UENPS Prizes for Best Abstracts
This year the Union of European Neonatal & Perinatal Societies (UENPS) is awarding 20 full grants to acknowledge contributions to neonatal and perinatal research, excellence, and involvement of local members of UENPS member countries.
The competition was open to all Full Members of UENPS. The abstracts were evaluated by the UENPS Scientific and Executive Boards. There was a maximum of one winner per member country.
Recipients of UENPS Prizes 2022:
Dr. Preslava Gatseva 🇧🇬
Medical University- Pleven, Bulgaria
Outbreak of Nosocomial Sepsis in NICU by Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae – Diagnostic Challenges
Mrs. Airin Treiman-Kiveste 🇪🇪
Tartu Health Care College, Tartu University Hospital, Estonia
Parental Participation in their Infants’ Procedural Pain Alleviation with Non-Pharmacological Methods in Estonia
Dr. Dimitrios Rallis 🇬🇷
University Of Ioannina, Greece
Abnormal Retinal Vascular Morphology in Preterm Neonates with Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Dr. Orly Levkovitz 🇮🇱
Meir Medical Center, Israel
A Novel Point-Of-Care Ultrasound Approach for the Determination of Endotracheal Tube Depth in Neonates
Dr. Diana Dakica 🇱🇻
Rīga Stradiņš University, Latvia
Risk of Necrotizing enterocolitis and enteral feeding strategy in the Children’s Clinical University Hospital from 1st of January 2016 to 31st of December 2020
Ms. Sophie Groene 🇳🇱
Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands
The Life-Long Effect of Fetal Growth Restriction: Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Growth Discordant Identical Twins
Dr. Catarina Liz 🇵🇹
Centro Hospitalar Universitário Do Porto, Portugal
End-of-Life Practices across Portuguese Neonatal Units
Ms. Dusanka Mitrovic 🇷🇸
University Clinical Centre of Vojvodina, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Serbia
The Correlation between the Pathological Umbilical Artery Doppler Findings and Neonatal Morbidity of Preterm Newborns with Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Dr. Jana Lozar Krivec 🇸🇮
Department Of Neonatology, Division of Paediatrics, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia
Limosilactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 in the Prevention of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders in Neonates Treated with Antibiotics: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Prof. Mustafa Dilek 🇹🇷
Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Türkiye
Protective Effects of Capsaicin on Ibotenate-Induced Neonatal Excitotoxic Brain Damage and Neuroinflamation
Dr. Jelena Šarac 🇭🇷
Institute for Anthropological Research, Croatia
Association between Breastfeeding Duration, Maternal Socioeconomic Status and Infant Weight Gain
Dr. Eka Kandelaki 🇬🇪
Tbilisi State Medical University, Georgia
Preterm gestation and Low Birth Weight – Impact on Respiratory system
Dr. Kinga Kovács 🇭🇺
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Semmelweis University, Hungary
Twists and Turns Around Chorioamnionitis: The Histopathologic Fetal Inflammatory Response and Neonatal Outcomes
Dr. Mariya Malova 🇮🇹
Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Italy
Antenatal Steroid Treatment and Brain Development in VLBW Infants
Mrs. Violeta Gulbiniene 🇱🇹
Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Lithuania
Predictive Markers for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Noninvasively Obtained Amniotic Fluid in Preterm Neonates
Prof. Justyna Czech-Kowalska 🇵🇱
The Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Poland
Predictors of Abnormal Neuroimaging Results in Newborns with Congenital CMV Infection (cCMV)
Dr. Laura Mihaela 🇷🇴
Suciu University of Medicine Pharmacy Science and Technology George Emil Palade Targu Mures, România
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome-Link with Maternal Knowledge
Dr. Lucia Casnocha Lucanova 🇸🇰
University Hospital Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia
Dermal Bilirubin in Caucasian Newborn Infants within the First Four Days of Life
Dr. Bibiana Chinea Jiménez 🇪🇸
Hospital Universitario La Paz, Spain
Influence of Full Oral Feeding Acquisition on Growth of Premature Infants
Dr. Anna Menshykova 🇺🇦
Lviv National Medical University, Ukraine
Factors Affecting the Duration of Mechanical Ventilation in Very Low Birth Weight Infants