Neonatal Respiratory Support
State-of-the-art in respiratory assistance, delivery room care, prevention and treatment of chronic lung disease
- April 21 – 23, 2022
- Medical Research Center (CIM) - Faculty of Medicine of Porto University, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
Objectives
IPOKRaTES seminars provide high-quality postgraduate education, which enables professionals to keep abreast on the most recent developments and offers participants the opportunity to discuss clinical problems and scientific issues personally with international experts. Emphasis will be made on providing a comprehensive and structured approach to neonatal respiratory assistance from its theoretical and physiological basis to clinical patient management.
Faculty
- Barbara Schmidt MD, MSc
University of Pennsylvania, USA, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada - Haresh Kirpalani MD, MSc
University of Pennsylvania, USA, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada - Maximo Vento MD
University & Polytechnic Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain - Martin Keszler MD
Brown University, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI. USA - Local speaker:
Gustavo Rocha MD
Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
Program
THU, APRIL 21, 2022
08.30–09.00
Welcome and introductory remarks
Gonçalves A. and Keszler M.
09.00–10.00
Essentials of pulmonary physiology and lung mechanics
Keszler M.
10.00–11.00
Normal and abnormal lung development, effects of preterm birth
Vento M.
11.00–11.30
Coffee break
11.30–12.30
Optimizing cardio-respiratory transition of ELGANs in the delivery room
Kirpalani H.
12.30–13.30
Lunch
13.30–14.30
Alternate approaches to surfactant administration
Vento M.
14.30–15.30
Non-invasive respiratory support: nCPAP, NIPPV, HFNC, nHFOV
Kirpalani H.
15.30–16.00
Coffee break
16.00–17.00
Ventilation basics: mode selection, patient-ventilator interaction
Keszler M.
17.00–17.30
Roundtable Discussion
All Faculty
FRI, APRIL 22, 2022
08.00–09.00
Oxygen toxicity, O2 use in the DR: What O2 saturation targets are optimal?
Vento M.
09.00–10.00
The story of neonatal caffeine therapy
Schmidt B.
10.00–10.30
Coffee break
10.30–11.30
Prevention and management of BPD
Kirpalani H.
11.30–12.30
Oxygen targeting for ELGANs in the NICU
Schmidt B.
12.30–13.30
Lunch
13.30–14.30
Guidelines for Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Preterm infants
Vento M.
14.30–15.30
Controversies in the management of patent ductus arteriosus
Schmidt B.
15.30–16.00
Coffee break
16.00–17.00
Ventilator-associated Pneumonia
Vento M.
17.00–17.30
Roundtable Discussion
All Faculty
SAT, APRIL 23, 2022
08.30–09.30
Advances in HFOV: New technologies and expanded indications?
Keszler M.
09.30–10.30
Pneumatoceles in ventilated neonates, how to approach them?
Rocha G.
10.30–11.00
Coffee break
11.00–12.00
Lung-protective ventilation strategies
Keszler M.
12.00–12.30
Roundtable Discussion
All Faculty
12.30–12.45
Closing Remarks
Gonçalves A. and Keszler M.
Free Seats
Information
The number of participants is limited to 70
Participation Fees
Single person
- before Feb 24, 2022
- 380,00 Euro
- after Feb 24, 2022
- 430,00 Euro
Member of the Society
- before Feb 24, 2022
- 380,00 Euro
- after Feb 24, 2022
- 380,00 Euro
Target Audience
Physicians and other health care professionals from academic and non-university hospitals with interest in mechanical ventilation and other forms of life support. This includes Neonatologists, Pediatricians, Intensivists, Anesthesiologists and others.
Local Organizer
Américo Gonçalves
IPOKRaTES Porto group – Faculty of Medicine of Porto University
Division of Neonatology – Centro Hospitalar Universitário São João
Porto, Portugal
email: americo.goncalves81@gmail.com