Session: Gestational Diabetes
Capsule: Despite increasing knowledge, many questions remain unanswered.
Is it a clinical entity?
Should we screen?
Timing and mode of delivery
Can fetal weight be estimated accurately?
Can macrosomia be prevented?
Vaginal vs. CS delivery
Can shoulder dystocia be prevented?
The significance of the accurate weight of the fetus

Session: The Extreme Prematurity
Capsule: Prematurity remains the single most crucial problem of perinatology.
Steroids and Magnesium: Starting when? Until? If?
Can we arrest premature labor?
The role of antibiotics?
Mode of delivery

Session: Cesarean Section: the Increasing Incidence
Capsule: Should we have a strategy to minimize cesarean deliveries?
Is there an optimal CS rate?
CS for all?
Women’s right - CS following patient’s request: yes or no?
Vaginal delivery following 2 CS

Session: Multiple Pregnancy Reduction
Capsule: ART and ovulation induction increase the rate of multiple pregnancies.
Timing - first or second trimester?
The dilemma of triplets - to reduce or not to reduce?
How many in one session - the technique?
Multifetal reduction – genetic diagnosis before or after?

Session: Fetal Monitoring
Capsule: After 30 years of experience, the question remains.
Is there a place for electronic fetal monitoring in the low risk patient?
Pros
Cons
Does it increase CS rate?

Session: Induction of Labor at Term
Capsule: Post date carries a risk for the fetus and requires intensive monitoring and follow-up.
Should all pregnancies be induced after 41 weeks?
Best induction protocol (prostaglandins vs. oxytocin vs. mechanical ripening)
Induction of labor or expectant management in PROM at term?

Session: Prenatal Diagnosis I
Capsule: Increasing maternal age enhances the demands for prenatal diagnosis.
CVS vs. early amniocentesis
Transabdominal vs. Transcervical CVS
CVS in multiple gestation and before reduction
Placental biopsy - is there an indication for this procedure?
Is the future peripheral blood sampling?