:30-11:50

Congenital surfactant dysfunction

Oliver Danhaive, Belgium

12:00-12:10

(ID 157) - Dose reduction of antenatal betamethasone in women at risk of very preterm delivery

Olivier Baud, Switzerland

12:10-12:20

(ID 533) - Utilising population data to develop safer personalised preterm infant clinical treatments and trials

T'ng Chang Kwok, United Kingdom

12:20-12:30

(ID 203) - Premedication before less invasive surfactant administration: a systematic review

Sophie Tribolet, Belgium

12:30-12:40

(ID 359) - Lung ultrasound score evolution in premature newborns without bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a multicenter study

Almudena Alonso-Ojembarrena, Spain

12:40-13:00

Discussion

11:00-13:00

PARALLEL SESSION 15 - CIRCULATION 2
Transfusion of blood products, beneficial and adverse effects

Chairs: Heike Rabe, Germany; Suzanne Fustulo-Gunnink, the Netherlands

11:00-11:20

Thrombocytopenia - to transfuse or not to transfuse

Anna Curley, Ireland

11:20-11:30

Discussion

11:30-11:50

Red blood cell transfusion- why? Why not? When? How?

Enrico Lopriore, the Netherlands

12:00-12:10

(ID 63) - Impact of packed red blood cell transfusions on cerebral and somatic tissue oxygenation in premature infants with and without a patent ductus arteriosus

Aisling Smith, Ireland

12:10-12:20

(ID 232) - Thrombin generation in the premature infant; the effect of platelets

Claire Murphy, Ireland

12:20-12:30

(ID 579) - Survey of transfusion practices in European preterm infants (step survey)

Alexandra Scrivens, United Kingdom

12:30-12:40

(ID 300) - Does the current guidance about management of thrombocytopenia deliver the desired results?

Rebeka Conry, United Kingdom

12:40-13:00

Discussion

11:00-13:00

WORKSHOP NO. 1
Postdischarge interventions

Chairs. Manon Benders, the Netherlands; James Boardman, United Kingdom

11:00-11:20

Very early intervention in infants at neurodevelopmental risk. State of the art and future perspectives

Andrea Guzzetta, Italy

11:20-11:30

Discussion

11:30-11:50

Postdischarge interventions to improve outcome in preterm infants

Alicia Spittle, Australia

12:00-12:10

(ID 420) - Language related brain areas and outcomes in extremely preterm children during childhood

Hedvig Kvanta, Sweden

12:10-12:20

(ID 478) - Morphine exposure and neurodevelopmental outcome in extremely preterm infants

Michele Luzzati, Italy

12:20-13:00

Discussion

11:00-13:00

PARALLEL SESSION 16 – UENPS
Seeds for Life

Chairs: Corrado Moretti, Italy, Esin Koc, Turkey

11:00-11:20

Management of "the first golden hour" in developing Countries

Viraraghavan Vadakkencherry Ramaswamy, India

11:20-11:30

Discussion

11:30-11:50

Surfactant in low resources Countries

Sashma Nangia, India

12:00-12:10

(ID 400) - Centralization of care does not exclusively explain the improved outcome in extremely preterm infants in Sweden

Christian Gadsbøll, Sweden

12:10-12:20

(ID 234) - Male disadvantage in short-term complications of prematurity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Elke van Westering-Kroon, Netherlands

12:20-12:30

(ID 329) - What gestational age and birthweight inclusion criteria should be used in selecting studies for meta-analyses of very preterm birth and cognition?

Mariane Sentenac, France

12:30-12:40

(ID 336) - Socio-demographic patterns of refugee neonates admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit and high dependency unit during a 4-year refugee crisis period in Greece

Chrysa Petropoulou, Greece

12:40-13:00

Discussion

11:00-13:00

WORKSHOP NO. 2
Basic neuroscience

Chairs: Pierre Gressens, France; Bobbi Fleiss, Australia

11:00-11:25

Interactions of the gut nervous system with bacteria in neurodevelopmental disorders.

Elisa Hill, Australia

11:30-11:45

(ID 110) Neuroprotective effect of remote ischemic postconditioning combined with hypothermia in a piglet model of moderate to severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

Lærke Hansen, Denmark

11:45-12:00

(ID 113) The role of MicroRNAS in the development of retinopathy of prematurity

Fahri Ovali, Turkey

12:00-12:25

Engineering a solution to neonatal stroke.

