22nd Annual Perinatal Symposium - April 18th, 2012

April 18, 2012

Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
is hosting it's 22nd Annual
Perinatal Symposium


April 18, 2012
7:30am-4:30pm

at the Sheraton Fairplex Conference Center in Pomona
Click HERE for registration details!


 
Program Description
This symposium is designed for physicians, nurses and other health care professionals
responsible for the care of mothers and/or neonates. The faculty will address the management
of various clinical situations that arise in the practice of obstetrics and neonatal care. Topics
presented will explore areas of rapid change with an emphasis on optimizing the outcome
for mother and infant.
Program Objectives
● Upon completion of this seminar, the participant will be able to:
● Define the role of magnesium sulfate in neuroprotection.
● Describe intentional communication of fetal heart rate patterns.
● Recognize legal and regulatory requirements of documentation.
● Understand the use of progesterone in preterm labor.
● Discuss stabilization measures in specific situations for newborns.
● Address the increased risk for adverse outcomes related to maternal obesity.
● Explain the initial management of congenital heart disease.
● Use a practical approach to manage diabetes in pregnancy.
● Identify the effects of early hypothermia on brain preservation.
 
Agenda

7:30 am Registration/Breakfast/Exhibits Open

8:00 am

Welcome and Overview

Anna S. Leung, MD

8:15 am

Preterm Birth Prevention: Update 2012

Manuel Porto, MD

9:00 am

Managing Delivery Room Emergencies and

Improving Outcomes

Sandy Beauman, MSN, RNC-NIC

10:15 am Break/Exhibits Open

WORKSHOPS:

11:00 am

PERINATAL:

Fetal Distress: What Not To Do!!!

Jeffery P. Phelan, MD, JD

NEONATAL:

Congenital Heart Screening in the Nursery

Mitchell Goldstein, MD

11:45 am

PERINATAL:

Management of Multiple Gestation

Manuel Porto, MD

NEONATAL:

Neonatal Thrombophelias

Diane Nugent, MD

11:45 pm Luncheon/Exhibits Open

1:15 pm Raffle and Perinatal Nurse-of-the-Year Announcement

1:30 pm

Gestational Diabetes: An Update

Siri L. Kjos, MD

2:30 pm Break/Exhibits Open

WORKSHOPS:

2:45 pm

PERINATAL:

Peripartum Management of the Plus-Size Pregnancy

Mark Curran, MD

NEONATAL:

Keeping the Records Straight: Legal Issues in

Documentation

Sandy Beauman, MSN, RNC-NIC

4:30 pm

PERINATAL:

Collaborative Practice: Using the Electronic Fetal

Monitoring Categories

Jeanie Badertscher, MSN, RN, CNS

NEONATAL:

Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy and Brain Cooling

Vijay Dhar, MD

4:30 pm Evaluation Collection, Certificate Distribution

Wine and Cheese Reception

*Titles and speakers are subject to change