Correspondence to Dr David S Cram, Berry Genomics Corporation, Beijing 100015, China; david.cram{at}berrygenomics.com and Prof. Xiangdong Kong, Genetics and Prenatal Diagnosis Center, the First ...

3 School of Engineering and ICT, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 4 School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Objective To assess the performance of a ...

The management of low blood flow states in premature neonates is fraught with many challenges. We remain over-reliant on regimented stepwise protocols that use mean blood pressure as a threshold for ...

1 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Willem-Alexander Children’s Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands 2 Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University ...

is an edition of ADC from BMJ and RCPCH, publishing perinatal & neonatal medicine research and reviews.

Objectives To evaluate whether kangaroo mother care (KMC) in preterm infants on non-invasive respiratory support improves indices of cardiorespiratory wellbeing. Study design Prospective ...

Objective This study aimed to assess whether additional enteral docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation, with or without arachidonic acid (ARA), influences morbidities diagnosed in the neonatal ...

Background: Echocardiography is an investigation that is being used increasingly on the neonatal unit. There is some controversy as to whether this service can be provided safely and effectively by ...

2 Center for Pediatric Clinical Studies, University Children's Hospital of Tübingen, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany 3 ESPED-Arbeitsgruppe, Koordinierungszentrum für Klinische Studien, ...

Objective To conduct a systematic review of neonatal necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) rates in high-income countries published in peer-reviewed journals. Methods We searched MEDLINE, Embase and PubMed ...

Context In spontaneously breathing preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) receiving nasal continuous positive airway pressure, a method of less invasive surfactant administration ...

Introduction Intubation is most often performed electively by anaesthetists in controlled conditions in operating theatres. In neonates, however, it is most often performed by neonatologists or ...