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Dear Netters, Please note an announcement for an upcoming Neonatal Conference hosted by NNF Pune Branch & Armed Forces Medical College and scheduled in December 13 to 16 at Pune, India. Many renowned neonatologists from India, USA, Australia and Europe are presenting their work at this very high powered conference. For more information about the conference and registration please visit the conference website: www.neocon2007.org Additional information can be obtained from Dr. Umesh Vaidya (91-98220-31151) or kemnicu@yahoo.com . In addition, a neonatal nursing conference is also simultaneously arranged at the same venue. Details of nursing conference are yet to be finalized. We hope to see you all there! Sincerely, Nitin Nitin Chouthai, MBBS, DCH, MRCP (UK), FAAP Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Division of Neonatology Children's Hospital of Michigan Wayne State University Tel: 732 710 1624 Pager: 0049 Neocon 2007 Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India Dates: 13-16 December, 2007 Website: www.neocon2007.org Hosts: NNF Pune Branch & Armed Forces Medical College Venue: AFMC Campus. Theme: “Towards Intact Survival” Dr. Umesh Vaidya (91-98220-31151) or kemnicu@yahoo.com Conference Program as follows: 13th December, 2007 WORKSHOPS WORKSHOPS Basic ventilation Advanced ventilation Emergency stabilization and procedures Neurodevelopmental follow up TPN, fluid electrolyte balance Evidence Based Medicine SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME : CME CME I: For the Practicing Pediatricians 14th December 2007 - 08.00 - 17.30 hours 08.00 - 11.00 Symposium 1: The Preterm Infant Chairs: Shashi Vani - Ahmedabad, Saroja Balan - Delhi 08.00 - 08.45 Jaundice: promoting the best practices - Arvind Saili, Delhi 08.45 - 09.30 Emerging Antibiotic resistance in sepsis: What is the solution? - David Issacs, Australia 09.30 - 10.15 Patent Ductus Arteriosus - David Osborn, Australia 10.15 - 11.00 Hematological issues in NICU - Lt. Col. R Holla, Delhi BRUNCH 11.30 - 13.45 Symposium 2: Nutrition / Gastro-Intestinal Chairs: Armida Fernadez - Mumbai, B Bhattacharya - Kolkatta 11.30 - 12.15 Search for optimal nutritional supplement for LBW - Karen Simmer, Australia 12.15 - 13.00 Post - Discharge Nutrition - Siddharth Ramji, Delhi 13.00 - 13.45 Use of probiotics in new born with special reference to NEC - Anil Narang, Chandigarh HIGH TEA 14.30 - 17.00 Mini Symposium 1: NICU Practices Chairs: Prem Sheth - Mumbai, Rahul Verma - Mumbai 14.30 - 15.15 Malpractice issues - Neelam Kler, Delhi 15.15 - 16.00 Medication errors / Latrogenic problems - Surg Cdr Girish Gupta, Mumbai 16.00 - 17.00 Panel Discussion: Innovations and ideas for a low cost NICU Moderator: Ashok Deorari - Delhi Panelist: Arti Maria - Delhi, Sunil Monga - Delhi, Vidya Gupta - Delhi, Uma Nayak - Baroda 18.30 hours Inauguration Ceremony 20.30 hours Reception Committee Dinner CME II: For the Neonatal Intensivist 14th December 2007- 08.00 - 17.30 hours 08.00 - 11.00 Symposium 3: Mechanical Ventilation Chairs: Vinod Bhutani - USA, Praveen Kumar - Chandigarh 08.00 - 08.45 Non - invasive ventilation - Vivek Narendran, USA 08.45 - 09.30 Volume Ventilation - Sunil Sinha, U.K. 09.30 - 10.15 Newer ventilation strategies: Do they really make a difference - Eudardo Bancalari, USA 10.15 - 11.00 Current status of high frequency ventilation - Donald Null, USA BRUNCH 11.30 - 13.45 Symposium 4: Endocrine/Metabolic Chairs: Sudha Chaudhari, Pune RS Sethi- Jhansi 11.30 - 12.15 Inborn errors of metabolism - Breaking the code - Madhulika Kabra, Delhi 12.15 - 13.00 Persistent hypoglycemia: Sweet solution to bitter problem - Sherin Devaskar, USA 13.00 - 13.45 Clues to Endocrinal diagnosis in neonatal period - Vaman Khadilkar, Pune HIGH TEA 14.30 - 17.00 Mini Symposium 2: Surfactant Chairs: Uday Devaskar-USA, Umesh Vaidya- Pune 14.30 - 15.15 Lessons learnt from exogenous surfactant - Alan Jobe, USA 15.15 - 16.00 Surfactant deficiency in the term newborn - Jeffrey Whitsett, USA 16.00 - 16.30 Surfactant: Indian scenario - Praveen Kumar, Chandigarh 16.00 - 17.00 Panel Discussion: Debatable issues in intensive care Moderator: Arvind Shenoi - Bangalore Panelist: Satish Saluja - Delhi, Srinivas Murki - Hyderabad, Suman Rao - Bangalore, Ramesh Agarwal- Delhi 18.30 hours Inauguration Ceremony 20.30 hours Reception Committee Dinner CME III: The way ahead... 