An ISUOG Advanced Course (Online) HOT TOPICS & CONTROVERSIES IN FETO-MATERNAL MEDICINE 3rd Edition
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The third edition of the course has three components.
COURSE DETAILS
24 – 26 November 2022
Online attendee registration fees
*Early bird discount until September 30
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT
Thursday, 24th November, 2022
- 13.00 Registration
- 14.00 Course Opening
SESSION 1
CNS I. From screening standards to corpus callosum
dysraphic states. Time for debate.
Chairs: Roee Birnbaum, Dario Paladini
14.10
A creative approach to the CNS screening views:
bullhorns and butterflies – Guillermo Azumendi
14.30
LIVE DEMO 1. The… bullhorns and butterflies… on the screen – Rabih Chaoui
14.50
Corpus callosum dysraphic states. Is there a terminology issue? – Laurent J. Salomon
15.10
Corpus callosum agenesis. From suspicion to diagnosis and associations – Dario Paladini
15.30
CSP agenesis. From suspicion to diagnosis and associations. – Paolo Volpe
15.50
Debate & voting. Adds on & Short corpus callosum.
Is there such an entity?
Faculty televoter session 1 & discussion
16.10
Coffee Break
SESSION 2
CNS 2. Late onset anomalies
Chairs: Mario Lituania, Paolo Volpe
16.40
LIVE DEMO 2. The late neurosonography – Paolo Volpe
17.00
Intra-ventricular hemorrhage and stroke – Dario Paladini
17.20
Endocranial cysts. Classification, significance and prognosis – Rabih Chaoui
17.40
Pericallosal lipomas. Diagnosis and significance – Roee Birnbaum
18.00
The role of prenatal MRI in acquired lesions. – Maria Savino Severino
18.20
Discussion
18.40
End of the day
Thursday, 25th November, 2022
SESSION 3
Soft markers in the 2nd trimester: a legacy from the past…
to get rid of in the era of cf-DNA and FTS?
Chairs: Giovanni Monni, Paolo Volpe
08.30
Introduction to the topic. Rationale and endpoints. – Dario Paladini
08.45
Choroid plexus cysts – Dario Paladini
09.00
Absent nasal bone. – Guillermo Azumendi
09.15
ARSA. – Rabih Chaoui
09.30
Cardiac hyperechogenic foci. – Roee Birnbaum
09.45
Hyperechogenic bowel. – Laurent J. Salomon
10.00
Single umbilical artery. – Paolo Volpe
10.15
Televoter 2 & discussion
10.45
Coffee Break
SESSION 4
Hot topics in feto-maternal medicine I.
Diabetes in pregnancy. Point of Care.
Chairs: Tiziana Frusca, Pasquale Martinelli
11.00
National and international guidelines for screening
and diagnosis – Federico Mecacci
11.20
The metabolic background and the role of metformin and
inositol supplementation – Irene Cetin
11.40
Fetal ultrasound surveillance – Laurent J. Salomon
12.00
Clinical and delivery challenges – Tiziana Frusca
12.20
LIVE DEMO 3. How to scan and what to check.. – Aris Papagheorghiou
12.40
Discussion
13.00
Lunch
SESSION 5
Ready player 1? Artificial intelligence in obstetric ultrasound:
commercially available and investigational tools.
Chairs: Dario Paladini, Federico Prefumo
14.30
AI-aided anomaly scan. A step forward. – Hongning Xie
14.50
New tools in AI-aided obstetric ultrasound. – Aris Papagheorghiou
15.10
New tools in AI-aided obstetric ultrasound. – Christoph Lees
15.30
New portable transducers – Federico Prefumo
15.50
Discussion
16.10
Coffee Break
SESSION 6
When experience is not enough. The malformation cases that
remind us to be humble in making a diagnosis/prognosis…
Chairs: Rabih Chaoui, Dario Paladini
16.40
Shared Experiences – Federico Mecacci
17.00
Shared Experiences – Dario Paladini
17.20
Shared Experiences – Paolo Volpe
17.40
Shared Experiences – Roee Birnbaum
18.00
Discussion
18.20
End of the day
Thursday, 26th November, 2022
SESSION 7
Hot topics in feto-maternal medicine II.
Challenges in the management of the small fetus.
Chairs: Tiziana Frusca, Dario Paladini
08.30
What biometry charts should I use? The PROs of the Intergrowth study – Aris Papagheorghiou
08.50
What biometry charts should I use? The CONs of the Intergrowth study – Tamara Stampaljia
09.20
How to diagnose and manage growth-restriction Still a controversial issue – Christoph Lees
09.50
The neonatologist’s point of view – Luca Ramenghi
10.10
Discussion & voting
10.30
Coffee Break
SESSION 8
Congenital heart disease. What do we miss and why…
A methodological analysis of FPs and FNs.
Chairs: Maurizio Marasini, Fabrizio Taddei
11.15
LIVE DEMO 4. Fetal echo:
possible FP @ greyscale and Doppler – Federico Mecacci
11.35
Malalignment and VA connections – Rabih Chaoui
11.55
Cardiac septa – Paolo Volpe
12.15
Ventricular disproportion – Valentina De Robertis
12.35
Single ventricle anatomy – Giulia Tuo
12.55
Discussion
13.00
CME test and goodbye
