Scientific Information

Organising Institutions

UENPS – Union of European Neonatal & Perinatal Societies

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.

Scientific Committee

Executive Board
 
 
 
Scientific Board
 
 

Scientific Programme

08:30-10:00

OPENING AND PLENARY 1
AULA ŚREDNIA

Chairs: Ryszard Lauterbach (Poland), Corrado Moretti (Italy)

08:30-08:45

Welcome remarks

Corrado Moretti (Italy), Ryszard Lauterbach (Poland), George Simbrunner (Austria), Ola D. Saugstad (Norway), Josef Neu (USA)

08:45-09:05

Antenatal interventions to reduce prematurity

GianCarlo Di Renzo (Italy)

09:05-09:25

European delivery room approach - UENPS survey

Corrado Moretti (Italy)

09:25-09:40

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

Silke Mader (Germany)

09:40-10:00

Growing up as a preterm infant

Juliette Kamphuis (the Netherlands)

10:00-10:30

COFFEE BREAK

 

10:30-12:30

PARALLEL 1
AULA ŚREDNIA


Chairs: Boris Filipović-Grčić (Croatia), Carmen Carvalho (Portugal)

10:30-10:50

Antenatal management of complications of monochorionic twins

Ioannis Kyvernitakis (Germany- online)

10:50-11:10

Fetal Congenital heart disease

Marietta Charakida (United Kingdom)

11:10-11:30

Selective IUGR in monochorionic twins

Asma Khalil (UK)

11:30-11:50

Long term outcomes of monochorionic twins

Enrico Lopriore (The Netherlands)

11:50-12:30

Discussion

 

12:30-13:30

ORAL COMMUNICATION 1
AULA ŚREDNIA


Chairs: Artur Beke (Hungary), Iwona Maruniak-Chudek (Poland)


(8’ talk and 4’ discussion/presenter)

#39 METABOLOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF UTEROPLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY ON GROWTH-RESTRICTED NEWBORN RATS WITH ALTERED LUNG DEVELOPMENT
Merryl Esther Yuliana (Taiwan – online)

#66 TWISTS AND TURNS AROUND CHORIOAMNIONITIS: THE HISTOPATHOLOGIC FETAL INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE AND NEONATAL OUTCOMES
Kinga Kovács (Hungary)

#104 PREDICTORS OF ABNORMAL NEUROIMAGING RE-SULTS IN NEWBORNS WITH CONGENITAL CMV IN-FECTION (cCMV)
Justyna Czech-Kowalska (Poland)

#146 ABNORMAL RETINAL VASCULAR MORPHOLOGY IN PRETERM NEONATES WITH INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION
Dimitrios Rallis (Greece)

 

10:30-12:30

PARALLEL 2
AULA MAŁA


Chairs: Artur Beke (Hungary), Smadar EvenTov Friedman (Israel)

10:30-10:50

Alfa-1 antitrypsin deficiency in uterus is associated with spontaneous premature birth

Mikko Hallman (Finland)

10:50-11:10

Vaccination program during pregnancy

Vasiliki Papaevangelou (Greece - online)

11:10-11:30

Pregnancy in women over 40 and effect on children

Apostolos Athanasiadis (Greece - online)

11:30-11:50

Management and outcome of CMV infected neonates

Chryssoula Tzialla (Italy)

11:50-12:30

Discussion

 

12:30-13:30

INDUSTRY SUPPORTED SESSION
AULA MAŁA

 

13:30-14:30

LUNCH BREAK

 

14:30-16:15

PARALLEL 3
AULA ŚREDNIA


Chairs: Antonia Charitou (Greece), Witold Błaż (Poland)

14:30-14:50

Knowledge and faith - do they contradict or complement each other?

George Simbruner (Austria)

14:50-15:10

Perinatal microbiota: its importance in newborn health

Nelly Jekova (Bulgaria)

15:10-15:30

Pentoxifyline in septic neonates - adjuvant therapy - 20 years of own clinical experiences

Ryszard Lauterbach (Poland)

15:30-15:50

The postnatal consequences of intrauterine diseases

Umberto Simeoni (Switzerland)

15:50-16:15

Discussion

 

14:30-16:15

PARALLEL 4
AULA MAŁA


Chairs: Heili Varendi (Estonia), Hajrija Maksic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

14:30-14:50

Impact of high maternal BMI on fetal and newborn health

Dagfinn Aune (Norway/UK)

14:50-15:10

Cesaraen section on request. Maternal aspects

Nikos Vlachos (Greece - online)

15:10-15:30

Cesarean section on request. Neonatal aspects

Merih Cetinkaya (Turkey)

15:30-15:50

PROM in late preterms. When to deliver?

