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Neonatal Seizures
Educational Platform
This channel is dedicated especially to you, professionals and students in the field of Obstetrics, Neonatology and Pediatrics from all over Brazil.
On our platform, we disseminate educational content, always using technology to bridge distances and break barriers, especially on topics that involve the monitoring of newborns and the early diagnosis of possible brain injuries.
Our courses
Here are some of the courses we offer through the PBSF Educational platform:
Congresses and Scientific Events
The aim of the PBSF is to promote knowledge in a comprehensive and up-to-date way, addressing fundamental topics in neurocritical care.
With workshops, national and international congresses and interactive debates, you will have the chance to explore the latest scientific advances, best clinical practices and the most up-to-date technological innovations.
Goiânia-GO 18/10/2024
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Curitiba-PR 18/10/2024
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Newborn Brain Society (NBS) – Webinars & Sessions
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AAP Experience - Chicago, Illinois - Maio/2025
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PES Annual Meeting - Denver, Colorado - Setembro/2025
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Neobrain Brasil 2024 _EN
Scientific Content
Specialized content published in leading scientific journals and international reference portals.
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
Early amplitude-integrated electroencephalography for monitoring neonates at high risk for brain injury
Variane GF, Magalhães M, Gasperine R, Alves HC, Scoppetta TL, Figueredo RJ, et al. Early amplitude-integrated electroencephalography for monitoring neonates at high risk for brain injury. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2017;93:460-6.
Link para acesso: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jped.2016.12.003
Anaerobic neonatal meningitis: A diagnostic challenge
Silva CA, Dias L, Cardona RSB, Variane GFT, Nascimento SD, Oliveira SRP, Richtmann R. Anaerobic neonatal meningitis: A diagnostic challenge, Anaerobe, Volume 61, 2020, 102134, ISSN 1075-9964,
Link para acesso: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.102134. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1075996419302069
Neonatal Seizures—Perspective in Low-and Middle-Income Countries
Vegda H, Krishnan V, Variane GFT, et al. Neonatal Seizures—Perspective in Low-and Middle-Income Countries. Indian J Pediatr 89, 245–253 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-021-04039-2
Effectiveness of reaching and maintaining therapeutic hypothermia target temperature using low-cost devices in newborns with hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy
Kinoshita AN, Magalhães M, Rodrigues DP, Variane GFT, Pietrobom RFR, Gallaci CB, Pachi PR, Rodrigues FPM, Netto A, Safadi MAP. Effectiveness of reaching and maintaining therapeutic hypothermia target temperature using low-cost devices in newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2021 Jun;304(6):1217-1223.
doi: 10.1002/ar.24615.
Link para acesso: https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ar.24615
Simultaneous Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) and Amplitude-Integrated Electroencephalography (aEEG): Dual Use of Brain Monitoring Techniques Improves Our Understanding of Physiology
Variane GFT, Chock VY, Netto A, Pietrobom RFR and Van Meurs KP (2020) Simultaneous Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) and Amplitude-Integrated Electroencephalography (aEEG): Dual Use of Brain Monitoring Techniques Improves Our Understanding of Physiology. Front. Pediatr. 7:560. doi: 10.3389/fped.2019.00560
Link para acesso: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2019.00560/full
Current Status and Future Directions of Neuromonitoring With Emerging Technologies in Neonatal Care
Variane GFT, Camargo JPV, Rodrigues DP, Magalhães M and Mimica MJ (2022) Current Status and Future Directions of Neuromonitoring With Emerging Technologies in Neonatal Care. Front. Pediatr. 9:755144. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.755144
Link para acesso: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.755144/full
Newer indications for neuromonitoring in critically ill neonates
Variane GFT, Pietrobom RFR, Noh CY, Van Meurs KP and Chock VY (2023) Newer indications for neuromonitoring in critically ill neonates. Front. Pediatr. 11:1111347. doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1111347
Link para acesso: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2023.1111347/full
Newborns at high risk for brain injury: the role of the amplitude-integrated electroencephalography
Variane GFT, Rodrigues DP, Pietrobom RFR, França CN, Netto A, Magalhães M. Newborns at high risk for brain injury: the role of the amplitude-integrated electroencephalography, Jornal de Pediatria, Volume 98, Issue 6, 2022, Pages 565-571, ISSN 0021-7557, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jped.2021.10.008.
