PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
October 26th 2017
Hall - Amphitheatre
10:00-13:15 IAN DONALD ADVANCED ULTRASOUND COURSE
Moderator: Asim Kurjak, Croatia
Eberhard Merz, Germany: Fetal abnormalities detected by different ultrasonic methods Renato Sa, Brazil: Spina Bifida: Ultrasound diagnosis and antenatal treatment-TBC Taib Delic, B&H: What to expect from early detection of fetal abnormalities Tuangsit Wataganara, Thailand: Update on fetal therapy Sonal Panchal, India: From human reproduction to perinatal medicine-TBC Giovanni Monni, Italy: How to train for invasive diagnostic procedures Asim Kurjak, Croatia: Functional studies of fetal CNS by 4D Panos Antsaklis, Greece: Clinical usefulness of KANET test in high risk pregnancies Milan Stanojevic, Croatia: Fetal and neonatal neurology and role of ultrasound Narendra Malhotra, India: Doppler and IUGR Ilan Timor-Tritsch, USA: Management of Cesarean scar pregnancy Discussion
13:15-14:00 Lunch
14:00-17:30 ERICH SALING WORLD SCHOOL OF PERINATAL MEDICINE
Moderators: Erich Saling, Germany and Cihat Sen, Turkey"
Erich Saling, Germany: Perinatal Medicine: Beginnings and early stages Asim Kurjak, Croatia: Look into the future Joachim Dudenhausen, Germany: Epidemiology and Prevention of Fetal Death Frank Chervenak, USA: Professionalism: The foundation of Obstetrics and Gynecology Milan Stanojevic, Croatia: Age of viability - neonatolgist's point of view Christoph Berg, Germany: Fetoscopic management of complicated monochorionic twins Cihat Şen, Turkey: What are recent advances in fetal echocardiography Marina Degtyareva, Russia: Neonatal sepsis Birgit Arabin, Germany Fetal senses Eberhard Merz, Germany: 3D and 4D ultrasound - two useful techniques in the assessment of fetal spina bifida Aleksandar Ljubic, Serbia: Biotechnology and Perinatal medicine - Is it the next level of perinatal medicine? Discussion
Hall 1
10:00-13:15 CURRENT STATUS IN NEONATOLOGY
Moderator: Milan Stanojevic, Croatia
Ranjan Kumar Pejaver, India: Oxitrauma during neonatal intensive care Milan Stanojevic, Croatia: Limits of viability Manuel R.G. Carrapato, Portugal: Hypotension in small preterms: What does it mean? Lilijana Kornhauser Cerar, Slovenia: Outcomes of very low birth weight babies Boris Filipović-Grčić, Croatia: Survival of premature newborns at the border of viability - Croatian experience Manuel Sanchez Luna, Spain: Less invasive RDS therapy Anne Greenough, UK Prevention of bronchoplumonary dysplasia Silke Mader, Germany: The unmet needs in the NICU - Why do we need European Standards of Care for Newborn Health? Amos Grunebaum, USA: How to prevent Erb's palsy Simona Vladaeranu, Romania: Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic injury- diagnosis by imaging Ola Saugstad, Norway: Recent ILCOR recommendations for newborn resuscitation Discussion
13:15-14:00 Lunch
14:00-17.40 COMMON AND RARE FETAL DEFECTS
Moderators: Aleksandra Novakov Mikic, Serbia and Oliver Kagan, Germany
Prenatal diagnosis of anomalies of central nervous system Prenatal diagnosis of anomalies of abdomen Prenatal diagnosis of fetal heart anomalies Prenatal diagnosis of genetic syndromes Discussion
Blue Hall
18:00-20:00 OPENING CEREMONY
th October 27 2017
Hall A - Blue Hall
09:00-10:45 KEY NOTE LECTURES
Jan Deprest, Belgium: Present and future of fetal surgery Manuel Snchez Luna, Spain: Noninvasive ventilation of the preterm infant Asim Kurjak, Croatia: Advances in the assessment of motoric and cognitive function of the fetal brain Discussion
10:45-11:15 COFFEE BREAK
11:15-13:30 PARALLEL SESSION Public Health in Perinatal Medicine Chairs: Joachim Dudenhausen, Germany, Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, UK
Asim Kurjak, Croatia Good news and bad news on the effect of globalization on perinatal
Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumeran, UK Management of PPH in the next decade
Amos Grunebaum, USA Maternal obesity as a global epidemic
Jennifer Zeitlin, France Global epidemiological aspects of preterm delivery
