Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Neonatal Pharmacology" conference to their offering.

Examine the most current ways in which to ensure safety in neonatal pharmacotherapy, including antibiotic stewardship, guidance on therapeutic vancomycin levels, and proven methods to help reduce medication errors. Discuss nutrition for critically ill neonates, with a focus on the golden first week, new generation intravenous lipids and ways to optimize growth for infants receiving breast milk, both pre- and post-discharge. Assess and evaluate controversies surrounding the use of Avastin for ROP, medications used to treat NAS, PDA management and treatment of encephalopathy. Identify the effectiveness and role of interdisciplinary communication in your institution related to the pharmacologic management of the NICU patients in your care, and ways in which to improve it.

Who Should Attend:

  • Neonatologists
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Clinical Nurse Specialists
  • Experienced Staff Nurses
  • Educators and Instructors
  • Nurse Managers
  • Pharmacists
  • Physician Assistants

Agenda

Day 1

7:00 am

Main Conference Registration/Exhibits/Continental Breakfast

8:00 What's New in Neonatal Pharmacology and Medication Use in the NICU? (Rx = .75 hr.)

8:45 Keeping Babies Safe Through Antimicrobial Stewardship (Rx = .75 hr.)

9:30 Refreshment Break/Exhibits

10:00 Vancomycin Levels in the NICU: Guidance Update (Rx = .75 hr.)

10:45 What to Do with Neonatal (and Postnatal) CMV (Rx = .75 hr.) -Q&D (Rx = .5 hr.) - Faculty Panel

12:00 pm

Lunch on Your Own

1:30 Real Life Ways That Institutions CAN Reduce Errors (Part One) (Rx = .75 hr.)

2:15 Treatments for Neonatal Encephalopathy: Moving Beyond Hypothermia (Rx = .75 hr.)

3:00 Refreshment Break/Exhibits

3:15 Neonatal Seizure Management (Rx = .75 hr.)

4:00 Real Life Ways That Institutions CAN Reduce Errors (Part Two) (Rx = .75 hr.) - Q&D (Rx = .75 hr.) - Faculty Panel

5:30 Adjourn

Day 2

7:00 am

Continental Breakfast/Exhibits

8:00 Optimizing Nutrition for Extremely Premature Infants: The Golden First Week (Rx = .75 hr.)

8:45 TPN-Associated Cholestasis: What Have We Learned in the Past 50 Years? (Rx = .75 hr.)

9:30 Refreshment Break/Exhibits

10:00 New Generation Intravenous Lipids: What's Next in TPN-Associated Cholestasis? (Rx = .75 hr.)

10:45 Strategies to Optimize Growth in Infants Receiving Human Milk in the NICU and Beyond (Rx = .75 hr.) - Q&D (Rx = .5 hr.) - Faculty Panel

12:00 pm Lunch on Your own

1:30 Avastin for ROP: Friend or Foe (Rx = .75 hr.)

2:15 Let's Stop Messing with the Gut in the NICU (Rx = .75 hr.)

3:00 Refreshment Break/Exhibits

3:15 Update on Medications Used to Treat NAS (Rx = .75 hr.) - Q&D (Rx = .5 hr.) - Faculty Panel

4:30 Adjourn

For more information about this conference visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7j6q9x/neonatal