Bobbi Fleiss, Australia

12:25-13:00

Questions and discussion

13:00-13:30

PARTICIPANTS NETWORKING TIME

13:30-14:30

SPONSORED SESSION:
Golden Hour — European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Newborns & Neonatal resuscitation with ECG monitoring

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13:30-14:30

SPONSORED SESSION:
Updates on nutrition for optimizing preterm growth

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13:30-14:30

POSTER SESSION 6 - BRAIN 2

Chairs: Boubou Hallberg, Sweden; Neil Marlow, United Kingdom
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13:30-14:30

POSTER SESSION 7 - EPIDEMIOLOGY

Chairs: Tine Brink Henriksen; Denmark; Marije Hogeveen, the Netherlands
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13:30-14:30

POSTER SESSION 8 - TRIPLE I SECTION

Eric Giannoni, Italy; Helmut Küster, Germany
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13:30-14:30

POSTER SESSION 9 - LUNG 2

Chairs: Kajsa Bohlin, Sweden; Andreas Flemmer, Germany
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14:30-15:00

PARTICIPANTS NETWORKING TIME

14:45-15:00

SPONSORED SESSION:
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15:00-17:00

WORKSHOP NO. 3
Safety

Chairs: Luc Zimmermann, the Netherlands; Pierre Kuhn, France

15:00-15:20

Auditing neonatal resuscitation using video recording

Arjan te Pas, the Netherlands

15:20-15:30

Discussion

15:30-15:50

Thermoregulation-Optimising Outcomes in Preterm Baby

Alok Sharma, UK

15:50-16:00

Discussion

16:00-16:20

Delivery room management of very preterm newborns: major key important technologies

Oleg Ionov, Russia

16:20-16:30

Discussion

16:30-16:50

Central venous lines

Jos Latour, United Kingdom; Agnes van den Hoogen, the Netherlands

16:50-17:00

Discussion

15:00-17:00

WORKSHOP NO. 4
NIRS-circulation-PDA

Chairs: William de Boode, the Netherlands; Topun Austin, United Kingdom

15:00-15:20

PDA - to treat or not to treat

Afif El-Khuffash, Ireland

15:20-15:30

Discussion

15:30-15:50

SafeBoosC-III: a pragmatic randomised clinical trial evaluating treatment based on cerebral NIRS monitoring versus treatment as usual in extremely preterm infants

Mathias Lühr Hansen, Denmark

16:00-16:10

(ID 177) - Preterm oxygenation of the cerebrum: key for erythrocyte-transfusion threshold, a randomized controlled trial

Willemien S. Kalteren, Netherlands

16:10-16:20

Discussion

16:20-16:30

(ID 440) - Medications and clinical decision support systems; how caffeine influences heart rate characteristics in preterm infants

Anna Claréus, Sweden

16:30-17:00

Discussion

15:00-17:00

WORKSHOP NO. 5
Systemic inflammation and multiorgan dysfunction

Chairs: Eleanor Molloy, Ireland; Irwin Reiss, the Netherlands

15:00-15:20

Neonatal sepsis-induces early brain microvascular dysfunction

Jim Wynn, USA

15:20-15:30

Discussion

15:30-15:50

NEC and inflammation

Per Sanglid, Denmark

15:50-17:00

Discussion

15:00-17:00

PARALLEL SESSION 17 – EPIDEMIOLOGY
Epidemiology of COVID19 in newborns and children

Chairs: Anne-Cathrine Viuff, Denmark; Andrei Morgan, France

15:00-15:20

Direct and indirect effects of SARS-CoV-2 in neonates

Chris Gale, United Kingdom

15:20-15:30

Discussion

15:30-15:50

COVID-19 lockdowns and perinatal health: the good, the bad and the ugly

Jasper Been, the Netherlands

16:00-16:10

(ID 530) - Changes in perinatal activity in Yorkshire & Humber associated with the SARS-COV-2 pandemic in 2020 compared to 2015-19

Andrei Morgan, France

16:10-16:20

(ID 282) - One-year survival of infants born at 22 and 23 weeks´ gestation: a comparison of 3 Swedish national birth epochs, 2004-2007, 2014-16 and 2017-2019

Aijaz Farooqi, Sweden

16:20-16:30

(ID 430) - Wellbeing of mothers of 5-year-old children born very preterm: prevalance and influential factors in a European COHORT (SHIPS)

Lena Wohlers, Germany

16:30-16:40

(ID 522) - Developmental coordination disorder and quality of life in school-age very preterm children

