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Objectives The aim of this session is to foster discussion between doctors training to be neonatologists and expert neonatal faculty in common conditions seen in a neonatal intensive care unit. A series of lectures will be followed by time for the audience to freely discuss any issues. For further information and registration, please visit www.ipokrates.info

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. The aim of the program is to share best practice and knowledge of best respiratory care of the newborn infant, from birth to childhood. Lectures will include discussions on optimum respiratory support of the preterm infant, to the sick term infant with hypoxic respiratory failure and to care of the NICU graduate at home. Participants will be encouraged to ask questions and provide cases from their own place of practice for discussion. Topics will include: - Care of the very tiny baby at delivery - The use of nitric oxide - Ventilatory strategies including High frequency oscillatory ventilation, jet ventilation and respiratory support of the infant with severe BPD - Important supportive therapies including surfactant, nitric oxide, caffeine and nutritional management For further information and registration, please visit www.ipokrates.info

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. For further information and registration, please visit www.ipokrates.info