Division of Neonatal Services, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne 3053, Australia Dr M W Davies, Perinatal Research Centre, The Royal Women's Hospital, Bowen Bridge Road, Herston, Brisbane, QLD 4029, ...
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 ...
Objective To evaluate the impact of a change in national guidance on the management of hypoglycaemia on UK term neonatal unit (NNU) admissions, describe perinatal risk factors for hypoglycaemia and ...
Correspondence to Thomas Bo Jensen, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg, Copenhagen NV 2400, Denmark; Thomas.Bo.Jensen{at}regionh.dk If you wish to reuse any ...
The neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a potentially life threatening illness associated with significant morbidity especially in the neonatal period. A case of NAS due to codeine prescribed for ...
AIM To assess the safety and efficacy of EMLA cream (eutectic mixture of local anaesthetics) used to induce surface anaesthesia for venepuncture in healthy preterm infants. METHODS Nineteen infants, ...
Objective Investigate the impact of high stress (HS) using four stressors (physiological, psychological/social, contextual and situational) versus low stress (LS) on stress response and performance ...
Absence or reversal of end diastolic flow (AREDF) in the umbilical artery is associated with poor outcome, and elective premature delivery is common. Feeding these infants is a challenge. They often ...
BACKGROUND Ventricular outputs cannot be used to assess systemic blood flow in preterm infants because they are confounded by shunts through the ductus arteriosus and atrial septum. However, flow ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...