Daniela Foresta, Italy

16:40-17:00

Discussion

15:00-17:00

PARALLEL SESSION 18 - EFCNI 3
Safe and optimal nutrition

Chairs. Silke Mader, Germany; Elisavet Diamanti, Greece

15:00-15:20

Early fortification and optimizing growth with an exclusive human milk diet

Amy Hair, United States

15:20-15:30

Discussion

15:30-15:50

Challenges to ensure optimal and safe parenteral nutrition of VLBW infants

Christoph Fusch, Germany

16:00-16:10

(ID 200) - Both hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia are common nearing term age in very low birth weight infants - results from the light study

Itay Zamir, Sweden

16:10-16:20

(ID 225) - A novel high temperature short time pasteurisation treatment for human milk

Mag Olimpia Alice Manzardo, Germany

16:20-16:30

(ID 226) - Improved preservation of human milk proteins by automated water bath pasteurisation compared to dry tempering

Mag Olimpia Alice Manzardo, Germany

16:30-16:40

(ID 344) - Controlled trial of two timepoints for introduction of standardized complementary food in preterm infants

Nadja Haiden, Austria

16:40-17:00

Discussion

15:00-17:00

PARALLEL SESSION 19 - LUNG 4
Oxygen targeting

Chairs. Wes Onland, the Netherlands; Andreas Flemmer, Germany

15:00-15:20

Lessons from RCTs

Barbara Schmidt, United States

15:20-15:30

Discussion

15:30-15:50

Closed loop oxygen control

Axel Franz, Germany

16:00-16:10

(ID 318) - Left ventricular diastolic function in very preterm infants

Camilla Rigotti, Italy

16:10-16:20

(ID 296) - The gradient of arterial carbon dioxide to end-tidal carbon dioxide levels over the first week after birth in ventilated newborn infants

Nadja Bednarczuk, United Kingdom

16:20-16:30

(ID 516) - Nasal high flow to optimise stability during intubation in neonates: results of the nosi pilot trial

Jason Foran, Ireland

16:30-16:40

(ID 429) - Fetal predictors of neonatal respiratory failure in congenital pulmonary malformations

Caroline Archambeau, Belgium

16:40-17:00

Discussion

17:00-17:30

PARTICIPANTS NETWORKING TIME

17:30-18:30

PLENARY SESSION
Stress

Chairs. Sandra Horsch, Germany; Manon Benders, the Netherlands

17:30-17:50

Caring for the Caregivers - Why and How?

Terrie Inder, United States

17:50-18:00

Discussion

18:00-18:20

Postnatal stress in preterm and term born infants

Alicia J. Spittle, Australia

18:20-18:30

Discussion

18:15-19:15

ESPR Mentoring session

Heike Rabe, Eleanor Molloy, Topun Austin, Sven Wellmann
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18:30-19:30

SPONSORED SESSION:
Recognizing the signs and symptoms of generalized arterial calcification of infancy- a genetic disorder with high early mortality

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08:30-10:30

PARALLEL SESSION 20 - BRAIN 5
Novel therapeutics

Chairs. Bobbi Fleiss, France; Elisa Hill, Australia

08:30-08:50

Stem cell treatment in preterm encephalopathy

Pierre Gressens, France

08:50-09:00

Discussion

09:00-09:20

Immunomodulation in perinatal brain injury

Bobbi Fleiss, France

09:30-09:40

(ID 480) - Systemic IGF-1 treatment affects gene expression in the brain in the preterm rabbit

William Hellström, Sweden

09:40-09:50

(ID 152) - Maternal melatonin administration leads to improved brain myelination in growth restricted fetal lambs

Atul Malhotra, Australia

09:50-10:00

(ID 279) - Severe IVH with PHVD alters brain white and gray matter structure, leading to aberrant corticogenesis in the preterm rabbit pup

Olga Romantsik , Sweden

10:00-10:10

(ID 472) - Preliminary results of the PASSION trial (Perinatal Arterial Stroke treated with Stromal cells IntraNasally)

Lisanne M Baak , Netherlands

10:10-10:30

Discussion

08:30-10:30

PARALLEL SESSION 21 - RESUSCITATION 1
Pro - Con discussion - which level of oxygen to start with?

Chairs: Arjan te Pas, the Netherlands; Ronny Knol, the Netherlands

08:30-08:50

Low level.

Charles C Roehr, United Kingdom

08:50-09:10

High level.