Ludwig Gortner, Germany Rising voice for newborns at the global level
Discussion
13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK
14:30-16:30 REGIONAL WORKSHOP Cesarian section
Chairs: Snežana Rakić, Milica Ranković Janevski, Serbia,
Snežana Rakić, Serbia: Carski rez danas
Đorđe Petrović, Serbia: Operativne tehnike carskog reza
Zorica Mladenović, Serbia: Blizanačke trudnoće i carski rez
Marija Tasić, Serbia: Vaginalni porođaj nakon carskog reza
Dragan Stajić, Serbia: Carski rez po želji
Tea Štimac, Croatia: Da li je niska stopa carskih rezova održiva u modernom akušerstvu - iskustva porodilišta u Rijeci
Marija Hadži Lega, Macedonia: Robson klasifikacija carskih rezova
Vajdana Tomić, Bosnia & Herzegovina: Trend učestalosti i vodeće indikacije za carski rez: naše 10-godišnje iskustvo
16:30-17:00 COFFEE BREAK
17:00-19:15 REGIONAL WORKSHOP Cesarian section
Vesna Ećim Zlojutro, Bosnia & Herzegovina: Carski rez - Naše iskustvo u KBC Banja Luka Andreja Trojner Bregar, Slovenia: Vaginal birth after Cesarean section Nataša Tul, Slovenia Obesity and Cesarean section Željko Miković, Serbia Carski rez i prevremeni porođaj Milica Ranković Janevski, Serbia: Preterminsko novorođenče i carski rez; Uticaj na neonatalni ishod Suada Heljić, Bosnia & Herzegovina: The outcome of infants ˂ 32 weeks: Caesarean section vs. Vaginal delivery Fahrija Skokić, Bosnia & Herzegovina: Perinatal outcome of preterm infants after Cesarean sections in the Tuzla Discussion
Hall B - Amphitheatre
11:15-12:15 PARALLEL SESSION Pediatrics
Flick Randall, USA: Developmental implications of Early General Anesthetic Exposure Bite Uldis, USA: Separation of Omphalopagus Conjoined Twins Matern Ditrich, USA: Neonatal screening Anita Pavicic Bosnjak, Croatia: The present and the future of Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative in the NICUs Discussion
12:15-13:30 PARALLEL SESSION Placenta Problems and Abnormal Placentation
Giuseppe Cali, Italy: Scar pregnancy: evaluation in the first trimester Cansun Demir, Turkey: Management of Placenta Invasion anomalies (Placenta accreata) Nikolas Papantoniou, Greece In postpartum hemorrhage is total obstetrical hysterectomy a one-way therapy? Discussion
13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK
14:30-16:30 WORKSHOP PERINATAL MEDICINE IN ARABIC COUNTRIES
Chairs: Ahmed Badreldeen, Qatar and Abdallah Adra, Lebanon
Abdallah Adra, Lebanon: Invasive Placenta: The Nightmare of Obstetricians
Ahmed Badreldeen, Qatar: Fetal echo: new developments and how it impacts detection rate of congenital heart defects
Farah Sulaiman Youssif, Bahrain: Review of congenital abnormalities in Bahrain GhaliaGaber, UAE: Fetal neurology between past and present Hesham Arab, Saudi Arabi: Prenatal Genetics of Hemoglobinopathies Mohammad Hashim Wahaaj, Afganistan: Perinatal chromosomal diagnosis in Afghanistan Discussion
16:30-17:00 COFFEE BREAK
17:00-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS
Hall C - Hall 1
11:15-12:15 PARALLEL SESSION Perinatal Outcomes
Chairs: Apostolos Papageorgiu, Canada and Ljiljana Kornhauser Cerar, Slovenia
Apostolos Papageorgiu, Canada: Premature infants at the limits of viability: how to respond Ljiljana Kornhauser Cerar, Slovenia: Outcome of ELBW infants - one country experience Ranjan Pejaver, India Cost effective interventions to improve neonatal outcome Discussion
12:15-13:30 PARALLEL SESSION Cesarean sections
Chairs: Apostolos Papageorgiou, Canada and Bernat Serra, Spain
Ilan Timor-Tritsch, USA: Diagnosis, treatment and outcome of cesarean scar pregnancy Aris Antsaklis, Greece: Is there any place for vaginal birth after cesarean? Apostolos Papageorgiou, Canada Cesarean section: short and long term implications Bernat Serra, Spain: Preconceptional and prenatal assessment of women with previous cesarean section Discussion
13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK
