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Pediatric Forensic Medicine and Clinical Forensic Medicine


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Pediatric Forensic Medicine and Clinical Forensic Medicine

På grunn av Covid-19 situasjonen er møtet avlyst!

March 25th – 27th 2020, Soria Moria, Voksenkollveien 60, Oslo

Dep. of Forensic Sciences, Section of Forensic Pathology and Clinical forensic Medicine



Wednesday March 25th

10:00: Welcome and introduction

10:05:   Consistent classification of unexplained sudden death – is it possible?

Chair: Richard Goldstein and Joanna Garstang

10:05: Experience after the 3rd International Congress on Sudden Infant and Child Death

Richard Goldstein, Harvard Medical School

10:25: How far are we from a worldwide accepted classification of SIDS?

Joanna Garstang, Warwick Medical School

10:45: How many subgroups are there under the SIDS umbrella?

Rachel Moon, University of Virginia

11:05: A common diagnostic understanding – prerequisite for solving the SIDS enigma?

Peter Blair, University of Bristol

11:25: Coffee break

11:50: Association between prior child abuse reports and sudden unexpected infant death

Fern Hauck, University of Virginia

12:10: Handling the SIDS diagnosis in practical forensic work – how to interpret risk factors

Silje Osberg, Oslo University Hospital

12:25: The move from borderline SIDS to undetermined

Arne Stray-Pedersen, Oslo University Hospital

12:40: The importance of death scene investigation

Torleiv Ole Rognum, Oslo University Hospital

13:00: Lunch

14:00: Plenary discussion

Moderator: Torleiv Ole Rognum

15:00: Coffee break

15:30: Difficult cases

Several presenters

17:00: End of program


Thursday March 26th

09:00: SIDS and SUDI – research topics

Chair:

09:05: Can cloud-based genomic analytics tools solve the SIDS enigma?

(not yet confirmed)

09:25: Update on sequencing project – possibilities and obstacles

Chelsea Pagan, Seattle Children’s Hospital

09:45: Laboratory diagnostics - from targeted analysis to metabolomics

Katja Benedikte Prestø Elgstøen, Oslo University Hospital

10:05: The use of metabolomics in SIDS research

Hanne B. Skogvold, Oslo University Hospital

10:25: Genetics and SIDS – where do we stand?

Siri Hauge Opdal, Oslo University Hospital

10:40: Coffee break

11:10: Brain research in SIDS and SUDI

Chair: Robin Haynes

11:15: The role of hippocampus in SIDS

Robin Haynes, Harvard Medical School

11:35: Disturbed dynamic control of rhythm generation networks – involved in SIDS?

Nino Ramirez, Seattle Children’s Hospital

11:55: SIDS and hypoxia – genetic markers

Siri Hauge Opdal, Oslo University Hospital

12:15: Hypoxic markers in the newborn

Rønnaug Solberg, Oslo University Hospital

12:35: The vicious circle – especially valid for small babies sleeping prone?

Torleiv Ole Rognum, Oslo University Hospital

13:00: Lunch

14:00: Difficult cases

Several presenters

Focus on traumatic brain damage

15:00: Coffee break

15:30: Free paper session

Several presenters

17:00: End of program


Friday March 27th

09:00: Current controversies in child abuse

Chair: Arne Stray-Pedersen

09:00: Neuropathological findings in abusive head trauma due to shaking and blunt force violence

Jacob Matschke, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

09:30: Neuroradiological findings in abusive head trauma

Maninder Singh Chawla, Oslo University Hospital

09:45: Measurement of extracellular fluid the scull of infants

Heidi Beate Eggesbø, Oslo University Hospital

10:00: Radiological assessment of osteoporosis and bone weakness in infants and small children – what are the possibilities?

Lil-Sofie Ording Müller, Oslo University Hospital

10:15: Metaphyseal lesions vs. metaphyseal irregularities in small children. What are the differences and how should they be interpreted?

(not yet confirmed)

10:30: Medical knowledge regarding child abuse in Norway – can our most vulnerable children get the help they need?

Mary Jo Vollmer-Sandholm, Oslo University Hospital

10:45: Coffee break

11:10: Panel discussion: The current status of medicolegal situation of abusive head trauma (AHT) in the Nordic countries

Chair: Torleiv Ole Rognum

11:00: AHT in Norway, the clinician’s perspective

Sara Shah, Oslo University Hospital

11:05: AHT in Norway, the neurosurgeon’s perspective

Bernt J. Due-Tønnessen, Oslo University Hospital

11:10: AHT in Norway, the ophthalmologist’s perspective

Dordi Austeng, St. Olavs Hospital

11:15: AHT in Norway, the forensic pathologist’s perspective

Arne Stray-Pedersen, Oslo University Hospital

11:20: The AHT medicolegal situation in Denmark

Jytte Banner, University of Copenhagen

11:30: The AHT medicolegal situation in Germany

Jan Sperhake University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

11:40: The AHT medicolegal situation in Sweden (not yet confirmed)

11:50: The AHT medicolegal situation in Finland (not yet confirmed)

12:00: Discussion

13:00: Lunch


Course fee: NOK 4500,-, for all three days, inclusive lunch

Reduced fee for one or two days participation

Registration to siropd@ous-hf.no no later than March 10th 2020 kommer