AIM To examine the effect of body position on clinically significant gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) in preterm infants. METHODS Eighteen preterm infants with clinically significant GOR were studied ...

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 ...

3 Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 4 School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 5 Neonatal Unit, Birmingham Women's ...

Objectives: To examine the characteristics of incident reporting systems in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in relation to type, aetiology, outcome and preventability of incidents. Methods: ...

Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of oral versus intravenous ibuprofen for the pharmacological closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in less mature preterm infants. Design Prospective, ...

Objectives Standardised reporting of outcomes in neonatal palliative and/or end-of-life care would facilitate comparison of practice and lead to more informed decisions about practice. We ...

The surveillance of congenital anomalies serves two main purposes: to facilitate the identification of teratogenic (malformation causing) exposures and to assess the impact of primary prevention and ...

1 Department of Psychology, Lifespan Health and Wellbeing Group, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK 2 Division of Mental Health and Wellbeing, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK Objective To ...

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Correspondence to Professor Nehama Linder, MD, Department of Neonatology, The Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva 49100, Israel; nehama.linder{at}gmail.com Objective ...

Objective Fetomaternal transfusion (FMT) is associated with increased perinatal mortality and morbidity, but data on postnatal outcomes are scarce. Our aim was to determine the incidence of adverse ...

Intraventricular haemorrhage and posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation remain an important challenge in the management of prematurity and are associated with significant permanent morbidity.