Janneke Dekker, the Netherlands

09:30-09:40

(ID 324) - Video analysis of thermal care for very preterm infants in the delivery room

Emma Dunne, Ireland

09:40-09:50

(ID 364) - The association between admission temperature and adverse outcomes in premature infants with gestational age less than 32 weeks: systematic review and meta-analysis

Marije Hogeveen, Netherlands

09:50-10:00

(ID 280) - Fixed pressure devices (T-pieces) or hand driven pressure devices (bags) for resuscitation at birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sophie Tribolet, Belgium

10:00-10:10

(ID 547) - Positive pressure ventilation at birth using a disposable infant t-piece resuscitator (neo-tee®) versus a self-inflating bag – A randomized-controlled mannequin study

Bernhard Schwaberger, Austria

10:10-10:30

Discussion

08:30-10:30

PARALLEL SESSION 22
Hellenic Societies Session

Chairs: George Mitsiakos, Greece; Fani Anatolitou, Greece

08:30-08:50

Golden hour of neonatal life

Gabriel Dimitriou, Greece

08:50-09:10

NICU environment and the developing brain

Angeliki Nika, Greece

09:10-09:30

Fetal Neurologic Assessment

Panos Antsaklis, Greece

09:30-09:50

Influence of COVID pandemic in adolescents

Lina Michala, Greece

09:50-10:10

Fetal assessment in diabetic pregnancies

Kalliopi Pappa, Greece

10:10-10:30

Discussion

08:30-10:30

PARALLEL SESSION 23 - NUTRITION 3
Own mothers milk

Chairs: Hans van Goudoever, the Netherlands; Miguel Saenz de Pipaon, Spain

08:30-08:50

Handling of expressed mothers’ milk

Gitte Zachariassen, Denmark

08:50-09:00

Discussion

09:00-09:20

Early administration of own mothers’ milk and outcome

Paola Roggero, Italy

09:30-09:40

(ID 67) - Prolonged Oropharyngeal Colostrum Administration to Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Mariana Oliveira, Brazil

09:40-09:50

(ID 302) - Insights into patterns of breastfeeding in preterm babies up to six months of actual age from the last UK National Infant Feeding Survey

Ilana Levene, United Kingdom

09:50-10:00

(ID 444) - Xpres QI initiative – Reducing the time to first colostrum on a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

Sarah Kent, United Kingdom

10:00-10:10

(ID 489) - Cytomegalovirus and neonatal cholestasis in preterm infants

Anne Elwin, Sweden

10:10-10:30

Discussion

08:30-10:30

PARALLEL SESSION 24 - EFCNI 4
Taking care of infants and families in challenging situations

Chairs: Silke Mader, Germany; Kosmas Sarafidis, Greece

08:30-08:50

Taking care of newborns needing intensive care, coming from families in challenging situations

Helen Bouza, Greece

08:50-09:00

Discussion

09:00-09:20

Ethical dilemmas in neonatal end of life care

Dominic Wilkinson, United Kingdom

09:20-09:30

Discussion

09:30-09:50

De-escalation strategies with parents

Sarah Barclay, United Kingdom
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09:50-10:00

(ID 423) - Parental experiences and staff views of visiting restrictions on a neonatal intensive care unit during COVID-19

Harriet Garfield, United Kingdom

10:00-10:10

(ID 496) - Effects of parent-provider communication during infant hospitalization in the NICU on parents: A systematic review with meta-synthesis and narrative synthesis

Nanon Labrie, Netherlands

10:10-10:30

Discussion

08:30-10:30

PARALLEL SESSION 25- UENPS 2
What have we learned from COVID-19?

Chairs: George Daskalakis, Greece; Mehmet Vural, Turkey

08:30-08:50

COVID-19 in pregnant women

Guillerme Favre

08:50-09:00

Discussion

09:00-09:20

COVID-19 and the Neonatologist

Riccardo Davanzo, Italy

09:30-09:40

(ID 367) - Case report of septic pulmonary embolization in a neonate: could it be a manifestation of MIS-N?

Anish Bakhle, India

09:40-09:50

(ID 99) - SARS-CoV-2 status and immune profiling of breastmilk in pregnant women: A case-control study

Laura Sánchez García, Spain

09:50-10:00

(ID 438) - Three peaks COVID-challenge and neonatal outcomes in a large UK teritary centre with a high bame population

Holly Gillott, United Kingdom

10:00-10:10

(ID 368) - Extremely preterm infant admissions within the SafeBoosC-III consortium during the COVID-19 lockdown

Marie Isabel S Rasmussen, Denmark

10:10-10:30

Discussion

10:30-11:30

MEET THE SPONSORS SESSION

11:30-12:30

CORONA SESSION

Chairs: Boris Kramer, the Netherlands, Silke Mader, Germany

11:30-11:50

Impact of Coronavirus/COVID-19 on special/intensive care for newborns – a parents’ perspective

