Uppsala Symposium on the Care of Tiny Babies
When
12 am June 15 – 4 pm June 17, 2026
Venue
Uppsala University Hospital
H:son Holmdahl Hall, Entrance 100
Dag Hammarskölds väg 8
753 09 Uppsala
Sweden
Only on-site participation
Conference language
English
Conference theme
Comprehensive management of infants born at 22–24 weeks of gestation
Target audience
Physicians and nurses involved in the care of extremely preterm infants
Conference chairs
Associate Professor Ylva Thernström Blomqvist RN, PhD lva.thernstrom.blomqvist@akademiska.se
Associate Professor Johan Ågren MD, PhD
Johan.agren@uu.se
Organizing committee
Ylva Thernström Blomqvist, Victoria Karlsson, Erik Normann, Johan Ågren
Topics to be covered in platform sessions and interactive content
- A family’s story
- Maternal transfer and peripartum care
- Delivery room set-up, management, and the immediate postnatal transition
- Initial respiratory care, expected course of respiratory support and weaning to NIV
- Fluid and electrolyte management,
- Nutritional support, and hyperglycemia
- Parental involvement, care environment, and skin care
- Pain and stress prevention – the small baby unit
- Line strategy, ”routine” labs/blood sampling
- Outcomes, and concepts for follow-up