14:30-16:30 WORKSHOP PERINATAL HEALTH IN AFRICA Chairs: Aliyu Labaran Dayyabu, Nigeria and Abdulfetah Abdulkadir, Ethiopia Abdel Latif Ashmaig, Sudan Maternal Mortality in Sub-Saharan countries: Sudan as an example Aliyu Labaran Dayyabu, Nigeria: Eclampsia a preventable tragedy: An African overview Hauwa Abdullahi, Nigeria: Deep tongue laceration a rare complication of Intrapartum Eclampsia Attah Raphael Avidime, Nigeria: Ruptured uterus a catastrophe of the developing world: What can be done to reverse the trend Janet Adetinuke Akinmoladun, Nigeria: Prenatal Ultrasound Screening for Fetal Anomalies in Sub-Saharan Africa: An initial Experience Abdulfetah Abdulkhadir, Ethiopia Use of Doppler study in obstetrics at St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sami Mahmoud AbdelKhadir,Sudan Leaving the Placenta behind in cases of morbid adherence, a valid option in developing countries Zubaida Faruk, Nigeria: Factors influencing dangerous newborn care practices in a rural community in West Africa 16:30-17:00 COFFEE BREAK
17:00-18:30 WORKSHOP PERINATAL HEALTH IN AFRICA
Fatimah Usman, Nigeria: Neonatal Jaundice an Unrecognized Contributor to Neonatal Mortality and morbidity in low resource environment Alaa Ebrashy, Egypt: Fetal Heart examination in the 1st trimester. It is a reality now Abdal-LatifAshmaigKhalifa, Sudan: Non-invasive prenatal testing: updated overview Joyce Ikubor, Nigeria: Challenges of Fetal MRI in Sub-Saharan Africa Discussion 18:30-19:15 FREE COMMUNICATIONS
Hall D - Hall 2
11:15-13:30 PARALLEL SESSION PREECLAMPSIA
Chair: Ljiljana Mirkovic, Serbia
Ananth Karumanchi, USA: Biology of preeclampsia Stefan Verlohren, Germany: Angiogenic factors in preeclampsia Ravi Thadhani, USA: Novel therapies for preeclampsia Holger Stepan, Germany: Novel diagnostic tools for prediction and diagnosis of preeclampsia Ljiljana Mirkovic, Serbia: Prediction of adverse neonatal outcomes of preeclampsia Bernat Serra, Spain: Prediction of preeclampsia Discussion
13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK
14:30-16:30 WORKSHOP INDIAN SESSION: ISPAT
Chairs: Narendra Malhotra and Milind Shah, India
Narendra Malhotra, India: How the 11-14 weeks' evaluation reduces perinatal morbidity and mortality - PART 1: Aneuploidies and anomalies detection Jaideep Malhotra, India: ART Fetuses: Optimizing perinatal outcomes Manjeet Mehta, India: FISH & Chips in Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis Renu Makwana, India: Low dose aspirin: where do we stand today? A. Gupta, India: Multifetal pregnancies: what is new? Milind Shah, India: Optimizing anomalies detection in 18-22 weeks scan Poonam Goyal, India: How the 11-14 weeks' evaluation reduces perinatal morbidity and mortality - PART 2: Screening for Preeclampsia, growth restriction and Preterm Delivery
Kuldeep Singh, India: Screening for congenital heart defects Discussion
16:30-17:00 COFFEE BREAK
17:00-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS
Hall E - Hall 3
11:15-13:00 PARALLEL SESSION ART & Pregnancies
Chair: Eliana Garalejic, Serbia
Snezana Vidakovic, Serbia: Male offspring from ART - reproductive function Lela Surlan, Serbia: Impact of Assisted Reproductive Techniques on Gametes, Embryos and IVF Infants Tatjana Motrenko Simic, Montenegro: ART pregnancies – epigenetic changes related to perinatal outcome Ambra Iuculano, Italy: First trimester fetal growth in IVF and ovodonation Simona Vladareanu, Romania: Birth and perinatal outcomes of babies conceived following ART Sanja Kupesic Plavsic, USA: What you should know about preconception ultrasound? Jaideep Malhotra, India: ART pregnancies: Are they different? Mohammad Hashim Wahaj, Afganistan: Embryonic reduction, how we do? Giovanni Monni, Italy Selective feticide in high order pregnancies
Discussion 13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK
14:30-16:30 WORKSHOP SESSION OF THE FEDERATION OF PERINATAL MEDICINE OF LATIN- AMERICAN COUNTRIES
Chairs: Ana Bianchi, Samuel Karchmer
