Neonatal Neuroprotection Day

10th June 2010
Moller Centre, Cambridge

Suitable for Neonatal and Paediatric consultants, trainees and Neonatal nurse practitioners.

Comprehensive review of the assessment, investigation and management of babies with neonatal encephalopathy, including cerebral function monitoring and cooling. The faculty include senior investigators at the forefront of perinatal brain research.

Provisional Programme

0900-0915 Registration

0915-1000 Brain injury in the term infant

1000-1030 Basic neurological examination

1030-1100 Neuromonitoring I – cerebral function monitoring

1100-1115 coffee

1115-1145 Neuromonitoring II – EEG/cerebral Doppler ultrasound/NIRS

1145-1230 Cooling – from bench to bedside

1230-1330 lunch

1330-1400 Early management of the encephalopathic infant outside of a cooling centre

1400-1430 Cooling – practical management

1430-1530 Neuroimaging

1530-1545 tea

1545-1630 Assigning prognosis and talking to parents

1630-1700 Future developments in neonatal neuroprotection

Cost: £175

Course organisers: Topun Austin, Paul Clarke, Shanthi Shanulinganum, Gaynor McGinness