Selected Abstracts of the 4th International Congress of UENPS • Athens (Greece) • December 11th-14th 2014 The Congress has been organized by the Union of European Neonatal and Perinatal Societies (UENPS). Guest Editor: Giuseppe Buonocore ABS 1. COMPARISON OF PRENATAL CARE AND PREGNANCY RELATED MATERNAL RISK FACTORS BETWEEN WOMEN WHOSE BABIES ARE ADMITTED OR NOT ADMITTED TO NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT • S.M. Avci, M. Çöl, Y. Genç, E.A. Yilmaz, Ç. Gulumser; Ankara (Turkey) ABS 2. APPEARANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF GENES AND GENE PROTEINS IN CLEFT AFFECTED TISSUE • M. Pilmane, I. Akota; Riga (Latvia) ABS 3. MANAGEMENT OF PARENTAL STRESS IN A NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL • A. Fotiou, K. Papagaroufalis, G. Bakoyannis, C. Bakoula; Athens (Greece) and Indianapolis (IN, USA) ABS 4. A CASE OF LARYNGEAL ATRESIA ACCOMPANIED BY PERSISTENT PHARYNGOTRACHEAL DUCTUS IN NEWBORN • L. Korkmaz, I. Guneş, H. Halis, I. Ketenci, O. Baştuğ, M.S. Doğan; Kayseri (Turkey) ABS 5. DIFFERENTIAL REGULATION OF IRISIN AT THE EXTREMES OF FETAL GROWTH • D.D. Briana, S. Baka, M. Boutsikou, Th. Boutsikou, A. Marmarinos, D. Hassiakos, D. Gourgiotis, A. Malamitsi-Puchner; Athens (Greece) ABS 6. COPEPTIN UPREGULATION IN EARLY HUMAN MILK: POSSIBLE ROLE IN POSTNATAL ADAPTATION • D.D. Briana, Th. Boutsikou, M. Boutsikou, S. Baka, D. Piatopoulou, D. Hassiakos, D. Gourgiotis, A. Malamitsi-Puchner; Athens (Greece) ABS 7. ADROPIN ABUNDANCE IN BREAST MILK: RELATION TO MATERNAL SERUM CONCENTRATIONS AND PERINATAL FACTORS • D.D. Briana, Th. Boutsikou, M. Boutsikou, S. Baka, A. Ristani, D. Hassiakos, D. Gourgiotis, A. Malamitsi-Puchner; Athens (Greece) ABS 8. INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN NON-CATHETERISED PRETERM NEWBORN • K. Demova, F. Bauer; Nove Zamky (Slovakia) ABS 9. INCIDENCE AND RISK FACTORS FOR RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY • L. Banjac, S. Borovic, D. Dakić, G. Banjac; Podgorica (Montenegro) ABS 10. CASE REPORT OF NEWBORN WITH CUTIS MARMORATA TELANGIECTASICA CONGENITA • Ch. Spanoudaki, M. Lykogeorgou, N. Gezerli, V. Delivoria; Athens (Greece) ABS 11. THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN A PRIVATE NICU IN GREECE • M. Saklamaki-Kontos, K. Stafylakis, M. Daniilidou, A. Thomas, I. Kontogianni; Athens (Greece) ABS 12. DYNAMICS OF DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES IN VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT PREMATURE INFANTS IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION FROM 2003 TO 2013 • E. Sakharova, E. Keshishian, G. Alyamovskaya; Moscow (Russian Federation) ABS 13. POSTDISCHARGE FORMULA FEEDING AND DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES AT 12 MONTHS OF LIFE IN VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT PREMATURE INFANTS • G. Alyamovskaya, E. Keshishian, E. Sakharova; Moscow (Russian Federation) ABS 14. HYPOXIC-ISCHEMIC ENTEROCOLITIS (HIEnt): A PROPOSAL FOR THE DEFINITION OF EARLY NEC AND ITS SEROLOGICAL EVIDENCE • O. Surmeli-Onay, A. Korkmaz, S. Yigit, M. Yurdakok; Ankara (Turkey) ABS 15. CHANGES IN THE PREVALENCE OF CONGENITAL DEVELOPMENTAL ABNORMALITIES IN LITHUANIA BETWEEN 2002 AND 2011 • D. Stoniene, R. Tameliene, E. Vaitkute; Kaunas (Lithuania) ABS 16. MATERNAL FAT MASS, ANTENATAL STEROIDS AND RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME: COMPLEX RELATIONS • H.T. Çelik, A. Korkmaz, Ş. Yiğit, M. Yurdakök; Ankara (Turkey) ABS 17. INCIDENCE OF RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY IN PREMATURE WITH VERY LOW WEIGHT IN A GENERAL HOSPITAL IN SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS, BETWEEN 2010 AND 2013 • A.M. Puppio Querido; São José dos Campos (Brazil) ABS 18. DETERMINANTS OF LOW WEIGHT (< 3‰) IN PREMATURE INFANTS (< 32 WEEKS OF GESTATION) • R. Tamelienė, J. Garčinskienė, V. Šnipaitis, D. Stonienė; Kaunas (Lithuania) ABS 19. QUANTIFIED OXYGENATION IMPAIRMENT ACCORDING TO CATEGORIES OF SEVERITY IN BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA • A. Davis, R. Ross-Russell, T. Dassios; Cambridge (UK) ABS 20. PLACENTAL INFARCTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH CEREBRAL PALSY: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY • M-T. Vinnars, B. Vollmer, J. Nasiell, N. Papadogiannakis, M. Westgren; Stockholm and Ornskoldsvik (Sweden) ABS 21. THE VARIABILITY IN CYSTATIN C REFERENCE VALUES IN NEONATES CAN PARTLY BE EXPLAINED BY THE USED ASSAY (TURBI- VS NEPHELOMETRY) • K. Allegaert, A. Raaijmakers, J. van den Anker, D. Mekahli, E. Levtchenko, J. vande Walle; Leuven and Ghent (Belgium), Washington (DC, USA), Rotterdam (the Netherlands), Basel (Switzerland) ABS 22. RESPIRATORY DISORDERS AND CONSEQUENT MORBIDITY OF THE “LATE PRETERM” INFANTS (GESTATIONAL AGE: 34-36+6 WEEKS) • G. Mitsiakos, K. Tsepis, E. Gkiougki, A.E. Papathanasiou, E. Lazaridou, A. Georgiadou, I. Chatzioannidis; Thessaloniki (Greece) and Liege (Belgium) ABS 23. ASYNCHRONOUS CHEST COMPRESSIONS vs SYNCHRONOUS IMPROVE 2-HOUR SURVIVAL IN AN EXPERIMENTAL NEONATAL PIGLET MODEL OF ASPHYXIAL CARDIAC ARREST • N. Iacovidou, A. Aggelina, A. Papalois, P. Pliatsika, A. Douvanas, G. Gkiokas, T. Xanthos; Athens (Greece) ABS 24. HISTORY OF BREASTFEEDING • M. Papastavrou, S. Genitsaridi, E. Komodiki, S. Paliatsou S, A. Kontogeorgou, N. Iacovidou; Athens (Greece) ABS 25. BREASTFEEDING IN PUBLIC • E. Komodiki, A. Kontogeorgou, M. Papastavrou, P. Volaki, S. Genitsaridi, N. Iacovidou; Athens (Greece) ABS 26. SURVEILLANCE OF NEONATAL SEPSIS INCIDENCE IN A PRIVATE NICU IN ATHENS, GREECE • M. Saklamaki-Kontos, P. Boka, C. Neri, A. Sideris, H. Kallimorou, M. Safiolea, V. Syriopoulou; Athens (Greece) ABS 27. LEAD AND MERCURY LEVELS IN PRETERM INFANTS BEFORE AND AFTER BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS • S. Takci, S. Yigit, A. Asci, P. Erkekoglu, A. Korkmaz-Toygar, B. Kocer-Gumusel, M. Yurdakok; Ankara (Turkey) ABS 28. THE OBSTETRICIAN AND PEDIATRICIAN BEFORE COURT: A CRITICAL CASE STUDY ON (SUB)STANDARD PERINATAL CARE • M. Eggermont; Ghent (Belgium) ABS 29. THE EFFECT OF MELATONIN TREATMENT ON OXIDANT STATUS, ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY, LIPID PEROXIDATION AND APOPTOSIS AFTER HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC BRAIN INJURY IN NEWBORN RATS • H. Yapicioglu Yildizdas, B. Mutlu, S. Erdogan, S. Zorludemir, F. Ozlu, M. Satar, N. Narli; Adana (Turkey) ABS 30. GROWTH OF PRETERM NEONATES WITH BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA AND ITS LONG TERM IMPLICATIONS IN RESPIRATORY FUNCTION • A. Gounaris, R. Sokou, P. Panagiotounakou, D. Bleco, M. Papadopoulou, J. Labadaridis; Larissa, Piraeus and Athens (Greece) ABS 31. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF UMBILICAL ARTERY BLOOD PH, BASE DEFICIT, BICARBONATE, AND LACTATE LEVELS FOR RESUSCITATION NEEDS IN FULL-TERM NEONATES, THEIR CEREBRAL BLOOD CIRCULATION CHANGES, AND HYPOXIC-ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY • A. Kudreviciene, A. Basevicius, S. Lukosevicius, J. Laurynaitiene, R. Tameliene; Kaunas (Lithuania) ABS 32. GROSS MOTOR PATHS IN GREEK “HEALTHY” PRETERM INFANTS ASSESSED BY THE ALBERTA INFANT MOTOR SCALE (AIMS): COMPARISON WITH FULL-TERM INFANTS AND INFLUENCE OF NEONATAL MORBIDITY FACTORS • D. Syrengelas, V. Kalampoki, P. Kleisiouni, V. Manta, S. Mellos, T. Siahanidou; Athens (Greece) ABS 33. PERINATAL OUTCOME IN PREGNANT WOMEN WITH GESTATIONAL AND OVERT DIABETES AND ACCORDING TO WHO AND/OR IADPSG CRITERIA • J. Djelmis, M. Ivanisevic, M. Pavic; Zagreb (Croatia) ABS 34. SURVIVAL AND NEONATAL COMPLICATIONS IN EXTREMELY PREMATURE NEONATES 22+0-27+0 WEEKS OF GESTATION. COMPARISON OF TWO TIME PERIODS • I. Nikaina, M. Taliadourou, I. Stavrakas, G. Liosis, M. Tzaki; Athens (Greece) ABS 35. NEONATAL CREATINEMIA TRENDS IN RELATION TO BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT® IN FORMER EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (ELBW) NEONATES • A. Raaijmakers, E. Ortibus, T.P. van Tienoven, C. Vanhole, E. Levtchenko, K. Allegaert; Leuven and Brussels (Belgium) ABS 36. IS A SMALL