Scientific Programme
Pre-Congress Hands-on Sessions
(in the local hospital)
10:00-12:00
SESSION I
5 participants in the PICU (De Marchi)
5 participants in the NICU (Mangiagalli) SOLD OUT
14:00-16:00
SESSION II
5 participants in the PICU (De Marchi)
5 participants in the NICU (Mangiagalli) SOLD OUT
“Meet the Expert”
Master Class on POCUS
(at the congress venue)
“Meet the Editor”
Master Class on Scientific Publishing with the Editor of the new ICM-PN journal
(at the congress venue)
08:25-08:30
Greetings and Introduction
08:30-08:50
Opening Lectures
What is important to monitor in neonatal critical care?
Can we use big data do understand and monitor a single patient
In ICU?
I Session: There is no air here! Lung ultrasound and consolidations
08:50-09:10
Distinguishing consolidations from atelectasis
09:10-09:30
Size of consolidations in neonates: does it matter?
09:30-09:50
Can lung ultrasound distinguish different type of consolidations?
09:50-10:00
Q&A and Discussion
10:00-10:10
Coffee Break
II Session: “Lung” ultrasound does not monitor the lung only
10:10-10:30
Lung ultrasound and multiorgan failure for congestive overflow
10:30-10:50
Lung ultrasound for monitoring the hemodynamically significant PDA
10:50-11:10
CXR or ultrasound to estimate wedge pressure and define congestive lung edema?
11:10-11:20
Q&A and Discussion
11:20-11:30
Coffee Break
III Session: Monitoring brain and lung: it is all connected!
11:30-11:50
Monitoring cerebral activity while assisting ventilation in PICU and NICU
11:50-12:10
Looking into the lung with EIT: what can we and what cannot we get?
12:10-13:00
4 Abstract Presentations
(8 minutes each, 2 questions each)
13:00-14:00
Lunch Break
IV Session: How to study something that moves
14:00-14:20
Looking into the lung with EIT: what can we and what cannot we get?
14:20-14:40
Listening from the lung with FOT: what does it tell us?
14:40-15:00
Diaphragmatic electrical activity as a monitoring tool
15:00-15:10
Q&A and Discussion
15:10-15:20
Coffee Break
V Session: Monitoring heart and lung hand in hand!
15:20-15:40
Effect of mechanical ventilation on volume filling and cardiac function in critically ill neonates
15:40-16:10
Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the neonate: lung ultrasound can help cope with it?
16:10-17:00
5 Abstract Presentations
(8 minutes each, 2 questions each)
08:25-08:30
Greetings and Introduction
08:30-08:50
Opening Lecture
News in lung ultrasound in 2023: where are we?
VI Session: Teaching lung ultrasound
08:50-09:10
Implementing a POCUS program in a large referral NICU: how to do it?
09:10-09:30
Five secrets to teach lung ultrasound to resident and fellows
09:30-09:50
Inter-and intra-rater reliability of lung ultrasound: is it really operator-dependent?
09:50-10:00
Q&A and Discussion
10:00-10:10
Coffee Break
VII Session: Lung ultrasound and the Kidney
10:10-10:30
Lung ultrasound and the effect of diuretics in neonates
10:30-10:50
Lung ultrasound to monitor fluid status during pediatric extracorporeal renal replacement therapy?
10:50-11:10
Neonatal CVVH is now a reality as much as LUS
11:10-11:20
Q&A and Discussion
11:20-11:30
Coffee Break
VIII Session: Monitoring… the machine. What to check and how to do during ECMO
11:30-11:50
Lung ultrasound monitoring in pedriatic ECMO
11:50-12:10
Again another device? The essential for monitoring during ECMO
12:10-12:20
Q&A and Discussion
12:20-13:00
4 Abstract Presentations
(8 minutes each, 2 questions each)
13:00-14:00
Lunch Break
IX Session: The diaphragm: a forgotten friend
14:00-14:20
Diaphragm ultrasound monitoring in preterm neonates
14:20-14:40
Diaphragm ultrasound to predict surfactant need
14:40-15:00
Effect of invasive ventilation of the diaphragm
15:00-15:10
Q&A and Discussion
15:10-15:20
Coffee Break
X Session: Lung ultrasound in developing countries
15:20-15:40
Benefits and challenges of lung ultrasound in pediatric ED in low and middle- income countries
15:40-16:00
Benefits and challenges of lung ultrasound implementation in low and middle-income countries
16:00-17:00
5 Abstract Presentations
(8 minutes each, 2 questions each)
XI Session: Monitoring gut and lung
09:00-09:20
NIRS to measure gut oxygenation in critically ill neonates
09:20-09:40
Lung and gut ultrasound: can they go hand in hand?
09:40-10:50
5 Abstract Presentations
(8 minutes each, 2 questions each)
10:50-11:00
Coffee Break
XII Session: ROUND TABLE: late breathing news in lung ultrasound
11:00-11:15
Relationship between lung aeration and cerebral perfusion
11:15-11:30
Ultrasound or clinical scores to monitor infants with bronchiolitis?
11:30-11:45
Meta-analytical data on lung ultrasound to predict surfactant need in preterm neonates
11:45-12:00
Quantitative lung ultrasound: can the scores be further improved?
12:00-12:15
Intersociety recommendation for POCUS in adult, pediatric and neonatal critical care: the Italian experience
12:15-12:45
Q&A and Discussion
12:45
Wrap up & Closing Remarks