Selected Abstracts of the 10th International Workshop on Neonatology; Cagliari (Italy); October 22-25, 2014

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Selected Abstracts of the 10^th International Workshop on Neonatology • THE LAST TEN YEARS, THE NEXT TEN YEARS IN NEONATOLOGY • Cagliari (Italy) • October 22^nd-25^th 2014

The Workshop has been organized on behalf of Union of European Neonatal and Perinatal Societies, Union of Mediterranean Neonatal Societies, Italian Society of Neonatology, UNICEF, and under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic.

ABS 1. Utilizing maternal factors to predict acute kidney injury in very low birth weight infants • A.R. Denotti, C.H. Springsteen, M.R. Conaway, M.W. Harer, J.R. Charlton; Charlottesville (VI, USA) and Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 2. Effects of Cesarean section and infant feeding on later obesity risk • E. Verduci, B. Mariani, C. Lassandro, A. Re Dionigi, G. Banderali; Milan (Italy)

ABS 3. A proposal for multicenter study on family-centered care in NICU, parents’ satisfaction and experience • I. Dall’Oglio, A. Portanova, M. Fiori, A. Dotta, O. Gawronski, R. Fida , C. Offidani, G. Rocco, E. Tiozzo, J.M. Latour; Rome (Italy) and Plymouth (UK)

ABS 4. Dorsal penile glans epidermoid cyst: a case report in a child • P. Atzori, A. Pane, S. Avanzini, F. Caddeo, G. Chabert, A. De Lisa, L. Mascia; Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 5. A numerical prediction of the italian scholastic population in 2020 • I. Farnetani, F. Farnetani; Milan, Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy)

ABS 6. Respiratory tract infections (RTI) in pediatric population • L. Marseglia, G. D’Angelo, S. Manti, C. Salpietro, T. Arrigo, I Barberi; Messina (Italy)

ABS 7. Fetal-neonatal H¹NMR nutrimetabolomics in the first week of life • C. Pravettoni, A. Dessì, F. Cesare Marincola, M.G. Pattumelli, R. Carboni, S. Corbu, C. Ossicini, S. Ciccarelli, V. Fanos, R. Agostino; Cagliari and Rome (Italy)

ABS 8. Variability in langerhans islets number at birth: marker of susceptibility to develop diabetes later in life? • G. Locci, A. Pinna, S. Nemolato, A. Dessì, V. Fanos, R. Ambu; Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 9. Traffiking of thymosin beta-4 in the cellular compartments of HepG2 cells at different conditions • M. Piras, M. Piludu, G. Pichiri, P. Coni, T. Cabras, R. Ambu, M. Castagnola; Cagliari and Rome (Italy)

ABS 10. Thyroid carcinoma in sardinian children and adolescents is often associated with autoimmune thyroiditis • P. Coni, E. Tamponi, A. Lampis, G. Pinna, A.M. Nurchi, S. Farci, M.L. Lai; Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 11. Prolonging nephrogenesis in preterm infants: a new approach for the prevention of renal disease in adulthood? • A. Sanna, C. Gerosa, D. Fanni, P. Van Eyken, M. Castagnola, R. Ambu; Cagliari, Rome (Italy) and Leuven (Belgium)

ABS 12. Human adrenal gland development: morphogenesis and molecular mechanisms • E. Obinu, V. Fanos, A. Dessì, R. Ambu; Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 13. Biometrics application for newborns safe identification in Neonatal Intensive Care Units • A. Casanova, S. Barra, M. De Marsico, D. Riccio, L. Barberini, M. Puddu, V. Fanos; Cagliari, Rome and Naples (Italy)

ABS 14. Metabolomics in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE): a proposal for a european multicenter study • P. Gancia, G. Pomero, A. Delogu, C. Dalmazzo, G. Palmas, V. Fanos; Cuneo and Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 15. Longitudinal evaluation of myocardial function in infants with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE): preliminary data • F. Vitali, S. Galletti, A. Aceti, L. Ridolfi, G. Aquilano, M. Fabi, G. Faldella; Bologna (Italy)