PLATELET MASS ASSOCIATED WITH INTRAVENTRICULAR HEMORRHAGE IN EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS? • G. Mitsiakos, E. Chatziioannidis, K. Tsepis, A.E. Papathanasiou, I. Dorka, E. Lazaridou, N. Nikolaidis; Thessaloniki (Greece) ABS 37. A CASE OF SEVERE HEMOLYTIC DISEASE OF NEWBORN CAUSED BY ALLOANTIBODIES AGAINST ANTIGENS D AND E TO THE SYSTEM RHESUS TREATED WITH INTRAUTERINE TRANSFUSIONS AND EX-UTERO EXCHANGE TRANSFUSIONS • G. Mitsiakos, E. Babatseva, B. Papageorgiou, I. Chatziioannidis, K. Tsepis, A. Athanasiadis, A. Kioumi, N. Nikolaidis; Thessaloniki (Greece) ABS 38. EVALUATION OF SERUM HEPCIDIN LEVELS AND HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN PRETERM INFANTS BEFORE AND AFTER THE TRANSFUSION OF PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS • F. Stripeli1, J. Kapetanakis, D. Gourgiotis, T. Anastasiou, L. Kossiva; Athens (Greece) ABS 39. PLATELET MASS IN PRETERM INFANTS OF PREECLAMPTIC MOTHERS AND ASSOCIATION WITH NEONATAL MORBIDITIES • D. Anuk-Ince, S. Takcı, R. Gumuser, B. Cakmak; Tokat (Turkey) ABS 40. ADVERSE EVENTS RECORDED DURING URGENT NEONATAL TRANSPORT IN GREECE OVER A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR • S. Mouskou, P. Troizos-Papavasileiou, N. Iacovidou; Athens (Greece) ABS 41. NEONATAL MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY AFTER URGENT NEONATAL TRANSPORT IN GREECE • S. Mouskou, P. Troizos-Papavasileiou, N. Iacovidou; Athens (Greece) ABS 42. CASES REVIEW OF CENTRAL HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME IN A NICU: A 10 YEARS SURVEY • M. Dasopoulou, M. Vizirakis, F. Anatolitou, E. Papathoma, M. Koumenidou; Athens (Greece) ABS 43. DURATION OF HOSPITALIZATION IN A TERTIARY LEVEL NICU: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN TWO TIME PERIODS AS A RESULT OF CHANGING FEEDING PROTOCOL • F. Anatolitou, C. Zaharioudaki, M. Dasopoulou, P. Loukeri, E. Papathoma; Athens (Greece) ABS 44. GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS POREFORMING TOXIN INDUCES INTRA-AMNIOTIC INFLAMMATION AND NEUTROPHIL RECRUITMENT IN A MURINE MODEL OF CHORIOAMNIONITIS • T.M. Randis, S.E. Gelber, J.A. Baker, T.A. Hooven, R.G. Abellar, M. Sackeim, E.L. Lewis, A.J. Ratner; New York (NY, USA) ABS 45. DESCRIPTION OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS AT TWO YEARS CORRECTED AGE IN A COHORT OF HIGH RISK PREMATURE NEONATES • C. Petropoulou, H. Bouza; Athens (Greece) ABS 46. THE IMPACT OF HUMAN BREAST MILK ON VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS’ OUTCOMES • K. Dritsakou, G. Liosis, A. Tsilia, G. Karanatsi, A. Tzortzi, M. Tzaki, M. Skouroliakou; Athens (Greece) ABS 47. RAW HUMAN MILK AND EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING IMPACT ON HEALTH CARE SYSTEM COSTS • K. Dritsakou, G. Liosis, M. Skouroliakou; Athens (Greece) ABS 48. PRENATAL ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION OF NEONATAL CRANIOSPINAL AND CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATIONS • A. Beke, F.R. Erős, I. Szabó, B. Pete, J. Jr. Rigó; Budapest (Hungary) ABS 49. NASAL CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE (nCPAP) OR O2 THERAPY TO TREAT TRANSIENT TACHYPNEA OF THE NEWBORN (TTN)? A COMPARATIVE RETROSPECTIVE NON-RANDOMIZED STUDY • S.S. Aguilera, M.G. Pattumelli, L. Massenzi, C. Gizzi, D. De Luca; Paris (France) and Rome (Italy) ABS 50. RENAL AND HEPATIC FUNCTION IN IUGR PREPUBERTAL CHILDREN • E.J. Sidiropoulou, G. Paltoglou, G. Valsamakis, E. Kouskouni, D. Hassiakos, G. Mastorakos, N. Iacovidou; Athens (Greece) ABS 51. SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS – REPORT OF A RARE CONDITION IN NEWBORN • K. Piperkova, N. Zdravevska, A. Papazovska Cherepnalkovski; Skopje (FYROM) ABS 52. TRANSFUSION-RELATED ACUTE LUNG INJURY IN NEONATES • E. Tzimou, A.E. Papathanasiou, I. Chatziioannidis, G. Mitsiakos; Thessaloniki (Greece) ABS 53. EARLY-ONSET NEONATAL INFECTION IN LITHUANIA • R. Tameliene, D. Stoniene, L. Russetti, A. Kudreviciene, A. Bulaukiene, V. Gedviliene, R. Tvarijonaviciene; Kaunas, Klaipeda, Siauliai and