New Insights on Fetal Growth Restriction

09:00 Participants’ registration

09:30 Greetings by the Authorities

09:45 Introduction – Giuseppe Ricci, Italy

10:00 Truffle Award to Hans Wolf
Christoph Lees, UK – Tamara Stampalija, Italy

10:10 Lectio magistralis: The history of fetal growth restriction and unanswered questions Enrico Ferrazzi, Italy

10:40 Invited Lecture: Selective ultrasound screening for SGA – the DESiGN experience  Dharmintra Pasupathy, Australia

Pathophysiology.
Discussants: Giuseppe Rizzo – Tiziana Frusca, Italy, and Kurt Hecher, Germany

11:10 Maternal hemodynamics in FGR, SGA and PE Herbert Valensise, Italy

11:30 Biomarkers in FGR, SGA and PE Dietmar Schlembach, Germany

11:50 The role of umbilical vein, preliminary data from TRUFFLE-2  Tamara Stampalija, Italy

12:10 Questions and discussion

12:30 Lunch

Clinical outcomes & management.
Discussants: Tullio Ghi – Laura Travan – Maria Bernardon, Italy

13:40 The key messages from TRUFFLE-2 feasibility study Christoph Lees, UK

14:00 Corticosteroids in late FGR: do they work? Federico Prefumo, Italy

14:20 Reducing stillbirth – insights from DESiGN Matias Costa Vieira, UK

14:40 Predictors of poor outcome Andrea Dall’Asta, Italy

15:00 Child long-term consequences Virgilio Carnielli, Italy

15:20 Questions and discussion

15:40 Coffee break

Ultrasound, Doppler and fetal growth.
Discussants: Federico Mecacci – Gianpaolo Maso, Italy and Tanja Premru-Sršen, Slovenia

16:20 How to do fetal Dopplers – key tips Alessandra Familiari, Italy

16:40 Variability of biometry & Doppler measurements Raffaele Napolitano, UK

17:00 Biometry and Doppler charts: what is new? Tamara Stampalija, Italy

17.20 Fetal growth velocity & in utero shrinkage Christoph Lees, UK

17.40 An update on the TRUFFLE-2 RCT Bronacha Mylrea-Foley, UK

18:00 Questions and discussion

18:30 End of the meeting