ACADEMIC OLYMPICS

 

 

 

SEMI-FINALS

November 15, 2010        14.00-15.30  and  16.00-17.30

 

Group 1 (Western Europe & America)

 

Jury                    Suada Heljic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Emila Christova (Bulgaria), Emilja Juretic (Crotia), Gulsevin Tekinalp (Turkey)

 

Early neonatal creatinaemia and the subsequent risk to develop threshold retinopathy: reflection of transient dysfunction of microcirculation?

Anne Smits

University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium

Comparison of mortality and morbidity in singletons and twins born before 32 weeks of gestation

Evangelia Giougi
McGill University Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada

 

Gestational age-related morbidity and treatment procedures in newborns born between 32 0/7 to 36 6/7 gestational weeks in Estonia

Mari-Anne Vals
Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia

 

A score predicting late-onset sepsis in very low birthweight infants

Helmut Kuester

University Children´s Hospital, Greifswald, Germany

 

Immunohistochemical detection of HOX 3B genes in post-delivery placentas of various gestational ages

Ilze Kreicberga
Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia

 

Live versus recorded lullabies for infants of less than 32 weeks’ gestation

Rasa Garunkstiene
Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania


Respiratory distress syndrome of the preterm neonate - placenta and necropsy as witnesses

Gustavo Rocha
Hospital De São João
- Porto University, Porto, Portugal

 

Renin-angiotensin system as a target to treat fetal lung hypoplasia

Cristina Nogueira-Silva

University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

 

Impact of babies born to substance misusing mothers on a regional maternity hospital in the United Kingdom

Vikram Krishna Venkatesh
Birmingham Women's Hospital, United Kingdom

 

Health care worker survey on comfort, organization, and staff performance during

in-hospital resuscitation of critically ill neonates

Zeynep Inanc Salih
Indiana University Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, USA

 

 

Group 2 (Eastern Europe)

 

Jury                      Ia Davitaia (Georgia), Paolo Giliberti (Italy), Teresa Tomé (Portuguese),  José Lopez Sastre (Spain)

 

Ambroxol for antepartal stimulation of neonatal lung maturity

Nelly Jekova

University Maternity Hospital Maichin Dom,  Sofia, Bulgaria

 

Our first experiences using Retcam Shuttle in opthalmological examinations

Vadnay Akos
Debrecen University of Medicine and Health Care Sciences, Debrecen, Hungary

 

Recombinant erythropoietin for neuro-protection in small preterm infants: our experience

Aspazija Sofijanova
University Children’s Hospital, Skopje, Macedonia

 

Whole genome expression in very low birth weight infants with and without bronchopulmonary dysplasia – preliminary results

Jacek Jozef Pietrzyk
Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

 

Evaluation of CD11a, CD11b and CD11c expression on peripheral blood neutrophils and monocytes in septic neonates

Urszula Godula-Stuglik

Silesian Medical University, Zabrze, Poland

 

Nomogram for the ventricular index usıng head ultrasonography in preterm and term newborns

Ognean Maria Livia
 Clinical County Emergency Hospital, Sibiu, Romania

 

Lung ultrasonography in premature infants

Natasha Ristovski

Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinical Center, Belgrade, Serbia

 

Nosocomial infection very low birth weight infants  

Alica Bystricka

Faculty Hospital, Nové Zámky, Slovakia

 

Prevention of severe unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in exclusively breastfed healthy neonates

Zlata Felc
Nursing College, Celje, Slovenia

 

Influence of intra-abdominal pressure on changes of lung mechanics during abdominal disproportion correction in newborn infants

Oleksandr Nazarchuk

Children's Hospital, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine

Clinical and electroencephalographical diagnosing of neonatal seizures in preterm infants

Olga V. Grebennikova

Russian State Medical University, Moscow, Russia

 

 

Group 3 (Mediterranean Europe)

 

Jury                       Richard Plavka (Czeck Republic), Heili Varendi (Estonia), György Balla (Hungary),

Jerzy Szczapa (Poland)

 

Surfactant treatment as a risk of severe intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm babies treated with antenatal steroids

Suada Heljic
University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

Cardiovascular adaptation in neonates with intrauterine growth restriction

Ageliki Karatza
University of Patras, Patras, Greece

 