Panevezys (Lithuania) ABS 54. LONG-TERM TRENDS IN SURVIVAL AND CEREBRAL PALSY AMONG INFANTS BORN PREMATURELY (< 31 WEEKS) IN NORTHWEST GREECE • A. Drougia, A. Zeki, M. Papassava, I. Nakou, M. Tzoufi, V. Giapros; Ioannina (Greece) ABS 55. NEONATAL RESUSCITATION TRAINING COURSES. FROM PRACTICE TO RESEARCH • S. Zeballos Sarrato, G. Zeballos Sarrato, N. Navarro, M. Arriaga, I. Pescador, A. Rogriguez, E. Sanz, C. Ramos, P. Chimenti, S. Villar; Madrid (Spain) ABS 56. SURVIVAL RATES IN PREMATURE INFANTS DEPEND ON INCLUSION CRITERIA • S. Zeballos Sarrato, S. Villar Castro, C. Ramos Navarro, G. Zeballos Sarrato, P. Chimenti Camacho, N. Navarro Patiño, N. González Pacheco, M. Arriaga Redondo, M. del Carmen Sánchez, M. Sánchez Luna; Madrid (Spain) ABS 57. RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INTRAPARTUM STILLBIRTHS IN PREMATURE INFANTS • S. Zeballos Sarrato, M. Arriaga Redondo, G. Zeballos Sarrato, S. Villar Castro, C. Ramos Navarro, N. González Pacheco, P. Chimenti Camacho, N. Navarro Patiño, M. del Carmen Sánchez, M. Sánchez Luna; Madrid (Spain) ABS 58. URINE METABOLOMIC ANALYSIS IN NEONATES WITH LATE-ONSET SEPSIS. PRELIMINARY RESULTS • K. Sarafidis, G. Theodoridis, A. Thomaidou, H. Gika, O. Deda, M. Lyssikatou, A. Kontou, E. Diamanti, V. Soubasi, C. Agakidis, V. Drossou; Thessaloniki (Greece) ABS 59. URINE METABOLOMIC ANALYSIS IN PRETERM NEONATES WITH NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS. PRELIMINARY RESULTS • K. Sarafidis, G. Theodoridis, A. Thomaidou, H. Gika, O. Deda, M. Lyssikatou, E. Diamanti, V. Soubasi, C. Agakidis, V. Drossou; Thessaloniki (Greece) ABS 60. THE PROPRE-SAVE STUDY: THE EFFECTS OF PROBIOTICS AND PREBIOTICS ALONE OR COMBINED (SYNBIOTICS) ON PREVENTION OF NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS IN VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS: A MULTICENTER, RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED TRIAL • D. Dilli, B. Aydin, N. Dinlen Fettah, E. Özyazıcı, S. Beken, A. Zenciroğlu, et al.; Ankara, Diyarbakır, Bursa and Istanbul (Turkey) ABS 61. INDIVIDUALIZED MATERNAL MILK FORTIFICATION BASED ON MOTHER’S MILK ANALYSIS. EFFECT ON NUTRITIONAL INTAKE AND EARLY NUTRITIONAL STATUS • E. Parlapani, E. Diamanti, C. Agakidis, D. Fleturis, K. Sarafidis, Th. Karagiozoglou-Lampoudi, V. Drossou-Agakidou; Thessaloniki (Greece) ABS 62. LESS INVASIVE SURFACTANT ADMINISTRATION. FEASIBILITY STUDY • C. Ramos-Navarro, S. Villar-Castro, M. Arriaga-Redondo, S. Zeballos-Sarrato, N. Navarro-Patiño, A. Rodriguez-de la Blanca, P. Chimenti-Camacho, G. Zeballos-Sarrato, N. Gonzalez-Pacheco, C. López-Sagunto, M. Sanchez-Luna; Madrid (Spain) ABS 63. SYNCHRONIZED NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION IN PRETERM. OUR EXPERIENCE • C. Ramos Navarro, M. Sanchez Luna, M. Arriaga Redondo, S. Villar-Castro, S. Zeballos Sarrato, N. Navarro Patiño, P. Chimenti Camacho, G. Zeballos Sarrato, A. Rodriguez de la Blanca, N. Gonzalez-Pacheco; Madrid (Spain) ABS 64. RESPIRATORY MANAGEMENT IN PRETERMS. ARE WE LESS INVASIVE NOW THAN 10 YEARS AGO? • C. Ramos-Navarro, S. Zeballos-Sarrato, E. Sanz-López, E. Maderuelo-Rodriguez, S. Villar-Castro, M. Arriaga-Redondo, I. Pescador-Camacho, N. Navarro-Patiño, A. Rodriguez de la Blanca, M. Sanchez-Luna; Madrid (Spain) ABS 65. KLEBSIELLA INFECTION IN AN EUROPEAN SURVEILLANCE NEONATAL NETWORK (neonIN: http://www.neonin.org.uk) • C. Kortsalioudaki, A. Kent, J. Kopsidas, T. Watts, T. Scorrer, I. Lutsar, M. Turner, P. Clarke, K. Karachristou, A. Collinson, J. Chang, G. Dimitriou, N. Spyridis, T. Zaoutis, PT. Heath; on behalf of the Neonatal Infection Surveillance Network (neonIN); London, Portsmouth, Liverpool, Norwich and Truro (UK), Athens (Greece) and Tartu (Estonia) ABS 66. