
Cool Topics brings you the most exciting and innovative research and advances in neontatal care.
Highlights of this year's virtual event, to be held on November 25-26, include:
- Dr Kate Hodgson presenting the results of her randomised trial showing how we can improve our intubation success rates, increase the time available for intubation and ensure stability during the procedure.
- A review of the new guidelines regarding managing newborns at the margins of viability. Joining us from Oxford, Professor Dominic Wilkinson will help us understand the ethics of decision-making in this area. Local experts will discuss how the new guidelines will affect practice in our regional and metropolitan centres.
- A presentation of ILCOR’s new guidelines on cord management and hearing the latest trial results on resuscitation of babies “on the cord”.
- Professor Peter Dargaville sharing with us the results of the Optimist trial on minimally invasive surfactant therapy and how these should be incorporated into practice.