Diaz Rossello, Uruguay Care of the newborn during the third stage of labor Fernanda Blasina, Uruguay Future of neuroprotection: estrategias in the clinical use frontier Dalton Avila Guayaquil, Ecuador Humanized delivery and low-cost technologies to reduce the incidence of cesarean section Marianella Rodriguez, Uruguay Perinatal asphyxia and mechanisms of cellular damage related to brain mitochondrial morphology and function: putative neuroprotection strategies Joaquin Bustillos, Costa Rica Clinical controversies in the diagnosis of chronic fetal distress Estado actual de la mortalidad materna y perinatal en Latino America Samuel Karchmer, Mexico Current status of maternal and perinatal mortality in Latin America Discussion
16:30-17:00 COFFEE BREAK
17:00-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS
Hall F - Hall 4
11:15-12:15 PARALLEL SESSION Fetal and neonatal surgery
Chairs: Anne Greenough, UK and Taungsit Wataganara, Thailand
Cansun Demir, Turkey: Fetal therapy: from past to future Tuangsit Wataganara, Thailand: 3D US in conjoined twins: any additional advantages Anne Greenough, UK: Antenatal and postnatal management of infants with diaphragmatic hernia Discussion
12:15-13:30 PARALLEL SESSION Fetal cardiology
Paolo Volpe, Italy: First trimester diagnosis of fetal heart diseases Orhan Uzun, Turkey: Ultrasound diagnosis fetal arrhythmia: what is the most reliable method? Turgay Sener, Turkey: Basic fetal heart exam: from zero to seven- TBC Olus Api, Turkey: Effects of preeclampsia on the fetal cardiovascular system Discussion
13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK
14:30-16:30 WORKSHOP ACTUAL PROBLEMS IN PERINATAL MEDICINE IN RUSSIA
Chairs: Marina Degtyareva and Alexandar Makatsariya, Russia
Elena Baibarina, Russia: Challenges and approaches to decline perinatal and infant mortality in the Russian Federation Dmitry Ivanov, Russia: Perinatal infections in the Russian Federation Marina Degtyareva, Moscow: Postgraduate Education in Perinatal Medicine in the Russian Federation
Larisa Belotserkovtseva, Surgut: Regional Peculiarities of Perinatal Healthcare Management: Challenges and Solutions Grigory A. Penzhoyan, Krasnodar: Clinical Perinatal Center in the Structure of Multidiscipline Regional Hospital: Controversies and Strategies Nadezhda Bashmakova, Yekaterinburg: Achievements of Fetal Surgery In Ural Region of the Russian Federation Alexandar Makatsariya, Russia: Thrombotic Microangiopathy In Perinatology Discussion
16:30-17:00 COFFEE BREAK
17:00-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS
Hall G - Hall 5
11:15-12:15 PARALLEL SESSION High risk pregnancies
Chairs: Ivica Zalud, USA and Tuangsit Wataganara, Thailand
Ivica Zalud, USA: IUGR: When to deliver the baby-pendulum swings Tuangsit Wataganara, Thailand: Selective IUGR in monochorionic twins: To kill or to separate Rodrigo Ayala, Mexico: Hypothyroidism in the first trimester, risk factors and impact on perinatal outcome Sayed Amir Gilani, Pakistan Umbilical cord morphology in pregnancy compicated by IUGR Discussion
12:15-13:30 PARALLEL SESSION High risk pregnancies - The impact on the fetus
Chairs: Aida Salihagic Kadic, Croatia and Yaron Zalel, Israel
Aida Salihagic Kadic, Croatia: The fetus and the stress Hisham Arab, Saudi Arabia: Perinatal outcome of maternal stress Radu Vladeranu, Romania: Perinatal approach of fetal neuroblastoma Yaron Zalel, Israel: The fetal thymus: the use of thy-box in early pregnancy (13-16 weeks) Discussion
13:30-14:30 LUNCH BREAK
14:30-16:30 SYMPOSIUM IAPM Chair: Erich Saling, Germany
Asim Kurjak, Croatia: Fetal ultrasound as a window into maternal health Eberhard Merz, Germany: Is 3D ultrasound the best method for detection and assessment of fetal anomalies? Ola Saugstad, Norway: Neonatologist made significant progress in the past. What does the future bring? Discussion
16:30-17:00 COFFEE BREAK
17:00-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS
October 28th 2017 Hall A - Blue hall
08:30-11:00 PLENARY SESSION 1 The Lectures from the Past WAPM Presidents
Asim Kurjak, Croatia: Fetal organ function: new challenge for advanced ultrasound Aris Antsaklis, Greece Improving the maternal mortality rate: an optimistic perspective Frank Chervenak, USA: Planned home birth: A challenge to the perinatal profession Discussion