ABS 16. Changes in podocyte number during intrauterine development • M. Desogus, A. Crobe, A. Sanna, C. Gerosa, C. Fanni, C. Loddo, M. Puddu, G. Ottonello, D. Fanni; Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 17. Efficacy of recombinant human erythropoietin in anemic pregnant women with heterozygous beta-thalassemia • S. Angioni, V. Mais, G.B. Melis; Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 18. WT1 expression in ontogenesis of human fetus • R. Ambu, L. Vinci, C. Gerosa, D. Fanni, E. Obinu, A. Faa, V. Fanos; Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 19. Brain hypothermia in perinatal arterial ischemic stroke (PAIS) • A. Djouf, G. Pomero, C. Dalmazzo, C. Alpicrovi, G. Borgarello, N. Castellino, C. De Maio, A. Simonitti, P. Gancia; Cuneo (Italy)

ABS 20. Favorable outcome after severe hemostatic complications in neonates receiving therapeutic hypothermia (TH) for perinatal asphyxia • S. Luciani, A. Pietravalle, G. Di Marzo, C.S. Barbàra, R. Grossi, A. Ruggeri, P. Papoff, C. Moretti; Rome (Italy)

ABS 21. Variations in cardiomyocyte density in different zones of the left ventricular wall characterize the developing human heart • E. Podda, A. Crobe, M. Desogus, A. Faa; Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 22. Renal shear waves velocity correlates with estimated glomerular filtration rate in children with chronic kidney disease • M. Zaffanello, C. Bruno, G. Piacentini, R. Micciolo, M. Brugnara, M. Cecchetto, M. Zuffante, A. Bucci; Verona (Italy)

ABS 23. A possible new approach for information to parents on the use of off-label drugs in neonatology and pediatrics • A. Dessì, V. Fanos, M. Zonza, E. D’Aloja, R. Massa, M. Ciuffi, R. Agostiniani, F. Cardinale, A. Correra, P. D’Agostino, L. Greco, P. Tagliabue; Cagliari, Pistoia, Bari, Naples, Turin, Bergamo, Monza (Italy)

ABS 24. Neonatal hypoglycemia • Carlo Dionisi-Vici; Rome (Italy)

ABS 25. Metabolomics approach for the functional evaluation of a population of kids born very preterm: preliminary results with GC-MS • M. Zaffanello, E. Del Zotti, D. Grapov, L. Barberini, C. Fattuoni, A. Noto, M. Brugnara, V. Fanos; Verona, Cagliari (Italy) and Davis (CA, USA)

ABS 26. Lipoma of the corpus callosus: a clinic case • V. Masile, R. Irmesi, E. Coni, M.A. Marcialis, M.C. Pintus; Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 27. Cerebral oxygenation, superior vena cava flow, severe IVH and mortality in 60 very low birth weight infants • M. Pozzi, R.M. Cerbo, G. Masa, E. De Sando, M. Stronati; Pavia (Italy)

ABS 28. A Sardinian hospice by the sea, founded in Cagliari 135 years ago • I. Farnetani, F. Farnetani; Milan, Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy)

ABS 29. Changes in podocyte number and glomerular volume in Down syndrome • A. Crobe, M. Desogus, S. Soddu, G. Parodo; Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 30. Giorgio Maggioni, master of Pediatrics • M.G. Gregorio, F.S. Biagiarelli, L. Cataldi; Cagliari and Rome (Italy)

ABS 31. Regulation of the hospice by the sea of Viareggio under the Borboun-Parma Dinasty • I. Farnetani, F. Farnetani; Milan, Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy)