Johanna Kostenzer, Germany

11:50-12:00

Discussion

12:00-12:20

The international Perinatal Outcomes in the Pandemic (iPOP) Study: the largely ups and occasional downs of global team science in a pandemic

David Burgner, Australia

12:20-12:30

Discussion

12:30-13:00

PARTICIPANTS NETWORKING TIME

13:00-14:30

SPONSORED SESSION:
Multi-faceted review of surfactant therapy research

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13:00-14:30

POSTER SESSION 10 - RESUSCITATION

Chairs: Ronny Knol, the Netherlands, Arjan te Pas, the Netherlands
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13:00-14:30

POSTER SESSION 11 – BRAIN 3

Chairs: Gorm Greisen, Denmark; Ana Alarcon, Spain
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13:00-14:30

POSTER SESSION 12 – LUNG 3

Chairs: Wes Onland, the Netherlands; Richard Sindelar, Sweden
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13:00-14:30

POSTER SESSION 13 – TRIPLE I SECTION

Chairs: Jan Mazela, Poland; Marina Degtyareva, Russia
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13:00-14:30

POSTER SESSION 14 – MISCELLANEOUS

Chairs: TBD
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15:00-17:00

PARALLEL SESSION 26 - BRAIN 4
Nutrition and brain

Chairs: Niek van der Aa, the Netherlands; Anita Truttmann, Switzerland

15:00-15:20

Nutritional interventions

Nicholas Embleton, United Kingdom

15:20-15:30

Discussion

15:30-15:50

Nutrition and brain development

Caroline de Theije, the Netherlands

16:00-16:10

(ID 412) - Obstructive cholestasis compromises balance and alters brain lipid composition in neonatal piglets

Nicole L. Henriksen, Denmark

16:10-16:20

(ID 432) - Insulin growth factor 1 stimulated release of extracellular vesicles from the choroid plexus – novel mode of blood-brain-barrier signalling

Niklas Ortenlöf, Sweden

16:20-16:30

(ID 372) - The impact of increased maternal SFLT-1/PLGF ratio as a biomarker for preeclampsia on the motor outcome of preterm infants

Lisa Middendorf, Germany

16:30-16:40

(ID 186) - Exposure to fetal growth restriction and consequence on neonatal microglia proteome in rat.

Olivier Baud, Switzerland

16:40-17:00

Discussion

15:00-17:00

PARALLEL SESSION 27 - LUNG 5
BPD

Chairs. Wes Onland, United Kingdom; Richard Sindelar, Sweden

15:00-15:20

BPD collaborative strategies

Leif Nelin, United States

15:20-15:30

Discussion

15:30-15:50

Long term effects of BPD on lung function

Marielle Pijnenburg, the Netherlands

16:00-16:10

(ID 287) - The role of transforming growth factor beta isoforms in the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Rebecca Calthorpe, United Kingdom

16:10-16:20

(ID 128) - Risk factors and bronchopulmonary dysplasia severity. Data from the Spanish bronchopulmonary dysplasia research network

Cristina Ramos Navarro, Spain

16:20-16:30

(ID 223) - Incidence, predictors and outcomes of pulmonary hypertension in extremely premature babies with moderate to severe broncho pulmonary dysplasia: ten years' experience from a tertiary surgical neonatal centre in United Kingdom

Irina Branescu, United Kingdom

16:30-16:40

(ID 258) - The translational potential of the preterm rabbit as a BPD animal model

Matteo Storti, Italy

16:40-17:00

Discussion

15:00-17:00

PARALLEL SESSION 28 - NUTRITION 4
Breastmilk fortification

Chairs: Virgilio Carnielli, Italy; Hans Van Goudoever, the Netherlands

15:00-15:20

Milk analysis using milk analyzers

Christoph Fusch, Germany

15:20-15:30

Discussion

15:30-15:50

Use of bovine colostrum

Gitte Zachariassen, Denmark

16:00-16:10

(ID 25) - Exploring the role of breast milk fortifier in the development of necrotising enterocolitis in preterm neonates, a 10 year retrospective audit

Kate Jordan, United Kingdom

16:10-16:20

(ID 199) - Bovine lactoferrin and fecal calprotectin in premature infants

Dmytro Dobryk, Ukraine

16:20-16:30

(ID 328) - Circadian variation in human milk composition, a systematic review

Jorine Roelants, Netherlands

16:30-16:40

(ID 512) - Preterm birth affects skeletal development in pigs

Martin Bo Rasmussen, Denmark

16:40-17:00

Discussion

15:00-17:00

PARALLEL SESSION 29 - CIRCULATION 3
Congenital diaphragm hernia, the importance of underlying hemodynamic pathophysiology