11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30-13:00 FETUS AS A PATIENT Moderator: Frank Chervenak, USA
Sanja Kupesic Plavsic, USA: Diabetes and pregnancy Joseph Schenker, Israel: What is age limitation for pregnancy Ana Bianchi, Uruguay: Doppler in high risk pregnancies Vincenzo D’Addario, Italy: Cystic anomalies of the posterior fossa Radu Vladareanu, Romania: Agenesis of Corpus Callosum: diagnostic approach and prognosis reevaluation
13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00-16:15 FETUS AS A PATIENT Amos Grunebaum, USA: Safe inductions of labor Nikolas Papantoniou, Greece: Fetal growth restriction – when is the right time to deliver Aleksandar Ljubic, Serbia: Implantation related problems - what can we do? Orion Gliozheni, Albania: Uterine anomalies – how does their diagnosis influence obstetric future
Selma Porovic, B&H: Oral health and pregnancy Hung Winn, USA: Pregnancy as a window of womenʹs future health Apostolos Athanasiadis, Greece: Determination of the gestational age. Monitoring fetal growth
16:15-16:45 COFFEE BREAK
16:45-19:00 FETUS AS A PATIENT
Marina Degtyareva, Russia: Influence of maternal treatment on the status of fetus and neonate Ali Sungkar, Indonesia: Preterm management in low resource setting Damir Roje, Croatia: What should not be ignored when considering heparin and high risk pregnancy relation? Corazon Yabes Almirante, Philippines: Fetal Ovarian Cyst and other Gynecological Problems of the Fetus and Newborn Discussion
Hall B - Amphitheatre
11:30-13:00 PARALLEL SESSION Newcomers Chairs: Asim Kurjak, Croatia and Eberhard Merz, Germany
Lara Spaldi, Croatia Advanced ultrasound in the detection and assessmemt of fetal syndorms Selma Porovic, B&H: Early development (normal and abnormal) of fetal face Sertac Esin, Turkey: Gestational diabetes Sonila Pashaj, Albania: Sonographic detection of fetal syndorms with limb defects Discussion
13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00-16:15 REGIONAL SESSION - Vital statistics
Darko Plecas, Serbia Prekidi odmakle trudnoće u Republici Srbiji - učestalost i indikacije Gordana Adamova, Macedonia Perinatalna smrtnost u R Makedoniji - nacionalna metodologija za stručnu reviziju Lidija Banjac, Montenegro: Struktura neonatalnog morbiditeta u Crnoj Gori Jelica Predojevic Samardzic, Republic of Srpska: Klinicke i epidemioloske karakteristike kongenitalnih anomalija u Republici Srpskoj Discussion
16:15-16:45 COFFEE BREAK
16:45-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS
Hall C - Hall 1
11:30-13:00 PARALLEL SESSION The crux of prematurity prevention
Chair: Erich Saling, Germany
Erich Saling, Germany: Regrettable contraidications in prevention of premature birth U. B. Hoyme Results achieved up to now J. McGregor Controversial approaches to preterm birth Discussion
13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00-17:00 WORKSHOP SOUTHEAST EUROPE
Chairs: Ratko Matijevic, Croatia and Olivera Kontic Vucinic, Serbia
Premru T, Lučovnik M, Slovenia Overview of perinatal data regarding refugees and immigrants in SEE region Antsaklis A, Greece Refugee crisis in Greece that focuses on the gynecological and obstetrical problems of refugees and immigrants Beksac S, Turkey The Refugees and the problems of the antenatal care program in Turkey Crnogorac S, Montenegro Refugee crisis and perinatal management in Montenegro Rubena Moisiu, Albania Trends of Preterm Births in a Tertiary Centre in Albania. Muresan D, Romania Ultrasound criteria in early versus late IUGR Romanian experience Beksac S, Turkey Inflammatory problems of Placenta and Obstetric complications Stamatian F, Romania Screening of the genetic and environmental risk factors - a combined approach with predictive value for preterm birth Kontic O, Serbia Caesarean section rate around 35% Matijevic R, Croatia
Caesarean section rate around 20% Athanastiadis A, Greece The reasons for regional differences in CS rates Discussion
