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NEONATAL PHARMACOLOGY
June 18-21, 2008
Boston, MA

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Thursday, June 19

7:00 a.m. Main Conference Registration
Check-In • Displays
8:00

The Future of Pharmacology in the NICU: What’s on the Horizon?
Robert M. Ward, MD, FAAP, FCP

8:45

Prevention of RSV in Premature Infants: NICU to Discharge
Henry L. Dorkin, MD, FAAP

9:30 Refreshment Break • Displays
10:00 Birth Defects and SSRI’s: Emerging Views and Lessons Learned
Allen A. Mitchell, MD
10:45 Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn: Update 2008
Linda J. Van Marter, MD, MPH
11:30 Questions and Discussion
Faculty Panel
12:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:30 Pharmacologic Principles in the Newborn: How Neonatal Development Affects Drug Disposition
Susan M. Abdel-Rahman, PharmD
3:00 Refreshment Break • Displays
3:30 Steroids for Newborns: Harmful or Helpful?
Robert M. Ward, MD, FAAP, FCP
4:15 Treatment of Coagulopathies: Factor 7 and Antithrombin III
Peter Gal, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FASHP
5:00 Questions and Discussion
Faculty Panel
5:35 Adjourn
ACPE# 263-000-08-892-01P/7.0 hrs.
6:00 - 10:00 p.m. OLD TOWN TROLLEY TOUR
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Friday, June 20

8:00 a.m. Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: Current Strategies for Neuroprotection
Richard A. Polin, MD
8:45

Controversies in the Management of Neonatal Seizures
Janet S. Soul, MD, CM, FRCPC

9:30

Refreshment Break • Displays

10:00 Fluid & Electrolyte Therapy in the NICU Infant
Richard A. Polin, MD
10:45 Use of Clonidine for Opioid Abstinence in the Newborn
Peter Gal, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FASHP
11:30 Questions and Discussion
Faculty Panel
12:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:30 Neonatal Sepsis: Current Approaches to Diagnosis and Therapy
Richard A. Polin, MD
2:15 Neonatal Hypotension Versus Hypoperfusion
Robert M. Ward, MD, FAAP, FCP
3:00 Refreshment Break • Displays
3:30 Pharmacology of PDA Closure
Peter Gal, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FASHP
4:15 Treatment of Arrhythmias in the Newborn
Charles I. Berul, MD
5:00 Questions and Discussion
Faculty Panel
5:35 Adjourn
ACPE# 263-000-08-893-01P/7.0 hrs.
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Saturday, June 21

8:00 a.m. Fluconazole and Antifungal Therapies
Kelly C. Wade, MD, PhD
8:45

Selection of Antibiotics: Effectiveness, Toxicity and Resistance
Mark S. Pasternack, MD

9:30

Refreshment Break

10:00 MRSA: Linezolid and Newer Agents
Mark S. Pasternack, MD
10:45 Influenza in Infants: What We Know and Don’t Know About the Use of Tamiflu (Oseltamivir)
Kelly C. Wade, MD, PhD
11:30 Questions and Discussion
Faculty Panel
12:15 p.m. Conference Summary/Evaluation
12:30 Adjourn
ACPE# 263-000-08-894-01P/4.0 hrs.
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