Breast feeding improves important outcomes for mothers and infants. In the UK, breastfeeding rates have historically been low, particularly among socially disadvantaged young women. Although there ...
AIM To compare the efficacy and safety of an indomethacin treatment strategy based on serial echocardiographic measurement of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) flow pattern with a standard protocol.
Background: Measurements of the subarachnoid space during routine cranial sonography may provide an indirect method of monitoring brain growth in preterm infants. Methods: The width of the ...
2 Institute of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy Non-invasive high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (NHFOV) consists of the application of a bias ...
3 Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, National Neonatal Audit Programme, London, UK Methods We obtained data from the National Neonatal Research Database. We used logistic regression to ...
Objective To evaluate lowest mean arterial blood pressure during the first 24 h of life (minMAP 24) in very-low-birthweight (VLBW) infants and to identify associations between hypotension and ...
Correspondence to Victoria Payne, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Princess Anne Hospital F- 120, Southampton, UK; vp1m14 ...
Objectives To assess the minimum incidence of life-threatening bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), defined as need for positive pressure respiratory support or pulmonary vasodilators at 38 weeks ...
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Incorporating stressors during simulated neonatal endotracheal intubation creates a stress response but does not affect performance: a randomised pilot study ...
Objective To evaluate the effect of opioid analgesics, compared to placebo, no drug, or other non-opioid analgesics or sedatives, on pain, duration of mechanical ventilation, mortality, growth and ...
Background Umbilical venous catheters (UVCs) are associated with thrombus formation. Most studies on thrombosis in infants with UVCs focus on only one part of the route, and none assessed a control ...