Bedside Dilemmas: Managing Evolving BPD in Preterm Infants
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There are well-established guidelines for the early respiratory care of preterm neonates, but when it comes to managing evolving or established BPD in the later stages, the guidance is much more limited - despite the fact that BPD affects a substantial number of preterm infants.
Healthcare Providers face challenging questions every day in NICU including: the best mode of ventilation support, strategies of weaning respiratory support, pharmacotherapy – including indications to initiate and wean, optimal CO2 targets, management of pulmonary hypertension, and indications for tracheostomy/home ventilation.
With potential variations in day-to-day care plans, families can be left feeling frustrated and confused whereas healthcare providers are trying their best to make decisions that can impact the long-term outcomes of this vulnerable population.
Join us for a live debate with experts and parents as we explore the possibilities of harmonized care plans that are individualized to patient-needs for this large population of preterm infants; potentially improving outcomes and the family’s experience. This conversation will deconstruct the layers behind this confusing topic and explore the many angles of this debate.
Don't miss out on this engaging and interactive conversation covering all aspects of BPD and its management!
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Moderators: Dr. Amit Mukerji & Silke Mader
Free registration:
When:
Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
12 pm – Eastern Time
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Moderators
Dr. Amit Mukerji
Bio:
Dr. Amit Mukerji is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University and is a staff neonatologist at McMaster Children's Hospital. His main area of clinical and research expertise is non-invasive respiratory support towards improved lung health outcomes in preterm neonates.
He formed and chairs' the PREVENT-BPD working group at MCH NICU aimed at standardizing practices towards preventing BPD, is the respiratory lead physician for the MCH NICU and is the national co-chair of the Lung Health Group of the EPIQ (Evidence-Based Practice for Improvement in Quality) initiative.
Social media: Twitter @mukerji_amit
Website: www.macneoresp.ca
Silke Mader
Bio:
Silke Mader is Chairwoman and founding member of EFCNI - European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants, as well as author and editor of many publications on topics related to maternal and newborn health. She has been a passionate and influential advocate for maternal and newborn health for over 25 years and received several respectable national and international awards and medals for her continued engagement, including the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in June 2024.
As a former patient with HELLP syndrome and mother of preterm babies at week 25 (twin boy survived at 515 grams, twin girl deceased), she built on all of her personal experience to improve care for parents, preterm babies and sick newborns. She learned that a strong partnership between health professionals and parents is the best way to face the emotional roller coaster ride of a preterm or sick baby and to overcome the obstacles. This led to establishing EFCNI in Munich 2008. One of the major achievements of the foundation was the establishment of World Prematurity Day, the development as well as the implementation of The European Standards of Care for Newborn Health and the founding of the Global Alliance for Newborn Care (GLANCE).
Panelists
Dr. Martin Keszler
Bio:
Dr. Keszler is an Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology) at Brown University with 45 years of academic practice, most recently at Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island. He was one of the investigators in the NIH-funded Neonatal Research Network and remains very active as an educator, author and editor, including the classic Assisted Ventilation of the Neonate textbook. He is a frequent lecturer on the international circuit on subjects in his areas of research interest, which include volume-targeted ventilation, delivery room stabilization, high-frequency ventilation, pulmonary hypertension, bronchopulmonary dysplasia and inhaled nitric oxide therapy.
Dr. Edward Shepherd
Bio:
Dr. Shepherd attended medical school at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He completed his residency and fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Ohio State University College of Medicine.  Since fellowship, he has held numerous leadership positions, including Medical Directorships over several Neonatal Intensive Care Units and ultimately was promoted to Section Chief for Neonatology.  He is widely recognized as an international expert on the care of infants with the most common complication of prematurity, bronchopulmonary dysplasia or BPD.