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The article presents abstracts of various research papers on perinatal pediatrics that will be discussed in the 2004 National Conference and Exhibition, to be held from October 8-10, 2004 in San Francisco, California. Inflammatory mediators increase in response to various neonatal clinical conditions such as infection and hypoxia-ischemia. This study was conducted to determine which inflammatory mediators increase during and following asphyxia in piglets and to assess the effects of volume resuscitation following asphyxia on these inflammatory mediators. Neonates with congenital heart disease may require surgical repair with cardiopulmonary bypass and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.