Chairs: Ulrike Kraemer, the Netherlands; Eirik Nestaas, Norway

15:00-15:20

Ventricular - arterial coupling in CDH patients

Neil Patel, United Kingdom

15:20-15:30

Discussion

15:30-15:50

The role of iNO in CDH patients

Nim Subhedar, United Kingdom

16:00-16:10

(ID 569) - Observed ranges of neonatal blood pressure by gestational age: a systematic review

Rhys Dore, United Kingdom

16:10-16:20

(ID 57) - Echocardiography-guided ductus arteriosus treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial on two prescription strategies to reduce the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis

María Carmen Bravo, Spain

16:20-16:30

(ID 441) - Spectrum and outcomes of neonatal shock: a retrospective cohort study

Shiv Sajan Saini, India

16:30-16:40

(ID 415) - The Relationship Between Pulmonary Hypertension and Diastolic Dysfunction in Infants with Down Syndrome

Aisling Smith, Ireland

16:40-17:00

Discussion

15:00-17:00

PARALLEL SESSION 30
I&I&I Sepsis

Chairs: Eleanor Molloy, Ireland; Irwin Reiss, the Netherlands

15:00-15:20

Management of neo sepsis. what’s new?

Richard Polin, United States

15:20-15:30

Discussion

15:30-15:50

Sepsis and cardiac functional management

Willem de Boode, the Netherlands

16:00-16:10

(ID 76) - Nosocomial infections in neonatal care: a scoping review of the surveillance case definitions that are used for pneumonia in newborns admitted in the hospital

Marije Hogeveen, Netherlands

16:10-16:20

(ID 285) - Body weight measurements support machine-learning algorithms in neonatal sepsis prediction

Alexander Mildalen Stålhammar, Sweden

16:20-16:30

(ID 539) - Addition of pentoxifylline to gentamicin enhances anti-inflammatory and pro-resolution cytokines in brain tissue of one week old mice with Escherichia coli sepsis

Esther Speer, United States

16:30-16:40

(ID 506) - Early postnatal antibiotics induce later blood transcriptomic changes in preterm pigs

René Liang Shen, Denmark

16:40-17:00

Discussion

15:00-17:00

PARALLEL SESSION 31 - PHARMA 2
Medical fetal therapy

Chairs: Giacomo Cavallaro , Italy; Genny Raffaeli, Italy

15:00-15:20

The obstetricians perspective

Bas van Rijn, the Netherlands

15:20-15:30

Discussion

15:30-15:50

The neonatologists perspective

Sinno Simons, the Netherlands

16:00-16:10

(ID 92) - Longitudinal changes in physicians’ practices on procedural pain management in neonates. a survey conducted at two time points, 20 years apart

Eleni Agakidou, Greece

16:10-16:20

(ID 468) - Population pharmacokinetics of fentanyl in very preterm infants

Maddlie Bardol, United Kingdom

16:20-16:30

(ID 28) - Increased neonatal morbidity after intrauterine exposure to antipsychotics

Essi Whaites Heinonen, Sweden

16:30-16:40

(ID 407) - Determination of endocrine disruptors levels in human milk and risk assessment of neonatal exposure

Anagnostatou Nikolina, Greece

16:40-17:00

Discussion

16:30-17:30

SPONSORED SESSION:
ROP and Telemedicine: Improving outreach with Digital Neonatal Eye Imaging”

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17:00-17:30

PARTICIPANTS NETWORKING TIME

17:30-18:30

PLENARY SESSION
Pediatric Research: Novel treatment strategies

Chairs: Pierre Gressens, France; Nienke Wagenaar, the Netherlands

17:30-17:50

Expanding intestinal stem cells- Hope for short bowl treatment?

Edward Nieuwenhuizen, the Netherlands

17:50-18:00

Discussion

18:00-18:20

Brain organoids as models to study the development and evolution of the human brain

Wieland Huttner, Germany

18:20-18:30

Discussion

19:00-20:30

ESPR Business Meeting

by invitation only

08:30-10:30

PARALLEL SESSION 32 - BRAIN 6
Perinatal neuroimaging

Chairs: Paul Govaert; Belgium; Luca Ramenghi, Italy

08:30-08:50

Functional Fetal MRI

Moriah Thomason, USA

08:50-09:00

Discussion

09:00-09:20

Congenital CMV infection - how can postnatal Imaging guide therapy

Ana Alarcon, Spain

09:30-09:40

(ID 59) - Disrupted functional brain organization in children born extremely preterm