Effect of posture on work of breathing in preterm infants

Gabriel Dimitriou

University of Patras, Patras, Greece

 

Cognitive outcome in preterm twins conceived after in-vitro fertilization compared with a control group at three years of age

Maria Kyriakidou
General Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece


Predictive power of oxidative stress markers for the early identification of newborns at high risk for free radicals related diseases

Giuseppe Buonocore

University of Siena, Siena, Italy

 

Mannose-binding lectin codon 54 gene polymorphism in relation to risk of nosocomial invasive fungal infection in preterm neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit

Cumhur Aydemir

Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Importance of cytokines gene polymorphisms and thrombophilic states on short-term neurodevelopmental outcome in term hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathic neonates

Şebnem Çalkavur

Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

 

Evaluation of new adipocytokines (apelin, vaspin, visfatin and adiponectin) in large gestational age infants with insulin resistance

Ferhat Çekmez
Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Istanbul, Turkey

 

Influence of smoking on insulin-like growth factor I during perinatal period

Eduardo Doménech

                                               University Hospital, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

 

 

Group 4 (Middle East & Northern Africa)

 

Jury                       Kviluna Daiga (Latvia), Egle Markuniene (Lithuania), Frantisek Bauer (Slovakia), Elena Sulima (Ukraine)

 

Is it safe to use nasal cannula during weaning from nasal continuous positive airway pressure in preterm ınfants? a randomized controlled trial

Hesham Abdel-Hady

Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

 

Impact of total body massage and kangaroo care on prevention of osteopenia of prematurity in very low birth weight infants in the Northwest Iran

Mohammad Bagher Hosseini

Tabriz University Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran

 

Consaguinity and pregnancy outcome

Bahiyeh Qandalji
Ministry of Health, Amman, Jordan

 

Pediatricians' opinion and attitudes towards periviable infants in a developing country

Lama Charafeddine 
American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

A study of socioeconomic determinants associated with improved maternal, neonatal and perinatal survival in the state of Qatar

Sajjad Rahman

Women's Hospital, Doha, Qatar

Misoprostol versus dinoprostone for cervical ripening in patients with premature rupture of membranes at term

Fekih Myriam

Farhat Hached University Teaching Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia

 

Relationship of cord blood vascular endothelial growth factor with patent ductus arteriosus in premature infants

Tugba Erener
Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

 

Point of care measurement of hemoglobin and hematocrit in newborn infants using a blood gas analyser

Fares Chedid 

Tawam University Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

 

 

Group 5 (Asia)

 

Jury                       Katica Piperova (Macedonia), Silvia Stoicescu (Romania), Georgios Konstantinidis (Serbia), Janez Babnik (Slovenia)

 

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in newborn infants with perinatal hypoxic cerebral damage

Adila Haciyeva
Pediatric Research Institute, Baku, Azerbaijan

 

Acute brain injury of very low birthweight infants born to mothers with autoimmune disorders in pregnancy

Saadat Huseynova
Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan

 

Specific bacteriophages – potential tool for control of neonatal bacterial infections in maternity hospitals

Sopio Tsertsvadze
Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia


Role of Doppler flow velocimetry in superior mesenteric artery in preterm neonates and risk of necrotising enterocolitis

Hariram Maralakunte

Sagar Hospitals, Bangalore, India

 

A new universal screening approach to management of perinatal GBS infections

Katsuaki Kojima

Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

 

Effect of fluconazole prophylaxis to control candida infection in high-risk preterm infants

Chun Soo Kim
Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea

Incidence of osteopenia of prematurity in preterm infants who were exclusively fed breast milk

Sandya Bandara
Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka


 

FINAL                                  

November 17, 2010        08.30-10.30

 

Jury                       Georg Simbruner (Austria), Nelly Jekova (Bulgaria), Jean Bernard Gouyon (France),

Fani Antatolitou (Greece), Giuseppe Buonocore (Italy), Hercília Guimarães (Portugal), Manuel Sanchez Luna (Spain), Murat Yurdakök (Turkey)

 

Countries           The first 2 presentations in each group which will be defined by the juries of semi-finals

 

NOTES

1. Only presenters of the studies are given on the program.

2. Studies will be presented in alphabetical order of the countries. If there is more than one study, according to the family names of the presenters.