International Conference “Preterm Birth and Post-term Pregnancy”, 21-22 June 2011
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Оpening of the conference |
On 21-22 June, 2011 an International Conference “Preterm Birth and Post-term Pregnancy” was held in Almazov Federal Heart, Blood and Endocrinology Centre.
Conference Founders Were:
- Almazov Federal Heart, Blood and Endocrinology Centre
- Saint-PetersburgState UniversityFaculty of Medicine
- Saint PetersburgState Mechnikov Medical Academy
- KirovMilitary Medical Academy
- Saint-Petersburg Administration Healthcare Committee
- Saint-PetersburgInternational Schoolof Perinatal Medicine and Reproductive Health
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High-Tech Medical Foundation
With Support of:
- World Association of Perinatal Medicine
- European Association of Perinatal Medicine
Lately, with active state policy aiming at birth rate increase in Russia demand for medical services of high quality particularly in obstetrics and gynecology has been raised. Premature birth means premature children who require intensive care. Frequently, they require not only life support, but also surgical intervention.
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Roberto Romero (USA) |
Gian Carlo DiRenzo (Italy) |
Dan Farine |
In the USA, Australia and some other countries of Western Europe enhanced educational programmes in perinatal medicine are being running. In Russia by now there were no conditions for specialists of such profile. Such conferences provide a great opportunity for research and current clinical practice results exchange between local and foreign specialists and enable to raise qualification level of local specialists to meet the world standards.
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In the course of the conference various aspects of current approaches to premature birth management as well as role of different infections and inflammatory response in pathogenesis were discussed. Besides, issues of abnormal labor, assessment methods of fetal and newborn maturity, and even medicolegal issues in obstetrics were covered on the conference.