Dear Friends,
               
             With pleasure we announce that the third meeting “Hot Topics
             in Perinatal Medicine” is designed to take place in Czerniejewo, Poland
             on April 2-3rd 2004. The meeting carries on the idea which made
             the Zakopane 2000 and the Tuczno 2002 meetings successful and memorable.
             Our invitation is open to colleagues interested and working in the area of
             perinatal medicine. The invited speakers represent world’s best recognised
             centers.
             The goal of this event is presentation and hot interpretation of up-to-date
             topics and new developments in obstetrics and neonatology. The first working
             day of the meeting will last from 9 a.m. till 7 p.m. and will be filled
             with 30-minute lectures followed by discussions. The second day includes,
             among others, free communications.
             This time we invite you to the palace of Czerniejewo in the very heart
             of Poland. Its history taking back to the 17th century will build the memorable
             atmosphere. We are proposing the early spring charms of the lowland countryside
             where forests and lakes grant the repose with a scent of history. Hopefully,
             the scientific satisfaction will not lag behind.
             On behalf of the Polish Society of Perinatal Medicine Wielkopolska Branch,
             European Association of Perinatal Medicine, and Poznań University
             of Medical Sciences, it is a pleasure to welcome you in Czerniejewo.
                                                                        
                                                                       WELCOME!





GOLDEN SPONSORS

DRÄGER MEDICAL
JANSSEN - CILAG
SPONSORS
ABBOTT
AVENTIS PHARMA
B BRAUN AESCULAP - CHIFA
DUTCHMED
GLAXO SMITH KLINE
MERCK
NOVO NORDISK
NUTRICIA POLSKA
PKO BP S.A.
TORREX PHARMA GmbH
COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZERS

Organizers

Polish Society of Perinatal Medicine
Wielkopolska Branch
European Association of Perinatal Medicine
Poznań University of Medical Sciences
Program Coordinators
Grzegorz H. Bręborowicz
Janusz Gadzinowski
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
President
Marta Szymankiewicz
Secretary
Wiesaw Markwitz MEMBERS

Andrzej Anholcer
Ewa Burchardt - Kroll
Anna Dera
Mariusz Dubiel
Anissa Hamid
Joanna Kempiak
Rafał Kocyłowski
Przemysław Korszun
Joanna Kowalska
Mateusz Madejczyk
Alina Magnuszewska

Wiesław Markwitz
Jan Mazela
Agnieszka Paradowska - Grygier
Michał Pieczara
Mariola Ropacka
Monika Sierzputowska
Katarzyna Staszak
Hanna Szczapa - Krenz
Michał Szuber
Piotr Szymański
Danuta Zdybel

INVITED SPEAKERS AND MODERATORS

Aris Antsaklis (Greece)
Luis Cabero (Spain)
Manuel Carrapato (Portugal)
Bogdan Chazan (Poland)
Charles Cochrane (USA)
Krzysztof Czajkowski (Poland)
Larry N. Cook (USA)
Mariusz Dubiel (Poland)
Janusz Gadzinowski (Poland)
Dominique Haumont (Belgium)
Ewa Helwich (Poland)
Maria Katarzyna Kornacka (Poland)
Jan Kotarski (Poland)
Oded Langer (USA)
Ricardo Laurini (Sweden)
Ryszard Lauterbach (Poland)
Marcella M. Mignosa (Italy)
Giovanni Monni (Italy)
Krzysztof Niemiec (Poland)
Elżbieta Ronin-Walknowska(Poland)
Gian Carlo Di Renzo (Italy)
Mariola Ropacka (Poland)
Ola Saugstad (Norway)
Christian Speer (Germany)
Dan Stewart (USA)
Jerzy Szczapa (Poland)
Marta Szymankiewicz (Poland)
Jan Wilczyński (Poland)

PROGRAM
HOT TOPICS - 2-3 April, 2004 Czerniejewo/Poznań


                                            Friday, April 2

                                    9.00                             Welcome
                
                                                  
Marta Szymankiewicz,
                                                                   Grzegorz H. Bręborowicz
                                                                   Janusz Gadzinowski

 

                                    9.00-10.30                  Session I
                
                                            

                                    Moderators:
                                                                    Ewa Helwich, Larry N. Cook

                                                                   Charles Cochrane - La Jolla (USA)
                                                                    Efficacy of a Pulmonary Surfactant Made With a Synthetic
                                                                                
Peptide That Mimics SP-B

                                                             
  Janusz Gadzinowski -
Poznań (Poland)
                                                                Synthetic Humanized Surfactant - a Promise for the Future

                                                                Dominique Haumont - Brussels (Belgium)
                                                                Intravenous Lipid Emulsions During Parenteral Nutrition
                                                                in Newborn Infants: Time for a Change

 

