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Effect of fortification on the osmolality of human milk

a This work was presented in part at the European Society for Pediatric Research Meeting in Belfast, September 13–16, 1998 Neonatal Unit University of Liège Hôpital de la Citadelle CHR Citadelle 4000 ...
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Prognosis for neonates with enterovirus myocarditis

1 Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2 Department of Neonatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands 3 Department ...
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The importance of irradiance and area in neonatal phototherapy

Medical Physics Department, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford BD9 6RJ, UK Correspondence to: Mr Hart Medical Physics Department, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford BD9 6RJ, UK; graham ...
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Passive cooling for initiation of therapeutic hypothermia in neonatal encephalopathy

Objective To determine the feasibility of passive cooling to initiate therapeutic hypothermia before and during transport. Methods Consensus guidelines were developed for passive cooling at the ...
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Donor breast milk versus infant formula for preterm infants: systematic review and meta-analysis

Correspondence to: Maria Quigley National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK; maria.quigley{at}npeu.ox.ac.uk Objectives: To compare the ...
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Neonatal brain injuries in England: population-based incidence derived from routinely recorded clinical data held in the National Neonatal Research Database

Objective In 2015, the Department of Health in England announced an ambition to reduce ‘brain injuries occurring during or soon after birth’. We describe the development of a pragmatic case definition ...
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Interpretation of clotting tests in the neonate

Correspondence to Dr Simon J Stanworth, Department of Haematology/Transfusion Medicine, NHS Blood & Transplant/Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Level 2, John ...
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Optimising nutrition during therapeutic hypothermia

Correspondence to Dr Chris Gale, Section of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London SW10 9NH, UK; christopher.gale{at}imperial.ac.uk The evidence to guide ...
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Presentation of congenital heart disease in infancy: implications for routine examination

Dr Christopher Wren Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN. AIM To investigate the performance of routine neonatal and 6 week examinations for detecting ...
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Effect of different feeding approaches on growth, neonatal morbidities, mortality and neurodevelopmental outcome in preterm infants: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

7 Faculty of Medicine Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-sheikh, Egypt 8 Zagazig University Faculty of Human Medicine, Zagazig, Egypt 9 Faculty of Medicine Kutahya Health Science University, Kutahya, ...
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Neonatal thrombocytopenia: causes and management

Correspondence to: Dr Roberts, Department of Haematology, Hammersmith Campus, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK; irene.roberts{at}ic.ac.uk Neonatal thrombocytopenia is a common ...
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Physiologically based cord clamping stabilises cardiac output and reduces cerebrovascular injury in asphyxiated near-term lambs

Background Physiologically based cord clamping (PBCC) has advantages over immediate cord clamping (ICC) during preterm delivery, but its efficacy in asphyxiated infants is not known. We investigated ...