Nelly Padilla, Sweden

09:40-09:50

(ID 422) - Parental perceptions on the value of neonatal brain MRI

BA Vera W. Aalbers, Netherlands

09:50-10:00

(ID 138) - Doppler ultrasound in the diagnosis of acute neonatal arterial ishemic stroke

Yulia Bykova, Russia

10:00-10:10

(ID 348) - The impact of preterm birth on the brain connectivity dynamics in 8-to-9-year-old children

Juliane Schneider, Switzerland

10:10-10:30

Discussion

08:30-10:30

PARALLEL SESSION 33 - NUTRITION 5
Parental nutrition and micronutrients

Chairs: M Skouroliakou, Greece, Viola Christmann, The Netherlands

08:30-08:50

Phosphorus and calcium homeostasis

Silvia Iacobelli, France

08:50-09:00

Discussion

09:00-09:20

Fluid and electrolytes needs during critical illness

Sissel Moltu, Norway

09:30-09:40

(ID 205) - Insulin resistance and hyperglycemia in very low birth weight infants - results from the light study

Itay Zamir, Sweden

09:40-09:50

(ID 241) - Questioning the adequacy of standardized vitamin D supplementation protocol in very low birth weight infants: a prospective cohort study

Ozge Surmeli Onay, Turkey

09:50-10:00

(ID 271) - Two types of third-generation lipid emulsions for parenteral nutrition in neonates: a randomized pilot study of short-term neonatal outcomes

Olga Krogh-Jensen, Russia

10:00-10:10

(ID 494) - Comparative clinical effectiveness of two methods of hyperglycemia correction in very low birth weight preterm infants

Oksana Dobush, Ukraine

10:10-10:30

Discussion

08:30-10:30

PARALLEL SESSION 34 - EFCNI 5
Long term outcome

Chairs: Nicole Thiele, Germany; Anastasia Varvarigou, Greece

08:30-08:50

Long term outcome (RECAP preterm cochort)

Jennifer Zeitlin, France

08:50-09:00

Discussion

09:00-09:20

Growing up as a preterm infant

Juliette Kamphuis, the Netherlands

09:30-09:40

(ID 155) - Parental bonding effects on cognitive outcomes after moderate and late preterm birth

Lexuri Fernández De Gamarra-Oca, Spain

09:40-09:50

(ID 278) - Movement difficulties at the age of 5 years in children born extremely preterm: prevalence and risk factors in the European EPICE-ships cohort.

Adrien M. Aubert, France

09:50-10:00

(ID 408) - Creative music therapy and neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants at age two years: Results of a randomized controlled pilot trial

Friederike Haslbeck, Switzerland

10:00-10:10

(ID 416) - Newborn neurobehavior is related to later neurodevelopment and social cognition skills in extremely preterm born children, a prospective longitudinal cohort study

Leena Aho, Finland

10:10-10:30

Discussion

08:30-10:30

PARALLEL SESSION 35 - UENPS 3
What is new in delivery room management?

Chairs: Mario Rüdiger, Germany and Gianluca Lista, Italy

08:30-08:50

Training of DR resuscitation in national societies

Daniele Trevisanuto, Italy

08:50-09:00

Discussion

09:00-09:20

Overview of current DRM trials

Heili Varendi, Estonia

09:30-09:40

(ID 52) - Impact of carbon dioxide on cerebral oxygenation and vital parameters in stable preterm and term neonates immediately after birth

Christina Wolfsberger, Austria

09:40-09:50

(ID 69) - Increased risk for cerebral hypoxia during immediate transition in healthy term neonates with prenatal tobacco exposure

Christina Wolfsberger, Austria

09:50-10:00

(ID 501) - Delivery-associated intrauterine cord obstruction and delayed cord clamping affects blood gas values but not NEC sensitivity in preterm pigs

Mads Niemann, Denmark

10:00-10:10

(ID 502) - A randomised controlled study of low-dose, high-frequency simulation training for competence in neonatal resuscitation

Joanna Haynes, Norway

10:10-10:30

Discussion

08:30-10:30

PARALLEL SESSION 36 - Hellenic Society Session

Chairs: Antonia Charitou, Greece; Nikos Vlachos, Greece

08:30-08:50

Complications of Monochorionic Twins

Makarios Eleftheriadis, Greece

08:50-09:10

Cardiovascular support in neonatal sepsis: an update

Kosmar Sarafidis, Greece

09:10-09:30

Antenatal care and Perinatal outcome of refugees in Greece

George Daskalakis, Greece

09:30-09:50

Covid-19 and neonatal management-breastfeeding-immunization in pregnancy

Antonia Charitou, Greece

09:50-10:10

IVF and gynecological cancer

Haris Siristatides, Greece

10:10-10:30

Delayed cord clamping in the 21st century

Eleftheria Hatzidaki

08:30-10:30

WORKSHOP NO. 6
Lung - Respiratory treatment in extreme preterm infants

Chairs: Anton van Kaam, the Netherlands; Olivier Danhaive, Belgium

08:30-08:50

Challenges in the respiratory support in the extremely immature infants 22-24 weeks