14th December 2007- 08.00 - 17.30 hours 08.00 - 11.00 Symposium 5: Organ Injury Chairs: Deepak Guha - Delhi, S Shanmugasundram - Chennai 08.00 - 08.45 Perinatal kidney - Jean P. Guignard, Switzerland 08.45 - 09.30 Lung injury - Phyllis Dennery, USA 09.30 - 10.15 Skin injury and repair - Stephen Hoath, USA 10.15 - 11.00 Intracranial hemorrhage - Shankar Narayan, Delhi BRUNCH 11.30 - 13.45 Symposium 6: Respiratory Chairs: MMA Faridi - Delhi, G. Prabhakaran - Chennai 11.30 - 12.15 PPHN - Ganesh Konduri, USA 12.15 - 13.00 Chronic lung disease: What is new - Sunil Sinha, U.K. 13.00 - 13.45 Meconium Aspiration Syndrome: Insights - Uma Raju, Pune HIGH TEA 14.30 - 17.00 Mini Symposium 3: Circulation Chairs: Jagadish Chandra - Hyderabad, Arvind Shingwekar - Gwalior 14.30 - 15.15 Choice of inotropic agents - David Osborn, Australia 15.15 - 16.00 Interventional cardiology: What is available? - Krishna Kumar, Kochi 16.00 - 17.00 Panel Discussion: Emerging issues in ELBW care Moderator: Vinod Paul - Delhi Panelist: Siddharth Ramji - Delhi, Sushma Kaul - Delhi, Naveen Jain - Trivendrum, Karen Simmer - Australia 18.30 hours Inauguration Ceremony 20.30 hours Reception Committee Dinner MAIN CONVENTION DAY: DAY 2 16th December 2007- 07.30 - 17.00 hours 07.30 - 09.00 Breakfast Sessions (Meet the Experts) Breakfast Session 4: Applying for research project How? Where? Sherin Devaskar - USA, Shinjin Bhatnagar - Delhi Breakfast Session 5: Research presentations (Making a Power point Presentation / Poster) Ranjan Pejawar - Bangalore, Girish Gupta - Mumbai Breakfast Session 6: Grand Rounds Meet the Professors Alan Jobe - USA, Geeta Gathwala - Rohtak, Richard Martin - USA 09.00 - 10.30 Guest Lectures Chairs: Anand Pandit - Pune, Santosh Bhargava - Delhi 09.00 - 09.30 Intrauterine growth charts - Swarnarekha Bhat, Bangalore 09.30 - 10.00 Pune LBW study - Sudha Chaudhari, Pune 10.00 - 10.30 Fetal origins of Adult disease - Chittranjan Yajnik, Pune 09.00 - 10.30 Guest Lectures Chairs: Vinod Bhutani - USA, S. Jayam - Chennai 09.00 - 09.30 Fluid electrolyte management - Jeane P. Guingard, Swtizerland 09.30 - 10.00 Apnea of Prematurity - Richard Martin, USA 10.00 - 10.30 HIE: Are newer approaches any better? - Seetha Shankaran, USA 10.30 - 11.30 Poster Plenary Chairs: NB Mathur - Delhi, Krishna Diwakar - Kochi 11.30 - 12.30 Social Neonatology Award Papers Chairs: Arvind Saili - Delhi, Harish Chellam - Delhi 12.30 - 13.30 Concurrent Free Papers IV Chairs: T S Raguraman - Bangalore, P P Maiya - Bangalore 12.30 - 13.30 Concurrent Free Papers V Chairs: Brig P K Sarkar - Bangalore, Shikhar Jain - Indore 12.30 - 13.30 Concurrent Free Papers VI Chairs: Omkar Bhakoo - Chandigarh, Karthik Nagesh - Bangalore LUNCH 14.15 - 15.45 Concurrent Symposia 4 - Bacterial Infections Chairs: Uday Bodhankar - Nagpur, Ashok Kumar - Varanasi 14.15 - 14.45 Early diagnosis of sepsis - Saurabh Datta, Chandigarh 14.45 - 15.15 Fungal sepsis - Harish Chellani, Delhi 15.15 - 15.45 Sepsis beyond antibiotics - Sushma Nangia, Delhi 14.15 - 15.45 Concurrent Symposia 5 - Atypical Infections Chairs: BD Bhatia - Varanasi, Raj Kumar Kayal - Guwahati 14.15 - 14.45 Diagnosis of TORCH infections - Dinesh Chirla, Hyderabad 14.45 - 15.15 CMV infection - Umesh Vaidya, Pune 15.15 - 15.45 Perinatal HIV - Raman Gangakhedkar, Pune 16.00 - 17.00 NNF Quiz 17.00 - 17.15 Valedictory Function

Hi Dr. Sanghavi, I have used all three types of high frequency ventilators. Babylog, SLE 5000 and sensormedics. If you are mainly interested in full term nuborns with PPHN the best bet is Sensor medics. If you were interested in preterm newborns with severe respiratory failure then Babylog is better because there is an option to secure volume ventilation also with babylog 8000 to best of my knowledge. Sensormedics is availale in India and is being used by KEM and DM in Pune, successfully. Sincerely, Nitin Chouthai, MD, MRCP(UK), FAAP Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Division of Neonatology Children's Hospital of Michigan, USA