                                    10.30-11.00               Coffee Break  


                                    11.00-12.30                Session II

                                    
                                     Moderators:
                                                                   Luis Cabero, Maria K. Kornacka

                                                                   Aris Antsaklis - Athens (Greece)
                                                                                Genetic Amniocentesis in Twins
                                                                 

                                                               
Manuel Carrapato - Porto (Portugal )
                                                               Prenatal Infection and Cerebral Palsy: What's New?
                                                              

                                                                Larry Cook - Louisville (USA)
                                                                Update on Inhaled Nitric Oxide
                                                               
  

                                    12.30-13.00                  Coffee Break  

                                    11.00-12.30                  Session III

                                    Moderators:
                                                                   Marta Szymankiewicz, Ryszard Lauterbach

                                                               Ola Saugstad - Oslo (Norway)
                                                               Optimal Oxygenation of the Newborn

                                                               Christian Speer - Wurzburg (Germany)
                                                               The Possible Role of Pulmonary Inflammation in the                                                                            Pathogenesis of BPD

                                                                Dan Stewart - Louisville (USA)
                                                                Current Management of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

 

                                    14.30-15.30               Lunch buffet   

                                    15.30-17.00               Session IV

                                    Moderators:
                                                                   Gian Carlo Di Renzo, Jan Kotarski

                                                                   Oded Langer - New York (USA)
                                                                   The Diabetic Dilemma: Leading Change with Proven                                                                                           Solutions

                                                                   Giovanni Monni - Calgari (Italy)
                                                                   First Trimester Ultrasound Screening of Aneuploids

                                                                   Ricardo Laurini - Lund (Sweden)
                                                                   Placenta Volume: a New Approach to Placenta Examination

                                    17.00-17.30                Coffee Break  

                                    17.30-19.00               Session V

                                    Moderators:
                                                                   Oded Langer, Elżbieta Ronin - Walknowska

                                                                   Gian Carlo Di Renzo - Perugia (Italy)
                                                                   Antepartum and Intrapartum Prevention of Severe Perinatal
                                                                   Neurological Morbidity

                                                                   Jan Kotarski - Lublin (Poland)
                                                                   Pregnancy After Uterine Arteries Embolization

                                                                   Marcella M. Mignosa,
                                                                                Gian Carlo Di Renzo - Perugia (Itlay)

                                                                   Current Management of Recurrent Miscarriage

                                    20.00                          Violin Concert

                                    20.30                          Get Together

 


                                            Saturday, April 3

                                    9.00 - 16.00                Meeting of the Executive Board of the European                                                                              Association of Perinatal Medicine (venue: Department of                                                                                 Neonatology, Poznań)

 

                                    9.00-10.30                Session VI
                
                                            

                                    Moderators:
                                                                                Krzysztof Czajkowski, Krzysztof Niemiec

                                                                   Bogdan Chazan - Warszawa (Poland)
                                                                   Increasing Low Birth Weight Rate in Poland - New Unscrutable                                                                                                       Problem

                                                                               Mariola Ropacka - Poznań (Poland)
                                                                   Doppler Ultrasound in Multiple Pregnancy

                                                                               Mariusz Dubiel - Poznań (Poland)
                                                                    Redistribution of Fetal Circulation

                                    10.30-11.00                  Coffee Break

                                    11.00-12.30                  Session VII (Free communication)

                                    Moderators:
                                                                              Jan Wilczyński, Jerzy Szczapa

                                                                  Marek Pietryga, Jacek Br±zert, Ewa Wender-Ożegowska,
                                                                              Romuald Biczysko,Mariusz Dubiel,Saemundur Gudmundsson

                                                                   - Poznań, Lund (Poland - Sweden)
                                                                   Placental-Doppler Velocimetry in Pregnancies Complicated
                                                                   by Pregestation Diabetes Mellitus

                                                                  Agnieszka Mrozikiewicz, Krzysztof Drews -
                                                                  Poznań (Poland)

                                                                   Genetic Polymorphisms Influencing PIH Development

                                                                  Emilia Brzezińska, Krzysztof Drews - Poznań (Poland)
                                                                  
Middle Cerebral Artery Doppler Velocity in Assessment
                                                                   of Fetal Anemia in Rh Imsoimmunization


                                                                  Monika Borkowska-Kłos, Jerzy Szczapa - Poznań (Poland)
                                                                   The usefulness of Procalcitonin (PCT) test in evaluation
                                                                   of infections in neonates


                                                                  Adam Matonia, Dariusz Cholewa, Janusz Jeżewski,
                                                                  Tomasz Kupka, Krzysztof Horoba, Wojciech KaĽmierczak,
                                                                  Piotr Węgrzyn - Zabrze (Poland)
                                                                  
Recognition of fetal arrhythmia using abdominal electrocardiography -                                                                            case report

                                                                

                                    12.30                             Closing Remarks