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Workshop on Birth Asphyxia

Date: 01 Dec 2013 (Sunday)

Venue: Casino Hotels Ltd, Thrissur, Kerala

Dear friends,

You are cordially invited for a state of the art Workshop on Perinatal Asphyxia and

Therapeutic Hypothermia organized by the Departments of Pediatrics and Neonatology,

Jubilee Mission Medical College, Thrissur in association with the National Neonatology

Forum, Kerala and IAP Thrissur to be held on 01 Dec 2013 at Casino Hotels, Thrissur.

Looking forward to your presence and blessings,

Fr Raphael Vadakkan Fr Francis Pallikunnath Dr V K Ramankutty

Director, JMMC&RI Associate Director JMMC&RI Principal JMMC&RI

Dr Vinod Jacob Cherian Dr Sanjeev Kumar Dr V C Manoj

Organizing Chairman Organizing Secretary Workshop Coordinator

Dr C Jayakumar Dr O Jose Dr A K Ittoop Dr Sunil Menon

President, NNF Kerala Secretary, NNF Kerala President, IAP Thrissur Secretaty, IAP Thrissur

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Program

8:15 AM 8:45 AM: Registration and Breakfast

9 AM - 9:30 AM: Current Concepts in Neonatal Resuscitation:Dr Ravi Swamy, Manipal

Hospital, Bangalore

9:30 AM 10 AM: Inauguration

10 AM - 10:30 AM: Understanding Asphyxia(Definition, Pathogenesis, Clinical

assessment, Prevention and Supportive Management): Dr Praveen Venkatagiri, Manipal

Hospital, Bangalore

10:30 AM 11 AM: Investigations in Neurology: Dr KK Diwakar, MOSCMC, Kolenchery

11 AM - 11:15 AM: Coffee Break

11:15 AM -11:45 AM: Cool Therapy in a Hot Country - Neuroprotection Strategies

and Therapeutic Hypothermia: Dr Niranjan Thomas, CMC, Vellore

11:45 AM -12:15 PM: Outcome and Follow up of Asphyxiated Babies:Dr Sridhar

Santhanam, CMC, Vellore

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: Concurrent Work StationsonNeurosonogram:Dr Ravi Swamy, Dr

Praveen Venkatagiri, Dr Tanoj KG

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM: Lunch

2:00 PM - 3:45 PM: Rotating Work Stations: (30 minute x 3)

Supportive Management:Dr AK Jayachandran, Dr Raveendra Varma

Cooling Devices and Protocol:Dr Niranjan Thomas

a EEG and Cerebral Function Monitoring:Dr Sridhar Santhanam

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM : Panel Discussion: Is India Ready for Cooling?:All Faculty

Moderator: Dr V C Manoj

(Tea served during Panel Discussion)

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Dear Delegate,

Welcome to Workshop on Perinatal Asphyxia and Therapeutic Hypothermia scheduled to be held at

the Casino Hotels, Thrissur, Kerala on 1stDec 2013 from 8 AM -4:30 PM.

Perinatal Asphyxia continues to be a major challenge in India. Even when therapeutic hypothermia is

proven to reduce the neuro morbidity in moderately asphyxiated babies, exposure to this relatively

newer mode of therapy is very limited in our country. The aim of this workshop is to sensitize the

relevance of this therapy and the issues related to cooling babies in resource limited setting.

Here are a few housekeeping informationregarding the workshop:

1. Registration will commence at the venue from 8:00 am onwards

2. Please be seated in the Venue- Hall A (Main hall) by 8:55 am (5mins. before the first talk).

3. Please do not forget to "switch on" your mobile phone during coffee and lunch break.

4. Working Breakfast will be provided (after registration) from 8.15 am to 8.45 am.

5. Souvenir CD containing workshop manual and presentation handouts will be distributed at the time

of registration.6. Enclosed herewith is the final program brochure. In order to derive maximum benefit from the

program, you are requested to come prepared and interact well with the Faculty throughout the

duration of the workshop. An open house panel discussion is also arranged at the end of the program

for additional interaction.

7. Workstations: You will be divided into 3 groups at the time of Registration.

There will be 4 workstations during the program from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm conducted in the

following halls: Hall A (Main hall in 1st

Floor), Hall B (Adjacent Hall) and Hall C (Ground Floor)

12:30 pm- 1:30 pm: Concurrent workstation on Neurosonogram in all 3 halls

2:00 pm 3:30 pm: Three Rotating workstations (on Supportive management, Cooling Devices &

Protocol and CFM) in the 3 halls.

Kindly proceed to your respective workstations as directed from 12: 30 pm onwards in order to

avoid time delay.

8. Certificate of participation will be distributed at the end of the workshop.

9. Please contact any of the following personnel for any requirement of yours regarding the event:

Dr Soly: 09447319610

Dr Sr Pushpa: 09400138734

Dr Reenu: 09746343395

Dr Kamalkant: 09567456006

Ms Maya/ Tresa: NICU - 0487 24610000, 2432200

Looking forward to meeting you in Thrissur,

With warm regards,

Dr V C Manoj

Head, Neonatology,

Jubileee Mission Mission Medical College,

Thrissur -680005

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