Selected Lectures of the 22nd International Workshop on Neonatology and Pediatrics; Cagliari (Italy); October 22, 2026

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Selected Lectures of the 22^nd International Workshop on Neonatology and Pediatrics; Cagliari (Italy); October 22^nd, 2026.

PRECISION NEONATOLOGY AND PEDIATRICS

The Workshop has been organized with the patronage of of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, City of Cagliari, Azienda Ospedaliera di Cagliari, University of Cagliari, Board of Physicians of the Province of Cagliari, AMBO (Alleanza per un Ambiente a misura di Bambino: alliance for a child-friendly environment), Board of Directors of Italian Pediatrics Schools, European Project Better4u, European Project Life Milch, National Coordination of Heads of Pediatric Departments (CONAPP), Italian Federation of Family Pediatricians (FIMP), Italian Knowledge Leaders, Italian-Arabian Pediatric Society (IAPS), Italian-Romanian Pediatric Society (IRPS), Italian-Swedish Cultural Association (ACIS), Norman Group of Neonatal and Pediatric Nephrology, Italian Society of Pediatric Allergology and Immunology (SIAIP), Italian Society of Clinical Biochemistry (SIBioC), Italian Society of Gynecology of Infancy and Adolescence (SIGIA), Italian Society of Neonatology (SIN), “SIPO in the World” Association, Italian Society of Pediatric Psychology (S.I.P.Ped.), “Pediatria Più” Association, Italian Society of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (SI-DOHaD), Italian Society of Pediatricians (SIMPE-ETS).

LECT 1. PLASTICS IN PERINATOLOGY • A. Ragusa, G. La Motta (Modena, Italy)

LECT 2. ENVIRONMENT AND KIDNEY DAMAGE: WHAT ROLE DO MICRO- AND NANOPLASTICS AND ENDOCRINE-DISRUPTING CHEMICALS PLAY IN KIDNEY DAMAGE? • G. Faa, M. Piras, A. Faa, M. Lastretti, M. Piludu, V. Fanos (Cagliari and Rome, Italy)

LECT 3. PRESENT AND FUTURE OF NEONATOLOGY: FROM SURVIVAL TO LIFELONG HEALTH • M. Agosti (Varese, Italy)

LECT 4. THE LATEST NEWS ON RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY: WHAT TO KNOW, WHAT TO DO • D. Lepore (Rome, Italy)

LECT 5. VIABILITY OF EXTREMELY PREMATURE NEONATES: CLINICAL APPROACHES AND OUTCOME • E. Koç (Ankara, Turkiye)

LECT 6. PREMATURITY AND MORE: CLINICAL CHAL­LENGES AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM COMPLEX CASES • G.M. Cesaroni, I. Capolupo, D.U. De Rose, F. Landolfo, E. Montemitro, R. Cutrera, M.G. Paglietti, M. Pilati, M. Rebonato, G. Butera, F. Calzolari, D. Meucci, M. Trozzi, V. Marinelli, V. Fanos, A. Dotta (Rome and Cagliari, Italy)

LECT 7. NEONATAL ARRHYTHMIAS • F. De Luca (Catania, Italy)

LECT 8. UREA CYCLE DEFECTS • C. Dionisi-Vici (Rome, Italy)

LECT 9. NEONATAL-ONSET GENETIC ENCEPHALOPA­THIES: DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH, TIMELY IN­TERVENTION, AND PRECISION THERAPIES • A. Verrotti, L. Brunori, S. Savasta (Perugia and Cagliari, Italy)

LECT 10. IMPORTANCE OF CRANIAL ULTRASOUND IN EXTREMELY PRETERM INFANTS • M. Vendemmia (Naples, Italy)

LECT 11. NEONATAL BIOETHICS IN 2026: PROGNOSTIC UNCERTAINTY, PROPORTIONATE CARE, AND RESEARCH WITHOUT PRIOR CONSENT • E. d’Aloja (Cagliari, Italy)

LECT 12. PDA SCORING: ENHANCING CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES • S. Chheda, J.M. de la Rosa, M. Leiner (El Paso, TX, USA)

LECT 13. ENGAGING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, PA­TIENTS AND CAREGIVERS AS PARTNERS IN PERINATAL CARE: WHOLE-PERSON AP­PROACHES FOR HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFESPAN • T. Mangadu (El Paso, TX, USA)

LECT 14. PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN NEW­BORNS: FROM PATHOPHYSIOLOGY TO CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT • P.P. Bassareo (Dublin, Ireland)

LECT 15. NUTRITIONAL BEST PRACTICES FOR THE VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANT • S. Chheda (El Paso, TX, USA)

LECT 16. EMERGENCY POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUND IN THE NICU • F. Raimondi, F. Grasso, F. Migliaro, S. Salomè, A. Capasso, L. Capasso (Naples, Italy)

LECT 17. EPOCAL CHANGES IN HUMAN MILK BANKS • E. Bertino, S. Deantoni, G. Moro (Turin and Milan, Italy)

LECT 18. NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES: HISTORY AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES • S. Savasta (Cagliari, Italy)

LECT 19. LUNG MICROBIOTA: WHAT WE KNOW • D. Peroni (Pisa, Italy)

LECT 20. BLADDER, KIDNEY AND BRAIN: UNRAVELLING THE HIDDEN COMPLEXITY OF PEDIATRIC FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS • G. Masnata (Cagliari, Italy)

LECT 21. CHILDHOOD MASLD AND EARLY CARDIO­VASCULAR DAMAGE: A CALL FOR ACTION • O. Aguilar, K. Pannerselvam, M. Leiner (El Paso, TX, USA)