Bernat Serra (Spain)

15:50-16:15

Discussion

 

16:15-16:45

COFFEE BREAK

16:45-18:45

PLENARY 2
AULA ŚREDNIA

Chairs: Ryszard Lauterbach (Poland), Nelly Jekova (Bulgaria)

16:45-17:05

Intraamniotic infection and prematurity

Bo Jacobsson (Sweden - online)

17:05-17:25

Perinatal outcome of IVF Pregnancies

George Daskalakis (Greece)

17:25-17:45

New resuscitation guidelines

Charles C. Roehr (UK)

17:45-18:05

European Database in Newborn

Neena Modi (UK)

18:05-18:20

Discussion

18:20-18:45

WRAP UP

18:20-18:45

Wrap up and take home messages

Ryszard Lauterbach (Poland), Nelly Jekova (Bulgaria)

08:30-10:00

PLENARY 3
AULA ŚREDNIA

Chairs: Corrado Moretti (Italy), Ola D. Saugstad (Norway)

08:30-08:50

Optimal oxygenation in the delivery room and beyond

Max Vento (Spain - online)

08:50-09:10

Delayed cord clamping

Ola Andersson (Sweden)

09:10-09:30

Novel Surfactant Administration Techniques: Aerosol vs. LISA vs. supraglottic surfactant administration

Angela Kribs (Germany)

09:30-09:50

How to optimise conventional mechanical ventilation

Gianluca Lista (Italy)

09:50-10:00

Discussion

10:00-10:30

COFFEE BREAK

 

10:30-12:15

PARALLEL 5 - GLOBAL HEALTH ISSUES
AULA ŚREDNIA


Chairs: Joana Saldanha (Portugal), Gianluca Lista (Italy)

10:30-10:50

Precision Medicine for the Management of RDS

Eren Özek (Turkey - online)

10:50-11:10

Which non-invasive ventilation for RDS?

Camilla Gizzi (Italy)

11:10-11:30

Helium-oxygen during ventilation in the neonate

Tomasz Szczapa (Poland)

11:30-11:50

The Role of Lung Ultrasound in Newborns: Is It a Vogue or Innovation?

Daniele De Luca (France - online)

11:50-12:10

BPD and stem cells

Mario Rudiger (Germany

12:10-12:30

Discussion

 

12:30-13:30

ORAL COMMUNICATION 2
AULA ŚREDNIA


Chairs: Gianluca Lista (Italy), Virgilio Carnielli (Italy)


(8’ talk and 4’ discussion/presenter)

#50 A NOVEL POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND APPROACH FOR THE DETERMINATION OF ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE DEPTH IN NEONATES
Orly Levkovitz (Israel)

#81 ADJUVANT THERAPY WITH A FRAGMENT OF RE-COMBINANT SURFACTANT PROTEIN D IMPROVES LUNG COMPLIANCE AND REDUCES LEVELS OF PRO-INFLMAMMATORY CYTOKINES IN VENTILATED PRE-TERM LAMBS.
Reena Bhatt (United Kingdom)

#100 ASSESSMENT OF PAIN AND DISCOMFORT DURING LESS INVASIVE SURFACTANT ADMINISTRATION (LI-SA) UNDER NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL ANALGESIA
Katrin Klebermaß-Schrehof (Austria)

#102 OUTCOMES OF DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT FETOSCOPIC ENDOLUMINAL TRACHEAL OCCLUSION (FETO) - A SINGLE-CENTRE RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
Anita Adamiec (Poland)

#111 OXYGEN SATURATION INDEX TO PREDICT SURFAC-TANT REQUIREMENT IN PRETERM INFANTS
Yasemin Ezgi Kostekci (Turkey)

 

10:30-12:15

PARALLEL 6 - NEONATAL HEMODYNAMICS
AULA MAŁA


Chairs: Witold Błaż (Poland), Tatiana Znamenska (Ukraine)

10:30-10:50

Hemodynamically monitoring the critically ill neonate

Istvan Seri (Hungary - online)

