BEST of IPOKRaTES
An Update in Neonatology
- October 4 - 6, 2023
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The Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe, Janseniusstraat 1, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Objectives
IPOKRaTES seminars provide high quality postgraduate education, which enables professionals to keep abreast of the most recent developments and offers participants the opportunity to discuss clinical problems or scientific issues personally with international experts. Didactic sessions will provide updates on current concepts of pathophysiology, prevention and management of many of the problems encountered in the field of neonatology. Knowledge gaps and opportunities for future research will be discussed. This seminar also offers a comprehensive update on important problems, pathophysiology, clinical assessment, management and care in the premature and mature newborn. In addition to didactic sessions, there will be hands on workshops related to resuscitation, ventilatory management, point of care ultrasound and neurologic monitoring.
Faculty
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- Lukas Aichhorn
Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria - Judy Aschner
Joseph M Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack Meridian Health School of Medicine, Hackensack NJ and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA - Angelika Berger
Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria - Roberta Cilio
Saint-Luc University Hospital, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium - Linda de Vries
University Medical Center Utrecht, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands - Peter G. Davis
University of Melbourne, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia - Andreas W. Flemmer
Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany - Martin Keszler
Brown University, Rhode Island, USA - Erik Küng
Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria - Josef Neu
University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville FL, USA - Ju-Lee Oei
University of New South Wales, Randwick NSW, Australia - Richard Polin
Columbia University, N.Y, USA - Georg Simbruner
Vienna, Austria - Anton van Kaam
Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Lukas Aichhorn
Program
WED, October 4, 2023
Didactic Lectures
08.00-08.45
Opening registration desk
08.45-09.00
Welcome and introduction
09.00-09.45
Evidence based extubation
Peter Davis
09.45-10.15
Pulmonary Transition with a Focus on less Invasive Surfactant Administration
Angelika Berger
10.15-10.45
Delivery room management of infants with upper airway problems
Andreas Flemmer
10.45-11.00
Q&A
11.00-11.30
Coffee break
11.30-12.15
Oxygen control from birth to after the NICU
Ju-Lee Oei
12.15-13.00
Pre- and postnatal steroids
Anton van Kaam
13.00-14.30
Lunch
14.30-15.15
Fluid and Electrolyte Controversies
Richard Polin
15.15-16.00
Parenteral and enteral nutrition strategies and precision nutrition for the ELBW infant
Josef Neu
16.00-16.30
Coffee break
16.30-17.15
Long term outcome in Neonatal Encephalopathy due to hypoxic-ischemia
Linda de Vries
17.15-18.00
Neonatal epilepsy: what once was rare is now common
Roberta Cilio
THU, October 5, 2023
Dictactic Lectures
08.00-08.30
Opening registration desk
08.30-09.15
Myths about early-onset sepsis debunked
Richard Polin
09.15-10.00
Necrotizing Enterocolitis: What is it and what is the future
Josef Neu
10.00-10.45
Healthcare associated infections
Richard Polin
10.45-11.15
Coffee break
11.15-12.00
Short and life long impacts of prenatal drug exposure
Ju-Lee Oei
12.00-12.45
Treating infants with BPD and Pulmonary Hypertension: Need for new trial endpoints and new therapties
Judy Aschner
12.45-14.00
Lunch
13.15-13.45
Lunch meeting: Ontogenesis of the Human Brain and the Emergence of Consciousness
Georg Simbruner
Workshops (1,5h workshops - 30 min. coffee break)
14.00-17.30
Workshop 1: Tips and tricks for the interpretation of aEEG and EEG and NIRS in the neonate
Roberta Cilio, Linda de Vries, Gunnar Naulaers and Liesbeth Thewissen
14.00-17.30
Workshop 2: Beyond ABC
Peter Davis, Andreas Flemmer
14.00-17.30
Workshop 3: Conventional and High-frequency ventilation
Anton van Kaam, Martin Keszler
14.00-17.30
Workshop 4: Point of Care Lung Ultrasound
Angelika Berger, Erik Küng, Lukas Aichhorn
FRI, October 6, 2023
Didactic Lectures
08.00-08.30
Opening registration desk
08.30-09.15
Pain management in the NICU
Ju-Lee Oei
09.15-10.00
Noise reduction and language development in the NICU – an unsolvable dilemma?
Angelika Berger
10.00-10.45
Environmental Exposures in the NICU: Do they matter? Can we avoid them?
Judy Aschner
10.45-11.15
Coffee break
11.15-12.00
Pitfalls in Neonatal clinical trials: Can we do better?
Martin Keszler
12.00-12.45
Decision making in Peri- and Neonatology
Andreas Flemmer
12.45-14.00
Lunch
Workshops (1,5 workshops - 30 min. coffee break)
14.00-17.30
Workshop 1: Tips and tricks for the interpretation of aEEG and EEG and NIRS in the neonate
Anneleen Dereymaeker, Linda de Vries, Gunnar Naulaers and Liesbeth Thewissen
14.00-17.30
Workshop 2: Beyond ABC
Peter Davis, Andreas Flemmer
14.00-17.30
Workshop 3: Conventional and High-frequency ventilation
Anton van Kaam, Martin Keszler
14.00-17.30
Workshop 4: Point of Care Lung Ultrasound
Angelika Berger, Erik Küng, Lukas Aichhorn
Subject to change
Free Seats
Information
The number of participants is limited to 150
Participation Fees
Single person
- before August 9, 2023
- 580,00 Euro
- after August 9, 2023
- 650,00 Euro
Save on registration when you attend the conference with your colleague.
TWIN participation
- 450,00 Euro per person
Program Design / Host

Josef Neu
University of Florida, College of Medicine,
Gainesville FL, United States

Gunnar Naulaers
UZ Leuven | Campus Gasthuisberg,
Leuven, Belgium

Anne Debeer
UZ Leuven | Campus Gasthuisberg,
Leuven, Belgium
Target Audience
Doctors, nurses and affiliates of university and non-university hospitals in the field of neonatology and intensive care, pediatrics and related specialties.
Local Organizer
Prof. Dr. Anne Debeer – Prof. Dr. Gunnar Naulaers
UZ Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven Belgium
e-mail: neonatologie@uzleuven.be
Phone: 00-32-16-343211
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