17:00-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS
Hall D - Hall 2 11:30-13:00 PARALLEL SESSION Diagnosis and Treatment of Congenital Malformations
Vincenzo DʹAddario, Italy: Basic prenatal ultrasound screening of CNS anomalies Ahmed Badreldeen, Qatar: Antenatal screening of congenital heart defects: what is new? Alaa Ebrashy, Egypt: Fetal skeletal dysplasia - prenatal diagnosis and outcome Alexandra Matias, Portugal: Prenatal diagnosis of facial clefts: far beyond cleft lip and palate Sami Mahmoud Abdelkahir, Sudan: Diapraghmatic hernia-experience from developing country Discussion
13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00-16:15 WORKSHOP FORENSICS IN PERINATOLOGY: INSIGHTS AND CHALLENGES Chairs: Dubravko Habek, Croatia, Christian Dadak, Austria
Christian Dadak, Austria: Problems of shoulder dystocia Dubravko Habek, Croatia: Obstetrics hemorrhage - forensic view Frank Chervenak, USA: Professional responsibility of obstetricians-gynecologists in managing clinically significant medical errors Dan Farine, Canada: Ten easy ways to be sued and lose the case Amos Grunebaum, USA: Prevention of thrombophlebitis and pulmonary embolism in obstetrics: What is today's standard of care? Christoph Brezinka, Austria: Liability resulting from prenatal diagnosis Discussion
16:15-16:45 COFFEE BREAK
16:45-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS
Hall E - Hall 3
11:30-13:00 PARALLEL SESSION Multifetal pregnancies
Alexandra Matias, Portugal: Twins and chorionicity: the issue of growth Prashant Acharya, India: Preterm birth predication in singleton and multi fetal pregnancy Apostolos Athanasiadis, Greece Prevention of preterm birth in twins Murat Yayla, Turkey: Multifetal reduction: when, how, to whom? Discussion
13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00-16:15 WORKSHOP CLINICAL APPLICATION OF KANET TEST- MULTICENTER STUDIES Chair: Asim Kurjak, Croatia
Aida Salihagic Kadic, Croatia: Neurophysiologic development of the fetus Panos Antsaklis, Greece: KANET test in diabetic pregnancy Radu Vladeranu, Romania: KANET test in preterm labor Sonal Panchal, India: Prospective study on the value of KANET in high risk pregnancies Milan Stanojevic, Croatia: What have neonatologists learned from antenatal neurological assessment Mirta Starcevic, Croatia: New methods of neurological assessment of neonates Discussion
16:15-16:45 COFFEE BREAK 16:45-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS
Hall F - Japanese room
11:30-13:00 PARALLEL SESSION Course on twin pregnancies Moderators Birgit Arabin, Germany and Stefano Faviola, Italy
Birgit Arabin, Germany: Pregnancy as a window for future health Stefano Faviola, Italy: Discussion
13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00-16:15 PARALLEL SESSION Genetics and perinatal medicine Chairs: Dusica Babovic, USA and Goran Cuturilo, Serbia
Dusica Babovic, USA Mosaicism and clinical practice Myra Wick, USA Updates in Preconception and Prenatal Screening and Testing Maja Djordjevic, Serbia: Inborn errors of metabolism: challenges in prenatal diagnosis Goran Cuturilo, Serbia: X-linked disorders in prenatal testing and counseling Aleksandra Miletic, Serbia: MLPA - fast and cost-effective genetic screening for newborns with congenital heart disease in NICU Discussion
16:15-16:45 COFFEE BREAK
16:45-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS
Hall G - Hall 4
11:30-13:00 PARALLEL SESSION STATINS in treatment of high risk pregnancy
Guillermina Girardi, UK: Preeclampsia is not a transient disease Elmina Lefkou, Greece: Pravastatin in treatment of high risk pregnancy with antiphispholipide syndrome Aleksandar Jurisic, Serbia: New approach in treatment of selective IUGR in dichorionic twins with Pravastatin Zeljko Mikovic, Serbia: Pravastatin in treatment of patients with preeclampsia Discussion
13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00-16:15 WORKSHOP PERINATAL SONOGRAPHY Chairs: Ritsuko Pooh, Japan and Sanja Kupesic Plavsic, USA