Richard Sindelar, Sweden

08:50-09:00

Discussion

09:00-09:20

Hydrocortisone treatment to prevent BPD in extremely preterm infants

Wes Onland, the Netherlands

09:20-10:00

Discussion

10:00-10:20

nHFO in extremely preterm infant

Hendrik Fischer, Germany

10:20-10:30

Discussion

10:30-10:45

BREAK

10:45-11:45

MEET & GREET & DISCUSS:
controversies in neonatology - Pulmonology

Anton van Kaam, the Netherlands

10:45-11:45

MEET & GREET & DISCUSS:
controversies in neonatology – Nutrition

Miguel Sáenz de Pipaón, Spain

10:45-11:45

MEET & GREET & DISCUSS:
controversies in neonatology - UENPS
Non-invasive ventilation and Surfactant

Corrado Moretti, Ola D. Saugstad, Gianluca Lista, Omer Erdeve, Boris Kramer

10:45-11:45

MEET & GREET & DISCUSS:
controversies in neonatology - I&I&I

Eleanor Molloy, Helmut Kuster, Frans Plotz, Lars Naver,

12:00-12:30

BREAK

12:30-14:00

PLENARY SESSION - CLOSING SESSION
Artificial intelligence

Chairs: Gunnar Naulaers, Belgium and Manon Benders, Netherlands

12:30-12:50

Using AI and Data Analysis to explore the Neonatal Connectome

Martijn van de Heuvel, the Netherlands

12:50-13:00

Discussion

13:00-13:20

AI for the evaluation of HIE

Geraldine Boylan, Ireland

13:20-13:30

Discussion

13:30-13:50

AI for prediction of sepsis

David van Laere, Belgium

13:50-14:00

Discussion

Wednesday - September 15, 2021

12:00-12:15

A novel way to treat a newborn with a difficult start

Speaker: Tim Antonius, The Netherlands

session supported by ARNE
ARNE

Thursday - September 16, 2021

12:30-13:30

Clinical Benefits and Science Behind the Exclusive Human Milk Diet for VLBW infants: Balancing Growth and Outcomes with Cost

Speaker: Melinda J Elliott, USA

session supported by Prolacta
Prolacta

13:30-14:30

Golden Hour — European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Newborns & Neonatal resuscitation with ECG monitoring

Moderator: Daniele Trevisanuto, Italy

13:30-13:50

Summary of European Resuscitation Council Newborn Life Support Guidelines 2021

Tomasz Szczapa, Poland

13:50-14:10

Practice of Neonatal Resuscitation with heart rate monitoring

Gonzalo Zeballos Sarrato, Spain

14:10-14:30

From L&D to NICU, intra-hospital transportation matters

Ester Bodrogi, Hungary

session supported by GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare

13:30-14:30

NESTLÉ NUTRITION INSTITUTE SYMPOSIUM:
Updates on nutrition for optimizing preterm growth

Chair: Nadja Haiden, Austria

13:30-14:00

New ESPGHAN guidelines for enteral nutrition - Practical Aspects

Magnus Domellöf, Sweden

14:00-14:30

HMOs and the preterm infant: clinical relevance

Jean-Michel Hascoet, France

sessions supported by Nestlé Nutrition Institute
Nestle

14:45-15:00

VYGON SYMPOSIUM:
Are the safety enteral feeding systems accurate enough for neonatal drug administration?

Speaker: Keliana O'Mara, USA

session supported by Vygon
Vygon

18:30-19:30

INOZYME SYMPOSIUM:
Recognizing the signs and symptoms of generalized arterial calcification of infancy- a genetic disorder with high early mortality

Speaker: David Goldberg, USA

session supported by Inozyme
Inozyme

Friday - September 17, 2021

16:30-17:30

NATUS SYMPOSIUM:
ROP and Telemedicine: Improving outreach with Digital Neonatal Eye Imaging

Speakers: Sally Painter, United Kingdom,
Donny W. Suh, USA

session supported by Natus
Natus

Invited Speakers

INVITED SPEAKERS