
The Neonatal Society
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Brings together scientists and clinicians with an interest in the fetus and newborn with the objective of promoting neonatal science (registered charity 260349)
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http://www.neonatalsociety.ac.uk 10-03-2015 15:17:11
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Gathering this morning in London for the annual Autumn meeting… looking forward to seeing some excellent scientific presentations today 1 Wimpole St #neoEBM


First up - Albert Piersson York St John University presenting on neurodevelopmental research in a low-resource setting


Dr Piersson York St John University returns for a second talk this morning titled “All That Glitters” on Fetal biometry, prevalence of morbidities and birth outcomes in a rural gold mining community. #neoEBM The Neonatal Society


In preterm infants with stomas, energy intake was positively associated with weight gain. Can enhanced nutrition promote growth, healing and development in this vulnerable cohort? Aneurin Young, Nigel Hall, Mark Johnson, George Bethell, Southampton Medicine, Health Research | Southampton #neoEBM


Session two has finished already and unfortunately we weren’t able to tweet during it. We heard from Rupa Rubinstein who presented her work Queen Mary University of London “Fathers and mothers face similar stress caused by separation & helplessness when their preemie is admitted to the neonatal unit.”

Session three now underway with Helen McDermott Cheryl Battersby Imperial College London “neonatal outcomes of infants born 22+0 to 23+6 cared for in England and Wales”


Final presentation before our guest lectures - Dr Stephanie Jones University of Oxford “Towards Gene Therapy for severe early onset surfactant protein deficiency”



Thanks to The Neonatal Society for the invitation to present our time series analysis on term admissions for hypoglycaemia. Very interesting discussions on maternal factors and safety of higher admissions threshold. Further work to follow! Dr Fran Conti-Ramsden Tim van Hasselt