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38th International Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Pathophysiology of
Pregnancy (Organisation Gestosis).
To be held at the Stamford Hotel, Adelaide, Australia between 5-7 March 2006.
The next annual meeting of the Organisation Gestosis is to be held in Adelaide, Australia in 2006. This will be
the first meeting of this International body in Australia, and it has been planned to precede the International
Congress on “Human Reproductive Health through the Ages” organised by the Departments of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology of the Universities in Adelaide, to be held from 8-10 March 2006. This will enable overseas
visitors and Australian Physicians, Obstetricians/Gynaecologists, Neonatal Paediatricians, and research
scientists to attend both meetings, should they desire to do so. The programme has been designed to also cater
for the needs of Trainees within the RANZCOG and the needs of midwives who are directly involved in the
care of high-risk patients, such as those with severe Gestosis(pre-eclampsia), who clearly have an increased
incidence of intra-uterine growth restriction and intra-uterine and intra-partum hypoxia. It is anticipated that at
least 100 persons will attend the Meeting.
The programme has been designed so that there will be 4 twenty to thirty minute lectures by
International and Australian Specialists in each of the 2 plenary sessions held on the mornings of the 2
days of the meeting, with the 2 afternoons set aside for the special Workshops on CTG assessment and
use of Ultrasound, or for free communication presentations on different clinical or research areas of
Gestosis (pre-eclampsia). There will also be an opening reception held on the evening of Sunday 5 th
March 2006.
The actual topic areas to be covered in Plenary Sessions are as follows:
1. Monday 0830-1030 An International Perspective of Gestosis(pre-eclampsia) through the ages- the
condition itself, changes in care, the prognosis for the mother and baby, and the differences in
presentation and outcomes in different countries? This will be followed by a series of presentations on
“ The Aetiology and Prevention of pre-eclampsia”
0830 Opening ceremony: Prof Roger Pepperell - Australian Representative for OG, Congress
President, Hon.Academician of OGASH (www.gestosis.ge/eng/26_7.php)
0845 Initial presentation : An International Perspective of EPH-Gestosis through the ages- the
condition itself, changes in care, the prognosis for the mother and baby, and the differences in
presentation and outcomes in different countries?
Lecturer: Prof. Ernst Theodor Rippmann Foundation President OG (Switzerland)Hon.Academician of OGASH (www.gestosis.ge/eng/26_2.php ) Secretary General of OG
0915-1030 Aetiology and prevention of Gestosis(pre-eclampsia)
Lecturers: 1. Prof Gus. Dekker (Adelaide) Risk factors and prevention of
pre-eclampsia
2. Dr
Annamalai Loganath (Singapore), OG 2007 President (elect),
(http://www.gestosis.ge/eng/23.php). Prizewinner of Hera's Golden Prize
- OGASH IAMSS awards 2005 (http://www.gestosis.ge/eng/26_5.php).
Angiogenesis in normal and pre-eclamptic placentae.
3. Prof Ljudmila Murashko (Russia)-President of RAOG. Endothelial dysfunction
in Gestosis (pre-eclampsia) (http://www.gestosis.ge/eng/25_c.php)
4. Prof. Shaun Brennecke (Melbourne) Genetics of
pre-eclampsia.
2. Monday 1100-1300 Antenatal and Intrapartum assessment and care- what tests should be done?,
hypotensive treatment- who and when to treat, use of anti-epileptic drugs- who and when to treat and
what drug to use.
Lecturers:
1. Dr Anne Maree Hennessey (Sydney) Integrated antenatal assessment profile
for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Can these predict the outcome
for mother and baby?
2. Dr Bill Hague (Adelaide) When and how to treat hypertension in pregnancy?
3. Dr Louise Kornman (Melbourne) When should anti-convulsant drugs be
used?
3. Tuesday 0830-1030 The care of ‘special’ cases.
Lecturers:
1. Dr Jo Said (Melbourne) Thrombophilias and adverse pregnancy
outcome.
2. Prof Avtandil Chkheidze (Tbilisi, Georgia) OGASH Chairman and President.
Hon.Academician of OGASH www.gestosis.ge/eng/26_2.php
Factors promoting an atypical course of EPH-Gestosis.