10:50-11:10

Mechanisms Regulating Ductus Arteriosus Closure

Hannes Sallmon (Germany)

11:10-11:30

Evidence for Therapeutic Nihilism in Management of PDA

Omer Erdeve (Turkey)

11:30-11:50

Echocardiographic Diagnosis and Selective Management for PDA Closure

Samir Gupta (UK/Qatar)

11:50-12:15

Discussion

12:15-12:30

Short Break

12:30-13:30

Safe Food For Infants (SAFFI), A European Union Horizon 2020 Project
AULA MAŁA

Chair: Massimo Pettoello Mantovani

12:30-13:00

What is SAFFI ?

Mehmet Vural (Council member of the European Pediatric Association, EPA-UNEPSA)

13:00-13:30

Ensuring Safe Foods for Infants

Massimo Pettoello Mantovani (President of the European Pediatric Association, EPA-UNEPSA)

 

13:30-14:30

LUNCH BREAK

 

14:30-16:15

PARALLEL 7 - GLOBAL HEALTH ISSUES
AULA ŚREDNIA


Chairs: Dalia Stoniene (Lithuania), Sertac Arslanoglu (Turkey)

14:30-14:50

Covid-19 and Lessons Learnt from the Pandemics

Esin Koç (Turkey)

14:50-15:10

NEC - the mystery goes on

Josef Neu (USA)

15:10-15:30

Donor breast milk and milk kinship: Cultural differences and approaches

Sertac Aslanoglu (Turkey)

15:30-15:50

Targets of Newborn Screening: What is Next in Europe?

Peter Schielen (the Netherlands)

15:50-16:15

Discussion

 

14:30-16:15

PARALLEL 8 - NEW FASHIONS IN THE NICU
AULA MAŁA


Chairs: Omer Erdeve (Turkey), Vassilios Fanos (Italy)

14:30-14:50

What news in neonatal nephrology? From embryology to metabolomics

Vassilios Fanos (Italy)

14:50-15:10

Fetal Surgery for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Jan Deprest (Belgium)

15:10-15:30

Continuous glucose monitoring in NICU - practical approach

Mateusz Jagla (Poland)

15:30-15:50

Special Lecture: New frontiers towards the protection of all infants against RSV

Tomasz Szczapa (Poland)

15:50-16:15

Discussion

 

16:15-16:45

COFFEE BREAK

16:45-18:30

PLENARY 4 - LUNG
AULA ŚREDNIA

Chairs: Giuseppe Buonocore (Italy), Josef Neu (USA)

16:45-17:05

Chorioamnionitis as cause or bystander for RDS and BPD

Christian Speer (Germany)

17:05-17:25

Synthetic surfactant in clinical trials

David Sweet (Ireland)

17:25-17:45

The Next Generation Synthetic Surfactants: Future considerations on SP-D?

Howard Clark (United Kingdom)

17:45-18:05

Determinants of lung growth in preterm infants

Virgilio P. Carnielli (Italy)

18:05-18:30

WRAP UP

18:05-18:30

Wrap up and take home message

Giuseppe Buonocore (Italy), Josef Neu (USA)

18:30

UENPS GET TOGETHER

08:30-10:20

PLENARY 5 - Perinatal encephalopathy
AULA ŚREDNIA

Chairs: Mikko Hallman (Finland), Luca A. Ramenghi (Italy)

08:30-08:50

Outcome of extremely preterm babies - where are we?

Alan Jobe (USA)

08:50-09:10

Follow-up of premature babies: value of brain lesion and novel prospectives

Luca A. Ramenghi (Italy)

09:10-09:30

Stem Cells - Sensors and switches of inflammation and the interplay with Cooling

Ursula Felderhoff-Mueser (Germany - online)

09:30-09:40

Discussion

09:40-10:00

Together to ensure that each child has a good start of life

Linda Storari (Italy)

10:00-10:20

Special Lecture: Maternity Hospital in Anabah, Afghanistan - Emergency ONG experience

Manuela Valenti (Italy – online)

10:20-10:45

COFFEE BREAK

 

10:45-12:30

PARALLEL 9 - Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
AULA ŚREDNIA


Chairs: Boris Kramer (the Netherlands), Przemko Kwinta (Poland)

10:45-11:05

Big data for tiny patients: „omits” approach to Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Przemko Kwinta (Poland)

11:05-11:25

BPD Is For Life, Not Just the NICU!