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NEONATAL BACTEREMIA IN GREECE – DATA FROM A EUROPEAN SURVEILLANCE NETWORK (neonIN: www.neonin.org.uk) • J. Kopsidas, C. Kortsalioudaki, K. Zannikos, K. Karachristou, G. Kοurlaba, F. Anatolitou, N. Lipsou, T. Siachanidou, A. Kent, D. Gkentzi, G. Dimitriou, TE. Zaoutis, PT. Heath, N. Spyridis; on behalf of the Neonatal Infection Surveillance Network (neonIN); Athens and Patras (Greece), London (UK) and Philadelphia (PA, USA) ABS 67. CRP ELEVATION ASSOCIATED WITH A POSITIVE BLOOD CULTURE IN INFANTS PARTICIPATING IN THE neonIN SURVEILLANCE NETWORK (www.neonin.org.uk) • J. Kopsidas, C. Kortsalioudaki, K. Zannikos, G. Kοurlaba, F. Anatolitou, A. Kent, T. Metsvaht, I. Lutsar, P. Clarke, A. Bedford-Russell, S. Pattnayak, T. Scorrer, T. Zaoutis, PT. Heath, N. Spyridis; on behalf of the Neonatal Infection Surveillance Network (neonIN); London, Norwich, Birmingham, Medway and Portsmouth (UK), Athens (Greece), Tartu (Estonia) and Philadelphia (PA, USA) ABS 68. A NEWBORN BABY WITH SEVERE NONIMMUNE NEONATAL HYDROPS AND CHYLOTHORAX – IS IT NOONAN’S SYNDROME? • S. Balogun, A. Gupta, B. Reichert; Stockton on Tees (UK) ABS 69. LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS OUTCOMES IN THE FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA • F. Skokić, S. Muratović, M. Skokić, D. Hadžić, A. Čosičkić, A. Selimović, E. Zulić, A. Mršić, A. Merić, A. Halilbašić; Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina) ABS 70. SUPPLEMENTATION OF VITAMIN D IN PRETERM INFANTS – MONITORING THERAPY • A. Kołodziejczyk, M.K. Borszewska-Kornacka; Warsaw (Poland) ABS 71. CITROBACTER DIVERSUS MULTIPLE BRAIN ABSCESSES IN A 28-WEEK PREMATURE FEMALE’S CASE REPORT • M. Lechowicz, R. Bokiniec, M.K. Borszewska-Kornacka; Warsaw (Poland) ABS 72. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE IN NEONATES WITH CENTRAL LINE ASSOCIATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS (CLABSIs) IN GREECE • K. Mougkou, F. Anatolitou, G. Baroutis, A. Charitou, G. Dimitriou, C. Giannakopoulou, A. Gounaris, J. Kapetanakis, G. Liosis, S. Mellos, G. Nyktari, J. Kopsidas, G. Kourlaba, S. Coffin, T. Zaoutis; Athens, Patras, Heraklion and Larissa (Greece), and Philadelphia (PA, USA) ABS 73. CIRCULATING LIPID ALTERATIONS IN NEONATAL INFECTION/SEPSIS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS • V. Bourika, A. Margeli, I. Papassotiriou, T. Siahanidou; Athens (Greece) ABS 74. TAIL IN A NEWBORN: A RARE FEATURE OF AMNIOTIC BAND SYNDROME • V. Bourika, A. Margeli, I. Papassotiriou, T. Siahanidou; Athens (Greece) ABS 75. THE EARLY NEONATAL MORTALITY AFTER CESAREAN SECTION • M. Petronijević, S. Vrzić Petronijević, D. Bratić, D. Plecas; Belgrade (Serbia) ABS 76. MODE OF DELIVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF ATOPIC DISORDERS DURING THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF LIFE • E. Papathoma, M. Trigka, S. Fouzas, G. Dimitriou; Patras (Greece) ABS 77. GRADES I-II INTRAVENTRICULAR HEMORRHAGE IN VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS: EFFECTS ON NEURODEVELOPMENT • K. Georgiou, C. Petropoulou, H. Bouza; Athens (Greece) ABS 78. PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF PREMATURITY ON THE INFANT-MOTHER DYAD • A. Karkani; Athens (Greece) ABS 79. ROLE OF PARACETAMOL IN THE CLOSURE OF PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS IN PRETERM NEONATES • D. Konstantinou, M. Klavdianou, M. Antoniadis; Athens (Greece) ABS 80. ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE FOR CENTRAL LINE ASSOCIATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS IN HOSPITALIZED NEONATES IN GREECE • K. Mougkou, N. Anagnostatou, L. Baglatzi, M. Dilanas, D. Gkentzi, I. Grivea, K. Kaffe, K. Karachristou, A. Kontogianni, L. Lianou, A. Mpilali, C. Petropoulou, Z. Stratiki, I. Zorou, J. Kopsidas, G. Kourlaba, S. Coffin, T. Zaoutis; Athens, Heraklion, Patras and Larissa (Greece), and Philadelphia (PA, USA) ABS 81. ASSESSMENT OF RISK FACTORS FOR NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS IN PRETERM INFANTS • Z. Zvizdic, S. Heljic; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina ABS 82. FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROVISION OF HUMAN MILK IN THE PRETERM INFANT IN GREECE • Ch. Sidiropoulou, M. Daglas, A. Nika, P. Galanis, A. Bilali, E. Antoniou, I. Kapetanakis; Athens (Greece) ABS 83. SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF LINEZOLID IN NEONATES: AN INDIAN EXPERIENCE • S. Desai, B. Jasani, A. Gokhale, R. Nanavati, N. Kabra; Mumbai (India) ABS 84. GREEK AND FOREIGN PARENTAL SATISFACTION BY THE CARE PROVIDED TO NEONATES • K. Pouliou, V. Matziou, M. Daglas, P. Galanis; Athens (Greece) ABS 85. THE NURSES’ PERCEPTIONS ON GIVEN SUPPORT TO PARENTS OF NEONATAL PATIENTS • J. Retpap, S. Keerdo, D. Vassiljeva, K. Lepla, M. Raig, M. Maigre, H. Varendi; Tartu (Estonia) ABS 86. DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA IN NEWBORNS • M. Cernada, A. Sánchez-Illana, A. Nuñez, J. Escobar, M.Vento, J. Kuligowski; Valencia (Spain) ABS 87. CESAREAN SECTION EPIDEMIOLOGY IN A PROVINCIAL GREEK MATERNITY UNIT • A. Giakoumogiannaki, V. Picha, E. Karavitakis, N. Theodoraki, M. Varanaki, C-A. Chaziraki, A.Tsopelas, E. Apazidou; Chania (Greece) ABS 88. FETAL AND NEONATAL ALLOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA (FNATP) IN CROATIA DURING THE PERIOD 2009-2013: CLINICAL AND LABORATORY CHARACTERISTICS • M. Starčević, M. Tomičić, J. Tumbri, B. Golubić-Čepulić, K. Gojčeta, Z. Mustapić; Zagreb (Croatia) ABS 89. IS LOCALIZED NEC A DIFFERENT CONDITION FROM CLASSIC NEC? • Y. Chen, C.C.P. Ong, Y. Low; Singapore ABS 90. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA ON BIRTHS IN A GREEK PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL MATERNITY, DURING THE LAST DECADE • A. Kotta, N. Theodoraki, P. Tsichlaki, V. Picha, M. Varanaki, A. Giakoumogiannaki, A. Petrocheilou, E. Karavitakis, A. Tsopelas, E. Apazidou; Chania (Greece) ABS 91. LEPTIN WAS NOT ALTERED AS A RESULT OF PREBIOTICS SUPPLEMENTATION IN A PRETERM POPULATION • M. Dasopoulou, D. Briana, T Boutsikou, E. Karakasidou, E. Roma, C. Costalos, A. Malamitsi-Puchner; Athens (Greece) ABS 92. ADAMS-OLIVER SYNDROME: A SEVERE PRESENTATION • V. Baptista, A. Silva, C. Sá, J. Dias, A.R. Martins, A. Osório, N. Teixeira, A. Pereira; Braga (Portugal) ABS 93. STUDY ON BIRTHS IN YEAR 2013 AT A PROVINCIAL GREEK MATERNITY UNIT • M. Varanaki, E. Apazidou, V. Picha, A. Giakoumogiannaki, N. Theodoraki, E. Karavitakis, A. Tsopelas, A. Petrocheilou; Chania (Greece) ABS 94. THE EFFICACY OF PROPRANOLOL IN PREMATURE RETINOPATHY AND ITS CORRELATION WITH PLATELET MASS INDEX • L. Korkmaz, O. Baştuğ, A. Özdemir, S. Korkut, C. Karaca, M. Ali Akın, T. Güneş, S. Kurtoğlu, A. Öztürk; Kayseri (Turkey) ABS 95. BREAST MILK LEVELS OF MMP-9/NGAL COMPLEX IN WOMEN WITH INSULIN-DEPENDENT GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS DURING THE FIRST POSTPARTUM DAYS • D. Metallinou, A. Lykeridou, D. Rizos, G. Liosis, I. Papassotiriou; Athens (Greece) ABS 96. CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS IN PRETERM INFANTS WITH RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME • S. Alkan Ozdemir, E. Arun Ozer, O. Ilhan, S. Sutcuoglu, M. Tatli; Izmir (Turkey) ABS 97. COLLODION BABY – A RARE FORM OF CONGENITAL ICHTHYOSIS: PRESENTATION OF A CASE WITH GOOD OUTCOME • N. Zdraveska, K. Piperkova, S. Palcevska-Kocevska, A. Papazovska-Cherepnalkovski, N. Aluloska; Skopje (FYROM) ABS 98. NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS AND RISK FACTORS • Z. Özduvan, Ü. Vatansever, B. Acunaş, R. Duran, Ü.N. Başaran; Edirne (Turkey) ABS 99. NEONATAL OVARIAN TORSION IN FOUR NEWBORN INFANTS • O. Surmeli-Onay, A. Api, B. Mutlu Ozyurt; Mersin (Turkey) ABS 100. NEONATAL AORTIC THROMBOSIS MIMICKING CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE • D. Ninković, Z. Mustapić, J. Stipanović-Kastelić, E. Bilić, A. Dasović-Buljević, V. Benjak, R. Grizelj, B. Filipović-Grčić; Zagreb (Croatia) ABS 101. INDICATIONS FOR ACUTE DIALYSIS IN NEONATES OVER THE PAST THREE DECADES AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER ZAGREB • Ž. Mustapić, J. Slaviček, Z. Puretić, D. Bartoniček, S. Galić, M. Cvitković, M. Novak, V. Benjak, A. Dasović Buljević, R. Grizelj, R. Kmet, H. Kniewald, D. Ninković, J. Stipanović Kastelić, A. Antabak, M. Bogović, S. Čavar, T. Luetić, S. Sršen Medančić, D. Batinić, B. Filipović