Link para acesso: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755721001753
Proceedings of the 13th International Newborn Brain Conference: Neonatal Neurocritical Care, Seizures, and Continuous EEG monitoring
Abend N, Adams E, Al Balushi A, Alburaki W, Appendino J, Barbosa VS, Birca A, Bonifacio S, Branagan A, Chang T, Chowdhury R, Christou H, Chu C, Cilio MR, Comani S, Corsi-Cabrera M, Croce P, Cubero-Rego L, Dawoud F, de Vries L, Dehaes M, Devane D, Duncan A, El Ters N, El-Dib M, Elshibiny H, Esser M, Fairchild K, Finucane E, Franceschini MA, Gallagher A, Ghosh A, Glass H, Venkata SKRG, Baillet TH, Herzberg E, Hildrey E, Hurley T, Inder T, Jacobs E, Jefferies K, Jermendy A, Khazaei M, Kilmartin K, King G, Lauronen L, Lee S, Leijser L, Lind J, Llaguno NS, Machie M, Magalhães M, Mahdi Z, Maluomi J, Marandyuk B, Massey S, McCulloch C, Metsäranta M, Mikkonen K, Mohammad K, Molloy E, Momin S, Munster C, Murthy P, Netto A, Nevalainen P, Nguyen J, Nieves M, Nyman J, Oliver N, Peeters C, Pietrobom RFR, Pijpers J, Pinchefksy E, Ping YB, Quirke F, Raeisi K, Ricardo-Garcell J, Robinson J, Rodrigues DP, Rosati J, Scott J, Scringer-Wilkes M, Shellhaas R, Smit L, Soul J, Srivastava A, Steggerda S, Sunwoo J, Szakmar E, Tamburro G, Thomas S, Toiviainen-Salo S, Toma AI, Vanhatalo S, Variane GFT, Vein A, Vesoulis Z, Vilan A, Volpe J, Weeke L, Wintermark P, Wusthoff C, Zappasodi F, Zein H, Zempel J. Proceedings of the 13th International Newborn Brain Conference: Neonatal Neurocritical Care, Seizures, and Continuous EEG monitoring. J Neonatal Perinatal Med. 2022;15(2):467-485. doi: 10.3233/NPM-229006. PMID: 35431189.
Link para acesso: https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-neonatal-perinatal-medicine/npm229006
Need for more evidence in the prevention and management of perinatal asphyxia and neonatal encephalopathy in low and middle-income countries: A call for action
Krishnan V, Kumar V, Variane GFT, Carlo WA, Bhutta ZA, Sizonenko S, Hansen A, Shankaran S, Thayyil S; Newborn Brain Society Guidelines and Publications Committee. Need for more evidence in the prevention and management of perinatal asphyxia and neonatal encephalopathy in low and middle-income countries: A call for action. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Oct;26(5):101271. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101271. Epub 2021 Jul 24. PMID: 34330679; PMCID: PMC8650826.
Link para acesso: https://www.sfnmjournal.com/article/S1744-165X(21)00079-2/fulltext
A prospective, multicenter, and observational study on the use of telemedicine for neonatal neurocritical care in Brazil
Variane GFT, Magalhães M, Pietrobom RFR, Netto A, Rodrigues DP, Gasperini R, et al. (2022) Protecting brains and saving futures guidelines: A prospective, multicenter, and observational study on the use of telemedicine for neonatal neurocritical care in Brazil. PLoS ONE 17(1): e0262581. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262581
Link para acesso: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0262581
Rhesus disease in Brazil: A multi-professional national survey
Variane GFT, Sant’Anna GM. Rhesus disease in Brazil: A multi-professional national survey. Seminars in Perinatology, Volume 45, Issue 1, 2021, 151357, ISSN 0146-0005, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semperi.2020.151357.
Link para acesso: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0146000520301403
Specialist Program for Excellence in Neurocritical Care
First-hand access to new solutions developed by PBSF.
Selection criteria:
- Outstanding professional in your specialty
- Interest in neonatal or pediatric neurocritical care
- Alignment with the values and mission of the PBSF
Values:
Ethics, Respect, Transparency, Honesty, Search for Challenges and Innovations and Social Responsibility.
Mission:
Our mission is to reduce the number of people with preventable disabling disabilities in the world to zero.
Expectations:
- Attendance at at least 50% of the Program’s events
- Active participation in updates to neurocritical care guidelines at their place of work
- Promoting improvements in neurocritical care in the community and hospital of operation
Current period:
12 months.
Calendar of events:
- Quarterly Program Scientific Update Meetings: hybrid format (dates to be defined);
- Santa Casa de São Paulo International Neonatology Meeting: May 16 and 17, 2025;
- Exclusive event for members of the Specialists of Excellence in Neurocritical Care Program: 2025 (date to be determined);
- Neobrain Brazil: 2026 (date to be determined).
Mariana Moretto, MD
Pediatrician / Neonatologist
CRM SP 127088
Assistant physician at the Neonatal ICU of the São Luiz Star Rede D'Or Maternity Hospital
Member of the PBSF group;
General pediatric practice and emphasis on follow-up of premature patients and newborns after discharge from the neonatal ICU.
