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Prevention, protection, and repair of brain injury in neonates: a comprehensive practical approach

Prevention, protection, and repair of brain injury in neonates: a comprehensive practical approach

February 20 - 22, 2023
Kfar Maccabiah, Ramat Gan / Tel Aviv, Israel

Objectives

IPOKRaTES seminars provide high quality postgraduate education which enables professionals to keep abreast of the most recent developments and offer participants the opportunity to discuss clinical problems or scientific issues personally with international experts. This seminar deals with neonatal neurocritical care, including prevention, management, and treatment of neonates at-risk of neurological disorders.

Faculty

Bernard Barzilay
Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center, Bnei Brak, Israel
Manon Benders
Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Roberta Cilio
Saint-Luc University Hospital, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
Olivier Danhaive
Saint-Luc University Hospital, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
Gorm Greisen
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nicola Robertson
University College London, London, UK
Eilon Shany
Soroka Medical Center, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
Haim Bassan
Shamir Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Anton van Kaam
Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Program

MON, February 20, 2023

08.30-09.00

Introduction

Bernard Barzilay

09.00-09.30

Building a neurological neonatal ICU

Roberta Cilio

09.30-10.30

Cerebral blood flow: physiology and pathophysiology

Gorm Greisen

10.30-11.30

Hemodynamics and brain protection in preterm infants

Olivier Danhaive

11.30-11.50

Coffee break

11.50-12.50

Protecting and repairing the neonatal brain

Nicola Robertson

12.50-14.30

Lunch break

14.30-15.10

Monitoring the neonatal brain part1: Term aEEG/EEG

Haim Bassan

15.10-15.45

Monitoring the neonatal brain part 2: Preterm aEEG/EEG

Eilon Shany

15.45-16.30

Monitoring the neonatal brain part 3: video-EEG

Roberta Cilio

16.30-16.45

Coffee break

16.45-17.45

Protecting the brain during neonatal resuscitation

Bernard Barzilay

TUE, February 21, 2023

08.30-09.30

NIRS

Gorm Greisen

09.30-10.30

Respiratory support and brain injury: strategies to support the lung and protect the brain

Anton van Kaam

10.30-10.50

Coffee break

10.50-11.50

Neuroimaging advances for early diagnosis and prognosis of brain injury

Manon Benders

11.50-12.50

Neurological emergencies in the neonatal ICU: a practical approach

Bernard Barzilay

12.50-13.30

Protecting the preterm brain: the role of nutrition

Manon Benders

13.30-15.00

Lunch break

15.00-18.00

Each session will be 45-min long and will be repeated three times.

1. Not everything that shakes is epilepsy: Tips and tricks for the
correct interpretation of semiology, aEEG and EEG in the neonate

Roberta Cilio, Eilon Shany, Haim Bassan

2. Impact of Changes in Blood Pressure, pCO2, O2 Saturation, Hemoglobin Concentration, and Positive End-Expiratory Pressure on Cerebral Blood Flow and Oxygen Delivery – With Case Presentations

Gorm Greisen

3. Imaging the neonatal brain: interactive workshop on HUS and MRI

Manon Benders, Nicola Robertson