Ana Bianchi, Uruguay: Evaluation of fetal heart function in high risk pregnancies Gwang Jun Kim, South Korea: Why we do fetal echocardiography in the 1st Trimester? Ivica Zalud, USA: Bloody business in OB: How ultrasound can help? Ritsuko Pooh, Japan: How to handle efficiently up-to-date ultrasound technology in prenatal diagnosis Sanja Kupesic Plavsic, USA Preimplantation ultrasound Discussion
16:15-16:45 COFFEE BREAK 16:45-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS
Hall H - Hall 5
11:30-13:30 PARALLEL SESSION Maternal and neonatal health
Chairs: Zoltan Papp, Hungary and Ali Sungkar, Indonesia
Zoltan Papp, Hungary: Controlling the profuse haemorrhage by ligation of hypogastric arteries Ali Sungkar, Indonesia: Management in post partum hemorrage Aliyu Labaran, Nigeria: Eclampsia a preventable tragedy: An African overview Hiroshi Sameshima, Japan: Recent maternal deaths in Japan Bozena Kociszewska Najman, Poland: Health of neonates, infants and children born to kidney or liver graft recipients on chronic immunosuppressive therapy Discussion
13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00-17:30 PARALLEL SESSION Session of Young Scientists
Kelly Yamasato, USA Fetoplacental Growth and Maternal Obesity Nicola Volpe, Italy Congenital diaphragmatic hernia in prenatal life: assessment and management Ioannis Kyvernitakis, Germany Long-term outcome and subsequent fracture risk after pregnancy-associated osteoporosis: Data from the first systematic study Josip Juras, Croatia Gestational diabetes mellitus - understanding natural course of the disease Sonila Pashaj, Albania Hypo- and Hyperplasia of corpus callosum Panos Antsaklis, Greece Clinical application of KANET test Themistoklis I. Dagklis, Greece Heart stroke volume and cardiac output by four-dimensional ultrasound in normal fetuses Olga Grebennikova, Russia Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) monitoring in NICU as a diagnostic tool in perinatal pathology
Fatima Usman, Nigeria Brainstem evoked auditory response and Bilurubin induced neurologic dysfunction score in detecting acute bilurubin encephalopathy in term Neonates in a tertiary hospital in Kano Nigeria Costin Berceanu, Romania Ultrasound and management of specific complications in monochorionic twins. Discussion
17:30-19:00 FREE COMMUNICATIONS
October 29th 2017 Hall A - Blue hall
08.30 - 10.15 PLENARY SESSION 2
Chairs: Milan Stanojevic, Croatia and Cihat Sen, Turkey
Ritsuko Pooh, Japan: Significant advancement made with early detection of fetal abnormalities Cihat Sen, Turkey: Fetal heart defects: Why do we miss it? Milan Stanojevic, Croatia: Present and future of neonatology Discussion
10:15-10:45 COFFEE BREAK
10:45-12:30 PARALLEL SESSION Fetal neurology: Evolving topic
Chairs: Ritsuko Pooh, Japan and Panos Antsaklis, Greece
Ritsuko Pooh, Japan: Structural studies on fetal brain with silhouette ultrasound Milan Stanojevic, Croatia: Continuity Asim Kurjak, Croatia: Face as a predictor of brain Turgay Sener, Turkey: How to evaluate corpus callosum Vedran Stefanovic, Finland: Current status of fetal neuroprotection Snezana Rakic, Serbia Dynamic changes of fetal cerebral circulation during fetal behavior Discussion
12:30-13:00 LUNCH BREAK
13.00-14.45 THE BEST YOUNG AUTHOR - AWARD PROF. DR VOJIN SULOVIC
14:45-15:30 CLOSING CEREMONY
Hall B – Amphitheatre
10:45-11:45 PARALLEL SESSION Fetal development problems and Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Olus Api, Turkey: Long-term effects of progesterone on the developing fetus Ivica Zalud, USA: Pendulum swings - when to deliver IUGR baby Apostolos Papageorgiou, Canada IUGR: short and long term implications Discussion
11:45-12:30 PARALLEL SESSION INFECTIVE DISEASES
Oliver Kagan, Germany: CMV in pregnancy - diagnosis and treatment Tatjana Nikolic, Serbia Neonatal microbiome: healthy start- healthy life Discussion
12:30-13:00 LUNCH BREAK
13:00-14:45 PARALLEL SESSION METABOLIC DISORDERS AND GESTATIONAL DIABETES