Grčić; Zagreb (Croatia) ABS 102. TRENDS IN MORTALITY AND MAJOR MORBIDITY AT DISCHARGE AMONG VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS (22-25 WEEKS OF GESTATION). REVIEW OF SIX YEARS (2008-2013) • S. Villar Castro, S. Zeballos Sarrato, N. González Pacheco, G. Zeballos Sarrato, M. Arriaga Redondo, C. Ramos Navarro, N. Navarro Patiño, I. Pescador Chamorro, M. Sánchez Luna; Madrid (Spain) ABS 103. MANAGEMENT OF HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA IN PRETERM INFANTS IN TURKEY: A SURVEY STUDY • N. Guzoglu, A. Tandirci, D. Aliefendioglu; Kirikkale (Turkey) ABS 104. HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS • M. Ferreira, C. Fernandes, T. Marques, R. Barroso; Amadora (Lisbon) (Portugal) ABS 105. APGAR SCORE – HOW OBJECTIVE COULD WE BE? • I. Bilic Cace, B. Peter, K. Manestar Rukavina, I. Babic Bozovic, O. Petrovic, H. Haller; Rijeka (Croatia) ABS 106. DIGITAL AND ANALOG RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING OF NEONATES: DOSE AND IMAGE QUALITY EVALUATION • E. Taktikou, A. Karatza, C. Kalogeropoulou, H. Delis, S. Skiadopoulos, G. Messaris, G. Dimitriou, G. Panayiotakis; Patras (Greece) ABS 107. HOW TO ASSESS NEONATAL PAIN • C.V. Bellieni, M.G. Alagna, M. Tei, G. Buonocore; Siena (Italy) ABS 108. DEVELOPING A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF PATIENT SATISFACTION IN A NICU • I. Chatziioannidis, P. Karagianni, E. Papaioannou, E. Babatseva, P. Chouchou, I. Michailidou, N. Nikolaidis; Thessaloniki (Greece) ABS 109. SURGICAL ANOMALIES IN A COHORT OF TWINS: THE ROLE OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY • O. Panagiotopoulou, S. Fouzas, C. Papadopoulou, X. Sinopidis, G. Dimitriou, A. Karatza; Patras (Greece) ABS 110. HOW PAINFUL IS A HEEL PRICK OR A VENIPUNCTURE IN A NEWBORN? • C.V. Bellieni, M. Tei, G. Stazzoni, M.G. Alagna, F. Iacoponi, S. Cornacchione, S. Bertrando, G. Buonocore; Siena and Rome (Italy) ABS 111. HIGH-DOSE IBUPROFEN FOR PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS IN TERM AND PRETERM NEONATES • F. Stripeli, K. Zannikos, M. Dasopoulou, K. Karachristou, S. Loukopoulou, F. Anatolitou; Athens (Greece) ABS 112. CARDIAC TAMPONADE AS A COMPLICATION OF PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL CATHETER IN PRETERM INFANTS: A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF THE CASES REPORTED AT AN ITALIAN LEVEL III NEONATAL UNIT • C. Zivelonghi, M. Ventola, M. Magnani, L. Pecoraro, M.P. Gentile, M. Castellani, E. Bonafiglia, B. Ficial, C. Richelli, R. Beghini, E.M. Padovani; Verona (Italy) ABS 113. POSTOPERATIVE C-REACTIVE PROTEIN COURSE IN NEONATAL POPULATION AFTER MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR OPERATIONS • L. Lianou, K. Zannikos, G. Gika, A. Vontzalidis, E. Yatrakou, K. Karachristou, K. Katehi, N. Papamihalopoulos, S. Mellos; Athens (Greece) ABS 114. THE DIAGNOSIS OF TOXOPLASMOSIS IN PREGNANT WOMEN PROVIDES GOOD RESULTS OF TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS • B. Mise, S. Roglic; Zagreb (Croatia) ABS 115. CONGENITAL CMV INFECTION: SEVERE DISEASE OR ADDITIONAL INFECTION? • B. Mise, L. Stemberger, G. Tesovic; Zagreb (Croatia) ABS 116. HEMATOLOGICAL PROFILE OF NEONATAL HEMOLYTIC JAUNDICE • A. Papazovska Cherepnalkovski, K. Piperkova, S. Palcevska Kocevska, N. Najdanovska Aluloska, N. Zdravevska, T. Gruev, V. Krzelj; Skopje (FYROM) and Split (Croatia) ABS 117. FEASIBILITY OF USING LOW DELIVERED TIDAL VOLUMES AND HIGHER FREQUENCIES IN HIGH-FREQUENCY OSCILLATORY VENTILATION AS LUNG PROTECTION STRATEGY • N. González-Pacheco, C. Ramos-Navarro, I. Pescador-Chamorro, P. Chimenti-Camacho, A. Rodríguez-Sánchez de la Blanca, M. Arriaga-Redondo, N. Navarro-Patiño, S. Villar-Castro, S. Zeballos-Sarrato, M. Sánchez-Luna; Madrid (Spain) ABS 118. HELIUM TO PROTECT THE IMMATURE LUNG FROM OXYGEN TOXICITY • E. Maderuelo, E. Sanz, C. Ramos, P. Chimenti, S. Villar, M. Ariaga, A. Navarro, A. Rodriguez, R. Rodriguez, M. Sanchez Luna; Madrid (Spain) ABS 119. CEREBELLAR HAEMORRHAGE AND SIGNIFICANT SUBSEQUENT ATROPHY IN AN EXTREMELY LOW-BIRTH