Course Objectives

Explain advantages of transfusing with low-titer, type-O whole blood for acute anemia in neonates.
Explain potential advantages of using a packed red cell product produced from otherwise discarded term umbilical cord blood for extremely-low-gestational age infant transfusions.
Understand the risks and benefits of probiotic therapy for necrotizing enterocolitis.
Understand the potential benefits of administering Lactobacillus reuteri in its biofilm state for the prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis.
Define the nature of the common forms of brain injury in the preterm infant.
Understand the nature of disturbances in regional brain development in the preterm infant.

Understand the multiple definitions of late preterm infants.
Understand the complications experienced by late preterm infants and the associated consequences.
Understand the concepts of surgical management for necrotizing enterocolitis.
Understand the benefits of peritoneal drainage vs. laparotomy for NEC and SIP.
Describe the current use of genetic testing in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Identify clinical indications for use of whole genome sequencing in the neonate.
Understand the long and storied history of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.
Comprehend the controversies that hindered progress in the treatment of PPHN.

Describe the value of brain monitoring for neonatal seizures.
Understand the management for infants with neonatal seizures.
Give an evidence-based definition for anemia in a neonate.
Describe how NRBC/µL can aid the diagnosis of neonatal anemia and infants with encephalopathy.
Understand the relationship of pulmonary artery hypertension to bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Recognize the limitations of present diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for BPD.
Describe the principles of newborn screening.
Identify emerging technologies to extend the scope of newborn screening.

Understand the challenges in defining mild versus moderate encephalopathy in term infant.
Understand the data supporting the benefits of therapeutic hypothermia in mild encephalopathy.
Understand the American tort system.
Comprehend the importance of documentation when treating a neonate with encephalopathy.
Describe the evidence supporting “restrictive” platelet transfusion practices for NICU patients.
Explain platelet transfusion “refractoriness” in thrombocytopenic neonates.
Understand the pathogenesis of multiorgan disease in infants of diabetic mothers.
Understand the mechanisms by which these dysfunctions develop.

Last Updated on January 31, 2024 by SENEO