Érica Patrícia Cavalcante Barbalho, MD
Specialist in Pediatrics at the Federal University of Roraima and Subspecialist in Neonatology at the Federal University of Roraima.
Specialist in Pediatrics from the Federal University of Roraima (2017), Subspecialist in Neonatology from the Federal University of Roraima (2020).Graduated in Medicine from the Nilton Lins University (2012), Has experience in the area of urgency and emergency. She was director of the Emergency Department at the Santo Antônio Children's Hospital, in the city of Boa Vista - Roraima. She has collaborated on a literary work (on the theme of epilepsy). In 2015, she received an Honorable Mention award at the Brazilian Congress of Pediatrics for the relevant work presented. She is currently the technical manager of the Neonatal ICU at the Nossa Senhora de Nazareth Maternal and Child Hospital.
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Renata Lorenzetti de Castro, MD
Pediatrician - RQE 8113
Neonatologist - RQE 8114
CRM - GO 15356
Graduated in Nutrition from Centro Universitário São Camilo (2011) and in Business Administration from PUC-SP (2017). She is deputy coordinator of the SBP Neonatal Resuscitation Program (Goiás region) and a doctor at Protecting Brain & Saving Futures.
Felipe Motta, MD
Pediatrician / Neonatologist
CRM - 164880-SP
Graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Pará (2012). Medical residency in pediatrics (2016) and pediatric emergency at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. Medical Residency in Neonatology (2018) at the Hospital de Clínicas of the University of São Paulo. He holds a PhD in medical sciences from the University of Brasília (2024). He is currently a member of the Pediatric Society of the Federal District (Neonatal Resuscitation Department). Experience in Pediatrics, specializing in Neonatology.
Taís Estevão da Silva Costa, MD
Pediatrician and Neonatologist
Pediatrician and Neonatologist from the Federal University of Uberlândia
Instructor of the Neonatal Resuscitation Program of the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics
Tutor of the Kangaroo Method Ministry of Health
Medical coordinator of the Neonatal ICU at Paracatu Municipal Hospital
Sandra Lúcia Andrade de Caldas Lins, MD
Pediatrician and Neonatologist
CRM DF - 8229
* Graduation: Federal University of Paraíba:
1986 - 1992
* Medical Residency in Pediatrics:
HMIB 1993 - 1994
* Medical Residency in Neonatology:
HMIB 1995
* Post Graduation in Baby Development from 0 to 3 years:
UNB 2001 - 2003
* Neonatologist: DF Health Department:
HMIB 2000 - 2024
* Medical Coordinator of the Neonatology Unit:
HMIB 2013 - 2023
* Medical Course Lecturer:
UNICEUB 2015 - 2017
* Medical Coordinator of the Neonatology Unit at Santa Lúcia Sul Hospital since 2017
* President of the Neonatology Research Institute - IPN since 2019
Ana Claudia Pimenta Barbosa Fernandes, MD
Pediatrician and Neonatologist
Santos Stevedores Hospital Complex /SP
Dra Ana Amélia, MD
Pediatrician and Neonatologist
Brasília Maternity Hospital
Juliana Valente, MD
Pediatrician and Neonatologist
Graduated in Medicine from the University of São Paulo in 2003, with a residency in Pediatrics from the same university. Specialization in Neonatology at the University of Michigan in 2007 and in Gastropediatrics at Santa Casa de São Paulo from 2013 to 2016.
Prof. Salma Saraty, MD
Pediatrician and Neonatologist
⦁ PhD in Sciences applied to Pediatrics/Neonatology from UNIFESP/EPM
⦁ Adj. Prof. of Pediatrics at UEPA Of Pediatrics at UEPA
⦁ Coordinator of the Neonatology service at the Santa Casa do Pará Foundation
Maurício Magalhães, MD
Pediatrician and Neonatologist
He graduated in Medicine from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa de SP (1984). Medical residency in pediatrics (1985/1986). Trained in Neonatology at the Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de SP (1988). He holds a Master's degree in Medicine (Pediatrics) from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa de SP (1996). He is currently Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa de São Paulo and Head of the Neonatology Service at Santa Casa de São Paulo. He has experience in Paediatrics, specializing in Neonatology and research in Neonatal Neurointensivism, his main area being Therapeutic Hypothermia.
Maria Eduarda, MD
Pediatrician and Neonatologist
He graduated in Medicine from the Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás (2015). Medical residency in pediatrics (2018) at the University Hospital of Brasília. Medical Residency in Neonatology (2020) at the Maternal and Child Hospital of Brasília.
She is currently a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Brasilia (2024), Coordinator of the Neonatal Unit at the Santa Helena Rede D'Or Hospital (DF) and is studying for a PhD in Medical Sciences at the University of Brasilia (2021). She has experience in Pediatrics, specializing in Neonatology and Follow-Up of premature infants.