Mandy C. Daly (UK)

11:25-11:45

Caffeine and steroids: Adjuvant treatments for prevention of BPD

Dirk Bassler (Switzerland)

11:45-12:30

Discussion

 

12:45-13:45

ORAL COMMUNICATION 3
AULA ŚREDNIA


Chairs: Camilla Gizzi (Italy), Agnieszka Ochoda-Mazur (Poland)


(8’ talk and 4’ discussion/presenter)

#57 COALITION FOR PREEMIES – WE HELP POLISH PARENTS OF PREEMIES AND RESCUE UKRAINIAN NICUs
Maria Katarzyna Borszewska – Kornacka (Poland)

#74 CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF VERY LOW BIRTHWEIGHT INFANTS AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF A FAMILY IN-TEGRATED CARE CLINICAL PATHWAY - A MATCHED CASE-CONTROL STUDY
Rafael Pricoco (Germany - online)

#169 INTRATRACHEAL ADMINISTRATION OF SURFAC-TANT COMBINED WITH BUDESONIDE TO PREVENT BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA IN VERY LOW WEIGHT PREMATURE NEWBORN
Patricia Johane Ostia Garza (Mexico – online)

#191 FACTORS AFFECTING THE DURATION OF MECHAN-ICAL VENTILATION IN VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT IN-FANTS
Anna Menshykova (Ukraine – online)

 

10:45-12:30

PARALLEL 10 - Neonatology in L&LMICs (Low- and Lower-middle-income Countries)
AULA MAŁA


Chairs: Hristo Mumdzhiev (Bulgaria), Ryszard Lauterbach (Poland)

10:45-11:05

Controversies in cooling in LMIC

Vishnu Bhat (India - online)

11:05-11:25

Cooling in Sub saharan Africa setting- where is the guidance?

Alan Horn (South Africa - online)

11:25-11:45

Overcoming Challenges for Early Enteral Feeding in Preemies - Crossing the Hurdles

Sushma Nangia (India)

11:45-12:05

Call to action - the huge burden of Neonatal Encephalopathy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cally Tann (UK)

12:05-12:30

Discussion

 

12:45-13:45

ORAL COMMUNICATION 4
AULA MAŁA


Chairs: Giuseppe Buonocore (Italy), Dalia Stoniene (Lithuania)


(8’ talk and 4’ discussion/presenter)

#7 NEONATAL MORBIDITIES AND FEEDING TOLERANCE OUTCOMES IN VERY PRETERM INFANTS, BEFORE AND AFTER INTRODUCTION OF PROBIOTICS SUP-PLEMENTATION
Stefan Johansson (Sweden)

#43 PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF CAPSAICIN ON IBO-TENATE-INDUCED NEONATAL EXCITOTOXIC BRAIN DAMAGE AND NEUROINFLAMATION
Mustafa Dilek (Turkey - online)

#163 IMPACT OF A STANDARD FEEDING PROTOCOL TO DECREASE TIME TO REACH FULL FEEDS AND CEN-TRAL LINE USAGE IN BABIES’ LESS THAN 1500 GRAMS: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE.
Bonny Baracho (India - online)

#213 ANTENATAL STEROID TREATMENT AND BRAIN DE-VELOPMENT IN VLBW INFANTS
Mariya Malova (Italy - online)

 

13:45-14:45

LUNCH BREAK

14:45-16:45

PLENARY 6
AULA ŚREDNIA

Chairs: Ola D. Saugstad (Norway), Luca A. Ramenghi (Italy)

14:45-15:05

Antenatal steroids - updates and outlook

Alan Jobe (USA)

15:05-15:25

Stem cells - very complex, very rewarding clinical challenges

Boris Kramer (the Netherlands)

15:25-15:45

Optimal ventilation in the delivery room. Bag and mask or laryngeal mask airway?

Niclas Pejovic (Sweden)

15:45-16:00

Discussion

16:00-16:45

WRAP UP AND CLOSING

16:00-16:25

Wrap up and take home message

Ola D. Saugstad (Norway), Luca A. Ramenghi (Italy)

16:25-16:45

Closing ceremony

Corrado Moretti (Italy), Ola D. Saugstad (Norway), Ryszard Lauterbach (Poland)