3. Prof Andrei Murashko (Russia) Thromboembolic prophylaxis in pregnant
women with Gestosis (pre-eclampsia).
4. Prof Ljudmila Murashko (Russia) President of RAOG. Kidney
transplantation and pregnancy outcome.
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4. Tuesday 1100-1300 Complicated Pre-eclampsia, the mode of delivery, the initial paediatric care
required and the long term paediatric follow-up.
Lecturers:
1. Prof Gus Dekker (Adelaide) The management of patients with
complicated pre-eclampsia including HELLP syndrome.
2. Prof Roger Pepperell (Melbourne) The mode of delivery of patients with
pre-eclampsia - does gestation change the care required?
3. Prof Manuel Carrapato (Portugal) The offspring of Gestosis:
neonatal problems and later outcome.
4. Prof Lex Doyle ( Melbourne) Long -term follow up of preterm babies
delivered of women with or without pre-eclampsia.
Free Communication sessions will be held between 1400 and 1700 hours on each day. The final programme
for these sessions will be defined when the abstracts have been received. Already 8 abstracts, covering a mix of
clinical and research topics, have been received. If you wish to submit a Free communication abstract, please
follow the rules on the attached document and submit this BEFORE 21/01/2006.
The 2 workshops will cover the important assessment areas required in all patients with Gestosis (preeclampsia). These are
1. Monday 1400-1700 The use of CTG assessment of the fetus antenatally and in labour. This workshop
will be led by Dr David Morris. It will detail the basis of the CTG assessment, and will indicate the
relevance of the various abnormalities which are able to be detected, and the further assessment or care
required when these abnormalities are defined. Examples of the abnormalities seen in high risk pregnancies,
such as those of patients with Gestosis (pre-eclampsia), will be considered in detail. This workshop will be
of particular value to practicing obstetricians and trainees, and also midwives working in tertiary institutions
or in hospitals with limited obstetric facilities, but where CTG monitoring is expected to be available and
assessed adequately.
2. Tuesday 1400-1700 The use of ultrasound in high risk pregnancy care. This workshop will be led by
Professor Brian Trudinger, and will cover the major uses of ultrasound in Obstetric practice, particularly
where the pregnancy is complicated by or likely to be complicated by Gestosis (pre-eclampsia).
Umbilical Artery Doppler Study (Prof. Brian Trudinger) Pathology and pathogenesis of the placental
vasculopathy underlying the flow pattern disturbance. The notion of a fetal and maternal syndrome. The
use of umbilical Doppler in clinical practice.
Studies of Fetal Vessels (Prof. Brian Trudinger) Doppler studies of the aorta, cerebral arteries and
central veins (ductus venosus, inferior vena cava) The haemodynamic changes that underlie flow pattern
disturbances. The use of such studies in clinical practice.
Studies of Uterine artery Doppler. The origin of the abnormal waveform pattern. A review of uterine
Doppler screening in pregnancy. First trimester studies.
3D and 4D Ultrasound in Fetal Medicine. (Dr Shaun Choong) Fetal and amniotic fluid measurements,
site of the umbilical cord- their clinical usefullness, the frequency of assessment, when are differences in
measurement significant in multiple pregnancies. Use of 3D/4D ultrasound for fetal morphology and
other assessments in low risk and high risk pregnancies.
The registration fees, which include the applicable Goods and Services Tax (GST), are as follows:
Before 31/1/2006
After 31/1/2006
RANZCOG Fellows
A$440
A$550
RANZCOG Trainees
A$220
A$275
Midwives
A$220
A$275
Research scientists
A$220
A$275
Free communication presenters
A$220
A$275
Accompanying persons
A$110
A$143
For further information, including registration and accommodation forms, and Free Communication application
and abstract forms for the Organisation Gestosis Meeting, contact
Professor Roger J Pepperell, the President of the 38th meeting. His address etc is as follows:
Professor Roger J Pepperell
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
University of Melbourne,
132 Grattan Street,
Carlton, Victoria 3053
AUSTRALIA
Tel: 613-93442130
Fax: 613-93471761
Email: [email protected]
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