Do’s & Don’ts – Best Practice in Neonatology | 2026

Every abstract should be structured as follows: 

• Structuring Background/Aims: What is the major problem that prompted the study?

• Methods: How was the study performed?

• Results: What are the most important findings?

• Conclusion: What is (are) the most important conclusion(s)?

• Abstract Titles must be given in sentence case (not in capital or lower case only)

• Authors without titles or degrees, one forename must be given in full.

• Affiliation Name and address of department(s) and institution(s) to which the work should be attributed.

• Keywords are to be placed before the abstract text

• Number of words: 350 we recommend using word-processing software (for
  example, Word) for editing your abstract and counting the number of words

• Images: 1 figure OR 1 table per abstract (300 dpi) – PLEASE NOTE: Do not include the caption inside the image/tab. A space to insert the caption is available in the abstract submission form.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN, PLEASE NOTE

1. Abstract Topics – abstracts must be allocated to a specific category for the
   Scientific Programme. You will need to select the category most suited to your abstract.
2. Use only standard abbreviations. Place special or unusual abbreviations in
   parentheses after the full word appears the first time.
3. Use generic names of drugs. Express numbers as numerals.
4. Once submitted, abstracts will be considered final according to Karger
   submission conditions and cannot be modified afterwards.