Correction: Neurodevelopmental outcome at 5.5 years in Dutch preterm infants born at 24-26 weeks' gestational age: the EPI-DAF study ...

Pinard was a pioneer of modern perinatal care. His provision of social care to deprived pregnant women progressed to a recognition of the value of medical care of mother and baby before as well as ...

Correspondence to Professor Lucy K Smith, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK; lucy.smith{at}le.ac.uk Main outcome measures Survival to 28 days. Results ...

1 Department of Neurology, Children's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 2 Department of General Paediatrics, University Children's Hospital, Duesseldorf, Germany 3 Department of Pediatrics, HELIOS ...

Objective To compare the duration of mechanical ventilation between preterm infants receiving closed-loop automated oxygen control (CLAC) or manual oxygen control. Design Randomised controlled trial.

Dr Isbister, Department of Clinical Toxicology and Pharmacology, Newcastle Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Locked Bag 7, Hunter Region Mail Centre, NSW 2310, Australiagsbite{at}bigpond.com Paracetamol ...

Most very preterm infants have difficulty aerating their lungs and require respiratory support at birth. Currently in clinical practice, non-invasive ventilation in the form of continuous positive ...

Prognostic value of haemodynamic and neurophysiological assessments in newborns with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy undergoing whole-body therapeutic hypothermia: a systematic review and ...

Objective To explore families’ experiences of hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) care in the National Health Service (NHS) and the impact of HIE on families. Design Semistructured interviews (n=28 ...

Background Ketones and lactate may contribute towards overall cerebral fuel availability in term infants, yet the availability of such cerebral fuels in very preterm infants is unclear. We undertook a ...

Introduction Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) has an incidence of 1 in 2500 and around 30% of babies with isolated CDH die from pulmonary hypoplasia. There have been several techniques describing ...

Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Correspondence to Dr Maria Altman, Department of ...