Early hypophosphataemia and refeeding syndrome in extremely low birthweight babies and outcomes to 2 years of age: secondary cohort analysis from the ProVIDe trial ...

Objective The objective is to evaluate changes in survival to discharge of liveborn infants less than 32 weeks’ gestational age (GA) in France, where the latest available data on very preterm survival ...

Objective Early hypoglycaemia at the time of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission is common in very/extreme preterm infants. This study aimed to determine whether buccal dextrose gel in the ...

Necrotising enterocolitis is a serious disorder in preterm infants with a mortality of up to 60%. Therefore, early and precise diagnosis and rapid initiation of proper treatment are essential.

Objective: To investigate the spectrum of organisms causing neonatal sepsis in Peshawar, Pakistan and to assess their sensitivity to various groups of drugs. Methods: Blood taken from newborn babies ...

3 Department of Neonatology, Hubei Provincial Women and Children's Hospital, Wuhan, China 4 Department of Neonatology and Obstetrics, Huai'an Women and Children's Hospital, Huai'an, Jiangsu, China ...

OBJECTIVE To study the long term neurodevelopmental outcome of children who participated in a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled study of early postnatal dexamethasone treatment for ...

AIMS To examine the hypothesis that right to left shunting occurs mainly in the lungs rather than through the fetal channels in neonates. METHODS Thirty two term babies requiring over 70% oxygen had ...

Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China Correspondence to: Dr Ho Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Pamela ...

Correspondence to Dr Outi Aikio, Department of Children and Adolecents, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland; outi.aikio{at}ppshp.fi Objective To evaluate the long-term adverse reactions of ...

OBJECTIVE To develop and validate a scale suitable for use in clinical practice as a tool for assessing prolonged pain in premature infants. METHODS Pain indicators identified by observation of ...

A partially randomised, controlled trial was performed to test the hypothesis that opiate exposed infants treated with diluted tincture of opium (DTO) and phenobarbital would have better ...