WEIGHT (ELBW) INFANT • C. Thomou, M. Polychronaki, I. Tritou, K. Skopetou, M. Chatzakis, M. Koropouli, G. Niotakis; Heraklion (Greece) ABS 120. RISK FACTORS OF CATHETER-RELATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS IN NEONATES WITH CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS • D. Rallis, E. Mylona, I. Papakotoula, C. Tsakalidis, P. Karagianni, N. Nikolaidis; Thessaloniki (Greece) ABS 121. LIMB ARTERIAL THROMBOSIS IN NEONATES: SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE • M. Miliaraki, M. Papadimas, M. Koropouli, M. Chatzakis; Heraklion (Greece) ABS 122. CASE REPORT: POSTNATAL DIAGNOSIS OF RING CHROMOSOME 18 – R(18) • K. Skopetou, G. Niotakis, I. Tritou, M. Theodoraki, M. Koropouli; Heraklion (Greece) ABS 123. MATERNAL RISK FACTORS FOR NEONATAL NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS: a RETROSPECTIVE STUDY • K. Skopetou, M. Miliaraki, V. Valari, C Thomou, M. Polichronaki, M. Papadimas, M. Koropouli; Heraklion (Greece) ABS 124. NEONATAL RISK FACTORS FOR NEONATAL NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY • K. Skopetou, M. Miliaraki, V. Valari, C. Thomou, M. Theodoraki, E. Chatzakis, M. Koropouli; Heraklion (Greece) ABS 125. UNEXPLAINED APNOEAS IN AN OTHERWISE HEALTHY APPEARING TERM NEONATE: HADDAD SYNDROME • G. Niotakis, C. Giatzakis, M. Polichronaki, M Theodoraki, M. Koropouli; Heraklion (Greece) ABS 126. CASE REPORT: CONGENITAL CNS TOXOPLASMOSIS AFTER APPROPRIATE ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENT DURING PREGNANCY AND NEGATIVE AMNIOTIC FLUID PCR • G. Niotakis, M. Miliaraki, I. Tritou, M. Papadimas, M. Koropouli; Heraklion (Greece) ABS 127. THE ANALYSIS OF SUCKING AND SWALLOWING VIA A NEW METHOD IN TERM INFANTS: PRELIMINARY REPORT • D. Anuk Ince, A. Ecevit, B. Oskay Acar, A. Saracoglu, A. Kurt, M. Agah Tekindal, A. Tarcan; Ankara (Turkey) ABS 128. NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME DUE TO OPIOID ABUSE IN PREGNANCY • B. Mutlu Ozyurt, O. Surmeli Onay; Mersin (Turkey) ABS 129. TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS COMPLEX: LIMITATIONS OF THE ANTENATAL GENETIC STUDY • P. Santos, C. Aguiar, T. Martins, A. Vilan, C. Moura, R. Rocha, H. Soares, P. Soares, R. Gustavo, G. Silva, H. Guimarães; Oporto (Portugal) ABS 130. ASPECTS OF HEMOLYTIC DISEASE OF THE NEWBORN IN CLINICAL HOSPITAL SKB MOSTAR DURING THE PERIOD 2008-2013 • M. Jerkovic Raguz, D. Sumanovic Glamuzina, J. Brzica, I. Letica; Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) ABS 131. CONGENITAL STEINERT DYSTROPHY: WHEN SHOULD WE CONSIDER IT? • P. Santos, F. Flor-de-Lima, P. Soares, A. Vilan, R. Rocha, G. Rocha, G. Silva, H. Guimarães; Oporto (Portugal) ABS 132. USE OF HUMAN MILK DURING NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE HOSPITALIZATION • M. Janeiro, I. Periquito, C. Fernandes, M. Ferreira, R. Barroso; Amadora (Lisbon) (Portugal) ABS 133. PLACENTAL HISTOLOGICAL PATTERNS AND NEONATAL MORBIDITY/MORTALITY • M.L. Tataranno, S. Perrone, A. Santacroce, S. Toti Maria, M.G. Alagna, M.S. Cori, G. Stazzoni, S. Negro, G. Buonocore; Siena (Italy) ABS 134. LONG-TERM IMPACT OF VLBW ON PSYCHO-NEUROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN YOUNG ADULTS: A SINGLE CENTRE POPULATION-LINKAGE STUDY • S. Negro, M.L. Tataranno, E. Becucci, M.G. Gatti, D. Urilli, A. Santacroce, S. Perrone, G. Buonocore; Siena (Italy) ABS 135. EVALUATION OF BONE MINERAL DENSITY BY QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS BORN PRETERM • S. Perrone, M.L. Conte, S. Badii, M.S. Toti, E. Becucci, M. Longini, S. Cecchi, M.L. Tataranno, G. Buonocore; Siena (Italy) ABS 136. SERUM PROCALCITONIN IN HEALTHY NEONATES • A. Karastaneva, M. Krasteva-Vilmosh, M. Bosheva, T. Deneva, D. Davcheva; Plovdiv (Bulgaria) ABS 137. EFFECT OF MODE OF DELIVERY ON BIOMARKERS OF NEONATAL CARDIAC INJURY AND INFLAMMATION • E. Gkiougki, H. Rouatbi, G. Biondollilo, C. van Linthout, K. Schumacher, M-C. Seghaye; Liège (Belgium) ABS 138. PERINATAL BRAIN INJURY AND DYNAMICS OF THE CLINICAL SYMPTOMATOLOGY • D. Šumanović-Glamuzina, J. Mi