Rodrigo Ayala, Mexico: Gestational diabetes, acknowledging risk factors and establishing new strategies Ratko Matijevic, Croatia: Impact of the implementation of new WHO diagnostic criteria gor gestational diabetes mellitus on prevalence and perinatal outcome: a population based study Snezana Crnogorac, Montenegro: Obesity and pregnancy Rodrigo Ayala, Mexico: Nutritional issues in the Latin American pregnant women Katja Erjavec, Croatia: Prevalence, risk factors and pregnancy outcome of women with gestational diabetes mellitus in Croatia - national study Discussion Hall C - Hall 1
10:45-12:15 PARALLEL SESSION Fetal anomalies
Syed Amir Gilani, Pakistan Neonatal sonographic screening for congenital abnormalities Cristoph Berg, Germany: Thoracic anomalies Selami Sylejmani, The role of US in diagnostics of the most common anomalies in first and second trimester Cansun Demir, Turkey: Sonography of fetal obstructive uropathies Discussion
12:15-13:00 LUNCH BREAK
13:00-14.45 PARALLEL SESSION Cancer and pregnancy
Chair: Tanja Pejovic, USA
Vesna Kesić, Serbia Management of precancer and invasive cervical cancer during pregnancy Tanja Pejovic, USA: Adnexal mass in pregnancy Anne Brantberg, Sweden: Fetal tumors: Diagnosis and Treatment Tanja Pejovic, USA: Cancer treatment in pregnancy: risks and benefits Tatjana Bozanovic, Serbia: Ethical challenges of treating cancer in pregnancy Discussion
Hall D - Hall 2
10:45-11:45 PARALLEL SESSION Fetal screening
Orhan Uzun, Turkey: How should fetal SVT be managed, with monotherapy or combination? Vedran Stefanovic, Finland: Amniocentesis in the evaluation of intraamniotic infection / inflammation may improve the neonatal outcome Elsa Viora, Italy: First and second trimester screening of aneuploidies Discussion
11:45-12:45 PARALLEL SESSION Labor
Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, UK When to intervene with non reassuring FHR patterns Mario Campogrande, Italy: Avoiding neonatal injuries in operative vaginal birth: an update Branka Markovic Yli, Norway: Developing of labor asphyxia and its consequences Discussion
12:45-13:15 LUNCH BREAK
13:15-14.45 PARALLEL SESSION PRETERM BIRTH BY THE HELLENIC SOCIETY OF PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS AND FETAL THERAPY Chair: Aris Antsaklis, Greece
Panos Antsaklis, Greece: Screening for Preterm Delivery George Daskalakis, Greece: Progesterone for the prevention of Preterm birth Aris Antsaklis, Greece: Management of the Short cervix Marianna Theodora, Greece: Prevention of preterm birth in Twins Michel Sindos, Greece: An update on tocolytics Discussion
Hall E - Hall 3
10:45 - 12:15 Regional workshop Critically ill patients Chair: Ivan Velickovic, USA
Tatjana Ilić-Mostić, Serbia. Peripartum hemorrhage - anesthetics treatment Ivan Veličković, USA Continuous spinal anesthesia for critically ill parturient Marija Kutlešić , Thrombotic microangiopathies in severe preeclampsia/eclampsia Borislava Pujić, Peripartum cardiomyopathy Mirjana Kendrišić The Role of the Anesthesiologist in Management of the Parturient With Respiratory Disease Discussion
12:15-13:00 LUNCH BREAK
13:00-14:00 PARALLEL SESSION Prenatal diagnosis
Chair: Giovanni Monni, Italy
Yaron Zalel, Israel Increased nuchal translucency: the added value of early anomaly scan Giovanni Monni, Italy: Invasive prenatal procedures in the 3rd Millenium: still useful Murat Yayla, Turkey: Karyotype abnormalities: correlation with preexisting sonographic markers Discussion
14:00-14:45 PARALLEL SESSION Perinatal audit
Branka Markovic Yli, Norway: Experience with perinatal audit in Norway Anton Mikhailov, Russia: Perinatal audit of intranatal death and neonatal near-miss Discussion
Hall F - Hall 4
10:45 - 11:45 PARALLEL SESSION Fetal and Neonatal tumors
Chair Leslie Lehmann, USA
Christian Dadak, Austria Cancer and pregnancy Uchenna Acholonu, USA Diagnosis and Management of the Adnexal Mass in Pregnancy Discussion
12:00-12:45 LUNCH BREAK
12:45-14:45 MIDWIFERY
Chair: Arina Chak, Russia
Arina Chak, Russia Midwifery in Russia Aase Serine Devold Pay, Norway Midwifery in Scandinavian Countries Discussion