ABS 32. Milk’s colours and Latch Score: a transcultural experience in Nurse Led Clinic • C. Ennas, A. Dessì, E. Vannelli, V. Fanos; Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 33. Epicardial fat thickness, an emerging cardiometabolic risk factor, is increased in young adults born preterm • P.P. Bassareo, M. Puddu, S. Marras, G. Mercuro; Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 34. A metabolomics analysis of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: survivors vs non survivors. Preliminary results • I. Capolupo, L. Barberini, A. Di Pede, C. Fattuoni, D. Grapov, A. Noto, A. Dotta, D. Tibboel, P. Bagolan, V. Fanos; Rome and Cagliari (Italy), Davis (CA, USA) and Rotterdam (The Netherlands)

ABS 35. Bernardino Ramazzini and occupational exposure in Neonatology in the seventeenth century • I. Farnetani, F. Farnetani; Milan, Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy)

ABS 36. Marked interindividual variability in surfactant A and B protein expression in the fetal and newborn human lung • F. Cau F, E. Pisu, F. Uda, D. Fanni, C. Gerosa, E. Di Felice, C. Botta, F. Ronchi, R. Antonucci, V. Marinelli, Y. Gibo; Cagliari, San Gavino-Monreale (Italy) and Matsumoto (Japan)

ABS 37. Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury In Neonates • E. Tzimou, A.E. Papathanasiou, I. Chatziioannidis, I. Spiridakis, G. Mitsiakos; Thessaloniki (Greece)

ABS 38. Seizures-like were the alarming symptoms in an African child with life-threatening condition from severe upper respiratory tract obstruction • M. Zaffanello, E. Gasperi, P. Biban, L. Lubrano, E. Fiorini, G. Piacentini; Verona (Italy)

ABS 39. Diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis complex in the neonatal period: a case report • C. Loddo, P. Neroni, S. Floris, M.A. Marcialis, R. Carta, C. Fanni, D. Pruna, G. Ottonello; Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 40. Save breast-milk from pollution • L. Marseglia, S. Manti, G. D’Angelo, C. Mamì, C. Salpietro, I. Barberi; Messina (Italy)

ABS 41. The role of epigenetic factors on diabetes mellitus development • A.P. Pinna, G. Locci, C. Ripoli, A.M. Nurchi; Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 42. WT1 expression in the human mesonephros • L. Vinci, E. Obinu, G. Locci, C. Gerosa, D. Fanni, V. Fanos, R. Ambu; Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 43. Sinusoidal cell apoptosis: a new marker of perinatal sepsis? • E. Obinu, L. Vinci, G. Locci, C. Gerosa, D. Fanni, F. Birocchi, F. Cioglia, R. Ambu; Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 44. WNT1 expression in the human embryo liver at 7 week of gestation: similarities with hepatocellular carcinoma • E. Obinu, L. Vinci, D. Fanni, R. Ambu; Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 45. Epidermolysis bullosa • S. Vendemmia, D. Nappa, M. Vendemmia; Aversa and Naples (Italy)

ABS 46. Platelets alloimmune antibodies: different outcome in twin premature infants • I. Sibona, M. Gaffuri, S. Spaggiari, P. Biban; Verona (Italy)

ABS 47. An unexpected enemy • R. Carta, C. Fanni, C. Loddo, F. Sau, C. Soddu, A.M. Nurchi; Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 48. May the HIF-1α polymorphisms be helpful in understanding the neonatal hypoxic-ischemic events? • E. d’Aloja, M. Caddeo, M. Melis, R. Piras, G.P. Maietta, M.F. Rosa; Cagliari (Italy)

ABS 49. Immune Thrombocytopenia due to rifampicin: descrition of a pediatric case • V. Relli, S. Piras, G. Melis, O. Forresu, U. Pelosi; Iglesias (Italy)

ABS 50. The effects of neonatal resuscitation training on the Apgar scores of babies born at The National Hospital Abuja (NHA), Nigeria • M. Mukhtar-Yola, L.I. Audu, Y. Olaniyan, H.T. Akinbi, A. Dawodu, E.F. Donovan; Abuja (Nigeria) and Cincinnati (OH, USA)